Class & Professor,
In all honestly I haven't put much thought into my personal health lately because I've been to worried about my intestines. I guess I would rate it if I had to at maybe a 5 or 6. Physically I could be in much better shape I mean I got wore out putting a fitted sheet on my bed! In my defense it is like 80 degrees in the house since its over 100 outside so I was sweating but still that is pretty sad. Is it sad to think my spiritual well-being is probably closer to a 3 or 4? I don't really put much thought into that aspect of my life I tend to focus on the physical. Psychologically I would maybe rate it about the same at like 4 because My mind is still pretty messed up depression and anxiety wise as well as just all around life in general. I have suffered from a lot of mental abuse throughout my life so much that sometimes I wish it would have been more physical just to give my poor mind a break but eh what can you do about the past? Personally I would just like to have one universal goal to get my health, all aspects, in better shape. Being more active physically would help probably multiple areas because yoga might help spiritually to an extent as well as physically and mentally. Unfortunately I am about as flexible as a steel rod so I think I will have my work cut out for me.
While I actually benefited from the last exercise this one was pretty much useless. I'm sure part of it was the fact I had acid coming up my throat the entire time so I found it hard to breath without coughing. I also found myself more focused on what color blind people were supposed to visualize and overall the mental imagery just wasn't there. I might take a crack at it again if my acid re-flux ever decides to allow me to breath without coughing up a storm and maybe that will help me focus better.
In all honesty I hadn't put much thought into my personal well-being in awhile either. My mother had a kidney transplant in 2004 along with 2 open heart surgeries and she has taken a turn for the worse, she's in the hospital with a bad infection in her only working kidney, the transplanted kidney. Between driving to the hospital all the time, caring for my father, caring for my daughter, school work, and just life I haven't had the chance to really think of myself. I had a hard time trying to rate my psychological and spiritual well-being but I found it easy to rate my physical well-being. I hope you have a big turn around with your troubles and the acid reflux, that sounds like a terrible thing to experience. I think you are exactly right, yoga would help you in all aspects of wellness including spiritually. I think it could be a way to get in touch with your spiritual side. I had a hard time with this weeks exercise also. The guidance almost seemed too much, I had a hard time concentrating in order to truly relax my mind and my body. That could be from all of the stress I am under this week though. I have anxiety also but I have found that writing in a journal along with meditation my anxiety eases. I try to make myself realize when I am overthinking things in order to stop the cycle. I hope you can achieve your goals with ease.
ReplyDeleteHi Cathy,
ReplyDeleteSorry to hear about all the stress in your life, sounds like things have been really hard. Thanks for being in class, and posting on your blog and being part of our class community!
As far as the meditation goes, you may want to try it sitting up. The acid may be better and you could focus a little more on the instructions. If you try that, would you blog about it and let us know how it goes?
Prof Betty