Mindfulness For Health

11/11/2025

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Today we honour all who served and the families who continue to carry their stories.

For many veterans, the toughest battles don’t end when service does. Across Ontario, thousands live with post-traumatic stress disorder, depression, chronic pain or substance-use challenges that began with their time in uniform.

This November 11, we remember their courage and we work toward a future where every veteran’s healing is met with the same respect as their service.

If you or someone you know needs support, call the Veterans Affairs Canada Assistance Service at 1-800-268-7708 or connect with your local CMHA branch.

11/06/2025

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11/04/2025

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Keep going and leave behind the negative voices.

11/04/2025

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EVEN A BAD DAY IS A DOORWAY TO GRACE

You don’t have to be peaceful or positive today.
You don’t have to "rise above it all".
You don’t have to spend the day in bliss or transcendence.

When the thoughts come,
"I’ve failed. I’m lazy. I’m wasting my life."
Don’t push them away.
Turn towards them. Smile at them.
Say, “Hello mind. Thanks for the suggestions.”

Let yourself feel down, bored, disconnected, hopeless.
You are human. You are allowed.
You don’t need to be perfect or enlightened.
There is no shame in opening
to the full spectrum of your experience.

Discover true meditation instead:
Bring awareness into the ache.
Let love flow into the cracks.
Saturate the doubt and the anxiety with compassion.
No fixing. No analysing. Just tender presence.

Talk to yourself as your dearest friend would.
"You are feeling overwhelmed today. That’s okay.
You are still loved. I am still here.
You are still beautiful. You are still whole."

This is what real spirituality looks like!
Not hovering above your pain.
But sitting beside it, with it.
Holding it. Breathing into it.
Breaking open to it.

The storm is not a mistake.
It is weather, and it passes.
It always does. It always has.

The sky does not need to fight the storm.

Be the sky. Be the opening for it all.
And discover:

Even a bad day
is a doorway to grace.

- Jeff Foster

11/02/2025

What is acceptance, really?

Not the grit-your-teeth and pretend everything’s fine kind of acceptance.
And definitely not the toxic-positivity sparkle-over-everything kind either ✨🙅‍♀️

Acceptance, real nervous-system-friendly acceptance, is the practice of letting a feeling be here without letting it run the show.

It is sitting with sadness without drowning in it.
It is noticing anxiety without believing every scary thought it offers you.
It is letting anger rise and soften instead of stuffing it down or exploding.

It is presence + compassion + gentle honesty.
A little: “Ah… there you are. I can handle this.” 🤍

When we stop fighting our inner world, we stop abandoning ourselves.
And that is where healing begins.

This week, see if you can pause when a feeling shows up, breathe, soften your shoulders, place a hand on your heart, and just notice.

You do not have to fix everything to be okay.
You can learn to be with what is here, one breath at a time.

You are doing better than you think. Truly. 🌱

11/01/2025

Relationship to the future 🙌

10/31/2025

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I wish you enough. ♥️ ~ Nanea

10/30/2025

Take a moment to pause. Breathe in slowly, feel the air fill your lungs, then gently let it go. Notice how your body settles when you allow yourself to just be, here and now. This is the heart of daily mindfulness—tiny pauses that reconnect us to ourselves, even amidst the rush of everyday life.

We often think mindfulness is reserved for meditation retreats or early-morning yoga, but we can weave it into our daily tasks: savouring the aroma of your coffee or tea, pausing for a couple mindful breaths before sending an email, or sharing a moment of genuine connection with a loved one. These simple habits add up, creating calm and clarity that help us live more consciously.😀

Over time, these micro-moments ripple out, making us more present, kinder to ourselves, and more grounded in our choices. That’s where the magic of mindfulness lives—right in the ordinary, everyday moments.

Here’s a gentle invitation: find one small way to pause today. You might choose from one of these six simple ideas shown here: a five-minute meditation, expressing gratitude, staying hydrated, moving your body, getting a good night’s sleep, or eating mindfully. Let’s reclaim those overlooked pockets of time and turn them into powerful moments of presence. Breath by breath, we can move closer to a life that feels more intentional, whole, and beautifully ours.

10/28/2025

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