Hello to those who might be reading my blog. This past week
was busy. Between house renovations and working extra hours at work my life has
felt a tad frantic this past week. As for assignments this week we are asked to
do the Meeting Aesclepius exercise, and blog about our experience. Also we are
expected to describe and discuss the quote "One cannot lead another where
one has not gone himself."
Meeting
Aesclepius, for me was a success. The person I envisioned was my Grandma. She was a strong, wise, faithful, and patient
person. She was calm, always kind and
charitable. She raised me and was a very huge influence in my life, and even at
her passing she continues to be. I think of her and miss her often so seeing
her and communing with her was easy and welcome. I have always had great success with mental
imagery with light, usually healing light so this only made this exercise even
more successful for me. At the conclusion of this exercise I felt peace and
calm, as odd as it may sound I feel just as close to my grandmother as I did
when she was still with me. I feel
refresh and renewed and have dismissed the stress that had built up over the
day. Personally I love this exercise and it is my favorite yet. I will continue
to use this in my weekly meditation regimen.
For me the phrase
"One cannot lead another where one has not gone himself" means that
one must practice what they preach. As
for the Health and Wellness genre this has never been truer. In my opinion for
your clients/patients to have confidence in you they must see that you also
live and breathe what you saying to them. In order to aid others you must first
yourself be on the same journey. Even in our text the author Dacher says that "To
become agents of a more expansive health, we must begin with our own
life." (Dacher, 2006, p.167) He said that by adopting an integral approach
to wellness and healing in our own lives; this is the best way we can begin to
aid others in flourishing. Mr. Dacher summed up my belief on this topic best
when in his book he said, "Whether we are a healer or a patient, we must
be ready to receive and consider the integral approach. If not, it should not
be shared." (Dacher, 2006, p.167)
Brandy
Dacher, E. (2006). Integral Health The Path To Human
Flourishing. Laguna Beach: Basic Health Publications, Inc.
Brandy,
ReplyDeleteI found that imaging someone that I didn't know worked a lot better for me. I tried it a couple times and each time the image I started with was not the image I ended with. When I started with an imaginary figure I was able to get through the whole thing without any difficulty. I agree with you about practice what you preach because if you aren't willing to try it or do it yourself then you shouldn't talk about it.