Dear friends, I wanted to begin here with a message about mindfulness in this ongoing challenging time. Now is the time to feel our feet on the earth, rest in the breath, connect with our hearts, and practise wise response. The practise is big enough to hold this moment, too.
In the new year I am offering four series of classes, all of which can support your resilience in these times. I look forward to practicing with you.
Introduction to Mindfulness: Presence of Heart, Mondays, Feb 22 - Mar 8
Quiet Joy - Support for These Times: Mondays, Mar 15 - Mar 29
Indigenous Presence: Tuesdays, April 6 - April 27
Resilience in Community: 3 monthly evenings of relational practise exploring resilience.
We will enjoy the refuge of the community, combining meditating with small group reflective practises. Tuesdays, Feb 2, Mar 2, and Mar 30.
These classes are based in the Insight Meditation tradition.
Please see Mindfulness Classes to register
With every good wish, Jeanne
About Jeanne:
Jeanne teaches meditation, compassion practices, and Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR). She has studied and practised mindfulness for over two decades, becoming certified with several of the leading meditation organizations in North America. She now leads a meditation group in Saskatoon, and teaches classes, retreats, and corporate sessions.
Jeanne completed her MBSR certification in 2016, thought the University of Massachusetts Medical School. She is also a trained teacher in Insight Meditation, one of the traditional foundations of mindfulness. She is certified by the Spirit Rock Insight Meditation Centre as a Community Leader (2012), trained by Jack Kornfield and other senior teachers. She has recently been invited, along with 2 other Canadian teachers, into a specialized 4 year Insight Meditation Teacher Training program with Joseph Goldstein and other international teachers, through the Insight Meditation Society (IMS). For more information on her Insight Meditation teaching, including the Wednesday night drop in meditation group and nature retreats, please see the Saskatoon Insight Meditation Community .
Jeanne is a certified Life Skills Coach Trainer with twenty-three years experience facilitating adult programs, in Saskatoon. She is especially drawn to nature based mindfulness practise and compassion practises, as powerful ways of connecting us with our own inner nature of peace and stillness. Jeanne is Metis, and one of her first teachers in loving presence was Cree Elder Jim Settee.