Tag: mind body connection
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Start 2026 with fun, reflection and body-awareness exercises
The holiday season can be heavy on the body, especially when navigating cultural expectations, fatigue, and stress. Through a holiday care game, this blog shares culturally safe, body-based practices to support regulation, rest, and self-connection, including breathing, movement, compassion, and inclusive approaches for people living with disability.
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Soothing the body during the holidays: a culturally safe guide for a calmer season
This culturally safe guide explores how holiday stress uniquely affects Black and African diaspora communities and offers evidence-based and body-centred practices to soothe the nervous system. Through breathwork, movement, compassion and inclusive techniques, it encourages you to honour your body, reconnect with yourself and access culturally grounded mental wellness. Subscribe to the Getting Started mental…
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Listening in: how interoceptive awareness helps with emotional regulation.
Discover how tuning into your body’s signals like a racing heart or tight chest can help you emotionally regulate. Learn culturally affirming strategies to assess, reflect and respond to stress before it overwhelms you. Ready to reclaim your calm? Subscribe to our Getting Started Mental Health Care Package today.
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Reconnect with your body and reclaim your peace: A culturally safe approach to managing stress
This month, we explore the importance of reconnecting with one’s body to manage stress. We navigate through the body’s stress responses and promote culturally safe and interoceptive-based practical exercises. Take the first step today, visit and share our blog for more insights! #mentalhealthawareness #culturalsafety #resilience #selfcare #ubuntu
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When words fail, the body speaks: unlocking mental wellness through body awareness
This month’s blog emphasises the importance of body awareness in mental wellness, particularly for individuals from culturally and ethnically diverse backgrounds. For these communities where verbal expression of emotions is stigmatised, many experiences of emotional distress manifest are expressed physically. Through personal stories such as those of Thecla and Alpha, the blog demonstrates how body…