The SHIFT Program

Build your
inner core

A free four week community wellness journey combining yoga, meditation, breathwork, peer reflection, and practical self awareness tools. No referral. No waitlist. No cost.

Free for community participants
4 weeks
Open to ages 16 and over
No referral required
Multilingual
Culturally safe
4
Weeks long
90
Min per session
$0
Cost to join
6
Core tools
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Self awareness
Knowing yourself from the inside out
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Healing
Building your inner core through self care
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In Fellowship
You are not doing this alone
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For yourself
Because you deserve this investment
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Transformation
The start of something lasting
What is SHIFT?

Not therapy. Not clinical.
Just human.

SHIFT is a structured community wellness program that gives you practical, evidence informed self care tools to navigate life with more clarity, calm, and confidence. It is not therapy. It does not require a referral, a diagnosis, or any prior experience with wellness.

Each week builds on the last, moving from self awareness to healing to community connection to building your lasting personal self care toolkit. The program runs in a safe, welcoming, culturally responsive group setting delivered in plain language for every background.

🌿 Always free
The SHIFT program is and will always be free to participate in. It is funded through grants, partnerships, and the SereneMind app so the community never pays.
What is in the program

Six tools. One journey.

Every tool in SHIFT is grounded in established evidence: CBT, breathwork science, neuroplasticity research, and the peer support literature, all translated into plain, accessible language that anyone can use in daily life.

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Yoga and Gentle Movement
Grounding the body before the mind. Beginner friendly yoga and gentle movement practices help you arrive fully in the present moment, release stored tension, and reconnect physically as a foundation for inner awareness.
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Guided Meditation
Simple and accessible meditation practices. No experience needed. Guided sessions quiet the noise of daily life, build present moment awareness, and develop the inner stillness from which clarity naturally emerges.
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Breathwork for Calm
Science backed breathing techniques including box breathing, 4 7 8 breathing, and the physiological sigh, that instantly shift your inner state from overwhelm to calm. Your most immediate and accessible self care tool.
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Thought Reframing
Plain language tools to catch unhelpful thinking patterns, what we call thinking traps, and build a more balanced, compassionate inner dialogue. No clinical language. No jargon. Just practical tools that work.
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Brain Training
Understanding how small, consistent daily self care actions literally rewire the brain over time through neuroplasticity. Your inner patterns are not fixed. They are trainable. Every practice session is evidence of that.
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Peer Reflection Circles
Facilitated group sharing spaces that are safe, judgment free, and genuinely connecting. Community is not supplementary to wellness. For many participants it is the most powerful tool in the entire program.

Four weeks. One transformation.

Week One
Know Yourself
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Emotion Wheel
Name what you feel with precision and clarity
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Body Scan
Discover where stress lives in your body
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Grounding Breathwork
Your first experience of the physiological sigh
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Journalling Prompts
Daily self awareness practice in the SereneMind app
Week 1 of 4
Week Two
Heal Yourself
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Thinking Traps
Identify the 10 patterns that quietly keep you stuck
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Thought Record
Catch and reframe one unhelpful thought live as a group
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Box Breathing
4-7-8 and the physiological sigh practised together
Quick Relief
Instant tools for overwhelm introduced in the app
Week Three
Connect
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Peer Sharing Circle
Facilitated, guided, and genuinely judgment free
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Compassion Meditation
Practising receiving support as much as giving it
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Support Network Map
Build your personal community support map
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Community Forum
Safe anonymous sharing space in SereneMind app
Week Four
Build Your Foundation
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Your Toolkit
Written personal self care toolkit, yours to keep
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Integration Yoga
Body and mind integration through gentle movement
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Hard Day Plan
Your relapse prevention plan for difficult days ahead
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Graduation
Community celebration. This is the beginning, not the end
Who is SHIFT for?

Built for people who keep going

SHIFT is designed for anyone quietly carrying more than they should have to carry alone. You do not need to be in crisis. You just need to be ready to invest in yourself.

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Newcomers and immigrants
Navigating cultural transition, isolation, and rebuilding a life in a new place
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People experiencing burnout
Running on empty and needing practical tools to restore energy and clarity
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Young adults 16 to 35
Building a first self care framework before stress becomes crisis
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Women returning to work
Rebuilding confidence and inner clarity after a career break or life transition
You do not need to qualify for SHIFT
No referral. No diagnosis. No prior experience with wellness or self care. No specific language requirement, the program is available in multiple languages. SHIFT meets you exactly where you are.
Important to know

What SHIFT is not

We want to be honest with you about what SHIFT is and what it is not, so you can make the right choice for yourself.

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SHIFT is not therapy or clinical treatment
SHIFT is a community wellness program. If you are experiencing a mental health crisis, active addiction, or need clinical support, we will help connect you with the right professional resources.
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SHIFT does not replace professional care
If you are currently working with a therapist, counsellor, or doctor, SHIFT works alongside that support, not instead of it. Please continue any professional care you are receiving.
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No diagnosis required, and no diagnosis given
SHIFT does not assess, diagnose, or treat any mental health condition. We use wellness language throughout because we believe self care is for everyone, not just those with a diagnosis.
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Not a crisis service
If you are in crisis right now, please contact the BC Crisis Line at 1 800 784 2433 or text 9 8 8 from anywhere in Canada. These services are free, confidential, and available 24 hours a day.
Ready to begin?
Register your interest and we will be in touch with dates and details. Always free.
Register for SHIFT → Explore the app →