by Mindfulness Toronto | Apr 25, 2019 | Community Meeting
At this juncture in my life, I look back on a life well lived and enjoyed. Now more than ever, there is a cultivated integration of the personal and the professional. The haste and race has been left behind. One settles into enjoying the nothingness of everything, and...
by Mindfulness Toronto | Mar 25, 2019 | Community Meeting
“Growth is never by mere chance; it is the result of forces working together.” J.C Penney. The field of mindfulness is seeing a rapid growth in research and yet a growing backlash towards research and how it is being portrayed, a rapid growth in...
by Mindfulness Toronto | Feb 25, 2019 | Community Meeting
As a part of our training most of us learned to use poems when leading mindfulness practices. It is hard to read about mindfulness without being offered Rumi’s: The Guesthouse and a little later Mary Oliver’s: The Summer Day. This month we have the opportunity to...
by Mindfulness Toronto | Nov 6, 2018 | Community Meeting
Our speaker Jeff Warren wants to help normalize and democratize the sharing of meditation practice. He believes everyone should have a basic understanding of the role of practice in life and the dynamics of self-regulation, just as everyone should have a rudimentary...
by Mindfulness Toronto | Oct 11, 2018 | Community Meeting
There are many challenges in teaching mindfulness to individuals who are seeking out best practice treatment for their anxiety and depression. For a year, the Practical Clinic at Halton Health Care in Oakville has been offering Mindfulness groups (previously developed...
by Mindfulness Toronto | Sep 13, 2018 | Community Meeting
Mindful yoga, also known as mindful movement, is the third major formal meditation technique, along with the body scan and sitting meditation, that is included in the Mindful-Based Interventions – MBSR MBCT SMART and a variety of other variations on the original...