Launch of Mindfulness in the Workplace

What does the ancient practice of mindfulness have to do with today’s stacks of files: deadline-driven and one heartbeat away from overwhelm? It shows us how we can cultivate clarity and well-being that are our birthright, even in the midst of chaos, the high-stakes trade-offs of competing demands, and rapid-fire change in the workplace.

Andrew Safer is a mindfulness-awareness meditation instructor and trainer, workshop facilitator, writer, and presenter on mindfulness in everyday life. In 1968, he began practicing mindfulness and, in 1993, became an authorized meditation instructor through Shambhala International in Halifax. He spent 25 years as a freelance writer focused mostly on feature magazine articles, government projects, and two biographies. After moving to St. John’s, NL, Andrew began offering multi-week mindfulness workshop series in 2010 and founded Safer Mindfulness Inc. in 2014. He presents 6- to 12-week mindfulness workshop series on mental health and addictions, the workplace, resilience, and climate anxiety.

Andrew has conducted mindfulness trainings for businesses, engineers and geoscientists, mental health and addictions specialists, health care managers, social workers, university faculty, staff, and undergraduate and graduate students, high school students, youth in care, student physicians, police, male prison inmates, and the general public. His books are Anxiety, Stress & Mindfulness: A Do-It-Yourself Guide to Wellness (2nd Tier Publishing, 2018) and Mindfulness in the Workplace: Cultivating Well-Being at Work (2nd Tier Publishing, 2024).