Mindful-Spa: 1st Pilot Session for Mindful-Gym Graduates

Date: 24^th May 2014 (Saturday)

Time: 2pm to 5pm

Venue: Brickfields Maha Vihara, Kuala Lumpur.

Number of participants: 14

Mindful-SPA is a group mindfulness-based program specially and locally designed for self-care and to enhance emotional resiliency based on state-of-the-art scientific research in mindfulness, cognitive-behavior therapy and positive psychology inspired by the work of Dr. Kristin Neff and Dr. Christopher Germer in self-compassion. This 1^st pilot session of 3 hours group program was tailored for past participants of Mindful-Gym program with specific focus on understanding emotions and brief introduction of self-compassion. The session was conducted in an experiential approach to ensure maximum learning and benefits with 3 activities:-

Emotions Charade - identify emotions through facial expression & body posture.

Mirroring Exercise - learning to understand another person’s emotions/empathy.
Postcard Writing - introduction to self compassion.

Some of the testimonies/feedback from participants:-

 “Good start for the first session. It is challenging to cover such a vast topic in 3 hours, so I am looking forward to subsequent sessions” - Lim Sok Lin

“I like the postcard writing and topic about emotion. Maybe a full day will be good for us to learn more” - Yong Chee Yik

“The session increase my awareness of my carelessness towards self care” - Tan Sing Wuing

Moving forward, this special Mindful-SPA session will be part of the on-going Mindful-Gym Booster sessions (3pm to 6pm) organized periodically for all past participants of Mindful-Gym where at certain Mindful-Gym Booster sessions, there will be session with the emphasis on self-compassion lead by Low Mi Yen.  

Reported by

Low Mi Yen,

Clinical Psychologist/Vice President of BMHA