Jan Klimas, PhD, RCC

Clinical Counselling and Mindfulness Teaching

Evidence-based Online Mindfulness programs include free Information sessions, 8-week MBSR programs, as well as community drop-ins.

 

“You can’t stop the waves, but you can learn to surf.”

Free Mindfulness Drop-ins and MBSR Information workshops

If you HAVE recently completed an INFO session and are planning to take the course, register for the next 8-week Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) course here.

If you have not completed an INFO session, you can sign up for the next one to learn more about the MBSR 8-week course, and how it can help you manage stress more effectively.

Free Mindful Thursdays arrived.

Mindful Thursdays offer regular opportunities to practice mindfulness in a community and continue on the journey via drop-in sessions on Thursday evenings.

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STEP 2. WAIVER

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I acknowledge that I am voluntarily participating in the Mindfulness session / Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction course. I acknowledge and understand that I am responsible for all aspects of my health and well-being. I further recognize and understand that the instructions and advice presented to me during this course are in no way intended as substitutes for medical and/or other professional counselling. If I have any health concerns that may interfere with my participation in Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction, I understand that I should consult my healthcare provider before beginning this Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction course. If I experience pain or difficulty that is cause for concern during or after practicing the meditations or mindful movement exercises, I understand that I should stop immediately and consult my MBSR instructor (Jan Klimas) and my healthcare provider, before continuing on with these exercises.

I recognize, understand, and assume all risks associated with my voluntary participation in Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction and its associated mindful movements and any potential injury caused by this. Including, but not limited to, those risks that may result in personal injury and death. In giving my informed consent to participate in Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction, I hereby release Jan Klimas from any and all claims, now or in the future, that I may have as a result of my voluntary participation in Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction. I agree that I have read and fully understand the above statements.

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Mindful Thursdays Drop-in 2025

Free evenings three times a year. An hour-long session with extensive practice and optional discussion.

Day

Date

Time

Thursday

April 3

6-7pm

Thursday

September 4

6-7pm

Thursday

November 20

6-7pm

Dates of the future free workshops are announced periodically on this page or via the newsletter (scroll to the subscribe box below).

 

About the Instructor

“The privilege of a lifetime is being who you are.”

– Joseph Campbell

Dr. Jan Klimas is a Registered Clinical Counsellor (RCC) who’s trained in health sciences. He is also a spoken word poet, mindfulness teacher, writer, and thinker.

Dr. Klimas graduated with a Psychology MSc degree from Trnava University in Slovakia where he specialized in factors conducive to changes in people undergoing substance use treatment in therapeutic communities. After pursuing his Ph.D. in Social Psychology investigating the quality of social interaction and personality characteristics of people who use drugs he continued his studies in Ireland and the University of British Columbia where he completed his postdoctoral training giving him the ability to train other healthcare providers in the care of people who live with substance use disorders and related harm.

Dr. Klimas’ passion for learning and personal growth led him to mindfulness meditation training. A fully Certified MBSR Teacher, he trained at the Brown University and the Centre for Mindfulness Canada.

As a Research Scientist, Educator, Writer, Poet, and Mindfulness teacher, Dr. Klimas’s passions include communicating his scientific knowledge to the public, sharing his poetry via the Downtown East Side Writers Collective, and improving the care of people living with mental health and substance use disorders.

 

 

Jan Klimas, PhD, RCC