Hello! I’m a resident in counseling who’s been lurking around on Lemmy for a while and I want to use this lovely community to both uplift myself and others. I had a period of time in graduate school where I was able to maintain daily meditation sessions, but with the stress of entering the workforce a lot of my good habits fell by the wayside.

It’s time to fix that.

For my first exercise today I spent some time this afternoon in my yard listening to birdsong - I could hear 5 different birds, even though I’m not sure what species they were other than whippoorwills and cardinals! I love feeling like these cute little guys are my neighbors, maybe I should put out some seed for them.

How do you use mindfulness in your own life? Would this community be interested in daily mindfulness check-ins? How else can we uphold each other as a community?

  • crank0271@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    6 days ago

    I could hear 5 different birds, even though I’m not sure what species they were other than whippoorwills and cardinals

    While not necessarily compatible with mindful moments, the Merlin app can aid in identifying birds based on their songs and calls.

    • scrungle@crazypeople.onlineOPEnglish
      4·
      6 days ago

      Heck yeah thanks for the suggestion! My wife and I just moved in here so I’m excited to learn about all the wildlife in my new neighborhood

      • DaniNatrix@leminal.spaceEnglish
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        6 days ago

        I love Merlin. I turn it on when I go for my daily walk and see what birds it picks up. I’m building a fun “Life List” of birds and it’s cool to see which ones are full time neighbors and who is around for just a visit!