Free Weekly Mindfulness Workout

Hello and good morning!

Is it holidays in your home? It is in ours! When I start colouring, and I leave my colouring out on the table most of times, I usually find my kids start colouring too!

It’s relaxing and a great way to spend some time together.

 

For mental health awareness week there is a colouring competition and you can find it here:

http://www.mhaw.nz/colouring-competition/

#MHAW

 

So this week, get some colouring done, and you know it is not just for children, adults can colour too!

 

Have a great week, show me what you colour!

 

M

 

Healthy Mind, Happy Heart

Free Weekly Mindfulness and Upcoming courses

Upcoming classes:

Wednesday 2 August, 4 week learn to crochet at Tawa Community Adult Education

Monday 7 August: 8 week Rewire Your Brain for Happiness.

Tuesday 15 August: 6 week Creative Mindfulness. 

 Email monique@easynowmindfulness.com to register.

 

 

Free Weekly Mindfulness Workout

 

Is it schoolholidays in your home? It is in mine!

 

We often stay at home, as the kids seem to be very happy just hanging around.

Even if you are not going to the sun, or the snow or anywhere els these two weeks, that doesn’t mean you can’t take some moments to yourself to chill! And when everybody is at home for 2 weeks, I really need to do this myself!!

 

So this week, make a list of things that you like to do, that are fun, relaxing, or a treat. Doesn’t have to be expensive!

Commit yourself to doing at least one item of the list every day. Even if it is just for 5 or 10 minutes, take that time for yourself.

 

My list so far:

-put my colouring calender back on the dining table, I don’t have to finish a whole colouring page, but I can sit down for 10 minutes and colour.

-sit on my balcony (it’s covered!), have my coffee or tea in peace.

-visit a museum/gallery.

-go for a walk at the beach.

– go for lunch with a friend.

-go for a coffee with a neighbour.

-discover more meditations on my mediation apps.

-browse crochet projects.

-make a zendoodle.

-do my yoga every day.

 

Have a great week!

Aroha nui,

M

 

🌷Healthy Mind, Happy Heart

 

ps. do you like the picture? My dream camper, one day it will happen 🙂

 

Upcoming classes & Free Weekly Mindfulness Workout

Upcoming classes:

Tuesday 6 June: Creative Mindfulness. 

Saturday 17 June: Mindfulness for Kids workshop

Sunday 24 June: All Good Colourers

Monday 7 August: 8 week Rewire Your Brain for Happiness

Free Weekly Mindfulness Workout

 

Queen’s Birthday, and drama’s in London. So much happening in the world always. Makes you appreciate your normal day to day life even more.

 

This picture is my go to motivation for life. I found it once in the States and have carried it with my back to England, to the Netherlands and now it’s here in NZ.

It makes me smile, it motivates me to do stuff, and it makes me feel good.

With mindfulness you train your attention when you give it something to focus on. This can be your breathing, or your senses, or a mantra, a word, a sentence.

 

What is your best motivational quote? What has helped you? What words make you feel good? What always pulls you through??

 

Let me know what quotes have helped you, and I will post them out on the page this week!

 

I have a few things coming up, mindfulness for kids, creative mindfulness classes and the 8 week mindfulness based stress reduction starts after the holidays too. Don’t forget to register!!

 

Have a good week,

M

 

🌷Healthy Mind, Happy Heart

Upcoming classes and free Weekly Mindfulness Workout

31 May: Creative Mindfulness. 

17 June: Mindfulness for Kids workshop

24 June: All Good Colourers

7 August: 8 week Rewire Your Brain for Happiness, MBSR training. This succesful mindfulness training is for beginners and for those who have done a short training before. Integrate mindfulness into your daily life and get 10+ downloadable exercises to practice at home. Down to earth class.

Mindfulness Workout of the week.

 

One of the things that always works, and is also part of the mindfulness for kids programme Pause Breathe Smile is that children are asked to smile as part of the mindfulness practices.

 

The body and brain are connected, they trigger each other and listen to another. You can use that, to influence how you feel. If you move your mouth into a smiley pose that will make you feel a little more positive. I bet you are trying it right now 😁

 

So this week, all you have to focus on, is to consciously bring your mouth to smile, a couple of times a day, and see what happens.

You can put a sticky note with a smiley face on your mirror, draw a little smiley on your hand, change your passwords to finish with SMILE, or set a timer a couple of times a day, anything to remind yourself to smile.

 

Have a great week!

M

🤗Healthy Mind, Happy Heart