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Mindfulness in the Peace Garden: A Practice

July 16, 2023 @ 10:30 am - 12:00 pm

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An event every 2 weeks that begins at 10:30 am on Sunday, repeating until August 27, 2023

Join wellness educator Robin Thompson, RN, and museum curator Joanie DiMartino as we gather together in the Peace Garden for a six-week summer series of mindfulness sessions inspired by themes of peace, community, strength, and more related to the 1830s events at the Canterbury Female Boarding School.

“Let us try to abide by her counsel, and feel at peace with all…”
–Anonymous Student, The Liberator, August 3, 1833

Robin Thompson, RN has spent over 35 years in the nursing field, including serving as director of an Intergrated Medicine Department and Employee
Wellness program at a community hospital. She has studied at Duke Integrative Medicine in Durham, North Carolina, and her certifications include
Holistic Stress Managment, Mind Body Medicine, and Integrative Health Coaching. Thompson brings extensive training in mindfulness practices from the UMASS Center for Mindfulness in Medicine, Health Care, and Society, in Worcester, MA.
Bi-weekly Sundays, 10:30 am to 11:45 am: 
6/18, 7/2, 7/16, 7/30, 8/13, 8/27
Free

Limited to 15 people, waiting list to be created if necessary.
While this series is FREE, registration is required.  https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfYZVm9Tu_kriZi7kp6ZJedwDYUvbRP8zlM3NgT6stQx-xj9Q/viewform

For more information: crandall.museum@ct.gov / 860-546-7800

Venue

Prudence Crandall Museum
1 South Canterbury Rd.
Canterbury, CT United States
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