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10 Minutes - An Exercise in Mindfulness

10 Minutes - An Exercise in Mindfulness is a team reflection exercise for reflection and learning: it helps participants reflect on experience and turn observations into learning.

5 to 15 minutesTIME
Small group (4-8)GROUP SIZE
ActiveENERGY
In person, RemoteSETTING
High cognitive loadCOGNITIVE LOAD
Strengthens Learning Transfer This reflection and learning exercise strengthens Learning Transfer, one of the eight Gathering Effectiveness pillars.

How to run it

  1. By not being present in the conversations you engage in?
  2. Present the information in the Mindfulness article below - abbreviate as desired
  3. Have participants all take ten minutes to sit and be present in the moment 5 minutes if they
  4. Have participants all take ten minutes to sit and be present in the moment
  5. Do this exercise in People Science groups and debrief in those groups
  6. be here now, focus, front of the room, intentionality, meditation, mindfulness, present
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Prompts to use +

By not being present in the conversations you engage in?

Present the information in the Mindfulness article below - abbreviate as desired

Have participants all take ten minutes to sit and be present in the moment 5 minutes if they

Have participants all take ten minutes to sit and be present in the moment

Do this exercise in People Science groups and debrief in those groups

be here now, focus, front of the room, intentionality, meditation, mindfulness, present

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Adapt this exercise for my exact room. Exercise: 10 Minutes - An Exercise in Mindfulness. Readiness: Publishable Draft. Core moves: By not being present in the conversations you engage in?; Present the information in the Mindfulness article below - abbreviate as desired; Have participants all take ten minutes to sit and be present in the moment 5 minutes if they; Have participants all take ten minutes to sit and be present in the moment. Return a concise facilitator script with timing, wording, safety notes, and remote/in-person adjustments.

Origin unverified

  • Where we observed it: The strongest current observations come from Relationship Makers Handbook; aggregators are listed as additional observations, not origin proof. (1 source observed, including Relationship Makers Handbook.)
  • What that means: we track where an exercise has been observed in public sources. We do not claim to know who created it, or how popular it is.
  • No efficacy claims: appearing in this library is not a claim that the exercise is proven effective. Facilitator judgment and context decide whether it works for a given room.
  • Corrections: if you have evidence of an earlier or more accurate source, read our methodology and trust boundary and tell us.

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