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PROUDLY PRESENTS THE ONLINE PREMIERE OF

MY YEAR OF LIVING MINDFULLY

(May 27 – June 03, 2020)

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FEATURING THE WORLD’S LEADING MINDFULNESS EXPERTS

 
 

Overwhelmed with insomnia and an incurable autoimmune disease, Shannon Harvey needed to make a change. But while the award-winning health journalist found plenty of recommendations on diet, sleep and exercise, when she looked for the equivalent of a 30-minute workout for her mental wellbeing, there was nothing. 

Worried for the future mental health of her kids who were growing up amidst epidemics of stress, anxiety, depression and addiction, in a world-first experiment, Shannon recruited a team of scientists to put mindful meditation to the test. But after a 30,000 kilometre journey from the bright lights of Manhattan to the dusty refugee camps of the Middle East, what begins as a self-experiment, transforms into a life-changing experience.

My Year of Living Mindfully is filled with compelling stories, interviews with 18 leading scientists, and unexpected insights that go to the heart of what it means to be human in the twenty-first century.

 
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THE ONLINE PREMIERE MIGHT BE OVER BUT YOU CAN STILL WATCH THE FIRST 15 MINUTES OF MY YEAR OF LIVING MINDFULLY FOR FREE

 
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BUY THE FILM

We have spent the last three years making this film because we believe the world needs trustworthy, evidence-based health journalism and storytelling more than ever. We are dedicated to keeping our work independent from advertising and sponsored content. If you want to help us make more films like it, then support our work by buying a stream, download or DVD of the film to own, or for a friend.

– Shannon and Julian Harvey

SPREAD THE WORD

The film is now available to stream, download or own on DVD at our online store.

Please help us spark meaningful conversations about mindfulness and mental health by sharing the film's trailer, telling us what you think on the Facebook page (@myyearoflivingmindfully) or commenting on the trailer on YouTube.

You can also host your own online “streaming“ or real-life screening for your community, workplace, mindfulness group.

SUPPORT MELBOURNE INSIGHT MEDITATION

Melbourne Insight Meditation is a not for profit organisation offering affordable mindfulness meditation retreats and weekly sits and welcomes donations to support the continuation of the organisation, especially given current circumstances with COVID-19. 

 

 

MORE ABOUT SHANNON HARVEY’S OTHER PROJECTS

Shannon Harvey is an award winning director and journalist. She spent many years working for leading news organisations such as the ABC and Fairfax and is the recipient of the National Press Club of Australia’s “Health Journalist of The Year” award. Her first film, The Connection is about the new science showing the link between our mind, body and health. Her book The Whole Health Life is about finding good health after being diagnosed with an autoimmune disease. She now produces a popular blog and free podcast, whilst balancing her health and being the mother of two adventurous boys.

 
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MORE ABOUT MELBOURNE INSIGHT MEDITATION

Melbourne Insight Meditation Group is a community of meditators practicing in the tradition of Insight (Vipassana) Meditation, which emphasises direct experience through the practice of meditation. The practice is based on Buddhist techniques for meditation, without purporting any beliefs, rather offering an invitation to inquire with intimacy into life here and now. 

Whether you are a beginner or experienced meditator, you are welcome to join us. We offer a programme of weekly meditation sits, events and a community for exploring the contemporary application of authentic Buddhist teachings in our lives.

This is all organised through the generosity of volunteers and the teachings are offered on a dana (donation) basis. 

 

MORE ABOUT PATRICK KEARNEY

Patrick Kearney is an independent dharma teacher in the lineage of Mahāsī Sayādaw. He has trained extensively in the Mahasi approach to insight meditation, his principal teachers being Paṇḍitārāma Sayādaw and John Hale. He has also trained in the Diamond Sangha lineage of Zen Buddhism. His original teacher was Robert Aitken Rōshi, and he has also studied with Paul Maloney Rōshi.

Patrick has a particular interest in the original teachings of the Buddha — Buddhism as it was before Theravāda or Mahāyāna were ever thought of. He studies Pāli, the language of the earliest surviving Indian recension of the Buddha's teachings, and seeks to bring his understanding of the early texts to the practice of dharma in the contemporary world

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