Dear friends on the Path,

we are happy to continue our online sharings on different aspects of mindfulness and the dharma at work and in other economic activities.

Our topic on January 13 will be: Play at work

We are trained to plan, execute, and perform well. Doing these processes all the time may offer us traditional success in terms of money, recognition, career, praise, etc., but we may feel that something is missing...

Joy.

Playfulness.

Non-Planning.

Surprise.

The Plum Village tradition is talking about four pillars that have to be in balance: (1) Practice, (2) Study, (3) Work, and ..... (4) PLAY.

This evening we will ask ourselves the following questions:

• Is playfulness a part of our professional life, or do we regard it as unprofessional?

• What is changing, when we play?

• How can we introduce play into our daily life and how does it change our way of being?

• What is changing, when we play – with ideas, words, roles, etc. – how is all this related to our practice of meditation?

  
  

In this 75-minute session, we will meditate together, hear a short impulse talk, allow for self-reflection and exchange in break-out groups.

Online Impulse: Play @ Work

Tuesday, 13 January 2025 17:15 - 18:30 CET (Amsterdam, Berlin, Paris, Rome, Vienna)

Join us online in this Zoom room

Meeting ID: 831 7099 4615 / Code: 266115

Event language: English

This event will be hosted by Kai Romhardt (Chair of Network for Mindful Business)

LOGISTICS 

Please RSVP to info@network-mindful-business.org to assist our planning. If it’s your first time joining one of our events, please share a couple sentences about your practice and how you came upon the Network for Mindful Business.

This event is offered for free. If you’d like others to benefit from continued activities of the Network for Mindful Business, donations are tax-deductible in Germany. If you’re outside Germany, you can pay it forward in some other way. 

Mindful of occasional technical glitches, please dial in 5 minutes early. A waiting room is set up, so you can also dial in even earlier. ;-)

We’ll send you a calendar invitation if you like — simply ask if we don’t send it automatically.

ABOUT THE FORMAT

Online impulses from the Network for Mindful Business a 75-minute format to meditate together, share shortly on the topic, allow for self-reflection and exchange in break-out groups. They generally take place from 17:15 - 18:30 CET (Central European Time a.k.a. Paris, Berlin, Rome), which makes for a nice close to the workday in Europe, a morning practice in the Americas and an evening close in Asia.

They grew out of local in-person events focused around various topics or koans and coalesced into an online format in 2020 as we moved toward more international activities.

The impulses are hosted alternatively by different core members of the Network for Mindful Business.