MINDFUL FED
Vision Statement
Federal employees are resilient, compassionate, and lifelong learners supported by mindfulness-based strategies.
Mission Statement
Mindful FED takes a “whole of government” approach, complementing agencies’ wellness goals by integrating mindfulness strategies and practices into the federal workplace culture, thus enhancing employees’ health and resilience, performance, and leadership development.
What is Mindfulness? Check out this short video:
On this page: What is Mindful FED? | Mindful Fed Weekly Practice Schedule | Mindful FED Open Enrollment Offerings in 2024 | Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR), 8-week Series | Interagency Offerings
What is Mindful FED?
Mindful FED is a first-of-its-kind interagency community of practice, complementing agencies’ wellness goals by integrating mindfulness strategies and practices into federal workplace culture, enhancing employees’ health and resilience, performance, and leadership development.
The intended participants and beneficiaries of Mindful FED include all federal employees, regardless of an employee’s experience with mindfulness and meditation, grade, job series, experience, education, or desired career path. This community and its services are open to any employee expressing curiosity and intention for cultivating self-awareness and self-management. Mindful FED nurtures a welcoming space of shared learning and growth.
Check out our new "Mindful Musings" audio blog series! This week: The AAA of Mindful Leader Qualities
Join the Community: Federal employees can send a blank email to Mindful-FED-subscribe-request@listserv.gsa.gov to receive email invitations, resources, and updates.
Mindful FED Weekly Practice Schedule
- Mondays & Wednesdays: 4pm ET / 1pm PT (regularly led by Michelle Reugebrink)
- Tuesdays and Thursdays: 12pm ET / 9am PT (regularly led by Garth Katto Smelser)
- Friday: Breathe & Be (led by you)
https://opm.zoomgov.com/j/1610701279?pwd=RHg2OHROaW1jY3VXQW1LNkFRc3lzZz09
Meeting ID: 161 070 1279 #; (no meeting participant code, press #); Passcode: 9791709014 #. Dial by your location: 833 568 8864 US Toll-free
Come as you are: We give a deep welcome to our racial identities, ethnicities, gender orientation, sexuality, differing abilities -- to all of our identities -- to the unconscious parts of ourselves, to our regrets, to our triumphs, to our humor and to our many gifts. Your presence makes this community. Take it easy: Join us when you can, leave when you need to, and being off camera is completely okay. Taking time to be mindful is an act of service to yourself, your friends and family, and, yes, your colleagues.
Garth Smelser, OPM, garth.smelser@opm.gov & Michelle Reugebrink, OPM, michelle.reugebrink@opm.gov
Mindful FED Courses are Here!
- Mindfulness 101: Paying Attention to Your Attention
- Tuition $125 (2 hrs.)
- Dates/Times:
- May 15th, 10am1-12pm ET
- May 15th, 10am1-12pm ET
- Enroll Here: https://leadership.opm.gov/programs.aspx?course=377
- Mindfulness for Transformational Leaders: Perform by Being Present
- Tuition $300 (3 hrs.)
- Dates/Times:
- May 14th, 12-3pm ET
- May 14th, 12-3pm ET
- Enroll Here: https://leadership.opm.gov/programs.aspx?course=378
Mindfulness Practice Opportunities
Below is a schedule of mindfulness opportunities open to all federal employees. Let us know if you have an opportunity to add to the schedule.
Mindful FED Weekly Practice Schedule
- Mondays & Wednesdays: 4pm ET / 1pm PT (regularly led by Michelle Reugebrink)
- Tuesdays and Thursdays: 12pm ET / 9am PT (regularly led by Garth Katto Smelser)
- Friday: Breathe & Be (led by you)
Mindful FED sessions are hosted on Zoom:
https://opm.zoomgov.com/j/1610701279?pwd=RHg2OHROaW1jY3VXQW1LNkFRc3lzZz09
Meeting ID: 161 070 1279 #; (no meeting participant code, press #); Passcode: 9791709014 #. Dial by your location: 833 568 8864 US Toll-free
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Interagency Offerings
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12:30-1pm |
Mindful EPA |
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1-1:45pm |
Mindfulness Mondays |
USDA Food and Nutrition Service |
MS Teams Meeting; Meeting ID: 261 879 950 062; Passcode: tv9Kyg |
+1 202 650-0123; Phone ID: 134 817 705# | |
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3-3:30pm |
Mindfulness Meditation |
Mindful NOAA | 904-330-1233 PIN: 416 743 651# | ||
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4:30-5pm 7-7:15pm |
Mindful Movement Mindful Meditation |
Mindful NOAA VHA Whole Health |
Google: meet.google.com/bex-hvhs-evq Click here (MS Teams) to join the meeting |
904-330-1233 PIN: 416 743 651# 1 872-701-0185,,782222982# ID: 782 222 982# |
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9:30-9:55am |
USAID |
USAID |
Email Ajit Joshi via your .gov email address for details |
Email Ajit Joshi for Link | |
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12-12:30pm |
Mindfulness Meditation |
Mindful NOAA |
904-330-1233 PIN: 416 743 651# | ||
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3-3:30pm |
Mindful Movement |
Mindful NOAA |
904-330-1233 PIN: 416 743 651# | ||
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Wednesday |
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Program |
Agency |
Web |
Phone |
POC |
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11-11:30am |
Mindfulness Meditation |
Mindful NOAA |
904-330-1233 PIN: 416 743 651# | ||
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12:30-1pm |
1st Wed: Meditation
w/ Alex Snider 2nd Wed: Hatha yoga w/ Joseph Tripp 3rd Wed: Mindful Breathing w/ Kusuma Aralere 4th Wed: Yoga & Mindfulness w/ Monica Suber-Duffy |
General Services Administration |
https://gsa.zoomgov.com/j/1612441778?pwd=N1NlQUE4Z3ZCdkVWcDF2T1VMc3YxUT09 |
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1-1:15pm |
Mindful NPS |
National Park Service |
NA |
877-363-8596; Passcode: 8251916 | |
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Thursday |
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Program |
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12-12:30pm |
Mindfulness Meditation |
Mindful NOAA |
904-330-1233 PIN: 416 743 651# | ||
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2-2:30pm 2:30-3pm |
Meditation Guided Meditation |
NIH VA Sierra Nevada Health Care System |
https://nih.zoomgov.com/j/1617040108 |
240-858-9308 +1 872-701-0185; 111 566 444# |
resvan.ameli@nih.gov |
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PAUSED |
Mindful Movement |
Mindful NOAA |
904-330-1233 PIN: 416 743 651# | ||
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12-12:30pm |
Mindfulness Meditation |
Mindful NOAA |
904-330-1233 PIN: 416 743 651# |