About Us

Our History

Meditation for Health has been a clinic of mindfulness in Toronto since 1997.

Until 2020, our clinic provided medical programs of MBSR (mindfulness-based stress reduction). More than 6000 patients attended our in-person groups, referred by their doctor for treatment of such conditions as anxiety, insomnia, heart disease, hypertension, fibromyalgia, and chronic pain.

In March 2020, COVID precautions ended all in-person training at Meditation for Health. The clinic redirected its focus online, and we developed our new role in lifestyle coaching.

Current Programs

Mindful Women 50+
MBSR group program for women in the second half of life.

Authentic MBSR, adapted to online Zoom format.
A 10-session program, extending over 5 weeks.

Best Sleep Now
Private sleep coaching for Women 50+

For women who want the privacy and certainty of one-to-one sleep coaching. A proven effective program, tailored to the individual.

Reliable strategies help resolve longstanding or recurrent sleep issues. Personal support. Guarantee.

Schedule an appointment for Private Consultation, free of charge.
Phone 416-413-9158 or email our office.

Sleep & Be Well

The clinic’s previous Mindful Sleep programs have developed into Sleep & Be Wellpublic education for deep fulfilling sleep without pharmaceuticals. Effective self-care, informed by sleep science, psychology, and integrative medicine.

Lucinda presents frequently, speaking as a guest on podcasts, online forums, and at in-person & virtual events.

Joyful After 50

Joyful After 50 is our clinic’s outreach to Women 50+.
Participants receive weekly science-based newsletters, and invitations to our mindfulness-based programs for women.

Free sign-up includes our 24-page guide for sleep self-care:
Happy Sleep Secrets: 7 Ways Women Sleep Best After 50

Our Director

lucinda14Lucinda Sykes MD has been the director of Meditation for Health clinic in Toronto since 1997.

Her background includes a B.Sc. (with distinction) from the University of Alberta, and an M.D. (with honours) from the University of Toronto.

Lucinda developed a special interest in psychotherapy within family medicine. She was active for many years with the General Practice Psychotherapy Association of Canada (now Medical Psychotherapy Association Canada).

She studied and taught at the CG Jung Institute in Zurich — completing 6 semesters to qualify for the Institute’s Certificate of Theoretical Knowledge in Analytical Psychology. While at the Zurich Institute, Lucinda taught on topics of body awareness and dream imagery for trauma recovery.

She established Meditation for Health clinic in 1997.

Since retiring from medical practice in 2021, Lucinda continues to teach mindfulness as lifestyle coaching through Meditation for Health.

Our Program Coordinator

Diana Wilson has been the program coordinator at Meditation for Health since 1999. Diana managed community-based medical and holistic health clinics for more than 30 years.