mental workout

I found this experience extremely relaxing.  I sat in my room and did this exercise in complete silence.  I like how it had me focus on different people in my life.  I automatically thought about my “family”.  I consider my family to be my four roommates.  My roommates are my backbones in life.  For every person we were told to think about, my roommates fit into every category.  It made me stop and actually think about the trouble and struggles that they have in their lives as well.  I would for sure recommend this exercise to other people.  I would recommend that they give themselves plenty of alone time to really get into it without any interruptions. 

A mental workout to me is when you allow yourself to open up mentally.  To see things from other people’s point of view and not just your own.  Mental workouts allow people to think more smoothly and, if done without any bias in mind, free themselves from negative thoughts.  I am a very open minded person and tend to be really good at seeing things from other’s point of view.  I guess it just comes naturally when you grow up and live the way I do.  All of my friends are very different people but we are all so open minded that it allows us to bond with almost anyone.  

wellbeing

This blog assignment made me actually stop and think about my overall wellbeing.  I would have to rate my physical wellbeing as a six.  I am in decent health, I suffer from migraines and always have, and I also have some digestive/intestinal issues that the doctors can’t really seem to figure out.  I don’t exercise as much as I should and I am in my mid-20s, so I obviously don’t live the ideal “healthy lifestyle”.  I would rate my spiritual wellbeing as an eight.  When it comes to my belief system I know what I believe to be right and wrong and I am always one to stand up for and stick by my beliefs, no matter what anyone else says or thinks.  I would rate my psychological wellbeing as a seven.  I tend to be one of those people that can, “get inside my own head”.  My biggest critic as always been myself, and at times I tend to be too hard on myself.  A goal I would make for my physical wellbeing would definitely be to start working out more and eating better (my diet has always been horrible).  The best way for me to go about reaching this goal is to make a realistic exercise schedule and stick to it.  A goal for my spiritual wellbeing would be to believe more.  In order to achieve this goal I would need to develop a deeper understanding of what it is that I actually believe in.  A goal for my psychological wellbeing would be to develop more self confidence in myself.  I am actually already working towards this goal and have been talking with a good friend of mine to see myself in a better light. 

I tend to find a lot of relaxation exercises frustrating because it is so hard for me personally to relax.  I tend to have trouble letting myself let go of all of the stressors and worries in my life.  I can see how this would be a great relaxation exercise and technique; however, I had a lot of trouble letting myself relax due to the amount of stress in my life at the moment.

Relaxation

My name is Rachel Villarreal.  I have never used a blog site before and have never blogged at all actually.  To be completely honest, I am not even 100 percent sure how I got to this page to even type my blog! So, just a fair warning ahead of time, I am clueless on how to work this thing right now.

I just listened to the Journey On Relaxation exercise and I will say that it did completely put me in a relaxed state.  On the other hand, I have lots of work to do tonight and the exercise might have put me in too much of a relaxed state.  After completing the exercise I pretty much had to chug my cup of coffee I had sitting next to me to get me going again after my long day and the relaxation exercise.