Fall 2020 SURVIVAL KIT
Take time to rest, recover and renew this fall. Make it your time to discover the benefits of meditation and mindfulness. Mindfulness experiential practices are the way through this moment and will help you build the self-compassion, skills and resilience you will need to meet the current challenges.
Our Fall Survival Kit was designed to help you discover new tools and learn how to access them. The practices are being led by members of the Mindfulness Everyday team to benefit all of us. Find a comfortable spot, relax, breathe…renew.
Who we are
Toronto-based Mindfulness Everyday, a registered charitable organization, has assembled a dedicated team of professionals, experienced in conducting mindfulness programs. We are committed to improving the health and well-being of community members and the networks that support children and youth, by providing tailored mindfulness programs for students, parents, educators and helping professionals in educational and community settings since 2009. Read more.
What is mindfulness?
How much time do you spend remembering things that have happened in the past or thinking about things that are going to happen in the future? What is happening now – the present moment?
Mindfulness is seeing things more clearly, and paying attention moment to moment to moment. When you are mindful, you notice what is happening—as it is happens. Mindfulness creates a space, a pause in which you can respond considerately to situations, rather than react. Creative possibilities open up; new ways of being with life’s challenges can present themselves.
Today, there is a growing interest in mindfulness. The new breakthroughs in neuroscience show that by practicing mindfulness, the brain can be shaped for greater happiness, love, wisdom and greater emotional balance in turbulent times, as well as healthier relationships, more effective actions, and greater peace of mind.
Mindfulness Everyday programs are based on the principles of the MBSR workshop, an 8-week program created by Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn at the Stress Reduction Clinic at the University of Massachusetts Medical School in 1979.
Mindfulness is the awareness that arises
when paying attention to the present moment,
with non-judgment.
Mindfulness Everyday Programs
Education: Educators, Children and Youth
- smartEDUCATION™: Stress Management and Relaxation Training for Educators—an eight-week teacher renewal program, is designed specifically for (K-12) educators and professional support staff;
- SMART Facilitator Training Program—Training Pathway to become a SMART facilitator with Mindfulness everyday;
- Mindfulness Professional Development Workshops for Educators—practice, skills and resources for those involved with youth;
- Mindful Yoga Teacher Training—Certification Program in Mindful Yoga, suitable for implementation in education and community settings;
- The Mindful Edge®—Stress Reduction and Life Strategies for Teens delivered in secondary schools as part of the leadership and/or life skills curriculum;
- SHSM - Specialist High Skills Major—programs that offers a variety of options as per the Ministry requirements of electives in the SHSM Health and Wellness, Business, Not for Profit and Arts and Culture Program Sectors.
- Mindfulness Workshops K-12—The innovative workshops include engaging activities that explore mindfulness, movement, creativity, and healthy living skills to create programming that benefits students K-12 socially, emotionally, physically and academically.
Community and Parents
- MBSR Workshops—Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction offered to the general public in community settings;
- MSC Workshops—Mindful Self-Compassion teach core principles and practices that enable participants to respond to difficult moments in their lives with kindness, care and understanding;
- All-Day Retreats—a day of silence for those who have taken an MBSR / MBCT / SMART workshop;
- Mindful Parenting: Stress Management and Relaxation Training for Parents and Care-givers —customized workshops designed specifically to support parents and caregivers; fortifying the health and wellness of parent-child relationships.