Blog Topic: Weight
How to be Alone by Padraig O-Tuama
How To Be Alone by Padraig O’Tuama It all begins with knowing nothing lasts forever. So you might as well start packing now. But, in the meantime, practice being alive. There will be a party where you’ll feel like nobody’s paying you attention. And there will be a...
Compassionate Friend Meditation
This meditation helps us discover and connect with a wise and compassionate presence within ourselves. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_4YxrMjagk
My Balm by Jane O’Shea
I close my eyes and sigh, and here I am lying in the hammock in my heart. Moving gently, with the soft air of my breath. When I fall from my head past my words, I’m caught lovingly by the hammock of my heart and rocked to its rhythmic beat. It is my peace, my rest, my...
Sometimes by David Whyte
This poem by David Whyte is an invitation to reflect into the place which troubles you with "tiny but frightening requests". Often these are parts of ourselves we would rather not feel, see or experience. What are those places? What does it feel like to be invited...
Kindness
Kindness Before you know what kindness really is you must lose things, feel the future dissolve in a moment like salt in a weakened broth. What you held in your hand, what you counted and carefully saved, all this must go so you know how desolate the landscape can be...
MSC Practice: 3-Centre Check-In
There is much research to show that simple, brief mindfulness practices can help us cope with difficult situations. The 3-Centre Check-In is an anchoring practice that can be used in emotionally challenging situations. It is a practice we teach in Mindful...
Stress & Burnout
Stress can so easily cross over into burnout over time. Even for the most highly functioning person, there is a limit. And the body keeps score. There is a way to care for yourself at the same time as you are caring for others. A way to learn to manage that edge. Try...
Orthorexia
Sometimes a commitment to eating healthy foods can slip into an obsession with ‘perfect’ eating. Every day a challenge to eat right and ‘be good’. Life can become so restrictive and focused on eating the perfect diet that there is less room for other interests,...
First Nations Health
The Centre for Compassion Inspired Health acknowledges that we live, learn, and work on the traditional territories of the Coast Salish Peoples - the Snuneymuxw, Stz’uminus and Snaw-Naw-As Nations. We are honored to have been invited to present Mindful Self-Compassion...
Our Story
Start with the ground you know, the pale ground beneath your feet, your own way to begin the conversation. from Start Close In by David Whyte That’s what we did. We started close in with long time friends and colleagues. With our own hearts and minds. ...