Lessons from first in-person mindfulness group in Okinawa
Last week was my first in-person mindfulness group in Okinawa. It was humbling and expansive to lead a group of military spouses through discussions around burnout.
Here are a few lessons learned:
๐ญ. ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ ๐๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ. ๐ง๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐ฎ๐๐ธ ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ผ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐น๐ถ๐๐๐ฒ๐ป ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐น๐. ๐๐ถ๐๐๐ฒ๐ป ๐บ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐ ๐๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ธ.
๐ฎ. ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ฒ๐ป๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ด, ๐ฒ๐๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ป ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ผ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐๐ผ๐, ๐ฏ๐๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ๐๐ฒ๐ป ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐.
๐ฏ. ๐ฃ๐ฒ๐ผ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ต๐๐ป๐ด๐ฟ๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ฎ๐ณ๐ฒ ๐๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐๐น๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐น๐. ๐ง๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ธ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ฎ๐น๐น ๐๐ต๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ฝ ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ (๐๐ต๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ด๐ต ๐๐๐๐ป๐ฎ๐บ๐ถ ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐๐ถ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐น๐น) ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ณ๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ.
๐ฐ. ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒโ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐บ๐๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐บ๐๐ป๐ถ๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ. ๐๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ผ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟโ๐ ๐๐ถ๐๐ฑ๐ผ๐บ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ๐. ๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐น๐ฒ๐ด๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ถ๐๐ป๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐ถ๐ป.
Some feedback from our event:
โ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ฎ ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ข๐ฎ๐ข๐ป๐ช๐ฏ๐จ! ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฌ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐บโ
โ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฌ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฏ, ๐ท๐ถ๐ญ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ข๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ ๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐บ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐น๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ๐ด ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ถ๐ด. ๐๐ต ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ต ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ช๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ญ๐บ ๐ง๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ข ๐ด๐ข๐ง๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฑ๐ข๐ค๐ฆโ
โ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐บ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ด ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐บ ๐ด๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ช๐ต๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ง๐ถ๐ญโ
โ๐ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ซ๐ฐ๐บ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ช๐น๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ข๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฆ๐น๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ๐ดโ
โ5๐๐ด ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅโ
โ๐๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ! ๐ ๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐จ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฑโ
Iโm already planning the next Calm Corner Circle.
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Thank you for trusting me to be your facilitator. My heart is still full. ๐
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