What is Body Centered Mindfulness?
Body Centered Mindfulness is my way of saying, do something somatic one mindfully. For me it also fuses ideas from Nia and DBT. It's a blend of Nia's body awareness paying attention to sensation and DBT's Mindfulness and Distress Tolerance skills.What exactly do I have to do to be apart of the challenge?
Honestly, that is up to you. To give you a better idea, I'll be doing:- Nia's 7 Minute Workout
- Honoring my body, and my addiction to soda and other sweet drinks, by only drinking water and Kombucha for 31 Days.
- Embodying the routine Passion
- Sharing a Body Centered Mindfulness everybody can do once a day.
- Cheering on other people doing the challenge.
I invite you to spend some time to decided what you want out of the challenge and and share it with all of us. This is a chance for you to commit to your body and have support for an amazing community to remain accountable and connected to your goal.
Who can do the challenge?
Just like everybody can do Nia, everybody can do this challenge.
How do I get involved?
Step One: Like the facebook page, here. I'll be using facebook to post the daily updates. (You can also subscribe to my youtube channel here to be the first to get video updates.)Step Two: Check in with facebook * (daily or as often as you feel comfortable) and tag @Borderline so that I, and other people from the challenge, can cheer you on. &/or If you prefer you can leave a comment (or a link to your blog post or video) on Borderline every day sharing what you've been doing.
Step Three: Cheer other people on. Connect with community. Leave comments. Share ** the challenge with people. Help me shine the light!
* If you don't use facebook - you are welcome to use other social media. If you don't use social media you can email me (and with your permission I'll share them with the community) and I'll cheer you on!
** Hash tags for the challenge are: #31Days #GetInYourBody #Borderline.K
When is this starting?
I'm starting March 1st, but you can start whenever you need too. Don't worry about missing a day. If you aren't in a place where you can do something Body Centered that day, honor your needs. The challenge will be here when you're ready. You can always cheer other people on.
Why are you doing this?
I was inspired by Nia's new campaign, "Get In Your Body," and my desire to remain on my journey to dance through life as I create a life worth living, I mentioned on facebook that I was playing with the idea of doing another 31 Challenge. This time the focus would be on the body. The response was overwhelming positive and I'm grateful for that. I've spent the last 6 months in Texas working on my body. It was an amazing to have such a supportive community and to have the space to practice Nia daily. Now that I'm going "home" I want to keep honoring my body, and I want to maintain (and grow) my connection with community.
In December, inspired by my aunt, I said I wanted to shine my light on Borderline. I had gotten shy about sharing, and I had lost sight of why I created Borderline in the first place. I wanted a map of my recovery, I wanted to be the brave and fearless person who was honest about the road I walked. I wanted to inspire others.
In January, motivated by Helen Terry's 28 Day Challenge, I did a 31 Days of Mindfulness Challenge. Having to be accountable, and knowing that people were cheering me on, really helped me stay on track and made me brave enough to share again. I had no idea what I was getting myself into when I started the challenge or where it was going. It ended up leading to me making youtube videos, writing a blog post for the first time in ages, connecting with new and old friends on a deeper level, a greater connection with myself, a new project, and more stability in my mental health. Plus now I have a map of 31 Days that I, or anyone else can start, whenever we need too.
I don't know where this is challenge is going either but I'm excited about it. Here's to another map!
