The Mindfulness & Compassion Practice sessions are open for all the GovState community.

Held at noon every Wednesday in D2417, in the library, the sessions with Dr. Tim Pedigo, a therapist and and associate professor in psychology, started Feb. 5 this semester.

The sessions’ goal is to teach students, staff and community members to sit calmly and put their minds and bodies at ease by sitting and breathing deeply, working to re-center and re-ground themselves.

I found the grounding practices similar to prayer, as a Muslim, where we regularly check in with God five times a day, helping us disconnect and re-direct our intentions back to our soul purpose, with in relation to God and our souls bond.

For many religions, the faithful practice forms of guiding their attentions to the now and connecting through practicing resilience and compassion, helping oneself along the journey in life when it feels like chaos sis everywhere.

For more info about  “What Mindfulness is?” and “Why practice mindfulness and compassion?” see the link at the bottom of this article. Found and described more, under Library Instructions and workshops on GovState’s Library page.

“We are often hard on ourselves,” said Pedigo. “This is meant to calm down students to help in bettering ones life.”

One member of the mindfulness community said that “practice is crucial” when it comes to meditation. He said that he has tried to meditate at least once a day for many years.

More information is available here, also within the QR code of the flyer in the picture above.