Winter 2020
Forest Therapy walk
Saturday, January 25, 2020, 10:00 am to 12:30 pm
To register visit: https://www.swanlake.bc.ca/special-events/ or phone 250-479-0211.
BC Mindfulness Summit (Feb. 21-23, 2020) at the University of Victoria
Saturday Feb. 22, 2:00 pm – Mindfulness in Nature and Forest Therapy workshop (2 hours)
For more information and registration, visit: https://continuingstudies.uvic.ca/health-wellness-and-safety/series/bc-mindfulness-summit
Spring 2020
6-week Introduction to Mindfulness Meditation in Nature course
at the Swan Lake & Christmas Hill Nature Sanctuary
Based on the Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) program, this unique 6-week course will help you to cultivate the practice and attitudes of mindfulness meditation in daily life by learning from your own experiences and from the wisdom of nature.
Sundays, March 1 to April 5, 9:30-11:30 am, with a 5-hour Silent retreat on Saturday March 28, 10 am to 3 pm
Further information: Mindfulness Course poster 2019
To register visit: https://www.swanlake.bc.ca/special-events/ or phone 250-479-0211.
Yoga and Mindfulness for Emotional healing (6-week series)
Mondays, beginning March 30, 6:00 to 7:30 pm
at Victoria West Community Centre
Cost: $90 (*registration opens March 1st)
To register, visit: https://www.victoriawest.ca/community-centre/program-registration/
Restorative Yoga (6-week series)
Wednesdays, beginning April 1st, 6:00 to 7:15 pm
at Victoria West Community Centre
Cost: $72 (*registration opens March 1st)
To register, visit: https://www.victoriawest.ca/community-centre/program-registration/
Past groups
Reducing Anxiety and Depression: 10-week Mind-body therapy group for Teens aged 14-18
A 10-week group for adolescents aged 14-18, integrating best practices in Mindfulness, Yoga, Self-compassion and Cognitive Behaviour Therapy.
Please contact me for more information about my next offering.
8-week Mindfulness based Stress reduction group for Parents
A psychoeducational group for parents of children of all ages (including adult children). Adapted from Jon Kabat-Zinn’s MBSR course.
Please contact me for more information about my next offering.
Naturally Mindful: A 6-week Introduction to mindfulness meditation in nature
This unique 6-week course will help you to cultivate the practice and attitudes of mindfulness meditation in daily life by learning from your own experiences and from the wisdom of nature.
Please contact me for information about my next offering.
Further information: Kortright_NaturallyMindful_Summer2019
SMART (Stress Management and Resiliency Training): Mindfulness training for Educators and Helping Professionals
5-day Summer Intensive in Toronto, July 2-6, 2019, at Estonian House
Further information: SMARTSummer2019_5-DayIntensive_Toronto
Teaching Mindfulness from a Trauma-informed and Trauma-sensitive Framework: One Day Primer Workshop for Educators and Helping Professionals
Offered through Mindfulness Everyday
Further information: TraumaSensitiveMindfulness_Summer 2019_wAmeetaDudani
Offerings by friends
Healing In Nature Bereavement Network
Offering nature-based walking groups in Rouge Park, for youth and young adults who have experienced loss
An innovative not-for-profit project that provides grief support using nature as a catalyst. I am very happy to support this amazing offering by co-founders Paula and Michael, and I feel humbled and grateful to have met these two lovely individuals and nature-lovers, who took my Naturally Mindful course at Kortright Centre in Fall 2017!
Please see their website for more information and details about their upcoming walking groups: http://bereavementnetwork.ca/
Vive Mediation Inc.
Offering women’s wellness retreats in Uxbridge, Ontario
My friend and amazing woman and entrepreneur, Sally Morgan, who I have had the good fortune of meeting at one of my Forest Therapy walks and who attended my SMART Summer intensive in 2019, offers daylong women’s wellness retreats for women undergoing transitions. Please see her website or follow her on Facebook for more information: https://www.vivemediate.com/one-day-retreats.html