Living Well

This meditation is led by Brother Kofi, Freedom and Alignment Coach & Reiki Energy Healer. Accompanied by the sounds of ocean waves, listeners are guided through a serene meditation exercise that involves a grounding visualization. Listeners will be encouraged to acknowledge and release any physical, emotional and mental ailments through a kinetic body scan experience. The meditation is accompanied by holistic self-love affirmations to help boost healthy perspectives and reflections. ...

Led by Brother Kofi, Freedom and Alignment Coach & Reiki Energy Healer, this meditation utilizes the backdrop of low West African drum sounds as it guides listeners through an inner-strength meditation and breathing exercises. This meditation is infused with resiliency affirmations to support personal strength and self-determination. People of African descent regularly manage high-stress experiences which stretch their personal capacity and well being. Meditation can help manage ...

Led by Brother Kofi, Freedom and Alignment Coach & Reiki Energy Healer, listeners are guided through a mindfulness meditation. Join Brother Kofi as you move through an exploration of your ideal life. Listeners will explore a safe space using the visualization of a common morning routine in a familiar environment. This exercise encourages listeners to depict their ideal living space and as a result, provides warmth and optimism as they seed and root the image of a future rooted in sel...

Led by Liz Coucean, multidisciplinary wellness practitioner, this walking meditation is perfect when you are feeling too restless for a seated meditation or when you simply have the urge to move your body. This practice is designed to help release repetitive thoughts, and connect you into your body and the present moment. This podcast is brought to you by the Well Being Collective @ Hart House. Learn more about how our work supports Indigenous, Black and Racialized U of T students ...

Led by Liz Coucean, multidisciplinary wellness practitioner, this practice taps into what it means to be resilient. The more we are able to ground into our breath and bodies, the more we create internal resources to help support our nervous system when we experience challenges in life. We can’t control what happens to us, but with practice we can learn to regulate our reactions. This podcast is brought to you by the Well Being Collective @ Hart House. Learn more about how our work suppo...

Led by Liz Coucean, multidisciplinary wellness practitioner, this grounding meditation is an ideal practice when experiencing periods of overthinking, stress and/ or anxiety. Through breath regulation and a mindful body scan, this meditation will help move awareness away from thoughts and into the body to encourage a felt sense of calmness and relaxation. This podcast is brought to you by the Well Being Collective @ Hart House. Learn more about how our work supports Indigenous, Black and Raci...

In this last episode of Season 1, Ezi bids goodbye to the podcast and shares her thoughts on the question so central to this show and her own work: What does it mean to live and be well?As with all things, Ezi does it her way, with a lovely little bonus as she says bye, for now.

Description:On Today’s Episode I have the great pleasure of introducing you to someone that I have known, loved, and respected for a very long time. Daeria Lawson is a health researcher and PhD student at McMaster University. On this episode Daeria and I chat about her research, good science, what it is, and its impact on health outcomes. She also offers her perspective on what it means to live and be well. Daeria is brilliant, effervescent in fact, and it’s my pleasure to present this c...

NAOMI JOHNSON: Naomi Johnson, Kanien’kehá:ka (Mohawk) Bear clan from Six Nations, has worked in the arts for nearly fifteen years as a curator, arts administrator, professional artist, and community arts facilitator. Naomi served as Artistic Director for seven years and then as Co-Executive Director (2018) of the Woodland Cultural Centre, where she curated and programmed annual exhibitions and performance art events. In June 2019 Naomi accepted the position of Associate Director for ima...

*Special Host*Welcome to episode 6 of In Conversation. This Black History Month, I’m here to remind you that Black beauty is limitless. My name is Rebekah, and on this episode of In Conversation, I was joined by Alica Hall, Brittany Randell, and Matthew Progress who talk to us about Black aesthetics, cultures and creative means of expression and joy, specifically those drawn across the canvas of our bodies and the spaces around us. Brittany Randell IG:@HumbleBeeTattoohttps://www.bri...