Community Projects

Educational Living Consciously in the Community Gallery

Community and Group Projects in Greater Victoria beginning in 2011 through to 2018 with a focus on creating mindfulness, peace and connection through conscious action

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Women’s Retreat in Alberta just outside of Calgary

Created a Mindfulness Walking Labyrinth overlooking the hills

Alberta Retreat with Renee Lindstrom, 2018

Showcasing the rounded door and entry ways of retreat location – peaceful influences

Created and presented Mindfulness Teaching at Women’s Retreat in 2018 with a focus on intentionally integration in living consciously. This included space, eating planning, set up, and mentoring through lifestyle choices, communication and functional movement

**Co-created and Co-organized Mindfulness Labyrinth Walking Tour showcasing Greater Victoria Labyrinths**

**Organized and Cocreated a local #yyj Labyrinth Mindfulness Walking Tour**

Labyrinth Awareness Month included comparison to a Medicine Wheel

Created and Co-organized a New Years Eve Mindfulness Walk and Celebrations

**Solstice and Equinox Mindfulness walks**

**Organized naming of James Bay Labyrinth with City of Victoria**

**Organized Mindfulness Peace Walk In Observance of World Peace Day**

**Organized and Created a Weekly Calendar of Peace Events leading up to and through World Peace Day**

Peace Pal International Children Artist Exhibitions – 2015

#yyj, #Peace Pal Exhibition, #Fernwood,#reneelindstrom

#yyj, #Creative United for the Planet Festival , #Peace Pal Art Exhibition
#reneelindstrom

#yyj, #VictoriaPublicLibrary, #Peace Pal Art Exhibition

Organizing a Labyrinth made out of food donations in the Courtyard of the City of Victoria’s Municipal Hall. Donations for the Mustard Seed

#yyj – World Children’s Summit on Peace and Nature

Calendar of Values for Early Childhood Educators for WP Summit

COV – Peace and Nature Summit Classroom Program Participation – 2014-2015 Download

World Children’s Summit on Peace and Nature Photo Shoot, #yyj #GonzalesBeach, 2014

World Children’s Summit on Peace and Nature Booth @ Local #yyj Fair @ Saint Anne’s Academy, 2014

Organized and created a #yyj Labyrinth Awareness Campaign to host International Group visit to Victoria when Event was was held on Vancouver Island ensuring Greater Victoria was represented

#VictoriaLabyrinthFriendshipDay, #VicWestComAssoc, Sept 16, ’14

#yyj International Labyrinth Society Gathering on Vancouver Island – Greater Victoria Pre-Visit – 2014

#yyj, #Victoria Public Library, #Heart Labyrinth ,#reneelindstrom

#yyj Community Labyrinth’s with Renee – World Refuge Event @ Victoria Public Library, Oct 14, 2014

#yyj Peace Run, June’14 – Victoria Legislature

June, ’14

Labyrinth’s with Renee – #yyj World Peace Day – Sept 21 ’14

Community Labyrinth’s with Renee – Saint Anne’s Academy

#yyj, #Gonzales Beach, Heart Labyrinth ,#reneelindstrom

#yyj Community Labyrinth’s with Renee – Creating and walking a sand labyrinth @ Gonzales Beach, August 18, 2012

Labyrinth’s with Renee – Learning about how to draw Sand Pattern, August 15, 2012

**Willows Beach – Hands Across the Sands, 2012**

Sister Judi Morin, NVC Presentation # Victoria Truth Center for Conscious Living

15th Gandhi, King Seasons for Peace and Nonviolence #yyj Contribution – Hosting NVC Awareness Month

#yyj Heart to Lead – Victoria Truth Center, July 24, 2011

In 2011 Renee began conversations with Bonnie Kelly who was a part of an American group of women who had created a documentary called a Heart to Lead. Bonnie offered to let this documentary be shown here in the Greater Victoria Communities. This was the second showing of this documentary. The first showing was for the intention to include the local #yyj heart centered community dedicated to holistic contributions in the local community. The collaboration began with the Victoria Truth Center and extended to include Reverend Jennifer Rose, Lisa Cole and Carolyn Taylor, .

July 24, 2011, #yyj, #hearttolead,#reneelindstrom

Gail Hull of Wisdom Within, #yyj, #hearttolead, #reneelindstrom, — with **Gail Hull**.

**Willows Beach – Hands Across the Sands, 201**1 #yyj, #willowsbeach, #reneelindstrom
Photo in Newspaper by: Lyle Stafford

Hands Across the Sand at Willows Beach, Victoria BC, #willowsbeach, #handsacrossthesands, #reneelindstrom

Wisdom Women’s Retreats – September, 2011

Gail Hull of Wisdom Women’s Retreats invited Renee as a guest presenter of Compassionate Communication.

Heart to Lead – Victoria Truth Center, July 1, 2011

In 2011 Renee began conversations with Bonnie Kelly who was a part of an American group of women who had created a documentary called a Heart to Lead. Bonnie offered to let this documentary be shown here in the Greater Victoria Communities. Renee considered the opportunities to show this documentary and decided to include the existing heart centered community dedicated to holistic contributions in the local community. This was the first showing to collaborate with this community. The collaboration began with the Victoria Truth Center.