2. WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
Mental Fitness
What the heck is that!?!
Physical Perks
An in shape mind helps promote an in shape body?
Mental Exercises that bring out those physical
perks
Yes, really.
Need Proof
Well here’s some for you, you skeptical person you
3. Everyone has heard of mind over
matter. Or, if you don’t mind, it doesn’t
matter. Tons of old famous adages that
have passed from generation to
generation. However, we, rarely think
of the strength of our mind. And how
much we can do to better that strength.
And how much that strength can better
all aspects of our lives.
4. It’s true, some people just don’t believe that there
is a connection between their body and their mind.
Clearly, these are people who has never been
startled, or had a crush. Ahh, the crush. When
that special someone walks into the room and your
cheeks turn red…there’s nothing deniable about
that!
5. DEVELOPING YOUR CONSCIOUS
THE LITTLE PIECES OF YOU
Personal
• Psychospiritual
• Biological
Inner
• Psychospiritual
• Interpersonal
Outer
• Biologcial
• Worldly
shared
• Worldly
• Interpersonal
6. PERSONALAREASOFDEVELOPMENT
Each of us has
areas that we
need to
further
develop.
Perhaps you
have too
much on your
mind at work
and have
trouble
concentrating.
Try this
breathing
exercise when
you are
feeling
particularly
overwhelmed
When you feel as if there is too much
on your plate…
Put both of your feet on the floor hips width
apart
Sit with your back straight but resting on the
back of your chair
Place your shoulders in a comfortable position
Take a deep breath in through your nose as if you
were preparing to belt out a loud scream
Rather than letting that breath out as a scream, feel
your stomach expand as you inhale as deep as
possible
Let the air out through your mouth
Now close your eyes this time and imagine the air
you’re pulling in your nose is actually coming
through your body all the way from the tips of your
toes
Breathe in until your stomach is filled with air
Hold that breathe
When releasing that breath imagine that all of your
worries and to do’s have fallen into their perfect
place and feel calm and concentrated
7. THE NUMBERS…THEY DON’T LIE
The Details
Rats given Cytoxan laced
water
Cytoxan causes nasty nausea
Rats given clean fresh water
Rats still experienced the
nasty nausea
Why?
The rats altered their own
immune systems to
reproduce the nausea, even
in the absence of Cytoxan
The Power of Prayer
393 patients, randomized, double-blind
Control group-no intercessory prayer
Experimental group-prayed for as
intercessory group (person) saw fit
The divine results
Patients group prayed for:
Fewer deaths
Fewer pulmonary edemas
Less potent drug therapy
Less resuscitation required
The 1970’s The 1980’s…
8. THE HEALING POWER OF FORGIVENESS
Students received six 50
minute group trainings that
provided steps toward
forgiveness
After learning to forgive the
wrongdoer in his/her life the
student also learned to become
more forgiving in general
10 weeks following study each
student maintained his/her ability
to lend forgiveness and be
forgiving
269 participants, age group of
25 to 49 years old with
unresolved interpersonal hurt
Participants experienced relief of
physical symptoms
Lowered stress levels
Increased optimism
Although not all persons in the
study experience full forgiveness
to this/her wrongdoer, each did
experience significant
improvement
Study Number One Study Number Two
9. Conclusion
The realization that we hold our health, not in our hands but
in our heart and mind. We are extraordinarily able control so
many aspects of our mental, physical and spiritual well being.
Forgiveness, to this author is the most important aspect that
we are in control of. Forgiving ourselves and others helps
develop our conscious mind, forces us to meditate on positive
things, and sometimes even forces us into the realm of physical
fitness.
10. References
Dacher, E. (2006). Integral Health The Path to Human
Flourishing. Laguna Beach, CA: Basic Health
Publications, Inc.
Schlitz, M., Amorok, T., Micozzi, M. (2005) Consciousness and
Healing: Integral Approaches to Mind-Body Medicine.
St. Louis, MO: Elsevier Inc.