The fall is a wondrous time of year, beckoning us to take time to pause and wander through the magnificent trails in our neighbourhoods. The season reminds us through the vibrant, cascading leaves of the beauty that can come from surrendering and letting go. As we get ready for the wrap up of another year […]
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September often marks the start of a new academic year, full of anticipation for learning and possibilities. A common challenge in fresh starts is maintaining the required momentum to stay the course. Soon after the excitement of starting new, comes the lull that if not addressed, could easily turn into stagnation, or worse yet, boredom.
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A wholesome self-care practice encompasses aspects that address our mental, physical, emotional, and psychological well being. One of the key components to build this that impacts all of these areas is maintaining and developing strong communityconnections to create a sense of belonging and to nurture our health. Communities are spaces where the people in our
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Summer is a time for nurturing and tending to the seeds that have been planted. If you set intentions (goals) for yourselves, this is like the gardener, planting seeds, tending to them with just the right amount of water, fertilizing, removing weeds, and pruning as necessary to prepare for the eventual harvest. When we set
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With the full height of summer upon us, July brings to us the summer solstice, a reminder to turn inward and find nourishment needed to grow and evolve. One way to GROW is to set goals for ourselves. Achieving these goals and celebrating the victory is really about challenging the status quo to elevate our
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With the increasing amount of disorders and fast pace of change in today’s world, it is becoming more complex to navigate our way through the uncertainties. Embracing stillness seems like an impossible target to pull off given the speed of life, but without it we are not able to cultivate a deeper level of awareness, an essential component
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The only thing that is a constant force in our lives is change. If it is relentlessly happening to us at every turn, then what makes it so difficult to maneuver? Adjusting to new norms is actually the norm in today’s fast paced world we live in. The difficulty in coping with change stems from
The following statements, one by the Dalai Lama, “If every 8 year old in the world is taught meditation, we will eliminate violence from the world within one generation”, and the other by Swami Kriyananda “Fifteen minutes of this practice every day, engaged in by thousands, or even millions, of people throughout the world could
If you want to focus on expanding your growth potential, and your well-being, one area to consider, that reaps a high return on investment is emotional intelligence (EI). Armed with hard-core technical skills and know how to support setting your goals and achieving them is great, however what can derail you on your road to
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A few years ago over the period of two days (one weekend to be exact) – I experienced a total immersion in the diversity of the arts. Taking in music, literary and visual arts related events, I received a boost of inspiration. I attended the World Premiere of The Mozart Effect performed by the Hamilton