Toronto Meditation Guide

Phone: (416) 627-2626
Email: toronto@artofliving.ca
Website: www.artofliving.ca
Address: 70 Clarendon Ave, Toronto, ON, M4V 1J6

The Art of Living Foundation, through its many innovative programs, brings values of love and service to our society by strengthening the individual. The organization does this by offering programs that eliminate stress, create a sense of belonging, restore human values and encourage people from all religions and cultural traditions to come together. In less than a week, the simple, yet profound Art of Living Part I Course (which uses yoga, meditation and breathing techniques) allows participants to experience the beauty that is life! The course’s jewel is the Sudarshan Kriya breathing practice which brings calmness to the mind and energy to the body. The Art of Living Foundation was established in 1981 by His Holiness Sri Sri Ravi Shankar. Today it is the world’s largest volunteer-run NGO and is active in more than 150 countries. Read more »

Phone: (416) 694-5300
Email: atisha.centre@gmail.com
Website: www.atisha.ca
Address: 2181 Queen St. East, #304, Toronto, ON

We are a Kadampa Buddhist Centre that offers classes in meditation and Buddhism that are available to everyone. Kadampa Buddhism is a Mahayana Buddhist school that was founded by the great Indian Buddhist master Atisha and was introduced into the west by Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso in 1977. Read more »

Phone: 905-274-7432
Email: info@meditateinmississauga.org
Website: http://www.meditateinmississauga.org
Address: 1189 Lorne Park Road, Mississauga, ON

We are a Kadampa Buddhist Centre that offers classes in meditation and Buddhism that are available to everyone. Kadampa Buddhism is a Mahayana Buddhist school that was founded by the great Indian Buddhist master Atisha and was introduced into the west by Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso in 1977. Read more »

Phone: (416) 606-0727 or (519) 648-2985
Email: caringawareness@gmail.com
Website: www.caringawareness.com
Address: 233 Pacific Avenue, Toronto, ON

The purpose of CareWise is to provide simple and effective meditation resources and practices to release stress and restore energy. CareWise was founded in 2003 by Heidi and Ross Clark. Read more »

Phone: (416) 631-4260
Email: learning@centreofgravity.org
Website: www.centreofgravity.org
Address: Studio behind 56 Fern Avenue, Toronto, ON

Centre of Gravity Sangha is a loose-knit community of Yoga and Buddhist practitioners committed to the integration of contemplative practice and daily life. We hold weekly yoga classes, meditation courses and retreats, mindfulness classes for parents, registered continuing education courses for clinicians, public workshops, textual study classes and one-on-one support. Read more »

Phone: (866) 523-2672 or (416) 762-8033
Email: info@kadampa.ca
Website: www.kadampa.ca
Address: 631 Crawford Street, Toronto, ON

We are a Kadampa Buddhist Centre that offers classes in meditation and Buddhism that are available to everyone. Kadampa Buddhism is a Mahayana Buddhist school that was founded by the great Indian Buddhist master Atisha and was introduced into the west by Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso in 1977. Read more »

Phone: (416) 486-5105
Website: www.friendsoftheheart.com
Address: 2510 Yonge Street, Suite 324, Toronto, ON

Our aim is to help people develop ways to live with a compassionate heart and a clear mind while remaining engaged with the ordinary world. We work in a variety of ways: through meditation, creative movement and yoga, through intellectual study and discussion, through visual art, story telling and sound. Friends of the Heart was founded in 1992 by Catherine Jetsun Yeshe and a group of students. Read more »

Phone: (416) 537-0928
Email: info@instituteoftraditionalmedicine.com
Website: www.instituteoftraditionalmedicine.com
Address: 553 Queen Street West, 2nd Floor, Toronto, ON, M5V 2B6

The Institute of Traditional Medicine is dedicated to preserving and protecting the world’s traditional medicines and spiritual traditions, through education, training and ceremonies. ITM offers a number of diploma programs in various traditional medicines including Acupuncture, Herbal Medicine, Massage, as well as provides training and guidance in the traditional healing arts including Qi Gong, Meditation and Spiritual Counselling. Read more »

Phone: (705) 632-0793
Email: conacher-allen@sympatico.ca
Website: www.juniperhillretreat.org
Address: 671 Godolphin Rd, RR #1, Campbellford, ON

Juniper Hill Retreat Centre provides a place for soliatary meditation practice to help practitioners to deepen their spiritual meditation practice. Meditation instruction is provided. The organization was founded in 2003 by Madeline Conacher & Louis Allen who are members of the Toronto Shambhala Buddhist Meditation Centre. We are long time Buddhist practitioners and trained meditation instructors. Read more »

Phone: (416) 653-5371
Email: tenzin@ksdl.org
Website: www.ksdl.org
Address: 86 Vaughan Road, Toronto, ON

The Gyalwa Karmapa Ugyen Trinley Dorje´s main centre in Canada, the Karma Kagyu Centre of Toronto was established in 1976. Most of the centre´s members are Canadian practitioners of Buddhism in the Tibetan tradition. During a 1980 visit to Toronto, the Karmapa installed Choje Lama Namse Rinpoche as resident teacher at the Karma Kagyu Centre as well as his personal representative in Canada. Beginners and advanced students alike are welcome. Read more »