Mission

Touching the Earth Mindfulness Ontario fosters the cultivation of emotion-focused mindfulness through communities of practice in which members meditate, journal, share and explore meditation experience, and reflect on what they are learning together. We are oriented towards the perspectives and values of Emotion-Focused Mindfulness Therapy, adapted for peers practicing mindfulness in community rather than as psychotherapy. We value our secular dharma roots, and the richness and diversity of our global philosophical and spiritual heritages. We seek to develop and share mindfulness training and practice programs to help psychotherapists, counsellors, other health professionals, and the general public develop caring, accountable, egalitarian communities for supporting one another in cultivating healing, growth, and navigating life in deeply valued, fulfilling ways.