Wokingham Wellbeing MOOC

This week your challenge is to try meditation. The purpose of meditation is to make our mind calm and peaceful. If our mind is peaceful, we will be free from worries and mental discomfort, and so we will experience true happiness; but if our mind is not peaceful, we will find it very difficult to be happy, even if we are living in the very best conditions. If we train in meditation, our mind will gradually become more and more peaceful, and we will experience a purer and purer form of happiness. Eventually, we will be able to stay happy all the time, even in the most difficult circumstances. (taken from here ) To get you started have a look at the video below: Back to basics meditation for beginners. Aim to try meditating at least 3 times this week.  In the comment section below write down i) how you found meditation ii) how you felt after meditating iii) any links for other good guided meditation videos you find online. If you're willing to share your answe

Your challenge this week is to play a board game or card game with your family or friends. The challenge should be completed outside of school and more importantly no mobile phones allowed! Put them on silent, collect them in a bowl with a penalty for the first person to remove thiers!  Here's a few suggestions for card games  incase you need to "keep learning" on this challenge too! In the comment section below share i) what you played ii) who you played it with iii) what the phone penalty was and iv) how you felt during and after the challenge. 

This weeks challenge is to learn a little of a new language. You can download the app or do it online here . You could choose from Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Dutch, Irish, Danish, Russian, Swedish, Swahili, Polish, Greek, Romanian, Esperanto, Turkish, Vietnamese, Hebrew, Norwegian, Ukrainian, Hungarian, Welsh. Add an extra connect challenge to the week: Throughout the week try to greet people in your chosen language as possible. Teach them some of what you've learnt. At the end of the week write a sentence in your chosen foreign language in the comments below, with the English translation! (No google translate please!) Print and share on the Wellbeing Window/ Wall if you're proud of your new learning.

Your challenge this week is to connect to a stranger you wouldn't normally talk to and offer them help or a listening ear. Keep an eye out for someone that looks sad, lonely, lost or in need of help.  To complete this challenge you need to submit two comments, one before your connection and one after. Before you start the challenge think about how you would start a conversation that would make a stranger feel comfortable and any topics of conversation that would encourage them to open up. Consider using open questions rather than closed questions (read more here ) Think about how you would want to leave the conversation. Put your thoughts in the comments below. After your connection summarise i) what you did, ii) how it went, and iii) how it made you feel. If you are happy to share your experience print it and add it to the  Wellbeing Window/ Wall.

For this challenge you need a smart phone, pencil and someone to keep you company. You are going geocaching! If you don't know what it is find out (It's a bit like pokemon go, without the pokemon and there are actual things hidden to find).  This is the  official website .  You need to download the free app before you go. Take a photo of you and your partner with the geocache and upload to the comments section below along with a couple of sentences about how you found the experience. Print and add your experience to the  Wellbeing Window/ Wall if you want to share.