On 'Mongle counseling center,' Lee Hyori makes a special summon of yoga instructor "Ananda teacher" for "Mongle" Yoo Ji-hoon.
SBS Special 'My heart is softening - Mongle counseling center' (hereafter 'Mongle counseling center', directed by Go Hye-rin), which is creating a healing craze amid a flood of dopamine, is about creating the first romances of young people with developmental disabilities. It is a new challenge by producer Go Hye-rin, who won the Baeksang Arts Awards grand prize for 'Hakjeon and then the back thing Kim Min-gi', and it has been attracting word of mouth as a real romantic coming-of-age story that is more thrilling and warmer than 'Extraordinary Attorney Woo.' As of the second episode, it not only ranked first in viewership ratings among terrestrial broadcasters in the same time slot but also maintained a meaningful hit by holding the No. 8 spot on Netflix's "Top 10 in South Korea today" (as of March 17) in its second week on air.
Meanwhile, 'Mongle counseling center' will make another special support move for counseling center head Lee Hyori and the "Mongle"s in the final episode on the 22nd. To help Yoo Ji-hoon, an autistic spectrum young man who usually has high anxiety and finds unfamiliar people and environments difficult, manage his mind, she invites Yoo Ji-hoon to her yoga studio and gifts him a private yoga lesson.
Usually exchanging candid, unpretentious talk and building a "natural enemy chemistry," Lee Hyori and Yoo Ji-hoon put aside their cheerful back-and-forth for a moment that day and share a close bond in a calm atmosphere. In particular, Lee Hyori gently attends to Yoo Ji-hoon's movements with a kind touch and offers heartfelt advice, "If you breathe, you can gradually feel more comfortable. Even if you get anxious when doing something alone, if you keep doing it you may think, 'It's better than I thought,' or 'Nothing happened,' and you can gradually feel more at ease." In response, Yoo Ji-hoon also enjoys Lee Hyori's yoga class with a noticeably more peaceful and lighter expression.
While curiosity grows about how Yoo Ji-hoon, who received Lee Hyori's special mentoring, will navigate the arduous journey of finding his first love, attention is focused on the main broadcast of 'Mongle counseling center' to see what the chemistry of the 'lovely natural-enemy relationship' Lee Hyori–Yoo Ji-hoon, whose unpretentious banter is made even more tender, will look like.
Meanwhile, SBS Special 'My heart is softening - Mongle counseling center,' which is drawing attention as the country's first dating reality show for young people with developmental disabilities, will air its final episode at 11:05 p.m. on the 22nd.
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