Unit 3 Blog Response

1.             Based on your reflections, and on a scale of 1 to 10 (ten being optimal wellbeing), where do you rate your A-physical wellbeing, B-spiritual well-being, C-psychological well-being? Why?

A: 7

B: 9

C: 9

My physical wellbeing could be better, because I could exercise more and eat slightly better. I am very spiritual, but I am not religious and I am completely secure with it. I do a lot of meditation and self-hypnosis. I have being doing this for so long that I can do some things that people would think are crazy. However, I am only rating myself at a nine, because there is always room for improvement. I rated my psychological well-being at a 9 again, because there is always room for improvement. However, I am fairly certain that I am at-least close to scoring as high on happiness as that one monk involved in those studies. I am often asked how I stay so calm, happy and so on even with things that are going on around me and they often look at me crazy when I tell them that meditation and self-hypnosis have been instrumental along with understanding myself better.

Understanding is a little more complex than many may initially think. One way to realize this is to go into a deprivation chamber, because there you will truly realize just how noisy it is inside your own head. Once you begin to understand yourself better you have more control of yourself. The more you have control of yourself, then the better you can respond to anything.

2.             Develop a goal for yourself in each area (physical, spiritual, psychological).

I plan to stay about the same as I am in each area. However, I will start adding a healthier meal at-least once a week and skip desserts. I will also add an extra 10 minutes of cardiovascular exercise to each of my daily workout routine. In my spiritual and psychological areas, I plan to add at-least one extra time a week of doing either an extra 20 minutes of meditation or self-hypnosis. I believe this will help make a little bit more of a difference. However, the trick I noticed is keeping a balance.  

3.             What activities or exercise can you implement in your life to assist in moving toward each goal?

I mentioned what I can do above in the previous question.

4.             Complete the relaxation exercise The Crime of the Century. To hear this exercise, click here. Describe your experience. (What it beneficial? Frustrating? etc.)

This exercise was easier than the last. However, I still prefer ones that get more to the point.

5.             Participate in the Blogs of at least two other students.
Provide them with feedback on their goal strategies. (Would their strategies be beneficial for you? Why or Why not? Do you have any suggestions for them? Would their strategies work for your clientele? Why or why not?)

I suggest creating a recording of different kinds of exercises and having them find out, which ones they prefer. This way you can better serve them and also work either their clients subjective experience of what they find the most useful. However, with traditional hypnosis I have found that faster inductions are usually liked more than progressive muscle relaxation.

Below is another video I did a while back.