Hello there!

Please post your mindfulness stories here and your story might also feature on our blog (with your permission). You can also introduce yourself here. We want to create a library of mindful journeys and experiences.
Rainbow
Posts: 13
Location: Australia.

Wed Jun 19, 2013 6:05 am  

Hi! I found the link to this forum on twitter and figured I'd join.

My name is Mai. But you can call me rainbow if you like. I'm five weeks into and eight week mindfulness for youth course. When I started the course I was very very sceptical of this whole 'mindfulness thing' but as the weeks have gone on I have got my head around it more and more. We have been asked to do a formal practice everyday, as well as informal practice. At group last night we did origami, which is something I love so that will definitely become an informal practice for me. We have also been asked to pay attention to a plesent experience each day and write it down.

I find informal practice easier to do I volunteer at a vet 15 hrs a week which involves a lot of cleaning, which I find a very 'mindful task'

I'm totally in love with mindfulness. :oops: I'm begin to notice when it would be helpful for me and actually look forward to practice now, where as at first it made me very anxious!

Hope everyone is well.
X
Twitter: @mai__louise
"Don't believe everything you think. Thoughts are just that - thoughts.”
Be as mindful as a dog.

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Gareth
Site Admin
Posts: 1465

Wed Jun 19, 2013 8:38 am  

Hi Rainbow, thanks for coming to the forum. :)

I too was sceptical about mindfulness in the first place, but the more that I practised, the deeper and deeper it seeped into me. Lose all your expectations and just keep practising.

I love mindfulness too. If ever you want to help us spread the word, then just yell.

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FeeHutch
Posts: 1010
Practice Mindfulness Since: 01 Mar 2012
Location: Steel City
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Wed Jun 19, 2013 8:51 am  

Welcome to the community Rainbow Mai :)
I look forward to getting to know you!
“Being mindful means that we take in the present moment as it is rather than as we would like it to be.”
Mark Williams

http://adlibbed.blogspot.co.uk/p/mindfulness-me-enjoy-silence.html
Find me on twitter - @feehutch

Rainbow
Posts: 13
Location: Australia.

Wed Jun 19, 2013 9:37 am  

Thanks for the welcome :D
Twitter: @mai__louise
"Don't believe everything you think. Thoughts are just that - thoughts.”
Be as mindful as a dog.

JonW
Team Member
Posts: 2897
Practice Mindfulness Since: 08 Dec 2012
Location: In a field, somewhere

Thu Jun 20, 2013 10:25 am  

Hello and welcome, Rainbow.
Jon
Jon leads the Everyday Mindfulness group meditation on Zoom every Monday/Friday, 6pm London-time. FREE.
Follow this link to join the WhatsApp group and receive notifications: https://chat.whatsapp.com/K5j5deTvIHVD7z71H3RIIk

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