LIVE COURSE: Stillness Prevents Illness: Mindfulness Practices to Help You to Grow and Thrive Through Pain and Life's Challenges

Sunday June 8, 2025 at 4pm EST | Course Link will be sent via email, one week prior

In this unique course, Dr. Monica Jackman, an experienced Occupational Therapist and creator of the OpenMind Program, invites you to explore and experience seven evidence-based practices designed to help you manage stress, pain, anxiety, anger, and grief. These practices can help you to build essential skills such as focus, attention, patience, self-regulation, and resilience. While the benefits of meditation, mindful movement, and focused breathing for physical, mental, and emotional well-being are well-documented, many people struggle to begin and maintain these practices.

This course is ideal for adults looking to improve their mental health, wellness and strength, as well as for caregivers, educators, and professionals working with children and adolescents. You’ll have the chance to try a variety of meditation practices and mindful movement practices that you can incorporate into your own life and share with others and explore and rediscover the interests and activities that give your life meaning.

As a participant, you’ll learn about the science-backed benefits of seven mindfulness, movement and concentration practices, then experience each one through brief, one-minute sessions – much like a food or wine tasting. You’ll use a provided checklist to track and rate how each practice impacts you. The course will also guide you through goal setting and habit formation, based on neuroscience, so you can integrate your chosen practices into your daily life. Additionally, you’ll receive an introduction on how to teach these practices to children of all ages.

Drawing from her extensive experience in occupational therapy, habit science, neuroscience, and mindfulness research, Dr. Jackman will equip you with the tools to cultivate habits that enhance wellness, coping skills, and resilience. By the end of the course, you’ll be ready to implement meditation practices that foster patience, kindness, compassion, and presence – both in yourself and in those around you.