Mindful Breathing Made Easy at Nalanda Centre

Mindful Breathing Made Easy For Mental Hygiene.

Date : Sunday, 7 December, 2014.
Time : 9.00 am – 11.30 am
Venue : Nalanda Centre, Sri Serdang

• Labeling breathing
• Slow & deep breathing
• .b breathing
• Qi Qing breathing
• Finger breathing
• Imaginary breathing

MINDFULGym with IMU students at Hilltop Buddhist Society

21st November, 2014: MINDFULGym with International Medical University students at Hilltop Buddhist Society. Three tools for happiness were introduced: Mindful-S.T.O.P., 'Google-WWW-Yahoo,' and Mindful Breathing...

MINDFULGym For Kuen Cheng School Teachers

Mindful Photography at Lake Garden

1st November, 2014 (Saturday): We had our mindful photography session at Lake Garden, KL. This is part of the regular Mindful-Gym booster session. One of our Mindful-Gym graduates, Sis. Sok Lin, who is a professional photographer, guided us patiently on how to apply mindful attitude in capturing beautiful moments in photos. After a two-hour free-and-easy morning (including eating ice cream) at the garden, we returned to Brickfields Maha Vihara to share our photos and stories related to them. The sharing was insightful. We continue to share our photos of 'mindful moments' through a Mindful Photography WhatsApp group. We are grateful to Sis. Catherine and her team for helping to organize the meaningful event, Yeahoo.

What is 'Mindful Photography?' From Mindful-Gym point of view, it is an alternative way of cultivating mindfulness. "Mindfulness is remembering to pay attention to the present moment with beginner's mind, kindness and wisdom," that is the training definition of mindfulness in Mindful-Gym program. In mindful photography, the primary present moment object is what we observe with our eyes here-and-now. It is useful for savoring the present moment and finding simple joy in everyday life.

Here are some of the lessons that we have learned from the 'photoshop':

"What my eyes see and I see though the camera are different. Why should I expect others to see things same like me?"

"Just like taking photos from different angles, we should learn to see life in different perspectives."

"I like the photo. Besides nice, it's telling a personal story..."

"When we want to capture it, it doesn't appear. When we have fun and let go, the beautiful shot appears." 

"That beautiful moment is impermanent. Therefore, it's more precious - savor it."

.b Mindfulness in Schools Teachers Training Course

Teach . b Mindfulness in Schools Teachers Training Course

20-23th October, 2014: Three BMHA members (KC Chiang, Dr. Phang, Jasmine Chiam) attended the Teach .b Mindfulness in Schools Teachers Training Course in Phuket, Thailand. The course cum meditation retreat was held in Phuket International Academy (PIA), an international school that integrates mindfulness and social emotional learning in its curriculum. With the four-day training, we now have more certified teachers to deliver mindfulness training to adolescents in Malaysia using the . b model. In .b program, mindfulness is taught using secular, short, and simple methods. Led by James Gibb and his team, step-by-step instructions were given to deliver nine mindful-based lessons in classroom. The video clips, classroom activities and pedagogical discussion are all indeed very useful. Hopefully more Malaysians could be trained to teach .b program in the future.