Student Wellness

Download audio instructions for Mini Meditations, Awareness of Breathing, Body Scan and Awareness of Silence from the following resource. These instructions are recorded live as part of 8 week Stress Reduction through Mindfulness Program offered by Dr. Parmjit Singh to first year medical school students at McMaster University, Hamilton that runs from October to early December each fall.
http://www.medportal.ca/ug/student-information/student-support-services/health-and-wellness

An eight week mindfulness program modeled on Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction program offered to first year medical students at McMaster University. The program runs between October and early December each fall.

The Centre for Mindfulness Studies is an innovative, not-for-profit social enterprise that provides professional training, clinical treatment, and personal development programs in mindfulness-based practices and therapies.
http://www.mindfulnessstudies.com/

The Mindfulness Clinic has both a class and a one-day retreat, free of charge. The Meet, Eat, Sit is a free lunchtime meditation that is 1.5 hours in length; 45-minutes is devoted to a meditation. For the Meet, Eat, Sit meditation, bring your own lunch. The Clinic also has a free one-day retreat, with guided sitting and walking meditations.
www.themindfulnessclinic.ca/health-professionals/

The online course can be accessed from anywhere in the world. You can work at your own pace during this 6 week course. The online course is pre-recorded. Participants will have access to audio and video materials as well as the opportunity to participate in a weekly live chat with one of the instructors and other participants.
http://marc.ucla.edu/body.cfm?id=65&gclid=CITZpIqX7agCFUcKKgodxCTPug

This course is based on Gil Fronsdal’s six-week Introduction to Mindfulness Meditation class. It’s supplemented with written material, exercises, and reflections for bringing the practice into daily life. Ines Freedman, as the online teacher for the course, provides further teachings.
www.insightmeditationcenter.org/programs/online-courses/

The six-week online course is delivered in six weekly units of online instruction on the theory and practice of meditation. The course also includes daily meditation practices with audio/video-guided instruction and an internet forum for interaction with the instructor and other students. Although the cost of the course is free, donations to a non-profit organization, such as Vipassana Hawaii or Doctors without Borders, would be appreciated.
http://sites.google.com/site/mindfulnessonlinecourse/Home

Be Mindful Online is an online course that shows you how to practice mindfulness in daily life. Mindfulness is a mind-body approach to life that helps people to relate differently to experiences. It involves paying attention to thoughts, feelings and body sensations in a way that increases our ability to manage difficult experiences and make wise choices.
The online course contains the core elements of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) and Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT).
http://www.bemindfulonline.com/