Mindful Mondays offers a supportive space to step out of the busyness of your day and reconnect with yourself through guided mindfulness practice. This is a time to slow down, turn your phone off, and simply be.

Each session includes gentle guidance to help you bring awareness to your breath, body, and present-moment experience in a way that is accessible, grounding, and practical for daily life. Sessions are thoughtfully guided to meet participants where they are with no prior experience required.

Mindfulness, as defined by Jon Kabat-Zinn, is “paying attention in a particular way, on purpose, in the present moment, non-reactively, non-judgmentally, and as openheartedly as possible.”

Through regular practice, participants are invited to build skills that can be integrated both at work and at home, such as:

• Creating space between yourself and stressors
• Resetting between meetings or tasks
• Cultivating calm and clarity during the day
• Supporting rest and mental ease in the evening
• Bringing mindful attention to everyday activities and movement

Regular mindfulness practice can support: Coping skills, attention, focus, stress management, self-regulation, portable practices

Instructor

Led by Barbara Walker, PhD, licensed Integrative Health & Performance Psychologist, dedicated to helping you achieve optimal health, and brings experience in mindfulness-based practices and a warm, inclusive approach to supporting well-being.

Who This Class Is For

Mindful Mondays is open to anyone looking to better manage stress, increase focus, and cultivate greater presence in their day. Whether you are brand new to mindfulness or have an established practice, this class offers a welcoming space to pause, practice, and reconnect.

Cost: No-cost thanks to generous donors to the Osher Center for Integrative Health

Click here to support our classes, or if you are interested in supporting a specific program or learning more about ways to give back to the Osher Center, please contact Katie Arce at Katie.Arce@foundation.uc.edu or 419-348-8437.

Class Location: Virtual via Zoom (link emailed the day before class)

What You Need: you will need a computer, phone, or tablet with internet access to join the virtual class. Nothing else is needed – just show up and be!