Hello Health & Wellness enthusiasts,
This meditation was one like I have not experienced. I was surprised by the fact that I did shed tears. I cried when I pictured the person that I imagined. The person I chose was my grandfather. He had passed away this last May 31st. He has been on my mind this month because this last January he was feeling a little weak/sick, so we had my son's birthday over to my grandparents place. I have never shed tears in any meditation and this meditation not only caused emotion but also put me to sleep. I decided to do this meditation in bed and I closed my eyes. The crying caused me to get out my feelings and also got me relaxed. I have not experienced this type of peace in any of the other meditations, even doing the meditations at night before bed. This meditation was the only one that has ever made me feel true peace and cause me to fall asleep, maybe it was the waves I heard in my eyes, the crying, or the peace I found in the image of my grandfather. What do you all think helped this to happen to me?
Now, it is time to talk about the quote by Dacher. This quote caused me to think about the future as a health and wellness professional. I need to have looked and even experienced many aspects of health and wellness practices. I look at the job as a role model, like I try to be with my physical education classes. We have to walk the talk and if we do not how does that show our clients that we know what we are talking about. I need to keep developing my psychological, physical and spiritual aspects to my life. We are all a work in progress and need to see ourselves that way. Once we have stopped trying to improve that is the beginning to the end. We should always be looking to improve our lives professionally as well as personally. Can anyone think of a instance that learning professionally would not also impact you personally or vise versa? Let me know because I think that with each way of learning we grow as an over all person.
Thanks, Emily
Hey Emily thanks for sharing about your grandfather. Sounds like this was a great weird experience in the sense that you have not experience it before. I think that sometimes we do not grieve enough and maybe this was another outlet for you.
ReplyDeleteI do agree with each way of learning makes us more knowledgeagle as a person and has a health care professional. I strongly believe that knowledge is power and if we can put the practices in place that we have learned, we can help others so much more. I do think that behavior changes, diseases, loss of a loved one is very difficult for us as humans to overcome and the best way to do this is through our mind as our body will follow. So the more we know and practice yes the better we will be personally and professionally.
Thanks - Lil
Hi Emily
ReplyDeleteThis sounds like a break through experience for you as it seems you are not done grieving for your grandfather. I am glad it caused you to feel peace however and then helped you relax enough to fall asleep. Did you feel that you gained all the wisdom from your grandfather?
I agree that we have to walk the walk in order to be effective. It brings credibility to what we are trying to teach others if we ourselves have gone through the process. As for your question about an instance where learning professionally doesn't affect us personally I feel anything we learn both personally and professionally helps us in both areas.
Leslie
Emily,
ReplyDeleteI believe you were making connection with his spirit which gave you inner peace and allowed you to spend time in remembrance of him. Some times we have to step away from routine and rigor and allow ourselves to feel and relax. You were at a place where relaxation and complete surrender or submission worked. I am glad that you had this encounter and you had peace although there were tears. Not all tears are sad or bad.
The more we learn the more we grow and the more we grow the better we become. It is a process, one step improves the next step until we have accomplished our goal. Another way to interpret the quote is you have to be able to walk the walk to talk the talk. Every day that I wake up, it is a blessing and I learn something new but the key is applying to life every day thereafter.
Dru Van Wright
Hi Dru,
ReplyDeleteA few of us seem to share having a wonderful grandfather. I am sorry to hear about your grandfather's passing. My grandfather passed away 2 years ago this month and I still get so emotional thinking about him-he was such an inspirational person in my life.
I think you had that experience because you needed to and you quieted all the chatter and enabled it to happen. All of that bottled up emotion needed an outlet.
I totally agree with your interpretation of the quote-we have to be able to "walk the walk and talk the talk" for credibility as a role model and educator.
Everyday truly is a blessing and provides many opportunities for learning and growth and I do believe that what happens in our professional life carries over to our personal life and vice-versa.
Rgards,
Alicia Maguire
Emily,
ReplyDeleteThis class has been one of the most incredible journeys I have ever taken and find myself going back through the different blogs of those that have really touched me. I just wanted to say thank you for sharing such a personal experience. When you did find yourself crying did it feel like a weight was lifted off of you? I ask this because I have always been quite afraid of crying. Thank you again for sharing everything you did. It has been an honor learning from you.
Rob