How To Vyve
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Change how you socialize forever.
Learn a very effective, 3-in-1 wellness practice.
Create more joy in your relationships & and social interactions.
Over my 28 years on planet Earth, my largest contribution has been the creation of vyving. In this article, I'll explain how you can begin a vyving practice and reap the rewards of physical, mental, and social health.
WHAT DOES VYVING MEAN?
vyv • ing (noun) : the act of sharing joy with others to music, with the goal of flooding the body with healthy endogenous neurochemicals
"Happiness is not an individual sport."
As The Party Scientist, I've led a few shared experiences... And over time, I've come to some conclusions about what group experiences lead people to feel most connected and vitalized. I've tried many things.
Vyving is the culmination of all my research over thousands of shared experiences I've led across dozens of countries. It's a combination of activities that give people the full health benefits of human connection and joy.
It’s also a mindset that encompasses this belief: Joyful human connection is the greatest antidepressant.
Vyving is a 3 in 1 practice because it combines the health benefits of fitness, joy, and real face-to-face human connection. Using meditation, movement, laughter, gratitude, and playfulness exercises, vyving delivers more health benefits than a wellness practice done alone (or alone in the same room as others... like yoga).
Unlike most health practices, vyving isn't just about individual growth; it's a call to action to weave community back into our lives and to rejuvenate the age-old ritual of ecstatic celebration.
The goal of vyving is to stimulate the natural release of dopamine, oxytocin, serotonin, and endorphins: DOSE.
So how do you do it?
If you're just at a normal party, you can still apply principles of vyving to get naturally high. Consider them the virtues of social behavior.
To bring vyving into your social life, and to enhance your experience at vyving classes, practice these behaviors.
Be in the now. Put down your phone, thoughts, and distractions.
The now is where joy lives. When you put down your stresses, which live in the past or future, you can feel more connected to life, others, and yourself.
Participate in the now. Don't merely observe.
Life is not a show where you're in the audience. You are on stage. Get off your butt, move around, interact with others, and create new things. That's the attitude of vyving: active immersion in the now.
Take social risks. Step outside your default social patterns.
Your social autopilot likes to play it safe. So deactivate it. Social risk-taking is the essential practice of vyving. From long hugs to compliments to playful invitations, vyving is about stepping into courage and socializing differently. It’s about stepping outside of the norm.
Reward social risks. When someone takes a risk, respond constructively.
The building block of trust is reciprocal social risk-taking. When I take a social risk, you acknowledge the risk and reciprocate with a risk. Social risks vary in courage level, from high-fiving someone to sharing something you're not proud of. What's important is how you respond. Do you celebrate people with your attention and participation when they take risks? That's what we do when we're vyving.
Elevate your energy and excitement. Drop the passivity and negativity.
When we're vyving, we celebrate social risks. One of the most basic social risks is excitement and positive expression. When you express this, you spread it to others. You can choose positivity. You can change your mood and energy. Vyving is about choosing positive energy and elevating it in yourself.
Actively include everyone. Directly invite them to participate.
An explicit invitation, this is a social risk too. When you witness people alone, you take action to include them. Vyving is about leaving no one behind. The group is a unit. There are no cliques. There are no social preferences. Look beneath the skin and see the deeper essence of every human: JOY.
Forgive yourself, and forgive others.
When so many social risks are being taken in such a short amount of time, mistakes will be made. Consider that you're an imperfect human, and you do your best. Consider too, that humans are not always to blame for their actions... sometimes, urges to act appear randomly. Forgive and move on. The mistakes are where you learn to vyve better.
Maybe at first, you rely on alcohol to muster the courage to practice these behaviors. Eventually, you'll be ready to practice principle #8: Sobriety. Don't rush it. Social risk-taking is not normal. It takes courage.
When you adopt these principles as a group, good times are guaranteed. But group adoption is essential. And this is what makes vyving so powerful.
If you're the only one playing along, you're going to do more work than most people. The work will translate into personal growth, but it may not be fun sometimes. Reciprocity is when it becomes fun.
Vyve and thrive on!
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Dude has no credentials has done nothing to educate himself. Claims to be a scientist when he does not even know what a lab is. What a scam. Next thing you know he is gonna start calling himself dr.
Serious Attention seeking behaviour. Go get therapy. - sincerely annoyed normal people of Vancouver.
Really well written and accurate information. Vyving is similar to the Heartbombing I energize on the dance floor, as StarFyre. Looking forward to meeting you again in person at some point Party Scientist! Until then, Blissings to your Being 🙏