the quiet living room - by quietsocialclub

“Freedom from noise and goal-directed tasks, it appears, unites the quiet without and within, allowing our conscious workspace to do its thing, to weave ourselves into the world, to discover where we fit in. That’s the power of silence", writes Daniel Gross.

Science shows that as little as 2 minutes of absolute silence practised regularly have a positive effect on our brain health. 

For the Mindful May Series, we are bringing you practical self-care rituals and habits that you can easily incorporate in your everyday life and most importantly, to bring Quiet Social Clubs’s experiences to you in your home. This month, we invite you to make your wellbeing a priority and join us an extended guided retreat experience that you can join in on wherever you are.

In this week's episode we will talk about: 
- The Upcoming Mindful May Month
- The Power of quiet time and why cultivate it
- How to cultivate quiet time 

We will also bring you an immersive quiet experience that is based on scientific findings on the power of silence. 

“Appreciation is a wonderful thing: It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.”

In today's episode, we bring you an interactive episode on gratitude. Take a pen and paper and get ready for:
- Our favourite 5-min self-care ritual we practice every day
- An interactive gratitude practice for us to experience together
- A give minute guided meditation  to amplify the feeling of gratitude we built in today's session.

Mondays & Mantras is your mindful start into the week. At Quiet Social Club, we believe in self-care that works for every day - our mission is to create mindfulness and self-care practices that promote a balanced lifestyle in a connected world. 

Each weekly episode will bring you a new mantra paired with a guided meditation to kickstart your day. Mondays & Mantras is our opportunity to welcome a new week together and to set the intention and tone for the day.  

“When you enter a mindset, you enter a new world. In one world—the world of fixed traits—success is about proving you’re smart or talented. Validating yourself. In the other—the world of changing qualities—it’s about stretching yourself to learn something new. Developing yourself.” - Carol Dweck in Mindset. 

In today’s episode, we will be looking at the different ways of approaching our day when we adopt a growth or a fixed mindset. Take pen and paper and create five columns: 

1. Difficult situation
2. Thoughts in response to the situation
3. Is this a fixed or a growth mindset?
4. How could I rephrase this into a growth mindset?
5. What would be the next action in a growth mindset? 

Mondays & Mantras is your mindful start into the week. At Quiet Social Club, we believe in self-care that works for every day - our mission is to create mindfulness and self-care practices that promote a balanced lifestyle in a connected world. 

Each weekly episode will bring you a new mantra paired with a guided meditation to kickstart your day. Mondays & Mantras is our opportunity to welcome a new week together and to set the intention and tone for the day.  

"Our body carries us through life, it is our little storyteller, and at the same time a compass for what we need if we just take a moment to listen to it. " Join us for this week's mantra and meditation.

Mondays & Mantras is your mindful start into the week. At Quiet Social Club, we believe in self-care that works for every day - our mission is to create mindfulness and self-care practices that promote a balanced lifestyle in a connected world. 

Each weekly episode will bring you a new mantra paired with a guided meditation to kickstart your day. Mondays & Mantras is our opportunity to welcome a new week together and to set the intention and tone for the day.  

In this episode we will talk about: 

• The Mondays & Mantras Journey
• What is this week's mantra?
• How can I take the effects of this meditation into everyday life? 
• We will also guide you through a 10-minute breathing and visualisation practice to deepen this week's mantra (Starts at 5:00 minutes)

"Todays’ mantra is about the most important creation process of them all: our daily life. That’s why today’s mantra breaks down the creating process into its smallest actionable component: today! If you recognise and honour your ability to create each day, soon you will be creating weeks, months and years. " Join us for this week's mantra and meditation.

Mondays & Mantras is your mindful start into the week. At Quiet Social Club, we believe in self-care that works for every day - our mission is to create mindfulness and self-care practices that promote a balanced lifestyle in a connected world. 

Each weekly episode will bring you a new mantra paired with a guided meditation to kickstart your day. Mondays & Mantras is our opportunity to welcome a new week together and to set the intention and tone for the day.  

In this episode we will talk about: 

• The Mondays & Mantras Journey
• What is this week's mantra?
• How can I take the effects of this meditation into everyday life? 
• We will also guide you through a 10-minute breathing and visualisation practice to deepen this week's mantra (Starts at 7:00 minutes)

"Feeling connected in this way allows us to remind ourselves that at every moment we have everything we need already within us. And even if it sometimes feels like this isn’t true, by slowing down you will discover and reconnect with it. Sometimes, the reason why we don’t feel connected to our life is because things have gotten a little out of balance. In these times, it helps to just slow down, seek quiet time and in this way gain perspective and an intuitive understanding for what we need to move forward. " Join us for this week's meditation and mantra.

Mondays & Mantras is your mindful start into the week. At Quiet Social Club, we believe in self-care that works for every day - our mission is to create mindfulness and self-care practices that promote a balanced lifestyle in a connected world. 

Each weekly episode will bring you a new mantra paired with a guided meditation to kickstart your day. Mondays & Mantras is our opportunity to welcome a new week together and to set the intention and tone for the day.  

In this episode we will talk about: 

• The Mondays & Mantras Journey
• What is this week's mantra?
• How can I take the effects of this meditation into everyday life? 
• We will also guide you through a 10-minute chakra visualisation practice to center yourself and deepen this week's mantra (Starts at 7:00 minutes) 

"Letting go means finding calm in seeing things just as they are. And it doesn’t take big strides and changes in our life, we can let go any time, just by becoming comfortable in this moment. By letting go of the past and our expectations for the future, awe are in this moment. When we practice mindfulness, and we centre ourselves in this present moment, we let go." Join us for this week's mantra and meditation. 

Mondays & Mantras is your mindful start into the week. At Quiet Social Club, we believe in self-care that works for every day - our mission is to create mindfulness and self-care practices that promote a balanced lifestyle in a connected world.

Each weekly episode will bring you a new mantra paired with a guided meditation to kickstart your day. Mondays & Mantras is our opportunity to welcome a new week together and to set the intention and tone for the day.  

In this episode we will talk about: 

• The Mondays & Mantras Journey
• What is this week's mantra?
• How can I take the effects of this meditation into everyday life? 
• We will also guide you through a 10-minute breath meditation to center yourself and deepen this week's mantra (Starts at 7:00 minutes) 

"Every moment is an opportunity for renewal, a new beginning if you will, but it is a little more than that. Because every moment is also an opportunity to transform the past and to shape our future. And one of the simplest ways you can bring yourself into the present moment is through your breath. " Join us for this week's mantra and meditation. 

Mondays & Mantras is your mindful start into the week. At Quiet Social Club, we believe in self-care that works for every day - our mission is to create mindfulness and self-care practices that promote a balanced lifestyle in a connected world. 

Each weekly episode will bring you a new mantra paired with a guided meditation to kickstart your day. Mondays & Mantras is our opportunity to welcome a new week together and to set the intention and tone for the day.  

In this episode we will talk about: 

• The Mondays & Mantras Journey
• What is this week's mantra?
• The power of our breath in meditation
• We will also guide you through a 10-minute breath meditation to center yourself and deepen this week's mantra (Starts at 6:11 minutes) 

A reading of Quiet Social Club's recent blog post "The Art of Relaxing, According to Your Brain" looking at: 

- Why might we not feel relaxed after doing something relaxing? 
- What's our brain's view on relaxing? 
- What do our senses have to do with it? 

Mondays & Mantras is your mindful start into the week. At Quiet Social Club, we believe in self-care that works for every day - our mission is to create mindfulness and self-care practices that promote a balanced lifestyle in a connected world. 

Each weekly episode will bring you a new mantra paired with a guided meditation to kickstart your day. Mondays & Mantras is our opportunity to welcome a new week together and to set the intention and tone for the day.  

In this episode we will talk about: 
What is a mantra? 
What is this week's mantra?
We will also guide you through a 10-minute meditation on compassion and kindness.