CandleX hosted a documentary screening at the Beijing Mindfulness Center. The documentary, “The Tiny Little Box” is CandleX’s own production and was shot in Thailand in 2015. The documentary follows four individual’s stories about their struggles with depression. It also speaks to two mindfulness practitioners about their stories. After the film concluded, a Q&A session was held. We discussed the basics of mental health such as why depression happens, what causes it to start

Meditation is a mind exercise that can help us to achieve inner peach. It helps us to bring our mind back to the present moment and spend less time feeling worried about the past or the future. On Sunday 20th March, CandleX held its second Intro to Meditation session at the C!Here space in the MOMA complex. 19 participants joined in this event, which was comprised of two sections. We began the session with a discussion about different kinds of meditation and followed on from

On Sunday afternoon, March 6th 2016, CandleX hosted its first Intro to Meditation session. The event was held at the house of one of the community members and led by CandleX’s facilitator Xiaojie. Seven people participated in the event, which included a discussion of concepts and styles of meditation and a guided meditation session. We discussed the following types of meditation; Attention, Mindfulness, Passage and Benevolent. Participants were instructed to focus on whicheve

You are invited to a screening of the documentary, “The Tiny Little Box, a Documentary about Depression” at the Small Steps, QianYongKang Hutong44. DID YOU KNOW: 7% of the general population is experiencing a major episode of depression at this moment. Depression can be treated with appropriate anti-depressants and psychotherapy. Your actions as a family member, friend, or colleague towards people with depression can be very influential to their recovery. “The Tiny Little Box

CandleX has been hoping to establish a mental health support group ever since the beginning of our project. We want to provide a space where people who are going through a difficult time can meet to offer and receive support. It isn’t easy to set up this kind of group. We don’t have a sufficient budget for such activities and it is a constant struggle to pay for the required media publicity to enable those in need to find out about our group. We need a private space in a good

In June 2015, Xiaojie Qin, Founder of CandleX, spoke about the uncomfortable, sensitive topic of depression on a national television program: CCTV: China Insight. CandleX is honored to be the voice of millions of people who due to the stigma associated with mental illness are going through the darkest and most difficult times of their life in silence. The episode was aired on CCTV news in August 2015. Watch Xiaojie speak on China Insight, as she opens up about her own experie