Experience mindfulness with Wise Inside Students

In these classes, Wise Inside students ages 8 to 18 learn how to follow the journey of the breath to the still quiet centre that is within them. We exercise the letting go muscle and learn to begin again with more kindness and self-compassion. This is attention and resilience training.

And by practicing impulse control and self regulation, students learn how to give themselves a little more space so that they can know their wise selves more clearly–their values and their sense of connection and belonging. Learning to be more okay with daily life experiences helps to reduce stress and anxiety, and leads to feeling more at peace.

In this class we learn these essential life skills:

• Make connections between the mind and body—practice experiencing body sensations, thoughts and emotions so they can feel their wise self

• Learning to identify Kind Mind and when Unkind Mind shows up, including the ‘whys’ and ‘hows’ to not cover up uncomfortable thoughts and emotions like loneliness or anxiety

• Three steps to choose your behaviour. When you better understand why you are upset, you can see new ways to respond wisely vs. reacting unkindly

• Recognizing the difference in experience between being fully present and behaving in auto-pilot

• How to give yourself loving kindness and self-care which is essential to being able to give others loving kindness

Students also learn the research and science behind how the body, brain, and emotions work so they understand how they can support their wise self. With practice, momentum for these mindful fundamentals builds over time, just like exercising muscles in the body.

What’s included:

• Each class provides the essential practices to learning mindfulness, with lots of engagement and opportunity to share and ask questions

• Nine downloadable guided meditations to practice developing attention and being connected with oneself

• Interactive take home exercises each week to learn how to bring mindfulness practices to everyday life

• Participants or parents can connect and ask questions throughout the week via email, text or Google Classroom

• Digital course completion certificate

• Free access to future Wise Inside community programming

*The Wise Inside Students class is based on A Still Quiet Place Mindfulness Program created by Amy Saltzman, M.D. It is her adaptation of the MBSR program to teach children and adolescents how to ease stress and difficult emotions.

Upcoming dates

Wise Inside Students, 8-class Course, Online

When

We are going to meet twice a week on Thursdays and Sundays for four weeks. Dates are as follows:
Thurs, April 15
Sun, April 18
Thurs, April 22
Sun, April 25
Thurs, April 29
Sun, May 2
(No Thurs class this week)
Sun, May 9
Thurs, May 13

Time

4-5 pm ET for each class

Who

Ages 8-10

Small class size of 10-12 participants

Cost

The sliding scale for this course is $95 – $155 CAD. Discount for siblings to participate is $250 CAD for both.

Many families are struggling right now. If you are underemployed, you may self-select an amount to pay between $95-$155. Otherwise, please pay the full price so that bursaries can be offered to others. If you require a full bursary in order to participate, please send a message on the contact page. Thank you!