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When the Hoffice concept started many of the groups enjoyed to use silence and mindfulness (a purely secular form of meditation) as a way to centre themselves,
by andreasfmwolf 11y ago
When the Hoffice concept started many of the groups enjoyed to use silence and mindfulness (a purely secular form of meditation) as a way to centre themselves, take a powerful break before continuing/starting the work. There is btw also some research backing that meditation is a very effective way of taking a break.
But out of the same reasons, which you discuss below, our Hoffice group in Copenhagen dropped to use meditation, as some new attendees didn't appreciate it. As you say: Hoffice as a concept doesn't need any spiritual exercise.
We might remove the reference from the homepage in a next iteration of improving the text.
Thanks for the differentiated feedback!
- mbrock 11y agoI'm basically just expressing my subjective opinion. That I call it "bordering on religious proselytizing" is a little strong... It's probably not the right forum but I happen to have some perhaps idiosyncratic ideas about mindfulness, namely that it comes with a kind of "ideological" background... Not exactly religious, but something one might have legitimately different opinions about, kind of like politics. It's also something that can be emotional and in some cases distressing. Sorry, that's a little abstract, I'm just trying to indicate some kind of reasoning for why I would complain about something which is really a nice thought and that I can really imagine working well, if the attendees happen to be interested in mindfulness meditation. Actually I was thinking about becoming a host myself. I happen to have a little "meditation room" in my apartment, where I sit and meditate during my break. It's certainly nice to offer such a place for anyone to use. Like in some airports they have a room for sitting quietly. But yeah, I'm totally on board with how it's just an example of something people can do if they want to, as hosts. I think it'd be better if it was displayed more as an example, you know?
- andreasfmwolf 11y agoThanks, mbrock for the great input! I'll make sure that we rephrase it as an example... I can totally see that this nuance is missing!