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April 16, 2018April 15, 2018melubberinkLeave a comment

Kia ora! School holidays have started, term 1 went by so fast!

Yesterday I went to Te Papa for the new Toi Arts exhibition. There is an amazing art installation called Indra’s bow, made by Tiffany Singh, i’s made of lots of spices, gemstones, and other natural materials, and it smells amazing!

Have you seen it???

Practicing mindfulness is easy, you just give your mind something to focus on, that is present in the here and now. You can use your senses for this.

So this week, focus on what you can smell. You will quickly notice that your mind will start to figure out what you are smelling, and it will also judge the smells. This is your brain, trying to protect you from any danger!

Try to ignore this, just go outside for a walk and focus on the things you can smell around you.

Have a great week!

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Healthy Mind, Happy Heart

PS Crochet for Relaxation runs again next term at Tawa Community College!!

Free Weekly Mindfulness Workout

April 9, 2018April 8, 2018melubberinkLeave a comment

Morena! Have you signed up for #gratefulinapril yet?

Go to their website and get great tips in your mailbox!!

One of the tips last week was about smiles. It’s been one of the workouts here before too, and it’s a great trick to improve your mood instantly!

So this week, try to put a smile on your face if you’re not feeling to well. Just moving your face and mouth into a smiling pose, will trick the brain that all is well and you will start to feel more positive. If you find this hard to do, just grab a pen and put it between your teeth horizontally!! Ann Grandchamp has a cool video about this!!

If you are smiling easily already, share your smile! Smiling is contagious, so try to smile at others, doesn’t matter if they are strangers, maybe that is exactly what they need! So go and smile!

Have a great week!

Healthy Mind, Happy Heart

Free Weekly Mindfulness Workout

March 26, 2018melubberinkLeave a comment

Learn to crochet for relaxation starts 6 June, 7-9 pm Tawa Wellington.

Kia ora!

Last week before the long Easter weekend!!
Hope this means that you get some time for you!

By now you will know that I’m a big fan of Creative Mindfulness.
Mindfulness is meditation too, but often thiscan be really hard, especially for busy people!!

Being creative can be a great alternative.
Making something, gives your busy mind something to focus on. That can break the cycle of busy thinking about lots of things that only make you feel more stressed.

So, this week, come up with things that you could be making when you take the t

ime. And go for it!
Even looking for inspiration, can be relaxing!

☀ You can make this beginner’s crochet Easter basket here: https://easynowmindfulness.com/hooked-on-crochet/

Have a good week!
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Healthy Mind, Happy Heart

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Free Weekly Mindfulness Workout

October 9, 2017Leave a comment

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Hello and good morning!

Is it holidays in your home? It is in ours! When I start colouring, and I leave my colouring out on the table most of times, I usually find my kids start colouring too!

It’s relaxing and a great way to spend some time together.

For mental health awareness week there is a colouring competition and you can find it here:

http://www.mhaw.nz/colouring-competition/

#MHAW

So this week, get some colouring done, and you know it is not just for children, adults can colour too!

Have a great week, show me what you colour!

Healthy Mind, Happy Heart

Free Weekly Mindfulness Workout

October 1, 2017Leave a comment

nature is key

Yes you got it right, it is only Sunday and I’m a day early with the workout.

That is because I want to give you the opportunity to register for the Mental Health Awareness Week 2017 photochallenge today!!

Having something to bring your attention to, is a great way to break the downward spiral of wellbeing and change your brain and pathways into a happy brain.

Are you joining in with me??

Post a picture every day on social media (make sure your post is public) and you might win!

Here’s the challenge per day:

Post a picture each day using our prompt. Each day one lucky person will win a prize! #MHAWNZ @MHFNZ @MentalHealthFoundationNZ

Oct. 1 – My view

Oct. 2 – Gratitude

Oct. 3 – Light

Oct. 4 – Water

Oct. 5 – Small treasures

Oct. 6 – Nature indoors

Oct. 7 – Bush walk

Oct. 8 – Art

Oct. 9 – Pop of colour

Oct. 10 – MHAW Lockout

Oct. 11 – Papatūānuku (Mother Earth)

Oct. 12 – Creature

Oct. 13 – Spring

Oct. 14 – Love my backyard

Oct. 15 – Nature is key to…

Go on, go for it!

Have a great week,

Aroha nui,

🌷

Healthy Mind, Happy Heart

Upcoming classes and free Weekly Mindfulness Workout

May 29, 2017Leave a comment

31 May: Creative Mindfulness.

17 June: Mindfulness for Kids workshop

24 June: All Good Colourers

7 August: 8 week Rewire Your Brain for Happiness, MBSR training. This succesful mindfulness training is for beginners and for those who have done a short training before. Integrate mindfulness into your daily life and get 10+ downloadable exercises to practice at home. Down to earth class.

Mindfulness Workout of the week.

One of the things that always works, and is also part of the mindfulness for kids programme Pause Breathe Smile is that children are asked to smile as part of the mindfulness practices.

The body and brain are connected, they trigger each other and listen to another. You can use that, to influence how you feel. If you move your mouth into a smiley pose that will make you feel a little more positive. I bet you are trying it right now 😁

So this week, all you have to focus on, is to consciously bring your mouth to smile, a couple of times a day, and see what happens.

You can put a sticky note with a smiley face on your mirror, draw a little smiley on your hand, change your passwords to finish with SMILE, or set a timer a couple of times a day, anything to remind yourself to smile.

Have a great week!

🤗Healthy Mind, Happy Heart

Tawa All Good Colourers

September 25, 2016Leave a comment

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Lovely morning at the Tawa Community Centre this morning!! Colouring, a chat, coffee and great company!

Next opportunity 30 October!!

email monique@easynowmindfulness for details.

What do YOU need???

July 11, 2016Leave a comment

🌷☀️🌷 FREE WEEKLY MINDFULNESS WORKOUT 🌷☀️🌷

At last holidays! My kids have been ready for weeks for this 🙂

I’m running the holiday workshop Wednesday, ages 6+. We will be colouring/doodling/making quotes and making letters for the Love Letters project.

8-Week Rewire your Brain for Happiness, Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction, starts in two weeks!! Looking forward to it already! Thank you for telling everybody about it, I love my ambassadors <3

➡️This week, the only thing I want you to do, is to ask yourself as you get ready for the day, “What is it, that I need today?” Being mindful of you, how you are doing, and what you need to be physically and mentally healthy is super important! And put this on your agenda for the day. This can be going for a little walk, meeting up with a friend for coffee, or some down time with netflix, anything that is good for you will do!

Have a lovely week!

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Finishing up this term …..

July 4, 2016Leave a comment

☀️☀️FREE MINDFULNESS WEEKLY WORKOUT☀️☀️

This term is going by so quickly!

I finished my training and now I am a facilitator for Pause Breathe Smile mindfulness in schools!! I’m also nearly done with my small business management training, I’m going to miss my classmates!

After saying goodbye to all the awesome mums that finished the Mindfulness for Parents this term, I’m very proud of my 8-Week class in Lower Hutt, that are finishing Tuesday!💐

If you also want to rewire your brain for happiness, let me know!! Pm or email monique@easynowmindfulness.com.

Next term I’m running the class again, last one this year already, you don’t want to miss it!

I’m also running the kids Zendoodle & Colouring workshop again, Wednesday 13 July 10-12, in Tawa, limited places.

→ WORKOUT FOR THIS WEEK←

Mindfulness is a concentration training. If you get control over where your mind is going, you can control your feelings too! Start your training with little steps. Take a minute first, once a day, and all you do is focus your attention on your breathing and notice when the thoughts arise in your mind. You can say silently to yourself “thinking” and redirect your attention to your breathing. Waiting for more thoughts that will pop up. Maybe seeing your thoughts as clouds, just sailing by.

Have a great week,

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