Meet The Mindfulness Everyday Team

Founders

Directors

Staff

Mindfulness Facilitators & Mindful Yoga Teachers

Heidi Bornstein

Heidi Bornstein, founder of Mindfulness Everyday, is a Hatha yoga and meditation teacher, who received intensive training at the International Meditation Institute while living in India. She is a certified instructor in Hatha Yoga, Yoga Science, and Yoga Ed for Elementary Schools, High Schools, and For Working with Those At-Risk. She trained as an MBSR teacher under the direction of Roy Hintsa, MBSR Toronto, and Dr. Diane Reibel, the Director of the Stress Reduction Program at Jefferson University’s Myrna Brind Center of Integrative Medicine. She participated in the 7-Day Professional Training in Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction in Mind-Body Medicine under the direction of Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn and Dr. Saki Santorelli. Heidi trained in Mindfulness for Kids at Risk with Vinnie Ferraro, Street Yoga training for Kids at Risk as well as smartEducation™ (Stress Management and Resiliency Techniques) with Linda Wallace, and Trauma-sensitive Mindfulness. She recently received her Medical Qigong Self Healing certification training Level A & B with Shifu Donna Oliver.
Heidi is the co-creator (with Heather Elson) of the Yoda-Yoga Program for Kids, a program specifically designed for use in the 20-minute DPA (Daily Physical Activity) in elementary schools and the co-creator and teacher for The Mindful Edge® – Stress Reduction and Life Strategies for Teens program in high schools She is the program coordinator for SMART Ontario, and the creator of Professional Learning Workshops and Programs in educational, community, and organizational settings.
Heidi is an advisor for the Mindfulness Council of Canada and is an instructor for the University of Toronto, School of Continuing Studies, part of the Applied Specialization in Mindfulness Meditation. She has been teaching yoga, mindfulness, and meditation in Toronto since 2002 and continues to support programs for children, youth, teens, and adults.