Unit 4 Blog

The loving kindness exercise once again was a very relaxing activity for me.  It made me feel with inner peace, and it helped me to get aware of how much I love myself.  For me it was very beneficial because I am going through a hard emotional situation, and this exercise helped me to get more mind clarity and focus.  It helped me to feel love for others as well.  I would definitely recommend this exercise to anybody, especially to those that need to relax or need inner peace.  People with low self-esteem can take advantage of this exercise, and it will help them too. 

On the other hand, our mind as any muscle in the body, if we want it to grow needs to be trained as well.  Therefore, to evolve our psychospiritual life and access to our capacities and resources we need daily mental workout (Dacher, 2006).  “Research studies have demonstrated that mental training help to transform emotions that cause anger, hatred, fear, worry confusion, and doubt while enhancing positive emotions such as patience, loving-kindness, happiness, etc.  To improve my psychological health, I can start practicing 5 to 15 minutes daily until I get comfortable and increase the time.  One of these practices can be loving-kindness (Dacher, 2006).

Reference:

Dacher, E. (2006).  Integral health: The path to human flourishing.  Laguna Beach, CA: Basic Health Publications, Inc.

~Yesica Gonzalez.  

I rate my physical well-being in seven because I have an ideal weight and I am healthy according with the doctor, but I am not exercising right now and I usually have stress during the day.  My spiritual well-being rate is six because I feel disconnected of spirituality right now.  I am not taking time to meditate, pray, or do any activity to develop my spiritual life.  My psychological well-being is seven as well because I am having up and down in my emotional life lately. 

My goal is to achieve at least a nine or ten in each area.  Physically, I want to start exercising and having a peaceful life.  In my spiritual area, I want to start doing meditation and prayer.  Finally, in my psychological area, I want to stabilize my emotional life and have time to read, relax, and learn more.

As I mentioned, meditation is one of the activities I want to implement in my life. Yoga is another activity I would like to be able to do at least three times per week.  Take time to relax and be with myself is something I enjoy, and I want to implement as well.

The experience I had with the relaxation exercise was awesome.  I was able to relax my body completely, feel joy, and inner peace.  In a part of the exercise some tears came to my eyes, probably for a sensitive situation I was having in my personal life. However, the exercise was perfect for the moment. After I finished, I was feeling more peace and relaxation than ever.

~Yesica Gonzalez.

 Welcome to Health and Wellness for All

I am Yesica Gonzalez a young lady who wants to be a positive contributor to the Health and Wellness of many people around the world.  I was born in a Caribbean island called Dominican Republic.  At 19 years old immigrated to the United States looking for better opportunities and better future.  For several years, I have been applying every new concept about well-being.  This blog has been created to provide you with important information to help you achieve the Health and Wellness you deserve.  Health is not only the absence of diseases in the body, it is more related with the general condition of our mind, body, and spirit.  Wellness is not about being well only, is related with your lifestyle.  Each of us is responsible of having a good nutrition, maintain a healthy weight, and exercise.  We need to control risk factors as well such as smoking, drugs, and alcohol.

Therefore, you will have important information that would help you achieve your Health and Wellness goals.  Keep following our posts and do not miss any important topic.

Wishing you the best Health,

Yesica Gonzalez.

What is Wellness?

Wellness is defined as a dynamic process of becoming aware of and making
conscious choices toward a more balanced and healthy lifestyle. It includes
learning new life skills that address both the positive and negative aspects of
human existence.