Centre for Mindfulness
We are a community of health-care providers, caregivers and youth devoted to cultivating mindfulness and compassion in all aspects of hospital culture and care at BC Children’s Hospital. Together, we create a culture and environment where these may be experienced by everyone at our hospital, including children, youth, families, caregivers and health-care providers.
Our programs
The Centre for Mindfulness offers a variety of programs and resources designed to cultivate mindfulness in children, youth, families and caregivers. We offer these programs and resources at no cost. Whether you are interested in managing pain or stress, enhancing your overall well-being, or creating a sense of community and connection, we would like to support you.
Our offerings include:
- Mindful Awareness & Resilience Skills for Adolescents (MARS-A): an eight-week course for youth from 15 to19 years of age who are experiencing psychological distress. This skills-based group is based on mindfulness-based stress reduction for coping with stress and illness; and mindfulness-based cognitive therapy for coping with depressive symptoms
- Mindful Awareness & Resilience Skills for Parents & Caregivers (MARS-PC): a virtual course for parents and caregivers whose children are accessing care and support through BC Children’s Hospital
- Breathr Mindfulness app
- Mindful spaces within the hospital that offer children, youth and families warm and welcoming areas to learn and practice mindfulness
Contact us
Connect with us through the Centre for Mindfulness website. We do not provide clinical care. We do not discuss confidential information about patients of BC Children’s Hospital.
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Indigenous Health
We advocate for and provide support to Indigenous patients and families who are visiting the hospital.