by Mindfulness Toronto | Jun 7, 2016 | Community Meeting
Traditional psychotherapeutic approaches to working with mental health problems have emphasized the role of thoughts in causing anxiety and depression. The role of the body is less recognized and it is known that mental health disorders involve a loss of body...
by Mindfulness Toronto | May 4, 2016 | Community Meeting
Meditation can be useful to moderate and explore intense emotional states such as anger, anxiety and depression. Both Concentration and Receptive styles of meditation can be helpful. I will review these styles and offer some suggestions about how to decide which type...
by Mindfulness Toronto | Apr 4, 2016 | Community Meeting
The time-tested Inward Bound Mindfulness Education (iBme) retreat incorporates mindfulness meditation, compassion practices, mindful movement and sports, creative workshops, and group discussions to create a unique and rich retreat experience. Andrea Poile, the...
by Mindfulness Toronto | Mar 8, 2016 | Community Meeting
What do we mean when we talk about the breath? With mindfulness we encourage people to follow the breath. This is so positive because often people come to us feeling that they are doing everything wrong and we don’t want the breath to get in the way of...
by Mindfulness Toronto | Feb 10, 2016 | Community Meeting
In order to give a compelling speech, write something of impact or seek to innovate, you enter a relationship with the creative process. When you bring mindful awareness to the process, terror, revulsion, shame and resistance become the ideal raw material for every...
by Mindfulness Toronto | Jan 1, 2016 | Community Meeting
Tita Angangco’s talk will center on the application of mindfulness to mental health challenges among marginalized individuals. Mindfulness based interventions have been shown in numerous research studies to be effective in the alleviation of mood disorders such...
