This online Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) course is 100% free, created by a fully certified MBSR instructor, and is based on the program founded by Jon Kabat-Zinn at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. More than 7,000 graduates from 100 countries have completed all the course requirements.

Developed by: The Royal thanks to a donation by D.I.F.D. The Royal is one of Canada’s foremost mental health care and academic health science centres. Its mandate is simple: to help more people living with mental illness into recovery faster. 

Summary: Life as a student can be stressful - assignments, part-time jobs, sports, clubs, relationships, family responsibilities. In fact, during your years as a student, you will face some of the most intense pressures of any point in your life. Stress can take a toll on your mind, weighing you down and even making you ill, so it’s important to take action to stay healthy. That’s what HealthyMinds is all about. HealthyMinds is a problem-solving tool to help deal with emotions and cope with the stresses you encounter both on and off campus. The goal: Keeping your mind healthy.  

Developed by: Psychologists and educators in Australia. 

Summary: Smiling Mind is a unique tool developed by psychologists and educators to help bring balance to your life. Smiling Mind is Australia’s leading digital-led, prevention focused mental health not-for-profit. Smiling Mind has been helping minds thrive for over 10 years and are the innovators behind Australia’s most trusted mental wellbeing app. Smiling Mind’s evidence-based tools support people to learn the skills to maintain their mental health in fun and interactive ways. 

Presented by: Sheena, a yoga teacher with lived experience. 

Summary: Watch this 13-minute video where Sheena, a yoga teacher who suffers from fibromyalgia, shares her daily meditation for pain relief.  

Presented by: Dr. David Ho, MD, PhD, a pain medicine fellow in the Division of Pain Medicine at Stanford University School of Medicine.  

Summary: In this 35-minute video, Dr. Ho speaks on mindfulness and pain and how to cultivate mindfulness.  Learn the differences between meditation and mindfulness, mindful response to pain, the origin of mindfulness, how to practice mindfulness, and more.