Integrating mindfulness, meditation & movement strengthens our mind / body and supports healing.

Mindfulness & Meditation

Mindfulness & Meditation helps us experience thoughts, feelings, overwhelm, anxiety and more. We explore how to understand and ‘be’ with them.

Mindfulness is a practice of intentionally focusing our attention on the present moment ~ without judgement. Noticing what is happening internally and externally and how it affects our body, mind and choices.

Mindfulness, like meditation, helps settle our thoughts, calm our mind and relax our body.

Meditation comes in many forms and offers many options. It can be as simple as noticing our breath or being captivated by the beauty of a sunset.

Thoughts are always present, and the mind believes its job is to always think and keep us safe. Meditation can befriend our thoughts, body and nervous system ~ settling our mind / releasing stress. It can also provide ease, clarity and calm.  

Mindfulness for Being Enough (Just As You Are)

A 4-Week Online Introduction to Mindfulness Meditation

What if the most courageous thing you could do was simply… pause?

This gentle four-week online journey is an invitation to slow down, breathe, and begin exploring the quiet power of mindfulness meditation. No experience necessary. No perfection required.

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Why This Matters Now

  • Many of us are carrying a quieter, harder, heavier weight right now — grief and anxiety about the state of the world itself. Climate change. Political upheaval. Conflict. A relentless news cycle. You care deeply about what is happening, and that caring is a beautiful thing. But without inner tools, caring can quietly become a kind of suffering.

    You can’t fix the world. But you can learn to find steady ground inside yourself — a place from which you can stay present, stay caring, and stay intact.

  • This course isn’t about becoming a better version of yourself. It is about recognizing that you are already whole — and learning, gently and steadily, to live from that recognition.

What You’ll Walk Away With

A personal mindfulness practice that is simple, grounded and adaptable to a busy life

Tools to work with difficult emotions and thoughts without being overwhelmed by them

A softer, more compassionate relationship with yourself — including the parts you’ve been trying to change

Greater clarity about what is within your influence and genuine ease around what is not

Connection with a warm community of others walking the same path

What We’ll Explore Together

Each session combines guided meditation, quiet reflection and simple inquiry. No fixing, no striving — just learning to meet yourself with more honesty and care.

You Are Not Your Thoughts — observing your inner world with curiosity rather than identification

Softening with What Arises — learning to stop fighting your inner experience

What You Can Influence vs. What to Release — discernment as a daily practice

Self-Compassion as a Skill — genuine kindness toward yourself, not as a wish but as a practice

Course Details

4 Tuesdays | June 2, 9, 16 & 23

1:30pm PDT | 1 hour per week

Online via Zoom

Maximum 20 students

$30 CAD

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Offered at this special rate as part of Barbara’s advanced meditation practicum.

Two scholarships are available. If funding is a barrier, please reach out everyone deserves this pause.

  • “I greatly appreciate learning and experiencing ease, acceptance, connection to breath and a feeling of being more settled in my day. I so enjoy your guidance and our time together exploring the amazing impact of breath, stillness and gentle movement in my body. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.”

    - Laura

  • “Barbara has a heart-centered, caring and calming approach. She is very knowledgeable and suggests modifications to meet my body’s needs.  I have a sense of calm and sleep so well after my sessions with her.  She is so warm and welcoming and it’s truly a pleasure to work with her.”

    - Miranda

  • “Barb’s guidance and teachings are amazing.  My wife and I both felt connected, centered and cared for.  Her breathwork really helped to ease the mind chatter and transport to a place of calm.  I highly recommend her and her classes.”

    - Pramod 

  • “I enjoy our sessions together so very much and the guidance you share. I always feel so relaxed and cared for afterwards. I am more aware of ways I can bring ease, joy and relaxation into my life.”

    - Ros

  • “Passionate, dedicated, calming … I have had the pleasure of both learning alongside and participating in classes Barb has led.  Barb is passionate and dedicated.  She has a calming nature and soothing voice that make her sessions a safe, welcoming and enjoyable experience.”

    - Nancy