Baycrest Health Sciences & Baycrest Foundation Publications
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22 ) Mindfulness Based Approaches to Stress Management Class Series/Soul & Mind Dr. Alexandra Fiocco This six-week program will provide participants with the foundation for living life fully, and break out of unhelpful habitual patterns of behaviour, stress reactivity, and poor health outcomes. This program will help participants become better equipped to manage daily hassles and regulate our stress-response system through didactic teachings, meditation practices, poetry, mindful-awareness exercises, and home practice. Pet Therapy Class Series/Soul & Mind Stephen Silverhart Fynn is a certified therapy dog with St. John's Ambulance. Stephen is a semi-retired airport and aviation consultant. Stephen and Fynn's journey with Baycrest started in 2017 when they began weekly visits to the Apotex Centre, Jewish Home for the Aged and alternating visits with Baycrest Hospital. If you love dogs, come out and meet Fynn. Dates Day Time Sessions/Type Jun 19 to Wed 5 - 6:30 p.m. 6 weeks, fixed Jul 24 Dates Day Time Sessions/Type Jun 19 Wed 1 - 2 p.m. Bi-monthly, Aug 21 drop-in Bible Study Class Series/Soul & Mind Rev. Karen Fox Bible Study will consist of exploring topics of interest to participants. Discussion will be open and interactive, seeking to draw out participants' understanding of a passage given their unique perspective and life experience, as well as reflect on how our viewpoints change throughout our lives. In this way, we expand our view of self and others. Dates Day Time Sessions/Type May 17, 31 Fri 10 - 11 a.m. Bi-weekly, flex Jun 14, 28 Jul 12, 26 Aug 9, 23