Integral Assessment
This practice exercise definitely has the ability to shift from oneness to universal. What I found in this exercise was a clear, large opening to universal awareness. I found myself envisioning Africa, in particular, when I repeated "may all individuals gain freedom from suffering." In the other sentence, "may all individuals find sustained health, happiness and wholeness," I just envision the globe and mother earth wrapping her arms around it. Next, I focused on how I could assist individuals in gaining freedom and finding happiness, health and wholeness, and the answer for me, is through midwifery and holistic counseling. When I opened my eyes, I found myself with more gratitude.
In the integral assessment, we had to basically find ourselves in a meditative state, and see which area out of the four quadrants came up for us to assess and work on. In my integral assessment, I feel like I am at most distress with my biological quadrant. Particularly, I feel nutrition and exercise is way out of alignment. The fix to this is to initiate a smarter, more physical approach to life. I have prior knowledge of nutrition and exercise as I use to be a very fit individual. Over the years, I've gotten very comfortable and have really allowed myself to become unhealthy. Secondly, on a more introspected view, I know that when I am lean and muscular, I draw attention. I've had both women and men asking for my number and I hated it, so building a layer of fat was protective for me. However, as I've gotten older and matured a lot, I've learned to set boundaries and say no, so I don't have to stay in protection mode any longer. Additionally, as I begin to look and feel better physically, it will motivate me with other projects I want to complete like teaching, and holistic counseling, but am afraid to do it now because of my physical appearance.
The way that I can integrate this into my life is my exercising more and being more selective with my foods. I understand that the only person who can change me is me, and it is my choice when to actually begin. Every exercise that we do that makes us take an integral or holistic approach to our own lives truly gets me one step closer to realizing what I need to change and implementing the change.
In love and light,
Heidi
In the integral assessment, we had to basically find ourselves in a meditative state, and see which area out of the four quadrants came up for us to assess and work on. In my integral assessment, I feel like I am at most distress with my biological quadrant. Particularly, I feel nutrition and exercise is way out of alignment. The fix to this is to initiate a smarter, more physical approach to life. I have prior knowledge of nutrition and exercise as I use to be a very fit individual. Over the years, I've gotten very comfortable and have really allowed myself to become unhealthy. Secondly, on a more introspected view, I know that when I am lean and muscular, I draw attention. I've had both women and men asking for my number and I hated it, so building a layer of fat was protective for me. However, as I've gotten older and matured a lot, I've learned to set boundaries and say no, so I don't have to stay in protection mode any longer. Additionally, as I begin to look and feel better physically, it will motivate me with other projects I want to complete like teaching, and holistic counseling, but am afraid to do it now because of my physical appearance.
The way that I can integrate this into my life is my exercising more and being more selective with my foods. I understand that the only person who can change me is me, and it is my choice when to actually begin. Every exercise that we do that makes us take an integral or holistic approach to our own lives truly gets me one step closer to realizing what I need to change and implementing the change.
In love and light,
Heidi
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