Mindfulness Daily Check-In August 22, 2017
WOW-Hello everyone
Welcome to the Mindfulness Daily Check-In!!! WOOOHOOO
So today knowing that the Mindfulness Sub Community launched yesterday-I thought today we can get to know one another. Share on anything about you that you feel comfortable with. Share anything on mindfulness you know or like to know. Share on some activities you do that help you feel better.
Let's all have some fun
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@RumpleSteeleSkin Hello! Glad to be apart of this :)
@JustLikeMellie
Hello Mellie I am very glad you are here with us.
Reading helps me out a lot. ;p
@BillyWilson
Hey there Billy Yes reading is a great way to get our minds and thoughts refocused on something else as reading. What do you like to read?
@RumpleSteeleSkin Mainly sci-fi and realistic fiction. You?
@BillyWilson
Love Sci-fi too. Also I like shows with many seasons to them cause I really get into them!!
@RumpleSteeleSkin Yea. Like Doctor Who!
@BillyWilson
oh yes yes
Some things I like to do that help me stay mindful are:
-Do some deep breathing
-Close my eyes and listen to some music
-Walk around without headphones or earphones in
-Taking a minute out of each morning to notice what's going on outside
@globalForest88
HI Forest good to see you I like the things you mentioned here. Deep breathing, closeing eyes to focus on the music, walking and noticing everything around you. Wow that is so mindful!! I'm so impressed on the things I am reading here you say-as well as others on mindfulness things you are all doing so far. Ive got a big smile right now. Forest what kinds of music do you like to listen to?
@RumpleSteeleSkin Haha, the type of music depends. I used to really listen to symphonic metal and Swedish musicals when I was a teenager (lol) but now I listen to the Fun Home soundtrack, ABBA, and acoustic music. Weird mix, I know. But I spend so much time amped up as a result of PTSD and work stress that I need less stressful music.
Hi! I'm looking forward so much to be in this sub community!
For mindfulness, I like to just relax each part of my body. I'll explain. First, you sit down on a chair, comfortably, with your feet on the floor, and your hands in your lap. You can lean back, sit up straight, or slouch, but I find leaning back to be most comfortable for me during this exercise. Also, make sure you don't have any music or any distractions on. Then, focus on your toes on your right or left foot. Do they hurt? Are they sore? Are they tense? If they're tense, relax them. Then, check in with your whole foot. Relax it. Keep going up your leg, then do the same with the other, and up your whole body. Just, relax everything. Also, focus on your breathing. Keep it even, and not shallow. In through your nose, out through your mouth. You can close your eyes during this relaxing exercise or not, it's up to you. :)
Normally this takes me up to five minutes. Afterwards, I feel really refreshed!
@rachelq
HI Rachelq nice to see you I am too looking for many things to be created here in the mindfulness forums. I am working closely as well as @soulsings with the community as to things they like to learn on, areas where they want to share things, many things. Was wondering what you like from the mindfulness forums or discussions?
Omg - I sat here and while I was reading what you wrote I was so doing it. lol Thank you for sharing this mindfulness check-in with me. Now I do feel relaxed and more in tuned with how I am this morning
Hi @RumpleSteeleSkin and everyone!
Im a newbie mindfulness practitioner :D I havent used to do it in my daily yet but I found its really helpful when I got overwhelmed by work and lost focus. Im interested to learn more! Id love to learn with you guys :D
@adaptiveLight27
Hi there Light welcome then to mindfulness forums I am so glad you want to know more on mindfulness. Can I ask what you already know? What are some things you like to learn about? I agree mindfulness skills do help when you are overwhelmed with things at work. If you have time there are some posts in the other areas in mindfulness on work mindfulnessJust let me know what kinds of things you like to read on and maybe I can help you.
@RumpleSteeleSkin
I know few of it but not well, I guess need to learn deeper. The skill that I started feeling comfortable and getting used to use it automatically is focusing on my breath to give back my focus! And yes, I will check the posts. Thank you!
I'm teaching my nieces to be mindful of others feelings one has this really unhealthy habit of laughing at others for their misfortunes and bragging about the things she has so I'm taking what I've learnt from here and real life experiences and teaching them mindfulness, compassion and empathy 😊
@astray
Hello there Astray nice to see you Wow that is wonderful you are teaching your neices on these things. I think the by teaching our young ones on being compassion, showing emapthy and mindfulness things is a great thing!! So if we had some mindfulness posts on this would it help you?
@RumpleSteeleSkin most definitely in fact it would be a huge help Rumple, it is more easy with my 6 year old niece as she's already more giving and compassionate towards others I guess it is just in her nature but the 7 year old it's a bit difficult as she's a bit of a spoilt brat & was never really taught to share because her mum spoils her and never turns them down when they ask for anything. I feel that being that one parent would discipline her and teacher her these things and the other does not whenever she goes to visit for the weekend it confused her so it isn't her fault, but it also is not ok for her to be cruel towards others either. So, her father (my brother), her grandmother (her mum's mum) and I are all working with me on project mindfulness and compassion we do things that grasps their attention being that they're kids so anything that you all share that'll help with us teaching them to be more mindful and compassionate would be extremely helpful.
@astray
Astray awesome!! I'm working on a form to go out to all the members who signed in and joined SC Mindfulness. Then please share this and we will place it in daily check-ins or discussions. Also you know you can do your own forum thread under the right area.
https://www.7cups.com/forum/MindfulnessSupportCommunity_106/MindfulnessDiscussions_508/
Here be a good place to write on something and use our tag list and get more people on discussing this topic
Hiya! New to this subcommunity, joined a few days ago but haven't introduced myself.
The mindful thing I do every morning is watch the sunrise, taking into account the morning smell of the flowers and trees and soil, the sound of birds, the colors in the sky or reflected on the houses. It's a great exercise to start the day :)
@IPreferWinter
Hello Winter good to see you Also welcome to the mindfulness community/forums!!!! woohoooo!!!
OMG can I join you in mornings with a cup of coffee! Something about sitting in the morning silence with the sun coming up, sounds of birds and animals moving about, and the flowers and grass smell..................it just is a wonderful mindfulness skill that helps alot. Nature to me is the best mindfulness to do. That is great you do this in the morning times.
Thank you for the welcome @RumpleSteeleSkin :)
I overslept today and missed the sunrise!! But I was able to watch stray kittens play on a tree with their mom watching very patiently
@RumpleSteeleSkin Hello i'm doing good with recovery process and another therapy ahead :D I have several problem such focusing and anxiety after accident. And sometimes hard to understand words and I'm worried alot about many things. So I want to improve that :D
Last time I joined Mindfullness discussion and it helped me to be eased and focusing. I'd like to practice and get to know better about Mindfullness so I will be able to be aware about my surroundings and help me to be focus more about my present moments, which i think it will help me to fix my anxiety and focusing problem. I think this is the right time for me to exercise as I don't have many things to do during recovery process cause i can't move a lot. So i will have plenty of time to learn and improve :D Cheers for team and all members here <3 You guys did a great job!
@InvisibleAngel92
Hello Angel great to see you hereIM happy tht your recovery process is doing good and that you are in therapy. Im sorry to hear about you accident. But happy you are here asking on things that can help you. Mindfulness skills can and will help you with your focus and anxiety. Its just finding the right skills for you and a lot of practicing daily Im glad to hear that the discussions have helped you and if you look on the community calendar there it mentions all the discussions we have weekly. I will be doing 2 short ones today at 12pm and 12:30 pm which is in about 4 hours my time. I hope to see you there
@RumpleSteeleSkin
Thanks Rumple I'd love to join it and thanks for the info it's really helpful :)
@InvisibleAngel92 sounds like a good time for you to familiarise yourself with mindfulness :)
I'm a day behind. Hmmm. Meditation is great. Stopping to take in the moment with all my senses.
i been meditating and i been ok