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Join us for our online mindfulness group // Tues 26th May, 7-8.30pm AEST // Guest facilitator: SANE Counsellor, Amour_Et_Psyché!

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Join us for our online mindfulness group // Tues 26th May, 7-8.30pm AEST // Guest facilitator: SANE Counsellor, Amour_Et_Psyché!

On the 26th of May, join us for our third live mindfulness session 😍 The 1.5 hour event kicks off at 7pm AEST and will be hosted by @nashy and SANE Counsellor & Forums Moderator, @Former-Member!

Mindfulness practice helps people connect to what is happening in the moment. This reduces stress, making people feel calmer and allowing them to think more clearly🧘. Taking a few minutes out of your day to focus on your thoughts and surroundings can have really positive effects on your mental wellbeing.

If you’ve never tried meditation before, or you’d like to continue practicing, everyone is welcome! 7pm – 8.30pm right here in this thread!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNCB1MZDgQA

Want to receive an email reminder on the night? Hit the 'Support' (thumbs up) button below.

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I'm new here - what is the event about?

This online shared event intends to bring together people living with complex mental health issues and their carers in an online setting, ensuring we are collaboratively allowing time for ourselves (and our minds) away from the stressors of our recovery journey. Check back soon for more info on the format!

How do I get involved?

Conscious Mindfulness takes place right here! It's text based, so no software is needed. During the session, to keep up with the latest posts hit the 'refresh' button on your browser for the latest posts (it doesn't automatically update). Keep an eye for page numbers at the top & bottom of the page, and jump to the highest page number for the most recent post.

Throughout the session, the facilitator will put discussion points and questions out for you to consider, usually asking for your own experience on the topic. To contribute to the session, just hit the 'reply' button and share your thoughts. No answers are right or wrong and everyone is welcome to get involved.

We'd encourage you to engage in this event on a desktop computer/laptop, as we need to refresh the browser page quite frequently, sometimes this can be tricky on mobile!

What time does this event start in my timezone?

  • AEST- 7pm
  • ACDT- 6:30pm
  • ACST- 5:30pm
  • WST- 4pm

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In response to: Join us for our online mindfulness group // Tues 26th May, 7-8.30pm AEST // Guest facilitator: SANE Counsellor, Amour_Et_Psyché!

NatureLoverSenior Contributor

Re: Join us for our online mindfulness group // Tues 26th May, 7-8.30pm AEST // Guest facilitator: SANE Counsellor, Amour_Et_Psyché!

I didn't rehash the past...I didn't get into details, I think as I knew it was only a quick meditation. So I just felt a general sense of relief at forgiving myself for "all the people I've hurt" as a collective group.

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Shaz51Senior Contributor

Re: Join us for our online mindfulness group // Tues 26th May, 7-8.30pm AEST // Guest facilitator: SANE Counsellor, Amour_Et_Psyché!

just for today

@Former-Member , @Former-Member , @Former-Member , @NatureLover , @Kritika

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Unknown userMember

Re: Join us for our online mindfulness group // Tues 26th May, 7-8.30pm AEST // Guest facilitator: SANE Counsellor, Amour_Et_Psyché!

@NatureLover yeah absolutely, I think the size of the meditation was really helpful in remaining present. Not too long, only enough time to sit with ourselves and our breath. Thank you for that @NatureLover

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Unknown userMember

Re: Join us for our online mindfulness group // Tues 26th May, 7-8.30pm AEST // Guest facilitator: SANE Counsellor, Amour_Et_Psyché!

@Shaz51 great, that present moment reprieve

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Unknown userMember

Re: Join us for our online mindfulness group // Tues 26th May, 7-8.30pm AEST // Guest facilitator: SANE Counsellor, Amour_Et_Psyché!

@Former-Member I definitely felt myself being pulled back into the past. I noticed not wanting to let go of this ”baggage” in my back-pack. Upon reflection, on some level I felt that holding onto the blame for my estrangement with my family member gave me the power to repair the relationship but the truth is I don't have all the power to do this alone. Relationships are a two-way street and if the other person doesn't want to repair the relationship sometimes all you can do is "let go." In this light, it is so important to remember that the only relationship you have all the power to change in your life is your relationship with yourself.

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Unknown userMember

Re: Join us for our online mindfulness group // Tues 26th May, 7-8.30pm AEST // Guest facilitator: SANE Counsellor, Amour_Et_Psyché!

Thank you for sharing this with us @Former-Member Beautiful

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MIM2New Contributor

Re: Join us for our online mindfulness group // Tues 26th May, 7-8.30pm AEST // Guest facilitator: SANE Counsellor, Amour_Et_Psyché!

I am sorry I was meant to be in this forum but I am still trying to negotiate the web and I did not know if I needed to be on a webinar conference or something else.

If someone could let me know it would be much appreciated.

Kind Regards

MIM 2

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Unknown userMember

Re: Join us for our online mindfulness group // Tues 26th May, 7-8.30pm AEST // Guest facilitator: SANE Counsellor, Amour_Et_Psyché!

Awww, love that melty feeling @Shaz51!

So great to hear you forgave yourself for a few things through the meditation @Former-Member.

That is great to hear that you didn't get pulled into past-thinking @NatureLover - are you a practised meditator?

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Unknown userMember

Re: Join us for our online mindfulness group // Tues 26th May, 7-8.30pm AEST // Guest facilitator: SANE Counsellor, Amour_Et_Psyché!

That is okay @MIM2 we are about to wrap up our chat, but we all enjoyed this meditation here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4nUAIZt7fA

Feel free to try it out, if finish up in time join us back here and let us know how you found it by hitting "reply" on another persons post and entering your comment 🙂

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Unknown userMember

Re: Join us for our online mindfulness group // Tues 26th May, 7-8.30pm AEST // Guest facilitator: SANE Counsellor, Amour_Et_Psyché!

Ok wonderful people, last question for the night 🙂

After the meditation..What was the noticeable change in you, in pressing pause on the external world for those ten minutes?

@Former-Member @Shaz51 @NatureLover @Kritika @frog

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