In Pursuit of Happiness

Learn

Headspace Guided Meditation 

• Netflix link

Mindfulness trains us to recognise that we have a choice

• Understanding how the brain works goes a long way to empowering people to practice mindfulness. 

• Mindfulness ‘teaches’ us how thoughts and feelings affect our state of being and how we are able to train ourselves, intentionally, to observe the activity of the mind without becoming entrapped and start believing every thought the mind produces or be swept away by every emotion felt, especially the unhelpful thoughts and feelings. 

• Mindfulness trains us to recognise we have a choice of where to put our attention and to recognise when we are becoming trapped in unhelpful thinking.

Create

Mindful Sculpting 

We will use the rest of the time to sculpt something which is at the forefront of your mind. It may be a feeling, an object , something that you can't stop thinking about. Sculpt it to the best of your abilities and when you are done a teacher will come and take a photo which you can use to blog about your understanding of mindfulness and the need to slow down and just be present.