Community Events
Learn more about the topics and speakers of our monthly community meetings.
Mindfulness and Poetry with Kate Kitchen
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...
Peer-to-Peer Meditation Teaching and the Future of Community Practice Groups. A Presentation by Jeff Warren
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...
A Year of Providing Mindfulness Groups in a High Volume, Rapid Access Mental Health Clinic. A Presentation by Steven Selchen and Kirstin Bindseil
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...