Course Summary, And Myself Reflection

I have integrated various holistic practices into my treatment plans including acupuncture, yoga, massage, meditation and prayer. I also discuss and recommend the importance of balance in our lives, which is a major philosophy of Ayurvedic Medicine, “balance between body, mind and spirit” (What is the philosophy, n.d.). I stress how healthy choices regarding diet, exercise and relationships can impact a patient’s physical, emotional and spiritual balance in their life.

Over the course of this semester, I have spent an ample amount of time serving as a mentor with Gonzaga’s Center for Community Engagement Youth Program, Campus Kids. In Campus Kids, we develop one-on-one relationships with mentees between the 4th-6th grades to assist them in succeeding academically, socially, and emotionally. Every Thursday afternoon at 3:10 PM, each of the Campus Kids mentors in our group meet up in the Center for Community Engagement in the basement of the Hemmingson Center. We spend this time doing icebreaker activities with the other mentors to get to know each other while we wait for our mentees to arrive in their school bus from the local Garfield Elementary in Spokane, WA. From 3:30-5:00 PM, we spend one-on-one time with our mentees where we engage in a variety of different activities such as playing educational games, working on homework together, sharing a healthy snack, talking about the activities we have done the past week, and exercising outside. In addition to meeting with my mentee every Thursday, I also ride in a carpool with 3 other mentors to Garfield Elementary every Friday from 11:00 AM-12:00 PM for a school visit where I get to sit in on my mentees’ PE class and provide support and encouragement for him as he works on developing his physical education. In this class, I help him out if he’s having difficulty understanding what his teachers are asking him to do, or I will help count the number of push-ups or sit-ups he has trying to reach

The most important experience that has positively impacted my academic performance is being in AVID for the past 5 years. AVID is an acronym that stands for advancement via individual determination, a college preparatory class that helps prepare you for college, get organized, and set goals. I have been enrolled in AVID since 8th grade learning how to become a better student, improving study skills and the way I communicate with the students and teachers around me.

As I worked as a behavior therapist my job was to implement programs created by my supervisors for the participants. I did not have many chances to assess the children I worked with before working with them as it had already been done. However, I have had many opportunities throughout the program to practice the techniques it takes to understand the underlying reasons for specific behaviors that are in need of change. I have also had the chance to practice using ABC (Antecedent, Behavior, Consequence) recording forms to identify the function of tantrum behavior.

This course was comprised of many learning activities; each was designed to help me achieve the course learning outcomes. I have taken two college English classes in the past; however, it has been several years since my last college class. I have some experience in writing and this class definitely helped me get back into writing. I often have trouble brainstorming and capturing the subject I need to write about. This class definitely helped me overcome the challenges I faced in writing and being able to effectively express my ideas in a clear and concise manner. Not to mention, it definitely helped build my writing foundation through a step by step approach to each assignment. Therefore, this class bolstered my writing and communication skills.

After going through all the articles, I was eagerly waiting to attend the first lecture of this course. In the first lecture of this course, I got a feeling that everything is going to change. The meditation of 5 minutes in the beginning of the lecture filled me with a positive vibe and a lot of energy. The connection between body and soul was explained in a simple and beautiful manner by the professor. The vibrational medicine and its effects on the body astonished me.

My gut reaction about my style and way of being during counseling session has changed. For example, certain things came along so natural and others were and are still in transition. In the counseling process certain techniques (e.g., exploring, silence, restatements, and probing questions) with already in my tool kit without even knowing they were skills. Then, other techniques such as guiding the client through insight, immediacy, and homework strategies started of f as challenges. Perhaps, it was just feeling comfortable using these techniques in a more natural way. At first, I kept second guessing myself by

Throughout the course of this semester, I have learned so much about writing. I used to think writing was my best skill in terms of school, but after taking this course, I realized I have a lot to learn still. In high school English was always my highest grade because of my writing, my writing in my SAT scores was always the highest, and last semester in ENGL 1301, I got a high A in the course. But this course has challenged me as a writer to think outside of the box and be more academically smarter in terms of writing. The journals have helped me write about things that we like more than the other assignments because it gives us more freedom and flexibility about what we can write about. These journals are being used as a tool as practice

Since the environment is indivisible to patients and their families (Smith & Parker, 2015), I will always attempt to create a safe, relaxing place where they can trust in my care for them. They may express any of their concerns to me, so I may provide them with proper service. To holistically care for patients within their energy fields, I will implement noninvasive modalities, such as therapeutic touch, aromatherapy, meditation, and all forms of art, which can help alleviate patients’ suffering (Smith & Parker, 2015). In monitoring their patterns, I will identify changes in their health conditions and investigate the causes. Finally, to integrate the concept of human beings as unitary, I will focus on my patients as a whole rather than solely on their chief complaint because only then will they trust my ability to care and enable me to help them (Smith & Parker,

In the article, “ The Teaching Class,” by Rachel Reiderer it states the world of being an adjunct. Rachel discussed the two differences between being on a tenure track and being on an adjunct track. She addressed the issue of faculty working conditions are the students learning conditions. She stated that being payed for the hours there make a teacher lazy and not want to teach. Rachel discussed that being an adjunct professor their is no job security and the pay is hard because it feels like your living from paycheck to paycheck.

For three years (2013, 2014 and 2015) I have been participating with the Predental Students Club. I was able to invite sometimes the Operative residents to join me and gave lectures to predental students or prospect dental students interested in dental career. A lecture followed by lab exercise was performed, sometimes with waxing procedures some others with Resin-based composite exercises. This year we had 45 students from the University of Northern Iowa and we did the resin based composite procedure.

Meditation has always been seen as a way to keep the mind and soul healthy. Mediation dates back to 1500 BCE originating in Ancient India. The practice soon started to expand and adapt to other cultures around the world. Some of the earliest references to meditation are found in the Hindu scriptures and it was around the 6th to 5th centuries that other forms of meditation developed into Confucian, Taoist China, and Buddhist India (Taham). This spiritual and religious practice has been around for thousands of years, benefiting many people. However, in the year 2017 mediation no longer feels like a spiritual practice but rather like

- According to the student, he has started a new class and he could not find where he could change the info that he has right now on his account.

Namely, Buddhist scholars and some monastics, are troubled about the subsequential lineage arising from MBSR programs, specifically how they might be diluting the rich teachings from various Buddhist schools and traditions (p. 189). With regards to Buddhist traditions, a vow of ethical behavior is required before engaging in meditation training. Reason being, vows provide “structure of safety for retreatants and monastics, and useful in purifying the mind for deeper practice” (p.189) Reputably, Cullen’s illustrates that Jon Kabat-Zin cultivated formal and informal practices of mindfulness, focusing on Vipassana Buddhist traditions. On the grounds that, this application, refrains from deep cultural influences compared to other Buddhist schools tradition and practices. This merger of Vipassana traditions in mainstream settings, still uphold original formal practices of the tradition, including; mindful movement (yoga that places emphasis on mindful awareness of the body), body scans (first foundation of mindfulness), sitting meditation (awareness of breath and extending awareness to include all four foundations of mindfulness) (p.188). Intentions of these MBSR programs are not solely based on stress reduction, but, the application of four foundations in daily life. According to Cullen is

As the semester started, I had set my mind that I was destined to achieve a lot. During the start of the semester, I had several difficulties writing English assignments especially in terms of grammar. During the first week of the semester, I sat down, organized my thoughts and comprehended that throughout the semester, I had to achieve all that I had planned for. As a student of English, I had planned that throughout the semester, I had to improve my skills as a scholar, writer and critical thinker. Now that the semester has ended, I can reflect all the semester activities to depict how my writing skills and critical thinking skills have drastically improved. This paper presents a reflection paper of how this