Unit 7 "Meeting Asciepius"

For myself this week's meditation practice was a bit different than the past weeks. I focused on my brother which I lost a few years ago. At first it was very difficult but as the exercise continued I felt like he was right here with me. I thought about how much I loved him, how I missed him and then my thoughts went to our younger years and all the laughs and tears we shared together. As the practice went on I felt such an inner peace and calming I really believed that this type of mediation helped me with some of my grieving. I don't think I have aloud myself to except that he has passed on but once I completed this exercise I was smiling at the feelings I felt.

1. "One cannot lead another where one has not gone himself” I believe this to be a powerful statement. I am a firm believer that one can not understand someones path if they have never traveled it before. This apply's to the health and wellness professional because we must understand what our clients our feeling and what is happening within their lives in order to help them reach human flourishing. We have an obligation to your clients to be developing our health psychologically, physically, and spiritually because  if we have not reached human flourishing and integral health then what right do we have to try and practice this with our clients. Each day we can implement health, happiness and wholeness in our own lives by letting all the negatives disappear and replace them with a more positive outlook on life.