Still Lake Listening

11/14/2025

A big, squeezy-heart thank you for those of you letting others know that there is a real-deal, show-up-just-as-you-are listening space here. We listen together for what is already alive in you; we listen together for the longings of Deepest You. To those of you sharing about that spacious Hope, thank you for allowing others to borrow courage from your own vulnerability.💙🩵💙

11/14/2025

Somatic Movement invites us to begin to notice subtle movement patterns — how we adapt to stress, how we brace or hold ourselves against the pull of life’s seasons, and how we can learn to soften and let go. By bringing awareness to our soma — the full experience of our physical, mental, and emotional selves — and the ways we move through change, we create space to release old tension, reconnect with a sense of natural rhythm and ease, and soothe our nervous system.

Somatic Movement classes offer an opportunity to explore these connections. Even when we focus on a specific area — like the torso, hips, or legs — the effects ripple through the whole soma, showing how our physical, mental, and emotional patterns are deeply interconnected.
Because we are whole, synergistic beings:

* A gentle release in your hips can soften tension in your shoulders.
* Reconnecting with your torso can bring balance to your shoulders and hips.
* Supporting one area can create ease throughout your entire soma - body, breath, mind and spirit as you regulate your nervous system.

Saturday, November 15th
1:00-2:30 pm
$35
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Includes audio recording and typed pdf of all movements explored in each class for developing your home practice.
Please dm to register or learn more.

11/09/2025

The dark of the earth cradling the seed through winter.
The dark of the room when you hit the power-off button on all of your electronics.
The dark of a proper hiding spot in a game of Hide & Seek.
Sometimes the dark offers promise, generativity, relief, playful safety.

11/06/2025

...Now if I hear the sound of the genuine in me, and if you hear the sound of the genuine in you, it is possible for me to go down in me and come up in you. So that when I look at myself through your eyes having made that pilgrimage, I see in me what you see in me and the wall that separates and divides will disappear... ~ H. Thurman

11/04/2025

If you want a safer world
save something, anything
If you want a loving world
love someone, anyone
If you want a peaceful world
make peace somewhere, anywhere

ripples reach
to be is to teach
~ Donna Ashworth

11/01/2025

10/31/2025

Extended: 🍏🍎We're continuing our Harmony Sessions for Alberta Teachers offering through the month of November.🍎🍏 Book your no-cost session here: https://calendly.com/still-lake-listening/harmony-session
Curious to learn more? Read on🤓
https://still-lake-listening.com/harmony-sessions-listening-as-justice/

10/26/2025

You are welcome in the grief sharing circle this coming Tuesday! Join us in Cremona on the 4th Tuesday of every month (106 1 Ave E, Cremona, AB T0M 0B9) from noon - 1:30pm. What do we mean when we talk about "grief"? Simply, it is the loss you are carrying. That could be the loss of someone you love, or the loss of a complicated relationship. Divorce, job change, illness, shifting identity -- any part of your life where you are wrestling with the complicated feelings that go with the loss of something. FCSS, thank you for this no-cost community offering!

10/24/2025

Need Support? 💜
The Youth Outreach Team is here for you.
Call or text 403‑618‑3149 for questions, support, or just to chat.

10/24/2025

October is Women’s History Month

Celebrating the Strength, Stories, and Struggles of Women in Canada

This month, we honour the countless contributions of women, past and present, who have shaped our communities, challenged injustice, and led change across generations.

We also recognize:

The resilience of women facing barriers due to gender-based violence, racism, colonialism, and systemic inequality

The leadership of Indigenous, racialized, immigrant, and 2SLGBTQIA+ women, whose stories are often underrepresented but deeply impactful

The work still ahead in creating safe, equitable spaces for all women and girls

🟣 Let’s learn from women’s history and keep working toward a future where all women can thrive, free from violence and discrimination.

📣 Tag a woman who inspires you.

📞 Need support? Call Big Hill Haven 403-796-6564

10/24/2025

This October, we join others across Canada in recognizing End Poverty Month — a time to reflect on what it means to build a community where everyone belongs, has access to healthy food, and feels supported in their community.

Poverty isn't always obvious and includes a lack of access to basic services, a lack of economic resources, and vulnerability to disasters.

At Helping Hands, our mission is to strengthen community and reduce vulnerability — values that lie at the heart of ending poverty. Whether through our Free Food Sheds, volunteer drivers, or caring neighbours, every act of kindness helps make Cochrane a place where no one is left behind. 💚