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Group Mindfulness Exercise (aka Mood Boosts) - Starting October 12th at 9 AM Eastern

User Profile: GlenM
GlenM October 9th, 2015

Many of you know with the new design we significantly updated the new growth path. Feedback so far has been really positive. One of the activities you can do on the growth path that is very powerful is the mindfulness exercise. Mindfulness is now a core part of psychotherapy for many psychological challenges like depression, anxiety, substance abuse, relational challenges, and eating disorders. You can see a list of over 65 of them here.

One of the challenges with mindfulness is it can be a bit hard to do the exercises because it requires you to slow down, breathe, and listen. Like many things, when you have support, it is much easier to do things. So, what I'm proposing is a type of mindfulness/mood boost group. You can almost think of this as a sort of walking/running club. We'll meet every weekday morning at 9 am in the new mindfulness room. I'll open us up with a short affirmation, share the mindfulness exercise, and then we'll all listen to it right at that time. At the end of it, we'll reflect on how we feel. It'll help us all individually take a step forward our growth paths and also strengthen us a community.

I'll plan to start this on Monday 10/12 at 9am eastern. If it works, then we can expand times. Thoughts and feedback welcome on this idea and how we might be able to make it better. Thank you!

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User Profile: UnfaulteringFaith
UnfaulteringFaith October 9th, 2015

I'm definitely interested in participating.

I'm a firm believer in the mind and it's strength and ability. Hopefully this will assist with my willingness to experiment and exercise it.

See you guys then!

User Profile: madeleinecaudel17e
madeleinecaudel17e October 9th, 2015

I want to try this out for sure 9 am is a good time for me. Its the start of my work day. It will give me a chance to start out on the right footing. Count me in!

User Profile: KrinkTheMellowUnicorn
KrinkTheMellowUnicorn October 9th, 2015

i love this idea...

wait, that's 6am unicorn time! :|

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User Profile: TortueDesBois
TortueDesBois October 9th, 2015

@KrinkTheMellowUnicorn I can keep you awake all the night, so you will still be awake at 6am? Hahaha kidding

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User Profile: ladylazarus1971
ladylazarus1971 October 9th, 2015

Sounds potentially very helpful. However, like many people with serious bipolarity, early morning is THE WORST TIME EVER to do anything but sleep. If the 9 am shtick doesn't work out, I would encourage trying a different time of day before giving up on the idea altogether. I would be more than willing to give it a whirl!

User Profile: yzzil
yzzil October 10th, 2015

Sounds wonderful. Too bad. I work 😩

October 10th, 2015

Love this idea :)

User Profile: JustMeFGS1
JustMeFGS1 October 10th, 2015

Sounds like a fantastic idea. I hope it will be expanded to the weekends too?

User Profile: loyalTangerine9738
loyalTangerine9738 October 10th, 2015

A great idea. I'll be happy when it's expanded to times that aren't oh-my-God-thirty in the morning, though.

User Profile: GentleStrength
GentleStrength October 10th, 2015

I love this idea and I hope it will be expanded to other times as well, so I can participate.

User Profile: randomjean30
randomjean30 October 10th, 2015

Great idea, to have a group doing it and being accountable to each other