Unit 7-Meeting Aesclepius & Describing phrase, "One cannot lead another where one has not gone himself."

The only exercises I performed this last week in unit 7 were; pregnancy yoga, swimming, and Meeting Aesclepius mp3. I decided to start listening to the exercise at the beginning of the week as the first thing I complete for the unit. I also decided to finish my week with the exercise as well. My goal was to listen to it throughout the week but I found my plate becoming extremely full. The experience I had with this exercise was good both times but better the second time. I think it's because I was expecting it and was prepared for it more than the first time. I used a different person each time as well. I'm not sure if that had an effect or how much of an effect it did have. I feel like a happier person since taking this class. That goes the same for previous terms of this program. Every term I learn new information about how to live within health and wellness. Last term I learned about stress management and prevention and it has since worked wonders. Adding this class and more specifically the exercises I have found yet another level of health and wellness which makes me so happy. I know I will continue to use these exercises specifically because I have already added a copy of the downloads to my main drive. With each class, I take something out of it and apply it to my life.

"One cannot lead another to where one has not gone himself." This is simple to me, you cannot very well take a person down the path of integral health unless you have traveled that road yourself. How can you expect to teach a person how to sky dive if you have never done it yourself. You can't. How doesn't this apply to the health and wellness professional? In every way this applies to the professional. It would quite hard to lead someone in psychological, spiritual, and physical wellness, if I don't know it myself. That's why I'm working on obtaining the knowledge to do so efficiently. I would never want to lead someone astray because I was full of myself and tried to lead them without the know-how. Of course I have an obligation to my clients. Can you imagine going to the doctor's office and needed a vaccine to help with a contagious virus and they were incompetent or clearly were not efficient in what they were supposed to be efficient in?! That would be wrong on so many levels. That's why I would never do that to someone either. I have already implemented psychological and spiritual growth in my personal life by; having a nutritious diet, exercise at least a few days a week, wake up every morning to 20 minute yoga, use the exercises as often as possible, enjoy the little things, experience the human connection, and try every day to be a better overall person with optimal health and wellness.