RWJUH Hamilton Offers Free Mindfulness Meditation Sessions for Beginners

Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Hamilton's Community Education Department is offering two free, in-person mindfulness sessions this spring designed for complete beginners, with the stated aim of helping participants support stress reduction and mental well being.

The sessions, each running 45 minutes, are scheduled for April 15 and May 20, 2026, from 1:00 to 1:45 p.m. at RWJ Hamilton Fitness & Wellness, located at 3100 Quakerbridge Road in Hamilton. The program's own description frames the invitation simply: "Learn how to help heal your body and relax your busy mind. No experience necessary."

Meredith Shufeld Perrone, LCSW, a clinician with oncology experience affiliated with RWJUH Hamilton Community Education, is connected to the program. The sessions are free and require online registration. Anyone seeking more information can call 609-584-5900 or email CommunityEdHAM@rwjbh.org.

The April 15 session lands two days after another RWJUH Hamilton community program, the Stanford Chronic Disease Self-Management Program, scheduled for April 13, suggesting a concentrated stretch of wellness programming at the facility this spring. RWJBarnabas Health has also noted updated masking and visitation guidelines that prospective attendees may want to review before arriving for any in-person session.

For a practice that asks nothing more of newcomers than showing up and breathing, a free 45-minute window on a Wednesday afternoon is a low-stakes entry point into what can become a genuinely sustaining habit.