Live, in person mindfulness sessions are happening again at the Darien Library! Come together as a community and participate in meditation sessions that are designed to support your physical, psychological, emotional and social well-being. No experience is necessary and all ages are welcome.

Burnout, empathy fatigue and vicarious trauma afflict many non-profit workers and first-responders. Mindfulness has been shown to help reduce these challenges and build our resilience. Join CMP for 15-minute mini-mindfulness sessions each Wednesday at 9AM. No experience is necessary. Just log on or dial in and join a community of carers taking time to care for themselves.

Insight Timer (a popular meditation app) has once again selected a CMP discussion or meditation as a featured presentation. To date, CMP’s talks and meditations have been listened to over 35,000 times on Insight Timer. All of our recordings are also available right here on the CMP website in the library section.

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On Saturday, June 19th from 1:00-1:30 PM join the Community Mindfulness Project and Aldrich Museum Education Assistant Lorena Sferlazza outdoors in the Museum’s Sculpture Garden with your kids and loved ones—to reflect on the power of CONNECTION and how you can change the world with it. Together on this Juneteenth holiday, we will experience guided mindfulness and movement activities that, like the Aldrich Care Box, tap into our shared humanity and can help us see, hear, and recognize our connection to those around us. Perfect for families with children of all ages.

Register at TheAldrich.org. (Click the General Registration button).

It is with heartfelt gratitude for the Rotary Club of New Canaan that we accept their generous grant for 2021. We were honored to receive last year’s grant, which supported our efforts during the challenge of the pandemic. It is our intention to continue to provide the support and resources that are so vitally needed. This generous grant ensures that no one individual or organization is turned away due to lack of funding. Thank you Rotary Club of New Canaan for your continued support.

Join Darien Library’s Caregiver Cafe, where Community Mindfulness Project will share simple techniques that can be used to resource ourselves as we care for others. We’ll also explore offering ourselves some self-compassion. For more information and to register, visit DarienLibrary.org.

CMP is honored to partner with Shakers Anonymous to offer four 30-minute sessions providing tools to help people with Parkinson’s and their caregivers manage stress and support their physical, mental and emotional well-being. In each session we’ll share one or two mindfulness tools to help down-regulate the nervous system, and feel more grounded, connected and resilient. There will be brief guided meditations and a handout to support your use of these tools. Each session is stand-alone, no registration is required, and all are free and open to the public.

Live, in-person meditation will start again on Wednesday May 19th! Come together again as a community and participate in meditation sessions that are designed to support your physical, psychological, emotional and social well-being. Please bring a lawn chair.

Mindfulness can help regulate our nervous systems, supporting our well-being. As caregivers, we need to take care of our own health with the same care we take care of others. This 8-part series offers tips and techniques for using mindfulness to help us stay healthy.

CMP was honored to be the keynote presenter at the Village’s annual social worker celebration, where we presented Self-Care Anytime, Anywhere to over 100 of The Village’s superhero social workers who change lives every single day.

Join us for Mind-Hack Mondays Neuroscience and Mindfulness for Teens each Monday 5-5:45PM at Ridgefield Library through May 3, 2021.