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Time is finite and carving out precious minutes for essential self-care shouldn’t feel so hard. But when you do find the time, you’re faced with having to choose between exercise, meditation and being social — all things that are great for you and your health.

How do you choose?

Now, you don’t have to.

Welcome to our Virtual Guided Walking Meditation Group.

Join this 30-minute class for virtual, live guided walking meditations, and friendly video chat to discuss your experience, ask questions, and get acquainted with other virtual, mindful movers.

How it works:

• Join by walking outside or at home on a treadmill — take your pick or let the weather decide.
• Classes are conducted live via video call so that you can hear and see Laura (you are not expected to walk and look at the screen, although, if you’re on a treadmill, you may choose to do just that!)
• Walkers can choose to leave cameras on or off at the beginning and end of class.

You should join if:

• moving and nurturing mindfulness and inner calm is important to you
• you want to create and be part of a positive, supportive community
• you’re curious to explore self-paced, guided walking meditation
• you want the benefits of movement, meditation and socialization in one activity

Session details:

Twice Weekly for four weeks (8 sessions in total)
30 minutes per session

Benefits of walking meditation

• Great for people who struggle to sit in stillness or with seated meditations
• Movement creates a helpful focal point for our easily distracted minds
• You can practice anywhere you can walk
• Supports relaxation, calm, centeredness, and physical health
• Learn to relax and de-stress while in motion

It’s Sunday night and that foot is tapping and that vein in your forehead is throbbing as you begin going over the mental to-do list for the week ahead. You want to have a good night’s sleep and feel recharged from the weekend, but you’re already in a stressed-out Monday morning headspace as soon as the sun starts to go down. If this is you, we’ve got the class you need!

• Guided meditation session to help you relax before beginning the week ahead

Does your teen need new tools for their stress management tool box?

Teens are experiencing greater levels of stress and anxiety. Mindfulness is a form of meditation that helps us learn about the connection between our mind and body: how what we think affects the way we feel, and provides us with practical tools to better address the tendency to get overwhelmed, anxious and stressed out.

This three-session workshop aims to provide teens with a basic foundation of mindfulness so that they can begin to develop and grow the skills needed to not get overwhelmed by their thoughts and feelings.

Participants learn:

• • About Mindfulness
  • How to recognize the relationship between their thoughts, feelings and sensory experiences
  • Mindfulness meditations
  • MIndfulness skills to employ in day-to-day life

Who should join:
Teens aged 13 – 19 who might benefit from learning new ways to help alleviate anxiety and stress.

Dates and Times:
Three sessions – 45 minutes each session