Peer Response 1

· response should be a minimum of 75 words.

PEERS RESPONSE:

When I read in the instructions to choose something that will take about thirty minutes I knew exactly what I wanted to write about. My yoga practice. In the beginning of the summer I made significant changes in my life to improve my health in relation to someone I know of the same age that suffered from a stroke. I was not eating healthy, smoking and did not have a regular exercise routine that I constantly blamed on my busy life style. In addition to quitting smoking I made the decision to pick back up my yoga practice after a many year absence. Yoga, like critical thinking promotes inner thinking, focus of control, strength, flexibility. It educates on the importance of discipline and thinking objectively. Yoga encourages us to acquire and absorb knowledge of our instructors. In preparation for getting back into the swing of things I had to decide if I wanted to rejoin a class or do it on my own with the use of an instructor via DVD. After meticulous research and realizing that my 50/hr. work schedule, school career and attempt at a social life did not leave room for a structured class I chose to obtain Jillian Michaels as my in home instructor. I am appealing to her authority in these area.

I did enjoy the exercise very much as it made me stop and think about what areas in my life besides school I am using critical thinking. When I decide to do something I am focused and 100% engaged so I have been proactive in implementing this in my life every week. It is beneficial in the way of keeping me grounded, humble and charitable in accepting new ideas and claims that may contradict what I think. Critical thinking can make everyone’s lives better as it allows us to express our ideas and beliefs with support that gives us credibility and allows us to communicate with validity.