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We offer the highest quality mindfulness workshop and classes in an inclusive and welcoming space.
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What is mental noting?

Mental noting (also called, labelling or naming) can be incorporated into our formal and informal mindfulness practice as a tool to keep awareness on track. It’s a gentle acknowledgement of our moment-to-moment experience, helping us to stay present and tease out aspects of our inner experience, whether body sensations, thoughts, or emotions.  When noting, we use one word to name what’s happening; for example, we might say: “This is anger,” “Anxiety is arising,” or "Frustration or restlessness is present.” Doing this is an opportunity to acknowledge and witness to what we are experiencing and can help us to disentangle or unstick from challenging emotions, thoughts, moods or mind states. When we do this, we usually feel some space or emotional freedom.  The mental note can be general,...

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Empowering Hearts: Join the Mindfulness Movement for Women’s Heart Health!

Meditation isn't just beneficial for the mind; it's also good for the heart! Research suggests meditation can positively impact cardiovascular health, making it a valuable component of cardiovascular risk reduction. Heart disease remains the leading cause of death for women in Canada and worldwide, yet it is largely preventable—80% of individual risk factors are modifiable! At the Heart Institute, scientists are driving change with a focus on diversity and precision medicine in their research. You, too, can contribute to heart disease prevention, treatment, and outcomes for women by supporting the this year's University of Ottawa Heart Institute JUMP IN ™campaign. Join me and many others in a 30-day physical and mental fitness challenge that will get you moving your body daily, right in your own space and at...

Mindfulness, Meditation & Everything In Between with Jennifer Innes

"Mindfulness, Meditation & Everything In Between” Here’s a snippet of the hour-long podcast. Mindfulness, Meditation, Mindfulness Meditation… How does one even approach the subject of mindfulness — is there an actual beginning , middle and end? Is everyone’s path or experience the same? What is the outcome we should be expecting? We’re going through an unprecedented time that's impacting, our life, our health, freedoms, work, finances etc. It’s a profound time of uncertainty, anxiety and a collective fear. It's been a year since I started meditating and I trully believe it is what's helping me stay so grounded during the world pandemic. I am able to come back to the present moment and enjoy its gifts and teachings — something I would have missed a year ago. I...

Welcome to Ottawa Meditation & Wellness!

This website is the culmination of six years of dedicated personal practice combined with mindfulness training, a journey that took me to many parts of the United States and Canada. I began this journey to follow a calling: to teach this powerful 2,600-year-old practice that, when done regularly, has the power to transform....