MINDFULGym Reunion & Open Day 2015

Mindful Siak Sisters

Siak Hun, Siak Jin, Siak Yee, & Siak Teng

Above are four lovely sisters who have graduated from the MINDFULGym program. The '3G' logos in their T-shirts represent 3 ways of paying attention to life events with grateful hearts: be grateful for something that has gone right, is OK (taken for granted), and went wrong with a purpose - HERE. Excited to share what they discovered, their husbands too have signed up for the coming intakes of MINDFULGym (photos to be included soon). 

Mindfulness For Smoking Cessation

Mindfulness for smoking cessation plenary session at KL International Nicotine Addiction Conference.

Date: 24/4/2015 (Thursday).

Venue: Aloft Hotel, Brickfields, KL

Speaker: Dr. Phang Cheng Kar

Abstract: Mindfulness is a concept which originates from various philosophical and spiritual traditions especially Buddhism. For the past three decades, it has been applied in secular ways with empirical support for reducing psychological distress and enhancing well-being in behavioral medicine, psychotherapy, and education. This presentation will focus on the role of mindfulness in smoking cessation. Participants will learn about results from randomized controlled trials, mechanism of mindfulness in reducing craving (e.g. acceptance of distress), mindfulness-based techniques (e.g. urge surfing, R.A.I.N., body scan, mindful breathing). There will also be sharing on a smartphone app (Craving to Quit) developed at Yale’s Therapeutic Neuroscience Clinic using mindfulness principles.

For further information on and registration for conference - HERE.

PowerPoint slides are available HERE.

Mindful-CIKGU REST-Shops

Online Registration - HERE

Gnanavisuddhi, R. (2015). A study on a brief mindfulness-based intervention for stress reduction and wellness among school teachers. Counseling Master Thesis, Help University, Malaysia. 

Forty school teachers in Klang Valley participated in a half-day mindfulness-based workshop - Mindful-Cikgu (see above). Immediately after the workshop, there were significant reduction in levels of perceived stress; and increments in mindfulness and subjective happiness. However, one month after the workshop, only improvement in level of mindfulness was maintained. Regular mindfulness practice and booster workshops are recommended to enhance the long-term effectiveness of the program. The pilot study is part of Venerable Visuddhi's final year master's in counseling research project. Since then, he has graduated from Help University.  

MINDFULGym Graduates - Batch 10 Photos