Mindfulness as a Catalyst for Strong, Resilient Teams

  • October 22, 2026
  • 8:00am-9:50am
  • FESTI - 2025 Courtneypark Dr East, Mississauga, ON L5T 1J3

Facilitated by Julia Dharma Long

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This 2‑hour guided session will lead you through the science-backed pillars of the FRY Method. designed to help you regulate your nervous system, reset your mindset, and raise your Bar of Resilience™. Tools applied: breathwork, mindful energetic and passive movements, positive affirmations, relaxation techniques and meditation.

Created for First Responders, high‑stress professionals, and anyone navigating demanding environments, this practice offers simple, evidence‑informed tools you can use anytime you need to steady yourself, refocus, or prepare for what comes next.

Each pillar is introduced with a short explanation and easy, accessible exercises. No equipment, experience, or quiet room required. Just you, your willingness to pause, and a few minutes to reconnect with your strength.

Julia Dharma Long

Julia Dharma Long is a certified Workplace Mindfulness Facilitator, an Applied Neuroplasticity Facilitator, and advanced yoga and meditation teacher with over 1,000 hours of training, including trauma-informed and neuroplasticity.

Drawing from her background in law, fitness, mindset and mindfulness-based stress reduction, she empowers teams and individuals to reduce stress, build resilience, thrive under pressure, and practice self-care.

As founder of FRY Canada, Julia champions First Responder wellbeing through evidence-based tools rooted in neuroplasticity and embodied mindfulness. Her work includes "F.R.Y. First Responders Yoga. The Book" (available on Amazon) and developing the FRY APP, ensuring the tools are available for First Responders and other trauma-exposed professions 24/7, immediately when needed.

Her new 2025 book “Duty to Self: A First Responder’s Handbook for Building Resilience” is now also available on AMAZON., having reached bestseller status in three categories.

A sought-after speaker, presenter and teacher trainer, Julia blends science, movement, mindfulness, strategic visualization and mindset to inspire transformation in high-stress environments. Her deep empathy, shaped by being a part of First Responder families, fuels her mission to support those who serve.

In a powerful act of civic leadership beyond her daily work, also founded the not-for-profit F.R.Y. Community Outreach and launched the inaugural First Responders Day event in 2025, a landmark initiative to publicly honour those who safeguard our communities. May 1st is informally recognized across Canada as First Responders Day. Only Ontario has formalized this recognition through the First Responders Day Act, 2013. Shockingly, despite this legislation being in place for over a decade, no major public celebration had occurred until Julia’s groundbreaking event. Her efforts marked a turning point in awareness, bringing

heartfelt gratitude and visibility to the daily sacrifices of First Responders and frontline professionals. This initiative is a living embodiment of FRY’s mission to “give back to those who serve™.”

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