Noting an impressive degree of benefits from practicing mindfulness, The D. H. Chen Foundation (“the Foundation”) believes mindfulness-based activities could offer the community a way to live well in the present moment. Through a systemic and reliable learning process, mindfulness practice helps oneself in exploring how to remedy the unwholesome traits and individual habits based on the training of our mind.

Envisioning a compassionate society, the Foundation has initiated the Co-Creating a Loving World 「眾心有約」靜觀活動 (“the Program”), a program grounded in a culture of compassion, mindfulness and interdependence with the aim to cultivate community members’ self-awareness, self-care and reconnection with oneself and others. Through community-based secular mindfulness activities and practices led by like-minded partners and trainers, participants are expected to transform personally and interpersonally.

To cope with the imminent needs of our community during the fifth wave of COVID outbreak, an online mindfulness program was introduced during a one-year Pilot Phase in 2022 consisting of 1-hour thematic mindfulness practice sessions and a 6-week mindfulness course, “Finding Peace in a Frantic World” developed by the Oxford Mindfulness Centre.

With Wofoo Social Enterprises as the Strategic Partner of the Pilot Program, together with Program Consultant, a pool of experienced mindfulness facilitators as well as two Community Partners, this multi-party collaboration forms a mutual support circle in nourishing and co-creating a mindful community that works hand in hand to cultivate a culture of self-care and wellbeing.

The Foundation also understands that it can be challenging to integrate mindfulness into our daily life without ongoing support and guidance. Therefore, we created a 6-month Co-practicing program 「眾心有約」- 同行修習篇 after the pilot period providing a continuous practice platform for the participants. It includes both online and physical resources to support the weekly online mindfulness practice and the monthly in-person mindfulness sessions.

Through the community of mindfulness practitioners created in the Program, The Foundation hopes the stronger spirit of love and compassion will help the community to embrace adversity.