I enjoyed this week’s meditation practice because it brought my mind to ease.  The woman’s voice was low and kept me interested in her next instruction.  I liked the background music mostly because it was the sound of the ocean waves crashing.  The two things that relax my mind, body, and spirit are the ocean and birds.  I love to be at the beach and just sit in quiet with the beautiful sounds around me.  This exercise made me feel the most relaxed out of all the exercises this semester.  I believe that this is because I have grown and developed health and wellness techniques throughout this course.  I would like to continue doing these exercises even after this class has finished.  Unfortunately, I can see myself letting go of these activities as time passes, but we will see. 

“One cannot lead another where one has not gone himself” (Micozzi, p. 477).  Healthcare professionals should be healthy in their own psychological, physical, and spiritual wellbeing so they can give the highest level of care to their patients.  We as healthcare professionals should be the role model for our patients.  We cannot recommend our patients to stop smoking if we are smokers.   I like how Ken Wilbur stated, “having a map of Hawaii is not like actually being there”. (Micozzi, p. 477).  We never stop growing, learning, and developing as each day passes.  We can always better ourselves which will benefit others we come in contact with. 

Schlitz, M., Amorok, T., & Micozzi, M. (2005). Consciousness and Healing: Integral Approaches to Mind-Body Medicine. St. Louis: Elsevier Churchill Livingstone.