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This is a virtual, closed 4-week healing group for Black, Indigenous, and Racialized (BIR) women-identified, non-binary, and gender non-conforming Laurier and University of Waterloo students. This group hopes to provide connection to community while exploring ways to heal from all forms of violence, including systemic, racial and gender-based violence. Some of the topics we are planning to focus on include tools for staying grounded, self-worth, relationships, and finding hope and resistance.

Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) combines the traditional practice of cognitive therapy with meditation and a non-judgmental mindset. This integrated therapy helps to teach individuals to pay attention to their thoughts, fears, and feelings without assigning judgments to them.  

Mindfulness techniques include meditation, body scan exercises, stretching, gentle yoga, and practices that help individuals acknowledge their current feelings and experiences. 

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