Clari Rose Professor Harmer Lifetime Wellness and Fitness Class Reflection This class has been one

of my very favorites. It was always enjoyable to attend class socialize with my classmates as well as my teacher !ar. There were many intelli"ent bri"ht #eo#le that I "ot to $now and #ic$ their brains for "ood ideas. I too$ on every wee$ly challen"e which t%rned o%t to be the most beneficial learnin" tactic for me. I&m obsessed with bein" active and healthy and these challen"es that I #racticed and maintained were tric$ily for that. I thin$ the two most challen"in" challen"es were drin$in" a "allon of water every day and then bein" by myself not movin" or thin$in" j%st sittin" with myself for ten min%tes every day. 'ein" as b%sy as I am with school and wor$ drin$in" the water was hard. I carried aro%nd a "allon j%" and j%st %se that b%t I had to constantly remind my self to drin$ the water so that it was "one by the time I made it home for the day aro%nd ()*+#m. ,n to# of that I had to %se the restroom all the time it seemed. !ar said that after a few days my body wo%ld absorb more of the water and "et %sed to the -%antity so I wo%ldn&t have to "o as often and she was ri"ht. I don&t drin$ a "allon of water every day b%t I do drin$ a lot more than I %sed to. This has become a habit for me now and I have three water j%"s that I fill %# at the ch%rch well. I noticed that the more hydrated I am the better I loo$ and feel. .s for the ten min%tes with self challen"e I created another habit. It %sed to be every ni"ht before I went to bed after my lon" day at school and wor$ #l%s doin" ho%rs of homewor$ after that when I finally made it to bed my mind wo%ld still be thin$in" abo%t everythin". I too$ me -%ite a while to act%ally fall aslee# beca%se my mind wo%ldn&t rela/. 0o this ten min%tes of self chan"ed that for me. When I "ot into bed I wo%ld foc%s more on littler thin"s rather than the bi""er stressors and event%ally wor$ my down %ntil I was j%st foc%sin" on my breathin". It didn&t seem li$e m%ch at first b%t I started fallin" aslee# faster and lon"er. It did ta$e a few days of really bein" in control of my tho%"hts b%t by the end of that wee$&s challen"e I was more rested. The challen"es were "reat and mi/ed with the e/ercises we had to do I felt really "ood. !ost #eo#le have a harder time

"ettin" to the "ym to wor$ o%t b%t when yo% are in a class where the teacher mar$s yo% down for it then all of the s%dden it becomes a bi""er #riority beca%se it&s considered homewor$ and yo% need to do the homewor$ in order to "et a "ood "rade. The heart rate monitor thin" !ar let me borrow for my wor$o%ts was so beneficial. I ended %# b%yin" one of my own beca%se I it wor$s well and I don&t have to sto# d%rin" my wor$o%t to fi"%re o%t my heart rate. I li$ed the fact that alon" with all the #hysical fitness st%ff we learned abo%t mental health. When we tal$ed abo%t the different mental diseases that e/ists I develo#ed more of a soft s#ot for #eo#le who do have them. I have a belief that if yo% are sic$ then the only ca%se of it is beca%se yo% attracted it thro%"h mental or #hysical actions. Then we started tal$in" abo%t how #eo#le str%""le with different diseases and how they do want to be healthy b%t they don&t always $now what to do or where to t%rn. 0.1 ,C1 PT01 all of those are conditions that can be serio%s and the #eo#le that s%ffer from them need love and s%##ort. When 2ate !ar&s friend told %s her story abo%t how she s%rvived #ancreatic cancer I fell in love with her method of "ettin" better. 0he did try what the doctors tho%"ht wo%ld wor$ b%t then when she t%rned to the more holistic side and started e/ercisin" and eatin" s#ecific foods at certain times her body event%ally c%red herself3 4o%r body is made for certain thin"s its amazin" what it&s ca#able of if yo% "ive it a chance to heal itself first. !ar tal$ed a lot abo%t food as thy medicine and I %nderstand more now of how crazy tr%e that is by ta$in" this class. I li$ed that this class foc%sed more on bein" in ali"nment with yo%rself by listenin" to yo%r body and res#ondin" a##ro#riately alon" with thin$in" "ood tho%"hts and #ic$in" and choosin" who sho%ld be in yo%r sand bo/. 0ometimes I need a birds eye view from my life for or"anizational and realizational #ro#oses this class hel#ed with that by ma$in" me really thin$ abo%t whose in my life what my stressors are and most im#ortantly what i&m able to do and where i&m "oin".The self descri#tion assi"nment was a little bit of an eye o#ener. Its easy to thin$ of others "ood -%alities and characteristics b%t tryin" to thin$ of yo%r own is harder. I had to thin$ dee#ly for a while to fi"%re o%t the honest tr%th to #%t on #a#er. I came %# with some "ood st%ff and it made me feel really "ood abo%t myself beca%se It was all honest words that I tho%"ht of. I feel comfortable sayin" that this

class "ave me a different view of myself. !y classmates were j%st awesome I made some "ood friends that I ho#e to $ee# in contact with and my teacher !ar was sweet. I loved learnin" abo%t her story and her teachin" method is "reat. I %nderstood very well what was as$ed of me beca%se !ar j%st "ets ri"ht to the #oint which I li$e and I accom#lished a lot in this class. I&ll definitely %se what I have learned in this class for my f%t%re. I #lan on contin%in" my water inta$e and e/ercises as well as the tactic I %se now to fall aslee#. I $now as I ta$e other health classes I will contrib%te what I learned from this class into the others beca%se it&s "ood information.