Unit 3

Hello everyone,
Well, to begin with the first question of rating myself on physical, spiritual, and psychological well being - I am currently working out 5 days a week, eating very healthy as I have cut out all sodas, fried or fatty foods, and most all sweets, and keep a general active lifestyle I feel that I can safely rate my physical well being as around an 8. As for spiritual well being, I am a very spiritual person by nature - I meditate and have honed in on my inner discipline in order to continually treat others how I would want to be treated. I have to remember that everyone deserves respect and needs to feel love and compassion, we are all fighting our own battles. With this in mind, I feel that I am probably at a 6 for spiritual well being. Honestly, I think of spiritual and psychological well being as, most times, one in the same. Having a sense of universal connectedness and oneness with myself allows me to not only reach deeper within my own values but also gives me understanding into the world and people around me. Having said this, I think my psychological wellness is around a 7.
My personal goal for optimal physical well being is to gain more flexibility with yoga classes as I am not a very flexible person physically. My goal for spiritual well being would be to reach the next level of universal understanding and to practice spiritual ritual every day in order to gain the level of inner peace I want to reach. My goal for psychological well being is to teach myself how to take those spiritual aspects of myself and apply them to my environmental situations, such as donating my time to soup kitchens or helping to rebuild homes. I think I need to give back more.
I think in order to reach my physical goal I could join a yoga class and designate 2 to 3 days a week to go to it. I could also look up other stretching techniques to use at the gym before and after my exercise routine every day.
To obtain my spiritual goal, I think I could find time to reflect on my feelings and inner voice - I could start writing a journal of my thoughts and feelings - I could also try different and more extensive meditation practices.
Last but not least, to achieve my psychological goal, I think I simply need to reach out and help to touch others' lives more instead of only focusing on mine. As I mentioned earlier, I could donate my time to helping those who are in need, I could also donate my time to pet adoption centers or even take my dogs (chocolate lab) to nursing homes to cheer up the elderly. I feel like reaching out to others the best way for my to obtain my goal.

As for the exercise of experiencing the rainbow, I felt very relaxed and comforted by this exercise. I personally enjoyed it and felt it was uplifting and rather calming yet energizing at the same time. I don't really have trouble with this sort of visualization as I use a similar technique to begin my meditation practices, I feel the ability to visualize and attach that vision to emotion or feeling gives me a better grasp on the exercise as a whole - I get more out of it and it doesn't feel one dimensional.
-Stacey Smith