UM Mental Health Awareness Week: “Mindful Yoga” Workshop
澳大心理健康推廣月：「靜觀瑜珈」工作坊
To promote body-mind-spirit well-being to students, Moon Chun Memorial College, University of Macau held a “Mindfulness Yoga” workshop on 18 October 2023, and invited a professional yoga instructor, Ms. Stephanie Chu from “Tranquil”. At the beginning of the workshop, the instructor introduced the concept of “mindfulness” to the participants. Then, the instructor began to guide the participants to practice some mindfulness yoga movements.
Mindful Yoga is different from many traditional yoga practices in that it stretches the body in a gentle and unforced way, explores and accepts the limitations of the body, and cultivates awareness of the body. Through mindful yoga, participants learned to practice proactively rather than reactively. This means listening carefully without judgement, simply what is there, hearing the calling of the body, mind and spirit.
Finally, on behalf of the college’s Pastoral Care Support Unit, Resident Fellow, Ms. Alice Hong presented a certificate of appreciation to the instructor, and thanked her for providing students with a wonderful mindful yoga experience.
為向學生推廣身、心、靈健康，澳門大學滿珍紀念書院於2023年10月18日舉辦了一個「靜觀瑜珈」工作坊，並邀請融和靜樂文化空間的專業瑜珈導師，朱少卿女士帶領。工作坊開始時，導師向參加者介紹「靜觀」的概念。隨後，導師開始帶領參加者進行一些靜觀瑜珈動作。
靜觀瑜珈與很多傳統瑜珈的不同之處在於它是以柔和、不強求的方式伸展身體，探索並接納身體的局限，培養對身體的覺察。透過靜觀瑜珈，參加者學習主動進行練習，而不只是作出反應。這意味著留心地聆聽，純粹地聆聽著身、心、靈的呼喚。
最後，書院導師洪盈惠女士代表滿珍牧關舍向導師致送感謝狀，感謝她為學生提供美好的靜觀瑜珈體驗。