My Meditation Practice Plan For The Physical Aspect

In everyday life many people develop habits, but it is never too late to attempt to change that bad habit to live a healthier life. For this behavioral change project, I was asked to choose a health behavior that I would like to change for the better. So, I decided that I wanted to increase the amount of water I was consuming each day. The standard recommendation on how much water an individual should consume is about 64 ounces daily. However how much a person should drink is more individualized then one might assume. Therefore, for this particular project my goal was to at least consume 64 ounces of water daily as a baseline starting point. I also had to consider days when I worked out. So, I decided that I would attempt to increase that amount

"Yoga" and "meditation" seem to have become trendy words recently, and even trendier practices. But for all their modern applications, both yoga and meditation have been around for a long, long time.

The behavior change that I chose was to drink more water every day. Furthermore, my more specific goal was to drink eight glasses per day. My long-term goal by the end of the behavior change project was to drink eight glasses a day, because that is the recommended amount that a healthy human being should drink. I set short-term goals to help make my behavior change easier to accomplish. My short-term goals were to drink two glasses of water per day by the end of week one, four glasses of water per day by the end of week two, and six glasses of water per day by the end of week three. When going through this behavior change project, I personally discovered that there are not only many benefits from this behavior change, but also many barriers.

Action plans: I started by writing my present weight down, which is 160, my end weight will be 148; this will be a loss of 12 lbs. over the course of 8 weeks. Week one I will start drinking plenty of water. My goal is to drink a gallon of water each day for the durations of my personal wellness plan. The first few days were a struggle, but as the

Do you think meditation leads to heightened sensation and perception? Explain why or why not.

Mindfulness intervention has shown to be effective in alleviating depressive symptoms. In particular, Transcendental Meditation (TM) helps depression patients to relieve stress and depressive symptoms, to improve overall life satisfaction, and to reduce anxiety. Since the underlying mechanism of neurobiological changes brought on by TM intervention to depression patients is yet unknown, this study attempts to investigate how TM helps to relief depressive symptoms by regulating the Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal (HPA) axis function through the measurement of cortisol response. College participants were randomized into an eight-week program with either a TM intervention or no intervention. During the course of the study, biological function measurement

The health-related behavior that I chose to change was to increase my water intake. The first step that I undertook is that I purchased a water pitcher that can hold up to 33 oz. My goal was to drink eight 8-ounce glasses of water a day which is about 2 liters. The model that I reflected on for the change was the ecological model because I thought that the health behavior fills in both intrapersonal and interpersonal level. For the personal level, I planned to keep a cup of water on my desk to sip on while I'm studying. I also added slices of lemon or orange to my water for a hint of flavor to motivate me to drink more. Another step that I undertook is that I used the water-logged phone application because I thought it is an easy way to track

In this short paper, the purpose is to show how we can use a primary source text and understand the significance of the text, by finding the purpose of the author or text in society. Also, it displays the interaction between the humanity with the reality and recognizing our relationships with different individuals. In order to understand a sacred text, is to find a primary source text, which I used The Fourteen Mindfulness Trainings, because it brings the mindfulness, ethical behavior and compassionate action in society or the way of living peacefully in the community. As the author of The Fourteen Mindfulness Trainings is Thich Nhat Hanh.

Initially, I was nervous to begin daily meditations because I had tried to meditate before and I could never truly calm my mind from the thousands of thoughts that would swirl around. However, after meditating for fifteen minutes daily for a week, I can now say that I have become more comfortable with meditation, but it was a challenging week. At many times, I felt uncomfortable sitting in silence because my thoughts would constantly distract me from trying to focus on my breathing. Yet, as the week progressed, I noticed that I became more comfortable with the practice. Surprisingly, time passed very quickly when I meditated, it felt as though it was roughly five minutes, when it was really fifteen minutes. As well, the

Review those practices to see if you have practiced any; did they work and why or why not?

For my first mindfulness activity extended reflection I selected Activity 41 from How to Train A Wild Elephant – Be On Time. As described in the book I set the intention for one whole week to do my best to be on time for all events / classes / appointments that I had to attend. While I am most often present by the designated time for the many things I do, I frequently find myself leaving little to no wiggle room to be on time and end up racing down to the wire to not be late for things. As someone who took 3 entire years off from education between high school and college I had a lengthy period of my life where I essentially made my own schedule and seldom needed to be somewhere on time. There has certainly been a learning curve to having a

Buddhist meditation helps to improve health: Buddhist meditation helps to improve your focus (one-pointedness concentration) Buddhist meditation helps to achieve inner peace and serenity (equanimity) Buddhist meditation helps to remove suffering (Dukkha - un-satisfactoriness) Buddhist meditation helps to live with loving-kindness and compassion Buddhist meditation helps to bring moment-to-moment awareness (power of now)

Meditation in its truest sense does not only help people in developing tranquility, calmness, and inner peace but also to grow as a true person. However, some people have misconceptions about meditation as being a hippy act or something associated with marijuana smoking. They did not realize that meditation is done so that the mind can think better to improve the condition of life.

First I had to identify a few obstacles that could hinder my plan from working affectively. These obstacles included: My desire for other drinks (i.e. juices, sodas, Gatorade), outside forces such as restaurants and friends offering other drinks, and the habit of thinking there is a better option than water. I then found it affective to come up with various strategies to that I could use to overcome the aforementioned obstacles. First, I decided to use the shaping technique mentioned in some our studies by steadily building up my water intake for each day. Also, I decided to substitute all drinks at dinner with water only. This helped greatly because dinner is the meal of the day where I tend to consume the greatest amount of fluids. I also decided to keep several 24 ounce bottles of water beside my bed and refrigerator to help encourage me to drink more water. The last strategy I decided to implement was exercising more so that my body would crave more fluids. Exercising extra was hard because I am a college basketball player, so finding time to add in more physical activity even when my body was hurting was very difficult, but it also proved how dedicated I was to the process of behavior change. In any behavior change plan it is very important to make sure that short-term goals are set and also mini-rewards. If I was able to drink 64 ounces of water each day for the first five days, I would allow myself to enjoy a flavored water with my dinner. If I was able to drink 96 ounces of water each day for the next three days, I then would allow myself to enjoy a day of rest which is something I don’t experience very often. If I then drank a gallon each day for the next three days, I allowed myself to enjoy a day at the mall, because I love to shop for myself yet rarely

There is an amusing saying regarding the health of the physical body. It is said