In this final episode of the three-part On Health series, we discuss mental fitness and the practice of meditation. Our subject matter expert, Judy Steed, is an award-winning journalist (The Globe and Mail, Toronto Star), the recipient of four National Newspaper Award citations for feature writing, the author of five books, and the recipient of the Atkinson Fellowship in Public Policy. For the Atkinson, she focused on aging, did research in Copenhagen and Stockholm, and discovered, back at her home in Toronto, one of the great neuroscience centres of North America. This led her into mindfulness and brain plasticity, inspired by Toronto doctor Norman Doidge's best-selling book, The Brain that Changes Itself. She has been leading a guided meditation practice for 10 years, and also teaching pilates and other fitness classes at the Central YMCA in Toronto. As well, she teaches courses at Ryerson, focused on brain plasticity and mindfulness.
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