URegina Faculty/Staff

This has been a great experience! It has pushed me to learn more about the issues in my community and what I can do to make a difference. It also has made me more aware of the changes that I can take in my life to improve. 

I decided to practice mindfulness with mindful eating and body scans. Taking this time allowed me to be more aware of myself and take time to appreciate the moment. The body scans do wonders when I am having trouble sleeping.

Active listening is something that I need to continue to work on. The conversations in which I was more mindful about this were greatly beneficial to both myself and the person. The other person expressed that they appreciated the conversation and felt better afterwards. It also helped me to put things into perspective for myself.

My top values are: (1) Balance, (2) Respect, (3) Communication/Connection, (4) Kindness & Generosity, and (5) Learning. It was hard to narrow it down, I changed my last 3 and there order a couple times. There are things that can wrap up into my values. For example, I value my health but see that as fitting under balance.  I enjoyed this...

We rarely see what happens to what we purchase beyond buying it off the shelves and then disposing of it when it is no longer of use to us. Therefore, it is hard to comprehend the resources and labour that goes into producing goods and then tossing them out as waste and the impact that this then have on our environment. 

I learnt that we have to acknowledge the wrong doings of the past and how they have shaped the present day. The documentaries that I watched were based in the USA, but they are relevant issues that all people should be aware of. They also elicit thoughts of the racial injustices that exist in Canada.  It is important to keep in mind that...

Restorative Justice opens the door for dialogue, understanding, apologies, and forgiveness. It helps to bring people and communities together to work through a process of healing so people can go forward with their lives without the past weighing down on them down. Restorative Justice is proven to decrease the number of people who re offend,...

By taking the time to slow down and become attentive to deserving and wellbeing, we also take the time to understanding how all other beings and form also deserve the same loving kindness - not just animals but plants, water, minerals, etc. When we fill up kindness in ourselves, we can start to turn it outward with intention.

I wish that I have known more and better understood constructive/compassionate communication before now. It would have greatly helped me in past situations. I am not always the best listener, but it is something that I am working on. The video from Thich Nhat Hanh, though short, was impactful. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lyUxYflkhzo (there...

Walks in and around nature helps to calm my mind and remove me from the hustle and bustle of my life for a while. Afterward I feel recharged and refreshed.  It gives me appreciation of the landscape that surrounds me and make me grateful for where I live.