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Hi Alison and Joyce! Welcome to the happiness community! What do you both like reading? I read pretty much anything I find interesting, from self-help books to semi-romantic novels (sometimes ?). I really like yoga too, but I don't always make time to go, and music is a thing I can't live without. Happy to 'meet' you both. ?

Haha just joking!! I'm new to most of this. I never thought a year ago I'd be going through any of this or "digging" so deep into myself. I never really even knew how far apart from my soul I was until my awakening was triggered. It's been very intense, confusing and lonely. Recent life changes I have felt compelled to make out of what seems like nowhere (as people who have "known me" would probably put it) have made me feel like I'm going crazy. After lots of research, coaching and self work I finally know I'm not completly crazy lol. I have also found that I am not alone which is wonderful news! I've never opened my mind to this type of stuff before and the onset of everything seemed out of nowhere. Now im trying to just go with the flow and see where the universe is trying to guide me. That's not too easy for a person like me who has had a habits of overthinking and questioning everything in life. Trust and faith has never come easy to me in my life...and now here I am. I am pleased to have found this community and nice to meet you all and hopefully many others to come ??

Hello! Thank you for joining and welcome to our little happiness community! Happiness.com is just in its infant stage, but I can already say that I find it good for very many things! There's a whole community of curious, kind and openhearted people willing to share their life experiences and lessons with others. People willing to help and serve, learn and experience, and welcome and support anyone in need of it. Unlike Facebook, we are a little conscious community for those interested in more "Real" topics related to life, love, loss, mindfulness, peace, dis-ease, etc. It can be whatever you’d like it to be :) All the best on your journey ?✨

Hello to all, joined the group, to find community, open minded friends and just to enjoy some good conversation. ???

Hi you two! So good to have you engaging in our little young community! what are your hobbies jigna? What are you passionate about that you want to bring in the world?

In our community, we planted about 100 trees two years ago. The trees were already several years old and almost 2m high on average. It was both a huge financial and labour intensive endeavour. Besides planting a tree, it also needs to be taken care of if the environment isn't perfect. In our case, this would have meant regular watering, mulching, water management until the roots are deep enough to reach the sparse water resources. Most trees in the end died. What I am trying to say is "yes! Plant trees!" and yes, think of taking care of them as they take care of us and yes, use alternatives like hemp too. It's one huge problem that calls for many many different solutions.

Hi Joyce. Welcome to the happiness community ? In my opinion, positive advice, support and a shoulder to cry on is PLENTY. Many people don't have that in their family relationships, and I hope and am sure your children greatly appreciate that in you.

No, we are based in Barcelona, Spain. We have two English guys in our team :) @Calvin77 who is in charge of the magazine and @BrettVallance who takes care of the Academy. @Candy from South Africa and @Lizzie from Sweden are doing most of the Community work you see here so far. Then there is @Tine, @Bjoern and myself and a few developers in China :)

Welcome @HappyJon! I hear you. Politics can be so stressful, and it seems we are stumbling from crises into crises and all of it is so existential. The news are not helpful either, as they are mostly adding oil into the fire. I am glad you found your way into our small young community here. We just started a couple of months ago, so I am really happy you joined us and hopefully will bring in some of your positive and happy energy Besides our own Happiness Magazine there is another good magazine called Positive News just like you, they are based in England - you might that refreshing for a change

Hey Angie, as @chirasree says, you are definitely not alone! Glad you have found the site and our community: we are all here to support each other :)

Esperança does great work in Barcelona handing out food, clothing and other necessities to Barcelona's homeless community, every weekend of the year. If anyone would like to help out or contribute, please send me a message and I'll be happy to give you more info ?

I have the feeling that's a new project around mindfulness and can be whatever the community decides.

Hi Däniker and thanks for sharing your thoughts. Happy to see meditation is bringing you great progress... and yes, we all have those bad days where we think negatively again – same here! We are all here to help and learn from each other and share ideas, so value your comments! If you're interested more in meditation you can find some great articles in our magazine such as different meditation styles and ways to develop a regular meditation practice. Welcome to the happiness.com community. Look forward to chatting more with you!

Hi, I am Purr, from Sunny Sydney, Australia. I write a happiness lifestyle blog: taoofjoy.blogspot.com. so I was looking for community forums of the same topic, to share. Nice to meet you all, speak soon. P.

I was there in the first 2 days and had a very good time. Seeing people's interest in happiness.com and getting to know many different people were so fulfilling. A session I attended was very interesting for me, NSR Self-Healing with Sebastian C.O. He showed Self Neuro Somatic Reprogramming techniques to reduce pain. I agree with Tine about the free stage. It was a great touch and was my favourite. Seeing people get carried away at one of the concerts was extremely heartwarming. I could feel the community connection there. Besides that, I also heard comments about the community bond from the people I talked to. It's very impressing that the event created such an international community! I'm newly becoming a "yoga person", meaning that I'm a total beginner both of yoga and it's culture. I've always had been into sports and attending tournaments and loved the rush of those environments. The yoga conference reminded me of those environments, but a more mindful version of them. I wasn't expecting to feel that the conference environment resonates with me this much.

Well, just a reason more to learn spanish, I would say ☺️?. I'm sure we find a solution here, maybe find some spanish speaking volunteers who can help out within the community. I would love if the community would start to be a place for language tandems in english/spanish, spanish/german or english/german, where people can talk about their struggles, experiences and personal way of life while learning a language better. That way it would add an even more interesting twist to it. I'm up for a spanish tandem, if someone is interested !

It was really nice! What happens is, that those kinds of Events are completely different than other "Marketing" Events. It would have felt weird going too proactive to other visitors to "oblige them" to get us to know or running around to show off with happiness.com. On this event, it has been important to communicate with the people when they came to the stand by themselves, or start a conversation with them once they showed an interest somehow. But that´s totally cool! We´ll have a diversion in the Events which is nice as well, depending on the audience that is around. The Spanish, English, German thing may lead to confusion, I agree. If Spanish people from an older generation (mine basically and older ;) ) sign up, not all of them speak English or do not feel comfortable doing so. If they anyways signup and want to be part of the community, do we answer them in Spanish? Otherwise, we lose them

I wanted to start my answer with "I am not much into yoga" then I remembered that I attend a weekly yoga class ? So I might have to reassess that. The two days I spend at the Barcelona Yoga conference were in the free area. So I can't comment on the quality of the paid part. Having a free area that not only has food trucks and shops but also a small stage that offered music was a nice touch, which I thought reflected the values of a conscious community well. There were also free Yoga classes offered for those who can't afford a ticket. My favourite time was when the music played at the free stage - some Bhajans to sing along and be joyful. I had some inspiring, deep conversations which also highlighted to me that conscious gatherings and shangas create an atmosphere of openness, safety and support that is hard to find elsewhere but which the world needs. So it was a much-appreciated opportunity to recharge my batteries there.

This is very interesting and something I was thinking of too: I'm currently seeing English, German and Spanish language due to the people I have become friend with and the settings they have. If you speak the language fantastic, but not all of us will. Wonder if we have any settings for newsfeed languages preferences aside from only selecting to see happiness.com in English/German. The issues of a building a global community ??

Thank you for your input ? Yes, we do support polls. However, I am not sure how to do it exactly. If you have an example what to ask the community we can try to set it up with @Lizzie's help? It's normally easier if you have something tangible. @Calvin77 usually posts the Instagram content on the site too, right? Could you post some of the BYC pictures too?

I was very happy to see people approaching us as soon as they read the roll-up! I thought, wow, these are types of people I would love to see as part of our little community. The curious, the adventurous, the seeker. I do tend to agree with Yvonne about the Spanish though. Although BYC attracts a fairly international crowd, majority of the people still spoke Spanish and I found it particularly hard trying to explain what it was. What will we do with the list of emails we collected? Maybe a nice thank you note and an invitation to sign up should be sent some time this week, or early next week? I must say I felt very proud to see the happiness.com logo boldly displayed on the sponsors banner at the entrance of reception. Thank you Yvonne and everyone for setting up a super cozy and nicely branded stand. @Tine Does happiness.com currently support a poll function? And can we post as happiness.com in the newsfeed? Although I love the weekly news and magazine article, I think there could be more interaction or content from us as well. Maybe sharing the instagram post on the newsfeed and creating a discussion around it is already enough.

One of the main takeaways for me is that conscious community means that the people I spoke to are conscious about how they use their time and be here now often means to favor real-life interactions over those online. If it is online it needs to be worth it. Another time-consuming site just won't cut it. I feel it for myself if I have fallen into the "facebook-trap" and afterward feel how it has eaten up my attention, sold it for advertising money and I have only lost time to otherwise be alive. What does this mean for happiness.com? For me, it means that if people log in to make it worth their time and attention. Yes, we need a call to action, we need to motivate people to commit and engage and at the same time we need to make sure we respect their time, that if they invest time and attention it's worth it, that there's a real connection, vulnerability, support not just some scrolling through updates.

happiness.com und seine Eigentümer möchten darüber aufklären, dass wir für eine „Kultur der Zustimmung“ plädieren und diese als festen Bestandteil unserer Community sehen. Damit wir das in der happiness Community umsetzen können, lies bitte diesen Text. Damit können wir die Welt mit einem reflektierten Verhalten für alle ein bisschen glücklicher und sicherer machen. Wir würden uns freuen, wenn du in unserem Forum und in unserer Gruppe über eine Kultur der Zustimmung diskutieren würdest! Was bedeutet Zustimmung? Zustimmung ist ohne Zweifel zu 100% wichtig und ein Schlüssel zur Aufrechterhaltung einer glücklichen und sicheren Umgebung für alle! Zuzustimmen bedeutet ein klares, explizites, nicht erzwungenes, informiertes und enthusiastisches JA! Die gegenüberstehende/n Person/en stimmen zu, BEVOR eine Handlung ausgeführt wird. Das gilt für persönlichen Kontakt, aber auch, während man online chattet, im Video-Chat, bei privaten Nachrichten und im Forum. Gilt Zustimmung nur für persönliche Treffen? Nein. Wenn du darüber nachdenkst, merkst du, dass Zustimmung in jedem Aspekt unseres Lebens wichtig ist. Sie umfasst eine Vielzahl von Situationen und ist nicht nur für Gruppen- oder Einzelgespräche gedacht, sondern bedeutet auch: Jede Art von Berührung (einschließlich des Umarmens), das Teilen von Nahrungsmitteln, Getränken oder jeglicher anderer Art von Substanzen, gegenseitiges Fotografieren und auch der Online Umgang miteinander. Manchmal sind wir in der Vorstellung oder Überzeugung gefangen, dass andere dasselbe fühlen oder glauben sollten, wie wir. Und während wir uns mit jemandem unterhalten, stellen wir möglicherweise fest, dass er nicht vollständig überzeugt und noch unentschlossen ist. Dann verwenden wir Wörter, die einen großen Einfluss auf die andere Person haben und sich auf deren Reaktion auswirken. A m Ende sagt unser Gegenüber dann "Ja", wenn er/sie wirklich "Nein" sagen möchte. Versetze dich in die Situation deines Gegenübers: Es ist sowieso nicht immer einfach, „Nein“ zu sagen, besonders wenn es jemand ist, den man gerade kennengelernt hat. Er oder sie möchte dich vielleicht nicht verärgern, keiner von euch möchte die neue / alte Freundschaft verlieren oder auf seinem Standpunkt beharren. Dann wird die Einflussnahme zu einem Problem, ohne dass es der Einfluss-nehmende überhaupt bemerkt. Wir möchten dich deshalb dazu ermutigen, einen Moment innezuhalten und darüber nachzudenken, wie sich deine Aussagen und Handlungen auf die andere Person oder die anderen Personen auswirken können. Zustimmung lässt sich nicht erzwingen, sie muss von Herzen kommen! Warum ist Zustimmung wichtig? Es ist gut, zu diskutieren, warum Zustimmung wichtig ist! Teile deine Erfahrungen mit; negative und positive. Ermutigt euch gegenseitig, eure Gefühle mitzuteilen, unabhängig davon, ob du das Gefühl hast, ausgenutzt zu werden, oder ob deine Gefühle falsch sein könnten. Deine Grenzen auszudrücken und über deine Gefühle und Gedanken zu sprechen, ist eine großartige Idee und kann anderen wirklich helfen, Grenzen zu setzen. Wir alle möchten uns sicher fühlen, und deshalb möchten wir sicherstellen, dass sich alle und ihre eigenen und den Grenzen ihres Gegenübers bewusst sind und trotzdem eine gute Zeit haben. Es ist nichts Falsches daran, andere wissen zu lassen, wo sie stehen! Von einem Tag auf den anderen können verschiedene Situationen auftreten. Nehmen wir an, du triffst jemanden von Angesicht zu Angesicht oder auch nur online – und ihr hattet eine gute Connection. Es war wirklich schön und vielleicht hat euch diese Begegnung etwas spüren lassen, was ihr schon eine Weile nicht mehr gefühlt hattet. Ein paar Tage später, und ihr unterhaltet euch erneut, bist du aufgeregt, aber plötzlich fühlt sich einer von euch beiden nicht mehr so wie am anderen Tag. Was ist los? Vielleicht ist nichts passiert, nur heute fühlt sich einer von euch nicht mehr auf der gleichen Wellenlänge. Das ist ja völlig in Ordnung! Und genauso ist es in der Kultur der Zustimmung. Auch hier gilt, dass die Zustimmung bei jedem Kontakt neu gegeben werden muss. Ein bisheriges Ja kann nun ein Nein sein. Nimm es dir nicht zu Herzen, die Dinge ändern sich. Das ist schwierig und eine weitere Situation, über die wir diskutieren müssen: Wie können wir die Kommunikationswege offen halten, wenn es um Kritik oder Meinungsverschiedenheiten geht? Komm mit in unseren Chat und in unser Forum, um weiter darüber zu diskutieren!

The idea is to reward actions that contribute to the happiness.com vision " A kind, conscious, peaceful and loving humanity " and our mission " To cultivate a safe and supportive community and share tools, practices and experiences that empower everyone to live happy and fulfilled lives " Actions within the happiness.com community which support this will be rewarded with HAPPY Token. Participation in the forum, engaging content reaching out to others are just some examples. What exactly that is and how many HAPPY Tokens are awarded we won't say as 1. we are continually tweaking the settings in the background 2. it changes each day as the number depends on the total amount of rewardable actions and the number of users within the last 24h. I am sure the rest of the happiness.com team has more to add.

Here are the links to the guided meditations we are practicing with during the MBSR course: Feel free to choose the recoding for the week you are at that resonates best with you. I will continuously add more links to high-quality recordings to cover a broader spectrum of voices and personal styles. Like the posture, the teacher that works best for where you are at today might differ. Yet in their core, those different meditation are the same. We offer a free guided meditation once a week live on zoom. Onve a month we offer a free FAQ session for this course. To see the time and dates and sign up for a session please checkout Tine's profile. Some recordings are by Dave Potter, an experienced MBSR teacher and psychotherapist who put together this online course. Jon Kabat-Zinn is the founder of the MBSR course. Emma Reynolds is an experienced MBSR teacher with the Mindful Academy, Solterreno, Spain. This is where I got my training too. Lynn Rossy is a health psychologist, author, researcher, and Kripalu yoga teacher specializing in mindfulness-based interventions. Week 1: Bodyscan Bodyscan 29min by Jon Kabat-Zinn (the founder of MBSR) Bodyscan 15min (YouTube) Bodyscan 15min (InsightTimer) by Tine Steiß Bodyscan 33min by Dave Potter Bodyscan 45min by UC San Diego Center for Mindfulness Bodyscan 20min by Emma Reynolds Compassionate Body Scan 24min by Kristin Neff Week 2: Sitting Meditation Sitting Meditation 32min by Dave Potter Sitting Meditation 40min by Jon Kabat-Zinn (the founder of MBSR) Week 3 and 4: Mindful Yoga Mindful Yoga 1 37min by Lynn Rossy PhD Mindful Yoga 2 36min by Lynn Rossy PhD Week 5: "Turning towards" the difficult, Soften, Sooth, Allow Turning Towards - Meditation for difficult emotions 23min by Dave Potter Turning Towards - Meditation for physical pain 25min by Dave Potter Soften, Soothe, Allow 16min by Dave Potter Soften, Soothe, Allow 9min by Happiness Insight RAIN 11min by Dave Potter Week 6: Mindfulness and Communication Mountain Meditation 20min by Dave Potter Lake Meditation 20min by Dave Potter Week 7: Mindfulness and Compassion Lovingkindness Meditation 13min by Dave Potter Other meditations that are closely related to the MBSR curriculum: Taking a breath - taking a break 13min by Tine Steiß Breathing Meditation for Beginners 10min by Jack Kornfield Labelling emotions 20min by Emma Reynolds the RAIN of Self-Compassion by Tara Brach (PhD in Clinical Psychology, founder of the Insight Meditation Community of Washington and author of Radical Acceptance, True Refuge, Freedom In Your Own Awakened Heart) Oneness Meditation 35min by Jon Kabat-Zinn (the founder of MBSR)