Hello,

I am interested in doing some group meditation.

I'll tell you a little bit about me, and why I'm interested in this.

I'm a 31y/o male who grew up in the Shoals. I'm in a loving, and committed relationship.

Recently, over the past month or so, I've really been trying to get myself together, both physically and mentally. I'm a bit overweight and I've had a lot of trouble with self-discipline my whole life. I've never done hard drugs or anything, and have never had a problem with alcohol, though when I would drink it would usually be to get drunk, aka binge drinking.

I got diagnosed with a rare form of(though not life threatening) cancer a little over a year ago, and have since beat it and have been cancer free for just at 12 months. That was a rough time in my life, mainly the recovery from the surgery that removed the tumor.

I'm in my last 2 weeks of college-- i go to UNA-- and I'm basically about to start a new chapter in life. I have not consumed alcohol or barely even any caffeine, any mind altering substances for over the past 30 days, and am going to continue doing so for the indefinite future.

I've been agnostic since childhood. Maybe even atheist for a period of time in my late teens - early 20s. But now, I am certain that this life is just a small part of our existence.

My current struggle is controlling my poor eating habits, though I feel that I am doing slightly better every day. The recent holiday did not help, lol.

Anyway, besides being completely sober (aside from consuming the toxins that are in almost all of the food we are provided), I've also been meditating/visualizing for the past month or so, and I've really taken to it. Based off of the light research I've recently done on this topic, I think it's beneficial, and maybe even more powerful do this in a group setting.

If anyone's interested in joining, maybe we can meditate/visualize together once every week or something. The more people, the better. Just something to think about. I'm not really expecting many people to want to do this, but for anyone who needs it, this post is for you!

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