pbnj
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Post by pbnj on Jan 28, 2017 0:40:35 GMT
Did any one else have meditation at their WW meeting this week? Our meeting started with an "experimental" meditation. Supposedly WW is trying it out at either the beginning or end of meetings. Our group thought it was a relaxing exercise --- or could have been if the weigh-in receptionists weren't talking so loud and being distracting!
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Post by zazzles on Jan 28, 2017 3:26:11 GMT
Did any one else have mediation at their WW meeting this week? Our meeting started with an "experimental" meditation. Supposedly WW is trying it out at either the beginning or end of meetings. Our group thought it was a relaxing exercise --- or could have been if the weigh-in receptionists weren't talking so loud and being distracting! Takes me back to 1977 when WW first rolls Behavior Modification Techniques (yes,mthemreallymcalled them that). in staff training one month a consultant took us through a relaxing meditation exercise. Everyone was sitting there quietly, eyes closed thinking of relaxing images. All of a sudden we hear snoring from the back row. It was our area director...sound asleep! Well, it worked for one person anyway!  |
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Post by ann1953 on Jan 28, 2017 13:10:02 GMT
Nope nothing like that at our meeting!
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Post by ksbruns on Jan 28, 2017 14:51:22 GMT
LOL pbnj. I definitely remember being told to pipe down! I am all for mindfulness, just not sure I want to meditate at a WW meeting. Omm..... |
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wildcat
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Post by wildcat on Jan 28, 2017 15:05:20 GMT
I think I'd like this if I went to meetings but with people loudly checking in and all the chatting among the receptionists I don't know how it could ever work.
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Post by pamthomas46 on Jan 28, 2017 18:42:22 GMT
Not at our meeting yesterday.
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Post by linda72 on Jan 28, 2017 19:24:46 GMT
Not at our meeting either.
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Post by keshet51 on Jan 28, 2017 23:52:06 GMT
And at my meeting, about activity, we did 30 seconds of squats and leg lifts. Definitely no meditation today.
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squid
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Post by squid on Jan 29, 2017 21:11:32 GMT
Activity was our topic yesterday, and no meditation.
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Post by newheavensearth2 on Jan 29, 2017 23:48:23 GMT
No meditation either.
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Post by wwlurker on Jan 30, 2017 15:06:35 GMT
I don't think that I would like to meditate in a WW meeting setting. I'm all for group meditation, but the group has to be engaged and the setting has to be right. With distractions of people being loud and some people not being interested, I would be distracted and wouldn't really benefit from meditation in those circumstances.
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Post by hpeterson1951 on Jan 30, 2017 16:07:22 GMT
I don't think I'd like that.
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squid
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Post by squid on Jan 30, 2017 17:36:08 GMT
Here in the Bible Belt some people equate meditation with mind control or a religion that they consider to be pagan. Too New Age for Tennessee. 
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Post by limefan on Jan 30, 2017 23:58:38 GMT
Here in the Bible Belt some people equate meditation with mind control or a religion that they consider to be pagan. Too New Age for Tennessee.
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Off Topic - Roz, my sister used to live in Watertown/Lebanon, Tennessee. I sure miss traveling there to visit. She moved home (Pennsylvania) 3 years ago. |
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Post by newheavensearth2 on Jan 31, 2017 3:04:38 GMT
Here in the Bible Belt some people equate meditation with mind control or a religion that they consider to be pagan. Too New Age for Tennessee.
Roz
Not just a Bible Belt thing. There are other Christian denominations that believe the same about yoga and guided or mind emptying meditation. I looked up research on this; a lot of poses and practices are rooted in Hinduism. What I found was verified by Hindu coworkers who practice yoga and meditation as part of their religious devotion. I meditate in terms of deep reflection on spritual subjects or scripture, so I feel more in mind or in body, grounded I guess is the term. |
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