Self-Care for Politically Charged Times

Beginning in January, Mindful will host grass-roots meditation activist Shelly Tygielski for a transformative 8-week program called “Self-Care For Politically Charged Times.”

Our rallying cry for 2019 is: Self-Care is a radical act of love.

Please sign up to join us every Wednesday for a new article in the series and every Friday in our private Facebook group for a guided meditation and Q&A with Shelly.

Shelly has taught mindfulness to trauma workers, women’s groups, social justice organizations, schools, athletes, and corporations. Most recently she co-hosted a loving-kindness event with Sharon Salzberg to serve the Parkland school comminuty.

As large political and media machines continue to try to divide Americans against each other, we believe that it is important to find ways to support our sense of common humanity, community, and responsibility. Ultimately, together is our only path forward.

With self-care we invite you to nourish the core of your being in a way that will help you weather the political storms, communicate and listen with compassion across seeming divides, and help work together towards a better, shared future for all.

It’s essential for us to acknowledge the importance of our own self-care and to act upon it.

Self-care is a movement of love amidst despair, of kindness in the face of loss as well as victory. It’s declaring yourself as self-deserving of emotional agency.

Self-care is not frivolous; self-care is a radical act of love.

Join the self-care movement.

Self-Care for Politically Charged Times:

Week 1: The 5 Rules of Self-Care for Politically Charged Times (Wednesday, January 9th)
Join us in our private Facebook group for a live Q&A and guided meditation (Friday, Jan 11th 11:30 ET)

Week 2: “No” is a Complete Sentence (Wednesday, January, 16th)
Join us in our private Facebook group for a live Q&A and guided meditation (Friday, January 18th)

Week 3Building a Self-Care Community (Wednesday, January 23rd)
Join us in our private Facebook group for a live Q&A and guided meditation (Friday, Jan 25th 11:30 ET)

Week 4: Recognizing the Signs of Burnout (Wednesday, January 30th)
Join us in our private Facebook group for a live Q&A and guided meditation (Friday, February 1st)

Self-Care Break (Week of February 3rd)

Week 5The Incredibly Courageous Act of Taking a Moment (Wednesday, February 13th)
Join us in our private Facebook group for a live Q&A and guided meditation (Friday, February 15th)

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Week 6: Designing Your Personal Wellness Plan (Wednesday, February 20th)
Join us in our private Facebook group for a live Q&A and guided meditation (Friday, February 22th)

Week 7: How to Climb Out of Despair (Wednesday, February 27th)
Join us in our private Facebook group for a live Q&A and guided meditation (Friday, March 1st)

Week 8: Powering up the Movement (Wednesday, March 6th)
Join us in our private Facebook group for a live Q&A and guided meditation (Saturday, March 11th)

Sign up to join the private Facebook Group for Live Q&As and guided meditations.

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Heather Hurlock

Heather Hurlock is the former Editor-in-Chief of Mindful magazine and mindful.org. She's a long-time editor, writer, musician, and meditator with deep roots in service journalism. She is now the Founder of The Art of Being Present.