Happy New Year everyone!!!!
Hope you're feeling great on this first day of the year, and hope you managed to do your reflections and gratitude for 2018!
Know that 2019 can be as great as you want it to be :)
I wanted to tell you about this challenge I found out about last night.
RED January awesome name ;)
https://redtogether.co.uk/
The name caught my eye, but I loved it more when I read what it was about!
A challenge to exercise every day this month, in support of Mental Health!
I signed up straight away! I also shared it on Facebook and got my awesome friend @teodora to join in! She's even done a post already, how awesome is that?!
I logged onto Steemit earlier this morning and caught @camuel's honest vlog about his mental health, and so recommended that he join us too! Because it always helps to know someone's doing it with you :)
Then I thought, why not extend it to more of you? Maybe some of you really need this or need someone to do something like this with?
Well join me, and let me be your Red Buddy! I'm going to start a tag called #redjanuary, use it so I can check posts in the tag and follow you on your progress.
I myself plan on doing weekly updates on this, to hold myself accountable and make sure I'm motivating myself to exercise ;)
If it could help, I'll also happily keep in touch with you on a regular basis to see how you're doing, cheer you on, or even just send you funny memes to cheer you up.
Do let me know by commenting or message me privately on Discord if you prefer!
If there are a few of you who want this, maybe we can start a group chat going, we'll see!!
Let's start the year with positive energies, healthy habits and the knowing that we are in control!
Thanks for watching! Happy 2019!
Lots of Love from Red
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I saw someone with a red Jan T shirt at this ams park run as was wondering what it was all about.
That vlog by camuel was excellent... very honest. The more people are honest about being miserable sometimes the better if you ask me... it's just part of the humam condition.
I think getting into Buddhism as a teenager has helped me avoid mental health problems.. it gives you a different take on yer psychological make up.
The mind's a tricky, fickle thing that needs a tight leash IMO. The problem is it takes constant effort.
Of course our stupid society with its unrealistic demands doesn't help either, thankfully sociology's helped me see just how ludicrous so many of our social norms are... again this helps keep your mind healthy!
I'll join in, I already excercise everyday anyway, big believer in physicality!
Happy New Year.
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I totally agree, the more we talk honestly about mental health, the more we can really get to the root of the cause.
It's amazing you got into Buddhism as a teen, meditation/mindfulness is such a powerful tool, that can be so helpful with understanding yourself and your thoughts, and overcoming mental health issues. It's what's helped me most personally.
I really hope to see more families and schools incorporate meditation/mindfulness sessions with their children/students. As you said, there are enough unrealistic demands in our society, so why not finally give us and especially the younger generation, tools that could help us navigate life in a healthier and more mindful way. It can only lead to the greater good of society.
Glad to hear you're joining in, feel free to post in #redjanuary to give it more exposure, maybe others will be inspired to join us too! Happy New Year :)
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I have the doll to thank for finding Buddhism... two years unemployed between A levels and uni... very educational!
I'm sort of back there again now but with wealth this time!
Having seen it in schools I am very concerned about 'mindfulness', which is stripped of all its deeper philosophy.
Having an education system which induces stress and then patching it up with mindfulness lessons is painful to watch.
There is one group who definitely benefits... the pyschs who manipulate their way into designing the mindfulness programmes... they're really on the gravy train, it's a trend that's going nowhere!
I have a real problem with amateurs teaching mindfulness. It's like Gandhi not giving up sugar before advising that woman to stop giving her son sugar (I'm sure you know the story).
So mindfulness is excellent, but I have real concerns over the way it's being rolled out/ watered down.
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