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Health & Mindfulness
Practical Tips and Tools to Cultivate Calm and Resilience.
Mindful Practices
Experience the art of mindfulness through guided techniques designed to calm your mind and enhance inner peace.
Spiritual Growth
Explore practices that connect you with your inner self, fostering balance, clarity, and spiritual awakening.
Holistic Wellness
Achieve harmony of body, mind, and spirit with a holistic approach to health and well-being toward wellness.
Mindful Learning Lab
Offers mindfulness and Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR)
training, including customized programs for leaders, teams, schools, and families.
Eligibility: Open to individuals, families, and organizations seeking mindfulness training.
Cost: Varies; contact for specific pricing.
Mindful Literacy Practice
Provides programs aimed at promoting mindfulness and literacy among children, including the SPARK Kindergarten Readiness Program in collaboration with Nationwide Children’s Hospital.
Eligibility: Children and families in Columbus seeking mindfulness and literacy support.
Cost: Contact for specific pricing.
Just Breathe for Kids
Eligibility: Children ages 5 and older.
Cost: Offers a free class; additional classes may have associated costs.
Mindful Music Moments
In partnership with the Columbus Symphony, this program integrates mindfulness and classical music into the daily routines of PreK-12 students to promote calm and focus.
Eligibility: PreK-12 schools in Central Ohio.
Cost: Free for all preschools in Ohio and a limited number of K-12 schools in Columbus.
Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR)
Offers an 8-week MBSR program teaching meditative practices, such as breathing and body awareness, to help manage stress, anxiety, depression, and chronic pain.
Eligibility: Open to the general public.
Cost: Contact for specific pricing.
YWCA Kids Place
Provides before- and after-school programs focusing on social-emotional development, STEAM activities, and physical fitness for children.
Eligibility: Students in Gahanna, Westerville, and Columbus.
Cost: Affordable; contact for specific pricing.
Capital Kids
A free program for children in grades K-8 offering homework help, tutoring, nutritious snacks, and recreational activities at four community centers.
Eligibility: Children in grades K-8 in Columbus.
Cost: Free
Brain Balance Columbus
 A non-medical program designed to help children improve focus, behavior, social skills, anxiety, and academic performance through an integrated approach.
Eligibility: Children struggling with focus, behavior, or social skills.
Cost: Contact for specific pricing.
Mindfulness Center Programs
Offers various mindfulness programs in schools to improve student learning outcomes, promote positive social and emotional development, and equip children with lifelong skills.
Eligibility: Schools and educational institutions seeking mindfulness programs.
Cost: Contact for specific pricing.
NAMI Franklin County Programs
Offers free mental health resources, support groups, and crisis intervention programs for individuals impacted by mental health challenges, including justice-involved individuals and their families.
Eligibility: Individuals and families in Franklin County.
Cost: Free
Franklin County Mental Health and Addiction Services (ADAMH)
Provides access to mental health and addiction recovery services, including sliding scale options for those with limited income.
Eligibility: Residents of Franklin County.
Cost: Sliding scale fees based on income
Healing Together Family Support Program
Focused on families impacted by incarceration, this program provides mental health counseling, parenting classes, and peer-to-peer support groups.
Eligibility: Families affected by incarceration in Franklin County.
Cost: Free
Pathways Reentry Program
Provides pre- and post-release mental health services, case management, and support for justice-involved individuals in Franklin County.
Eligibility: Justice-involved individuals in Franklin County preparing for release.
Cost: Free
Alvis Reentry and Family Support Programs
Provides comprehensive reentry programs for individuals and families affected by the justice system, including mental health services, substance abuse treatment, and job readiness training.
Eligibility: Justice-impacted individuals and families in Ohio.
Cost: Free to low-cost