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MBSR week 6: Accepting and Letting Go
This week has been about letting go. I cannot imagine that soon this 8-week MBSR program will be over. Time has gone quickly, but now I also realize how much I have learnt about mindfulness as well as about myself during these weeks. Even though the program will come to an end, mindfulness will definitely stay in my life after this 8-week period. Something in me has changed during the past week, I cannot tell exactly what it is, but I can feel it. I think this might have something to do with last Sunday, when we had an intensive day and practiced mindfulness for many hours together in our…
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Challenge Yourself – Mindful Yoga
Are you ready to challenge yourself? Here, I give you some effective mindfulness based practices that you can start doing already today! All you need is an open mind and you’re good to go. This week I challenge you to try out mindful yoga. If you have practiced yoga before, this one might be an easy challenge for you. But what is great in it, is that you don’t need to have any prior experience from yoga or any other sports either. This is for everyone. Let’s start! What is mindful yoga? Before going into how to start practicing mindful yoga, I will first let you know what it is…
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MBSR week 2: Find Your Way
This second week of MBSR program has made it all more real. During this week, I’ve already noticed that the daily meditation practice has become a routine. For this second week, we have added 10-15min sitting practices in addition to the daily body scan practices. Even though these practices are in my daily “to do” list, I don’t feel like I need to, but I want to do it. Of course, there has been some evenings where I have been very tired, but then I have chosen to practice for only 15min instead of the usual 30min, for instance. During the first week and days, I felt very restless and…
