Is the practice of mindfulness just for zen masters and yoga afficionados? 35 years of scientific research proves this practice of non-judgemental present moment awareness effectively boosts not only creativity, performance and productivity, but also cultivates kindness, compassion, generosity and empathy. It is no surprise that hundreds of major corporations are offering mindfulness-based interventions to their employees.

Charity Bryant is a trained Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Teacher by The Center for Mindfulness in Medicine, Health Care and Society, UMASS Medical School. She has trained with Mindful Schools Org., is a certified yoga instructor, former school teacher and has had a personal daily mindfulness meditation and yoga practice since 2005.
Charity has taught mindfulness seminars, workshops and courses at McGill University Distinguished Educator Seminar Series, McGill Counselling Department and is the Keynote Speaker for the McGill Faculty of Education graduating class of 2015.
Her mindfulness education company, Rest in Breath, has served such corporations as Scotiabank, Capital One, Lantic Sugar, Imperial Tobacco and several Montreal schools to parents, teachers and students of all ages. Contact Charity at www.restinbreath.com.

This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx