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Break into pairsBreak into pairs……

What will make you happy?

Why do you think it will make you happy?

Complete the sentence ‘happiness to me is…’

Point to your…

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Total £0.9565% Oxygen 1% Phosphorous18% Carbon 0.35% Potassium10% Hydrogen 0.25% Sulfur3% Nitrogen 0.15% Sodium1.5% Calcium 0.15% Chlorine0.05% Magnesium 0.0004% Iron 0.00004% Iodine

Personal exercisePersonal exercise

1. What is your favourite animal? (3 words)

2. What is you second favourite animal? (3 words)

3. What us your favourite colour? (3 words)

4. What is you favourite body of water? (3 words)

5. 3 words to describe an empty white room.

Imagine...Imagine...

You’re on a road. What kind of road is it? What is on either side?

On that road you come across a cup. What kind of cup is it? What do you do with it?

You come across a key. Describe the key. What do you do with it?

Who are you?

What defines you?What defines you?

Who are you?Who are you?

BODY

MIND

SOUL?

What are wemade up of?

The Components of HappinessThe Components of Happiness

What do the studies show...What do the studies show... People who attended a spiritual

program at least once a week lived on average seven years longer than those who didn’t.

Spiritual youth (practicing) showed significantly lower levels of drug and alcohol abuse, problems from stress, pressure, suicide.

People who meditate, chant and live a balanced lifestyle were less affected by pressure, stress and problems.

Handbook of Religion & Health published by Oxford University Press

IQ, EQ and SQ?IQ, EQ and SQ?

“A high SQ faithfulness to God appears to benefit people of all means, educational levels and ages.”

Handbook of

Religion & Health

(Oxford University Press)

How to nourish the soul?

Thank YouThank YouAny comments or questions?

“This brain wave coherence has been correlated with improvements in memory, problem-solving and decision-making abilities.”

Gary Kaplan, M.D., Ph.D.Associate Professor of Clinical Neurology, Hofstra University School of Medicine

“Nothing we know of is as effective for promoting good health and reducing health-care utilization and medical expenses.”

Kulreet Chaudry, M.D., neurologist and medical director of Wellspring Neurology, San Diego

“Meditation promotes stillness—and when you are still is the only time you can think, the only time you can focus. When you have distractions and noise in your mind, you can’t comprehend properly and you can’t do your job.”

Russell Simmons, co-founder of the pioneering hip-hop label Def Jam, a founder of Russell Simmons Music Group, and thecreator of the clothing fashionline Phat Farm

“I have never missed a meditation in 34 years. I meditate once in the morning and once in the afternoon for about 20 minutes each time. Then I go about the business of my day. I find the joy of the ‘doing’ increases. Creativity increases. Intuition increases. The pleasure of life grows. And negativity recedes.”

David Lynch, award-winning filmmaker, photographer, painter, and author of Catching the Big Fish: Meditation, Consciousness and Creativity

“It has helped me to consistently raise my performance levels. It has helped me cope with the stresses and strains of life.”

Ramani Ayer, chairman and chiefexecutive officer of The Hartford,which is one of the nation’s largest financial services andinsurance companies

“I just wish I had started to meditate years ago, but I never realized it was something that you can be taught! What a joy it has been to learn —it’s such a beautifully easy and natural technique.”

Mindy Weisel’s art hangs inmuseums and institutions around the world, includingNational Museum of American Art, U.S. Capitol, and Baltimore Museum of Art.

“The result is greater appreciation of others, more harmony, kindness and love. Mothers tell me their children remind them to meditate—I think that says it all.”

Nancy Lonsdorf, M.D.,a Johns Hopkins-trainedspecialist in women’s health

“If there is really going to be peace in the world, then it has to start with the individual. A peaceful world is made up of peaceful individuals who are using their full potential.

Jerry Yellin was in combat in the Pacific Theater in World War II and was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross with an Oak Leaf cluster and the Air Medal with four Oak Leaf clusters.