Unit 3

1. Rating my personal well-being



a. I would rate my physical wellbeing right now as a number 6. It is normally higher, but this pregnancy is my third and is taking a toll on my body. I eat moderately well, definitely don’t exercise enough, and don’t handle stress well at times.


b. Regarding my spiritual wellness, I would rate that as an 8 because I feel content spiritually. The development I have experienced spiritually has been substantial in the past few years and, although there is always room for improvement, I am quite happy with where I stand right now.


c. Psychologically, I feel there is definitely room for improvement; I rate myself a 5. I do face challenges psychologically in the ways that I am sensitive to depression and stress-related ailments.


2. Goals


a. I have learned a lot about physical fitness while attending Kaplan in the last year. I am much more aware of the areas in which I need improvement, such as aerobic and anaerobic exercise, stretching, strength training, and relaxation (which are all physical areas!). I am better at relaxation than I am at aerobic exercise and I do need to become more active. My goal for myself physically is to walk more during this pregnancy and slowly get back into a routine after the baby is born to improve my physical wellbeing. The primary part of my goal is for it to be consistent.


b. Since I am content with my spiritual wellbeing in general, I would like to maintain my spiritual health and work toward improving it in whatever ways I can.


c. Psychologically, my goals are to handle stress better; to maintain control of my emotions and not allow myself to become overwhelmed by life and consequently suffer minor mental ailments.


3. Activities


a. Something as simple as 10-15 minutes walking at a brisk pace on my treadmill while distracting myself with music or television would be a great start toward being more active.


b. Praying is one way that I could maintain my spiritual health and seek a closer to connection to my God.


c. Stress-relief exercises like meditation or Tai Chi are ways that I could improve my psychological health because they would help me to refocus myself mentally and bring perspective to my circumstance.


The Crime of the Century


During the exercise, I relaxed all of my tense muscles and my whole body felt warm and tingly. It was interesting applying specific colors to the chakras and I believe this could be very beneficial if you used that concept to harness the power of colors (with intent), so I’ll have to look up the meaning of the colors before doing this again so that I know what each color represents. The best thing about this meditation was the combination of colors and shapes with each area. I think that being specific like that helps to boost the power of the meditation because each one of those specifics already has so much intent put into it that that power is harnessed in the meditation.