Mindfulness – Intensive Learning @ MFS

Mindfulness, Day Five — Deep listening, tangerines, and origami

March 24, 2022March 24, 2022Mindfulness

Today was our second to last day of mindfulness. Today’s theme was cultural awareness. We started by journaling about what makes us, us, and if we would be the same person without the influences in our lives. After this we did a listening meditation where we listened to sounds surrounding us like we were hearing them...

Mindfulness, Day Four — Moroccan mint, morning yoga, and mindful moments

March 23, 2022March 23, 2022Mindfulness

Today’s theme was community growth. We started off our day as usual with a 20-minute morning meditation video to clear our minds and get us ready for the day. The theme was loving-kindness and compassion, which are important steps towards building community. After our meditation we did a yoga session led by Mr. Harmenil,...

Mindfulness, Day Three — Spiritual and ethical growth through history, tea, and sunshine

March 23, 2022March 23, 2022Mindfulness

To begin the day, we went over our theme of spiritual and ethical growth and looked into the rules that we live our life by; we journaled about that for a short time. That transitioned nicely into our 20-minute mindfulness meditation in which we were challenged to follow our breath as we embraced ambient...

Mindfulness, Day Two — Journaling, personal growth, & play

March 22, 2022March 22, 2022Mindfulness

Today was our second day of mindfulness. The theme today was personal growth. We started the day by writing in our journals writing about what our goals were for the next hour, day, week, year, and decades. Then we did a guided “become your best self” meditation so we could focus and get ready...

Mindfulness, Day One — Walking, noticing, & tea time

March 21, 2022March 21, 2022Mindfulness

Today we had our first day of Mindfulness. We started with an introduction to mindfulness and an opening agenda. As Mr. Baumann cracked several jokes, the class laughed and started our day. While we were going through the slides we did a name exchange where classmates exchanged stories about our names. Later, we did...