MAY I Be HAPPY
Another wonderful movie we are presenting at the Illuminate Film Festival is MAY I Be HAPPY. It is a movie about mindfulness. It is being shown on Saturday, June 2nd at 1:00 pm at the black box theater in the Sedona Performing Arts Center.
Mindfulness means maintaining a moment-by-moment awareness of our thoughts, feelings, bodily sensations, and surrounding environment, through a gentle, nurturing lens.
Mindfulness also involves acceptance, meaning that we pay attention to our thoughts and feelings without judging them—without believing, for instance, that there’s a “right” or “wrong” way to think or feel in a given moment. When we practice mindfulness, our thoughts tune into what we’re sensing in the present moment rather than rehashing the past or imagining the future.
Mindfulness helps you to cultivate happiness from the inside out. It also allows you to be better in touch with who you truly are. Even more so, the habit of self-reflection will help you find more meaning in your life’s experiences.
This can be accomplished by picking up the habit of meditation, or by simply trying to pay the greatest attention to the present moment. But you can also find yourself the time to reflect on your life and your actions. It will help you to identify patterns that help you to find what is really important to you.
MAY I BE HAPPY reveals the significance of mindfulness practice in transforming the lives of young people. Covering varying approaches to mindfulness by a range of San Francisco Bay Area programs, this feature documentary reminds us of children’s natural capacity for well being, resilience and happiness. I invite you to come and be thrilled to see that there are wonderful things being taught in our schools that will change the world forever! You will be thrilled! From my hopeful heart to yours, Thomas