Jewish Family Services is offering a free and easy opportunity to stay focused and help put things in perspective to meet the challenges of everyday life.
Mindful Mondays is a free, virtual weekly program providing tools and tips to enhance wellbeing every Monday from 11:30 a.m. to noon beginning Jan. 24 and continuing through April 18.
Led by Sondra Wallace, MSED, JFS Mental Health Director, and Julia Grimm, LMLP, JFS therapist, sessions include:
- “Warming from the Inside Out: Using Mindfulness Practices during the Winter Chill.” Jan. 24, 31, and Feb. 7, 14
- “Loving from the Inside Out: Using Mindfulness Practices to Experience, Share and Show Love.” Feb. 28, March 7, 14, and 21
- “Growing from the Inside Out: Using Mindfulness Practices for Personal Growth.” March 28, April 4, 11, and 18.
Using Zoom, the sessions are free, but registration is required at this link MindfulMondays or on the JFS website, at www.jfskc.org. Once registered, participants will receive a link to join each session; participants can attend one or all sessions.
Mindfulness is a practice anchored in science and focused on being intensely aware of what an individual is sensing and feeling in the moment without interpretation or judgment, Grimm said.
Mindful Mondays is based upon multiple mindfulness practices, including Jon Kabat-Zinn's “9 Attitudes of Mindfulness.” Kabat-Zinn's description of the mindfulness practice “means that we commit fully in each moment to be present; inviting ourselves to interface with this moment in full awareness, with the intention to embody as best we can an orientation of calmness, mindfulness, and equanimity right here and right now.”
For more information about Mindful Mondays, please visit www.jfskc.org or contact Sondra Wallace at
