Do Group Mindfulness Activities to Connect
Group Mindfulness Activities can be a wonderful way to connect with your fellow human beings as well as become more grounded in the present moment. Mindfulness games and activities work well when done on your own, of course, but they can have a little extra something when done in a group setting.
In general, the people who make the most use out of these are groups that work together, who also use such exercises to strengthen their bonds with the rest of their work team. These also come in handy in specially designed classes to help you become more aware.
Mindfulness is the practice of purposely focusing your attention on the present moment—and accepting it without judgment. Mindfulness is now being examined scientifically and has been found to be a key element in stress reduction and overall happiness.
Benefits of Mindfulness
Mindfulness can help reduce stress, improve your mental and physical health, and even increase your overall happiness in life. Some experts believe that mindfulness works, in part, by helping people to accept their experiences—including painful emotions—rather than react to them with aversion and avoidance.
Mindfulness improves well-being
Increasing your capacity for mindfulness supports many attitudes that contribute to a satisfied life. Being mindful makes it easier to savor the pleasures in life as they occur, helps you become fully engaged in activities, and creates a greater capacity to deal with adverse events. By focusing on the here and now, many people who practice mindfulness find that they are less likely to get caught up in worries about the future or regrets over the past, are less preoccupied with concerns about success and self-esteem, and are better able to form deep connections with others.
Mindfulness improves physical health
If greater well-being isn’t enough of an incentive, scientists have discovered that mindfulness techniques help improve physical health in a number of ways. Mindfulness can: help relieve stress, treat heart disease, lower blood pressure, reduce chronic pain, , improve sleep, and alleviate gastrointestinal difficulties.
Mindfulness improves mental health
In recent years, psychotherapists have turned to mindfulness meditation as an important element in the treatment of a number of problems, including: depression, substance abuse, eating disorders, couples’ conflicts, anxiety disorders, and obsessive-compulsive disorder.
Invest in yourself and your group
The effects of mindfulness meditation tend to be dose-related: the more you practice it, the more effect it tends to have. We share some exercises with you so you can start applying them.
