- Complete the Meeting Aesclepius mp3 (located in the Doc Sharing area). Describe your meditative practices for the week and discuss the experience. Explain how mindfulness or meditation has fostered an increase in your psychological or spiritual wellness. How can you continue to apply these practices in your life to foster greater health and wellness?
- Describe the saying: "One cannot lead another where one has not gone himself" (p.477). How does this apply to the health and wellness professional? Do you have an obligation to your clients to be developing your health psychologically, physically, and spiritually? Why or why not? How can you implement psychological and spiritual growth in your personal life?
Psychological and spiritual growth comes to people in many ways. For some people these types of exercises open the mind and heart, for others seeing the beauty in life itself can open you up to it. It is only through our own experiences that we can choose how to respond anyway. Saying "one cannot lead another where one has not gone himself" is also taught in leadership classes. To be an effective leader you cannot ask your subordinates to do anything you're not willing to do yourself. How can you effectively lead when you only know something in theory? As a healthcare professional I think having those experiences and sharing them through education is the only way to help others. Think of the drug counselor. I think the best ones are those who have been rehabilitated themselves or been on the opposite side of the spectrum and experienced it from a family member's perspective. You can't understand the mind of an addict if you've never had an addiction or you can't understand the mind of the enabler if you've never watched someone suffer. The best way to catch a fugitive is to think like one. You have to put yourself in another's shoes, walk their path, experience things from all perspectives not just the less controversial one and empathize.
Hello Tish,
ReplyDeleteI didn't try to get involved in the whole mediation experience for this week! I simply took a whole different approach with this one and used that time to sit quietly and reflect and pray. Nevertheless, I like the way you stated this statement-
You have to put yourself in another's shoes, walk their path, experience things from all perspectives. I like to take that a step farther- The images, scars and victories that we live with have shaped us into the people we have become. We will never know whom a person is until we understand where they have been.
Best regards to you! Peace, love and happiness be unto you!
Provide them with feedback on their strategies for growth and wellness. Would their exercises be beneficial for you? Why or why not? Do you have any suggestions for them? Would their exercises work for your clientele? Why or why not?
ReplyDeleteI would definitely say that this work to plan would definitely be beneficial to me, because I firmly believe that everything start with the mind and to accomplish this goal you have to be mentally strong. No suggestions, but it would be good if you can teach others your methods. Yes, but I would have to train myself before I can introduce it to my clients.
Tish, that was an interesting take on this weeks exercise. I can see how you would come to that. Great job on the second half as well, I think you are right about having to put yourself in another's shoes, walk their path, experience things from all perspectives not just the less controversial one and empathize.
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ReplyDeleteI loved your analogy of an addict for the description of the saying "one cannot lead another where one has not gone himself." It is true that we truly will never know how to react or what to expect if we have never experienced these things before. As a health care professional we cannot expect our patients to do anything that we are not willing to do ourselves. Additionally, we then know how best to explain an exercise to a patient since we have witnessed it first-hand. I really enjoyed reading this!
Hi Tish, It is interesting to me that so many people are having such diversions to these exercises but, it is interesting that each person has their own reason for the diversions. It is nice that everyone is so honest about their experiences. I think that each person's experiences with these exercises helps shape our own integral path and allows us to see what works and what doesn't. Thank you for sharing your thoughts this week. Have a great day
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