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Disney 8-Week Challenge: Week 6

Welcome to Week 6!

Below are the dedicated and integrated practices for Week 6, plus your questions to reflect on. The theme "Looking Outward" continues this week with practices around Motivation, Empathy, and Compassion.

Remember, if you had to skip a day here or there, you can just pick up on the current day for the challenge.

Day 1  -  Day 2  -  Day 3  -  Day 4  -  Day 5  -  Day 6  -  Day 7

Week 6 - Day 1

Complete a 4-minute Just Like Me practice or revisit any practice from previous days.

Week 6 - Day 2

Dedicated Practice: Focused Attention

Integrated Practice: Practice generous listening with someone today.  When in a conversation, place all of your attention on the other person; listen with your ears and heart.

Reflection Questions:
How does that shift the experience of the conversation for you?
How do you think that experience was for them?

Week 6 - Day 3

Complete a 4-minute Focused Attention practice or revisit any practice from previous days.

Week 6 - Day 4

Dedicated Practice: Walking Meditation

Integrated Practice: Find your feet. While in a meeting or giving a presentation (or just in a conversation with someone today), rest some attention on the sensations of the feet making contact with the ground to bring the mind and body back together and recenter.

Reflection Question:
How did shifting your attention to finding your feet impact your attention, energy, or focus?

Week 6 - Day 5

Complete a 4-minute Open Awareness practice or revisit any practice from previous days.

Week 6 - Day 6 

Dedicated Practice: Compassion

Integrated Practice: Write for 2 full minutes for each journaling prompt below.  Once you’ve finished, take a minute to reread what you wrote and reflect.

Journaling Prompts:
1. What I’ve noticed during this practice period is …
2. The kind of mindset or attitude I hope to cultivate is …

 

Week 6 - Day 7

Complete a 4-minute Loving Kindness practice... OR

... use this as a rest day from practices or to redo one of the guided or integrated practices from weeks 5 or 6.

Buddy Reminder:

It's buddy time again!