![]() ![]() So this was my first time coming to a group or a club and it made a huge difference, like practicing around other people. “I had practiced mindfulness before but always through an app on my phone or something like that by myself. “I think there’s not only a need for (OUMBL), but I think it’s something that the students would really be into here,” Cook said. Ridge Cook, a senior studying field ecology, said he found out about OUMBL because he and Singhani run together. ![]() Although OUMBL is new to campus, students are already seeing how mindfulness can positively impact their mental health and outlook on life. The organization meetings every Tuesday in Patton College room 209 from 6:30 p.m. This semester, OUMBL has a series of activities planned, some of which include practicing grounding techniques and mindful eating, movement, arts and crafts, communication, self-compassion and more. Physiopedia defines mindfulness in multiple ways, one being: “The awareness that emerges through paying attention on purpose, in the present moment and non-judgmentally to the unfolding of experience moment by moment.” Jon Kabat-Zinn, a professor of medicine at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, is responsible for bringing the meditative approach to mindfulness to the West, according to the University of Cambridge. Mindfulness originated around 2,500 years ago and from ancient eastern and Buddhist philosophy, according to Physiopedia. People have reaped these benefits for thousands of years. “I think the reason for mindfulness in my mind is just being present in life so that you can enjoy every moment in life.”Īnother reason for practicing mindfulness, Singhani also said, is because of the mental and physical health benefits. ![]() “So I talked to my advisor, and he said, ‘Well, what if people are not interested in this,’ and I said, ‘I’ll sit and meditate for an hour by myself,’” Singhai said. Singhani said he talked to his advisor about noticing a need for such an organization on campus, even if it meant creating one just to sit and practice mindfulness by himself. Singhani is a doctoral student in counselor, education and supervision, a mindfulness-based stress reduction teacher and a mental health counselor. ![]()
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