My "Mental Workout."

Hi fellow bloggers, 

I have to be honest; I had a hard time trying to concentrate on this exercise.  I found my mind wondering a lot more this time.  I’m sure it has to do with the drama in my life this week.  Also getting drunk at the office party last night isn’t helping either. I do think if I can try it again later it could be beneficial to me. I have a few enemies that came to mind, but there is one that is so far from being forgiven that when I pictured him in my mind while listening to the calming sound of the beach, I just calmly imagined myself burring him in the sand, lol.  I think that the beachy sound between prompts was long, which gave me more time to unrelax and visually bury ex-husbands. This is why I need to try again, because I know I can’t keep this anger and one day I will have to dig him up, lol.  I would recommend it to others if they can completely relax and I will try it again in the future.

I can obviously use some “mental workouts” right now to help heal my pain so I can move on.  A mental workout helps the general condition of a person's mind, body and spirit, usually meaning to be free from illness, injury or pain. A mental workout is just as important as a physical one.  If our mind is out of shape we will suffer from illness and pain, which in turn slows the healing process, just as in physical exercise. We can use this process to train our minds to become free of the pain we feel. Life happens and it is up to our mind to decide how we will handle it and by training our mind to accept what we can’t change we can live better lives. This is something I need to implement in my life and will try to achieve.

My Reflections 1-10 and The Crime of the Century

 Hi Everyone, if I had to base my reflections on a scale of 1-10, I would have to say that my physical wellbeing would be a 5.  I say this because I feel like I’m out of shape and I have some health problems, stress and anxiety issues that make me feel sick often.  My goal would be to try and reduce my stress and anxiety levels because I know this will help with some of my of my health issues. I can implement a walk or ride my bike to help brush of some of the stress from my day.

  As for my spiritual well-being I would have to say it is about a 4. I don’t go to church anymore or pray, I do believe in god, but I really haven’t gotten in touch with my spiritual being.  My goal will be to let my therapist, who is also a pastor, help me get in touch with my spirituality.  He doesn’t talk to me about god or implement it into therapy because he knows I’m no longer a practicing catholic. I can try to attend church again, because this could help me with some of my other issues and I will definitely try to start praying again.

I will give myself a 6 on the psychological aspect.  For the past year or so I have pulled myself away from my friends and I don’t live near my family (17 hours away) which has contributed to my depression.  I have suffered off and on from depression over the years and I find myself not wanting to hang out with my friends anyone. Work and school also has contributed to me becoming a hermit.  My goal will be to reconnect with my friends and try to spend more time with them, at least once a week or spend more time talking to them on the phone. I could join zumba with my friends, my best friend runs it and I always have an excuse why I can’t do it. That is the activity I will try and do to implement some psychological into my life.

The crime of the century was very relaxing, it was a bit long and I did find myself wondering.  I did continue to get myself back on track, I think just the alone time, breathing and focusing on the colors protruding out of my body gave me a sense of relaxation. Than I thought if anyone could see how I was visualizing all the colors shooting out of my body they would think that I was out of my mind.  Overall, it did get me to relax even if it was just for a little while.

Journey on Relaxation

When I listened to this exercise I was surprised that the power of suggestion really did work.  Who knew that just by thinking about your blood flow, that you could move it to different areas of your body and it could be a technique to relax you.  His monotone voice and the music he used really calmed me. I need to use this technique before I take a test because I have horrible test anxiety.  I never realized that just by suggesting something and thinking about it over and over again that you could relax. I have used just the breathing technique to calm myself down, but using it with the power of suggestion was actually pretty cool, I will be definitely using this method.

Welcome and Reflection Statement

I would like to welcome everyone to my blog.  I am a dental hygienist and good oral health is my overall goal.  I hope to one day teach underprivileged communities the importance of good oral hygiene.  I have been in the dental field for 13 years now.  I started as an assistant and went back to school to become a hygienist after 7 years of assisting.  I am new to health and wellness, but I might like to incorporate this type of wellness into my practice.  I am skeptical, but I know you all will help convince me that the mind, body, and spirit can help my patients and even me.  I’m hoping that this type of health and wellness will convince my patients to start floss.  My life has been filled with very rocky roads and I’m trying to overcome all the pain in my life, so I can move on and be happy in life and in my marriage.

This is my first blog ,so I really don't know what I'm doing.