Aragon Meditation Group

[gabi]

Would like to propose starting a meditation group for the Aragon community

A few weeks ago Sam Harris’s meditation app Waking Up released a new feature that allow users to create groups to meditate together sharing their group with friends and colleagues.

In my personal experience meditation is a super useful tool and all the people that I shared this habit with have had told me they feel better after doing it for some time. I believe that having this group running will further help us to keep achieving our goals and create new bonding with each other.

There are a couple of settings that we should figure out in case you think this is a good idea:

I have created a couple of polls to figure those out

How many days a week?

• 1 day a week
• 3 days a week
• 5 days a week
• all days

At what time (CEST)?

• 12:00
• 13:00
• 14:00
• 15:00
• 16:00
• 17:00
• 18:00
• 19:00

How much time?

• 5 minutes
• 10 minutes
• 15 minutes
• 20 minutes

Note: If you don’t have an account and join a group you will get 30 day free on the app subscription. Also, if you are not able to pay the subscription they give it for free in those cases.

Thanks

[joeycharlesworth]

I was going to suggest doing some community meditation but you beat me to it

[Aaron]

I like the idea behind this. I’ve tried meditation a few times over the year but never stuck to it long enough to get much benefit.

How does “group meditation” work in a remote context?

[gabi]

I’ll wait for a whole week to see if we have higher consensus over the initial setup.

@Aaron this is a whole new way to meditate for me as well. As I understand the app I mentioned have this new feature that allow you to create a group and people can join that group. Then every time a couple of minutes before the meditation start you receive a notification and you can see who else appear to meditate with you.

I think the value relays on have accountability with the group and helping each other to make it an habit, that I personally find it’s difficult to keep consistently

[Daniel]

I’m in . Let’s get this started and see where it goes. I meditate normally first thing in the morning, but a second session in the middle of the day can be a good idea to take a step back from the hectic life and remember that we have a body and we can pay attention to it as Sam likes to suggest.

[gabi]

Thank you all for the feedback!

I just create a new group that will be available every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 5pm CEST starting tomorrow.

Here is the link to join the group:

https://app.wakingup.com/groups/e8193d

Note: I choose the 3 days at will but if someone have a better arrange please share it

[Jeanette1977]

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People have used meditation for thousands of years in the quest to find inner peace and harmony. All the major religions use it in their teachings. Meditation:

• Improves concentration
• Increases self-awareness
• Empowers us to combat stress by helping us relax and cope

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