The OMC began in 2003 with a class of 10 people drawn from our private practice. We met in a conference room at the Riverside Hospital that barely fit 12 of us and a three-section oak conference table. Each evening that table had to be stacked in the corner so we could do the Body [...]
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A Celebration of 10-years and a new site!
Posted by Lynette Monteiro on May 7, 2012
http://ottawamindfulnessclinic.wordpress.com/2012/05/07/a-celebration-of-10-years-and-a-new-site/
New courses at the OMC
We are thrilled to announce three new courses scheduled on the OMC roster. Managing Chronic Illness Discovering our lives may be limited because of a chronic illness can be difficult to accept. Emotionally and psychologically, this is a challenge in a world that values productivity and performance. Often, we spend time trying to push past [...]
Posted by Lynette Monteiro on February 18, 2012
http://ottawamindfulnessclinic.wordpress.com/2012/02/18/new-courses-at-the-omc/
New Graduates of the OMC Professional Training Program
We are thrilled to present the Professional Training Program graduating class of 2011. An exciting mix of health care professionals coming from across the Ottawa-Valley community. Our newest teacher/facilitators of Mindfulness-Based Interventions are psychologists, social workers, clinical counsellors, coaches, addictions counsellors, physiotherapists and occupational therapists. They committed to participating in the 8-week program as participant-observers, [...]
Posted by Lynette Monteiro on July 25, 2011
http://ottawamindfulnessclinic.wordpress.com/2011/07/25/new-graduates-of-the-omc-professional-training-program/
Springing into a new future
Happenings at the OMC The OMC began its Spring programming on May 4 with two MBI classes and another on May 6 focusing on burnout resiliency training. The classes are at capacity but we managed to squeeze in a couple of extra folks who really, really wanted to join up for a life change. How [...]
Posted by Lynette Monteiro on May 6, 2011
http://ottawamindfulnessclinic.wordpress.com/2011/05/06/springing-into-a-new-future/
Freedom
Compulsion is being trapped in a known psychic reality, a dead-end space. Freedom is in the unknown. If you believe there is an unknown everywhere in your own body, in your relationships with other people, in political institutions, in the universe, then you have maximum freedom. If you examine old beliefs and realize they are [...]
Posted by Lynette Monteiro on February 5, 2011
http://ottawamindfulnessclinic.wordpress.com/2011/02/05/freedom/



