Unit 4: Loving-Kindness

     I did this exercise for Loving-Kindness in my room and tried very hard to focus and follow the instructions from the book.  I found this exercise to be some what difficult for me since I have a bit of ADD and at times have trouble sitting still and concentrating my thoughts.  I think this exercise would be beneficial to people to take time to focus on their feelings, especially those positive feelings such as love to create a better emotional state.  Making a mental workout can be beneficial to your health as I have learned in these past few weeks and can make a person have more clarity, so I would think this would be beneficial for people to incorporate into their lives or at least try to.  I think it is important to not only train our bodies but our minds as well.
-Megan Krapf

Unit 3 Blog

     I would rate my physical, spiritual, and psychological well being overall the same grade on a 1-10 scale and give myself a 5.  With my busy schedule working full time as a registered nurse and taking three online classes for my BSN I have no time for myself.  I know it is crucial to create this time for myself.  The exercise for this blog with the relaxation technique was very calming and did not take that long.  It was nice to listen the man's voice.  It was very soothing and did not take that much time out of my day; I think the sad thing is if it was not assigned to me for school I would never make time to do something like that for myself.  Physically I would love to have more time to go to the gym, to my Zumba, and do my yoga...but once again there is not enough time in the day.  I also believe my exercise helps with my psychological well being because it makes me feel better about my self and releases endorphins.  Spiritually I would love to begin going to church again.  Hopefully with the knowledge from this course and when my schedule slows down I can incorporate my yoga and listening relaxation techniques such as in this weeks blog assignment into my life.
-Megan Krapf

Unit 2 Reflection

     In unit 2 I have learned a lot about how the mind, body, and spirit need to be treated together in order to achieve optimal health.  As a nurse this is important information to have, especially when working with the elderly population and those patients at end of life. In the medical field nurses, doctors, radiologists, and other disciplines tend to only focus on the biological and scientific way to fix a problem as opposed to using emotions and spirituality, or even religion to help heal their patients ailments.
-Meg