Mindfulness Room Update
Just a quick note to let you all know that moving forward, the Mindfulness chat room will only be opened for discussions.
We have had this room open 24/7 for quite a while now. During this time, we have learned that there is little interest in discussing mindfulness practices in between the scheduled sessions and it is frequently left empty or used for unrelated purposes.
Love mindfulness? Do not fear! Mindfulness sessions will continue to run as planned.
Check the calendar here to see when the next support session is! 
@Heather
Awesome update, thank you
@Heather now i cry........ i loved that room :'(
@Lighterskies17 yes. It was room where we used to hangout :(
@spellandwand Our home :'(
Yes, it feels like our home was knocked down, without even an eviction notice :( It is such a shame to lose a caring environment, where everyone could share encouragement and support. Consequently, it feels a room where people explored a great coping mechanism, in the form of mindfulness, has been lost.
To me, mindfulness is not something that can necessarily be fully deliberated in single discussions; rather, a practice of great primacy that involves individual experiences. Therefore, something that benefits from further consideration, practice and encouragement on a more frequent basis (often, gaining more when there are fewer individuals than an average discussion, due to the intimacy of the practice).
With mindfulness being a tool suggested to decrease anxiety, depression, psychological distress, enhancing mood, self-esteem, focus, acceptance, fatigue, blah, blah, blah… It's suggested to prevent mental health difficulties. Surely, we should be aiming for this?? Which is why, the closure of this room has come as a huge disappointing shock :'(
@Heather If you wish for further clarification: Kabat-Zinn et al., 2003; Rosenzweig et al., 2010, Khoury et al., 2013; Alotaibi, 2015; Black & Fernando, 2014; Schonert-Reichl & Lawlor, 2010 :(
@Heather just be sure it's opened well in advance of and after the sessions, dear. :3
& that users who are new to the site and try to go to the session when it isn't actually time get a proper message instead of a vague redirect to nowhere :x'
while we're on the point, a botherance needs to be made (not to you, of course) regarding a time filter (& possibly teen/adult) on this session list because these have all expired.
and while we're at it, if that's adjusted for a user's time zone, we should toss the abbreviation in there. because clarity. i know i just always assume things are never happening at the right time.
and while we're at it, this is why i question that and i know the team is currently working on the community page but i'll make sure this issue is addressed.
and by "if it is adjusted to their time zone" i mean "it 100% without a doubt needs to be if it isn't already" :x
@bunnypants
As stated in the top line, discussions (and other things on the site) are posted in Eastern Time.
@bunnypants
Hi! No, it is not adjusted for time zones
@bunnypants the tockify calendar is very outdated- people are working on updating it so it's more accurate, but if you want a sure way of when discussions are, you're best off asking a mod if they can check the discussion dashboard x
@Heather
hw can i go to this room? its not in list :(
@sweet2020
I don't see it in the list either right now.
The notifier up in the corner should indicate what time the notifier was triggered too so people don't waste time looking for the event in the calendar just to tell that it's passed the time slot already...I don't think the notifications disappear afterward so as is it looks like it's happening right now even if it happened and ended over 5 hours ago.
@CoinFountain that's exactly my point too!
@CoinFountaink @peacefulWarrior10 *yawnles* you're talking about in the notifications menu bell thingy up there?
how do you subscribe to group support events to get them to show up in notifications? O.o'
@bunnypants
some discussion leaders ask for alerts and a human manually puts it and then has to manually remove it.