UBC Waterfall

There is a little waterfall between two medical buildings at UBC.

It was a nice spot to sit and eat my lunch. A little bit of zen in the middle of a hectic work week.

Meditation Timer

I have dabbled in meditation here and there, as you may recall. I continue to lead session with a group of staff at UBC from the library, which has been a lot of fun.

Since my Pa passed away, I have been trying to meditate more. Not to find material to lead my sessions, but more in my personal life. It has helped a lot, to quiet my thoughts and deal with the pain of loss.

I have re-downloaded this app, the Insight Timer, which I had heard about a couple years ago. It's been great - there are many playlists with guided meditations, talks, podcasts, and tips and techniques. You can also just set a length and use as a timer. It has been a really good motivator for me.

Mindfulness: 30 day challenge

It's a new year and I'm up for a challenge! Starting Feb. 1 I will be taking an online 30-day mindfulness challenge. It's a course through work and I'm pretty excited about it! I have dabbled in mindfulness and meditation in the past, and always feel great when I devote a few minutes to being present and in the moment. I have also started leading sessions, like this one I did last year. And I'm starting up with another group this year too! So this challenge will be good for me - to practice what I'm preaching to others. I went to an info session and snapped this very lame picture. But I'm excited to get started :)

Meditation and Thank you

It's been awhile since I posted about meditation and mindfulness, but I am still trying to incorporate them both into my life. After taking the summer course with Wendy Quan, I am able to lead my own sessions. I had the chance to do just that, with another unit at UBC. They were looking for a facilitator to do an intro session with them. I was a bit nervous since there were 17 people in the session. But it went GREAT! They were so open to try out the guided meditations and were just a great bunch in general. And look, they gave me a thank you plant and coffee card! Win-win-win!

Meditation

I'm back to work after a week off! I had a lovely stay-cation and am pretty glad to be back at work to get into the swing of things before the back to school madness begins. I'm feeling fairly calm about it all, thanks in part to this series of meditation classes I have been taking at work. It was a 4-week Learn to Meditate course with Wendy Quan, and it was great! I should be able to lead my own sessions soon, isn't that cool??

One of the things Wendy talked about is walking or moving meditation. She pointed out this labyrinth at UBC, which is very close to my office. I checked it out one day on my lunch break.

Here is the plaque with the instructions. It really was a great experience and a good way to practice mindfulness. I will definitely go back!