Guru Activities - A Practicum For Dealing With Isolation

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Learn secrets that Guru’s use when they go to the mountains far away from humanity. These methods will help you cope and grow stronger. Inside you will find a series of exercises and methods of dealing with the problems associated with mental health. You will learn ways to be more confident, focused breathing techniques to reduce stress, learn more about yourself through thought provoking questions and other ways to work on your own mental health while in isolation. DEDICATION FOREWORD WELCOME! CAUTIONS!! WHEN TO DELAY THE START OF AN EXERCISE PROGRAM GUIDELINES AND PRECAUTIONS FOR STRETCHING: WHAT IS A GURU? OTHER DEFINITIONS THOUGHTS A STORY - THE OBSTACLE IN OUR PATH MODELS OF WELLNESS ILLNESS-WELLNESS CONTINUUM: ICEBERG MODEL SPIRITUAL WELLNESS WHY IS SPIRITUAL WELLNESS IMPORTANT? THE ROUTE TO SPIRITUAL WELLNESS SEISHIN TEKI KYOYO (SPIRITUAL AWAKENING) SELF REFLECTION WHAT YOU NEED TO LEARN ABOUT YOURSELF CHECKLIST YOUR “WHY” YOUR VALUES YOUR MOTIVATIONS HOW YOU LEARN YOUR HABITS YOUR STRENGTHS AND ABILITIES YOUR PERSONALITY YOUR EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE YOUR SELF-CONFIDENCE ANYTHING HOLDING YOU BACK TATSUJIN NO TOKUSEI (TRAITS OF THE GURU) LONELINESS WHAT IS LONELINESS HOW DOES LONELINESS AFFECT PEOPLE? HOW COMMON IS LONELINESS? HARMFUL EFFECTS OF SOCIAL ISOLATION COMMON CAUSES OF LONELINESS LOW SELF-ESTEEM NEGATIVE ATTITUDES SELF-PITY SELF-CENTEREDNESS ANGER FEAR SITUATIONAL CAUSE SPIRITUAL CAUSES NOTE: IS THERE HOPE? HOW SHOULD WE RESPOND? CORRECTING NEGATIVE ATTITUDES EXAMPLE OF NEGATIVE AUTOMATIC THOUGHT: EXAMPLE OF POSITIVE CONSCIOUS THOUGHT; THE FIX THE PROCESS MINDSET RIGID MINDSET AVOID CHALLENGES HANDICAPS EFFORT CRITIQUE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF OTHERS SUMMARY FLEXIBLE MINDSET EMBRACE CHALLENGES PERSIST AND ENDURE SEE EFFORT AS THE PATH TO PERSONAL GROWTH LEARN FROM THE CRITIQU OF OTHERS BE HAPPY FOR OTHERS SUCCESS SUMMARY SELF IMAGE WHAT IS SELF IMAGE? WHERE DOES THIS IMAGE COME FROM? HOW DO YOU SEE YOURSELF? TEST - WHAT IMAGE DO YOU HAVE OF YOURSELF? RESULTS HOW TO IMPROVE YOUR IMAGE? EXERCISE #1 EXERCISE #2 BUILDING SELF CONFIDENCE PLANNING THE BENEFITS OF A PLAN PLANS SUCCEED WITH COMMITMENT WHAT STOPS US FROM PLANNING EFFECTIVELY? HOW CAN WE MAKE PLANNING EASIER? MAKING PLANS FOR YOUR FUTURE WHY WOULD ANYONE WANT A PLAN Z? DISCOVERY PHASE: BEFORE WE START KEY ELEMENTS END GOALS USE MILESTONES TO MAKE YOUR END GOALS ACTIONABLE CHOOSE 1-3 FOCUS AREAS CHOOSE 1-3 DEVELOPMENT AREAS. VISION BOARDS DAILY QUESTIONS DAILY QUESTIONS OF ROUTINE DAILY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS SHORT VERSION QUESTIONS FEAR WE MUST CHALLENGE OUR FEARS WE MUST REACH OUT TO OTHERS CONTROLING YOUR FEAR WHERE DOES FEAR COME FROM? WHAT IS MENTAL PRACTISE? HOW TO CREATE MENTAL IMAGERY. MAKING RELATIONSHIPS THAT WORK RAPPORT WHOLE BODY MATCHING CROSS MATCHING MOVEMENTS PART MATCHING BREATHING VOCAL PACING INDIRECT MATCHING (CROSS - OVER MIRRORING) HOW MUCH RAPPORT? RAPPORT THROUGH PHYSIOLOGY TIPS FOR DEVELOPING GREAT RAPPORT LEARN NAMES CHECK YOUR EGO AT THE DOOR USE HUMOR DO WHAT YOU ARE SAYING SHARE YOUR HUMANNESS ASK PEOPLE ABOUT THEMSELVES. ELIMINATE NEGATIVE EMOTIONALITY DEAL WITH CONFLICT EFFECTIVELY PAY ATTENTION TO YOUR NON-VERBAL BEHAVIOR MATCH AND MIRROR SHARE PERSONAL INSIGHTS AND EXPERIENCES SERVE BOTH SIDES OF THE BRAIN OBSERVE AND LISTEN REMEMBER WHAT IT IS LIKE BEING ON THE OTHER END SEEK HONEST FEEDBACK METHODS FOR BUILDING RAPPORT RAPPORT BUILDING EXERCISES EXERCISE 1 EXERCISE 2 EXERCISE 3 EXERCISE 4 9 THINGS YOU CAN DO TO GAIN RAPPORT WITH STRANGERS SELF-DISCIPLINE MENTAL TOXINS AND REMEDIES CYNICISM REMEDY TO CYNICISM NEGATIVISM REMEDY TO NEGATIVISM DEFEATISM REMEDY TO DEFEATISM ESCAPISM REMEDY TO ESCAPISM DELAY REMEDY TO DELAY MENTAL TOXIN’S SUMMARY ESSENTIAL INFORMATION SELF TALK UNDERSTANDING THE SUBCONSCIOUS MIND SPECIFICS ABOUT THE SUBCONSCIOUS MIND MAKING IT WORK UNDERSTANDING SELF-DISCIPLINE BLOCK BUSTING TOXIC FEARS FEAR OF FAILURE EXERCISE – ABSOLUTELY WRONG REVIEW OF EXERCISE EXERCISE - EXPLORING FEAR OF FAILURE A STORY - TRADING DIALOGUE FOR LODGING EXERCISE – CHANGE WORK ON FEAR OF FAILURE FEAR OF SUCCESS "Maybe I don't really deserve success." "If I'm successful, people will judge me with a more critical eye." "It's lonely at the top." "If I am successful someone close to me will suffer." "I'll be overcome by responsibility and pressure." EXERCISE - EXPLORING FEAR OF SUCCESS A STORY - MAYBE’S MOUSE... FEAR OF REJECTION EXERCISE - EXPLORING FEAR OF REJECTION A STORY – WONDERING REJECTION SELF-ASSESSMENT WHAT CAN CAUSE A FEAR OF REJECTION? EXERCISE – UNDERSTANDING YOUR OWN REJECTIONS HANDLING REJECTION IN THE REAL WORLD EXERCISE FOR FUTURE REJECTION FEAR OF MEDIOCRITY A STORY –THE STARFISH FEAR OF MEDIOCRITY – NEGATIVE CYCLE EXERCISE - FEAR OF MEDIOCRITY (NEGATIVE) WHAT IF NO ONE CARES ABOUT WHAT YOU CREATE OR DO? FEAR OF MEDIOCRITY – POSITIVE ASPECTS A STORY - THE MOUSE TRAP FEAR OF RISKS EXERCISE - FEAR OF RISKS EXERCISE #2 – FEAR OF RISKS SUMMARY ADDING A PERSONAL UNDERSTANDING TO TOXIC FEARS BREATHING TRAINING INTRODUCTION THE BREATHING MUSCLES WHAT DOES BREATHING TRAINING DO? PURSED LIP BREATHING (PLB) DEEP OR DIAPHRAGMATIC (BELLY) BREATHING RIB BREATHING WHY DO THESE EXERCISES? DAILY EXERCISES FOR HEALTHY BREATHING DEEP OR DIAPHRAGMATIC BELLY BREATHING TRUNK ROTATIONS ELBOW TOUCH REACHING TO THE SKY WINDMILL SEATED KICKS SHOULDER SHRUGGING SHOULDER ROLLS FOOT ROCKING NECK STRETCHES / CLEARING THE AIRWAYS COUGHING 'TATSUJIN KENKOHO HI SAKUSEN' [GURU HEALTH METHOD SECRET STRATEGY] SEIKA TANDEN KOKYU [TAN TIEN BREATHING] BREATHING METHODS AND TANDEN ABDOMINAL BREATHING AND REVERSE ABDOMINAL BREATHING AWARENESS OF THE LOWER TANDEN ABDOMINAL BREATHING (NORMAL) ABDOMINAL BREATHING (REVERSE) SHIZEN TAI (NORMAL POSTURE) KOKYU-HO METHOD 1 KOKYU-HO METHOD 2 PHYSICAL EXERCISE AND ACTIVITY PSYCHOLOGICAL BENEFITS OF REGULAR EXERCISE AND ACTIVITY LONG-TERM PHYSICAL BENEFITS OF REGULAR EXERCISE AND ACTIVITY WHAT TO EXPECT FROM REGULAR EXERCISE AND ACTIVITY HOW MUCH DO YOU REALLY NEED? PARTS OF AN EXERCISE PROGRAM STRETCHING STRENGTH TRAINING CARDIORESPIRATORY OR AEROBIC TRAINING: WARM UP: COOL DOWN: MUSCLES JUNAN TAISO (FLEXIBILITY TRAINING) RYUTAI UNDO (BODY MOVEMENTS OF THE DRAGON) MORE TAISO SELF MASSAGE TECHNIQUES DRY BRUSHING LOOFAH HYGEINE AYURVEDIC SELF-MASSAGE ABHYANGA DO-IN MORE SELF CARE CREATIVITY CREATIVITY EXERCISE # 1 QUICK REFERENCE – EXERCISE 1 CREATIVITY EXERCISE # 2 CREATIVITY EXERCISE # 3 CREATIVITY EXERCISE # 4 CREATIVITY EXERCISE # 5 CREATIVITY EXERCISE # 6 BUILDING YOUR OWN IMAGINE NATION SELF-IMPROVEMENT MEDITATION: WHAT IT IS!!! HOW TO MEDITATE DIFFICULTIES DURING MEDITATION SOME DIFFICULTIES USUALLY FACED ARE: MEDITATION AN ENRICHMENT TO YOUR SOUL HEALTH BENEFITS OF MEDITATION WHAT MEDITATION IS NOT? MEDITATION IS NOT CONTEMPLATION MEDITATION IS NOT HYPNOSIS OR AUTOSUGGESTIONS MEDITATION IDENTIFIES WITH RELIGION MEDITATION DOES NOT MEAN INSTANT PEACE MEDITATION TECHNIQUES MANTRA MEDITATION STEADY GAZE (TRATAKA) METHOD CAUTION BENEFITS VIPASSANA MEDITATION METHOD BENEFITS ZAZEN METHOD PRACTICING THE BREATH BENEFITS WALKING MEDITATION METHOD 1 METHOD 2 METHOD 3 ADDITIONAL SKILLS TO AID YOUR GROWTH THE GOLDEN BUBBLE SMURFING LIMITING PHRASE WORK SENSORY TUNE-UPS TUNE-UP YOUR VISUAL ACUITY TUNE-UP YOUR AUDITORY ACUITY TUNE YOUR KINAESTHETIC ACUITY A STORY - THE AMERICAN DREAM A POEM – ARCHITECT OF YOUR LIFE! A SHORT STORY – GREMLINS NO MORE CONCLUSION