itely more fun to be around. So for the sake of both myself, and my family and friends, I must be mindful to take good care of myself daily.
Perhaps one of the most meaningful outcomes of
mindfulness is that, through our deeper connection with ourselves, we have a greater ability to
connect with others. And through our own sense of improved overall wellness, we gain a stronger capacity to contribute to the wellness of the world—and right now, our world sure
reacting in automatic, habitual and often destructive ways, and
instead responding with clarity, wisdom and compassion. When we step back and into this inner space of
simply being, we can connect more deeply with our
innate reservoirs for strength. So with mindful
practice over time, we can move from resistance to acceptance, from suffering to coping, from fear
to courage, and from having no sense of control to feeling a greater sense of choice. n
needs healing. Fortunately, this healing
Jaisa Sulit is a neuro-rehab occupational
always available and accessible within
moved to Vancouver to explore the ef-
comes at no cost. Mindfulness is free. It’s each of us—anytime, anywhere, including right now.
therapist from Toronto who recently
fects of bringing her rehab routine into a more natural environment. She is
Viktor Frankl, holocaust survivor
trained in teaching the Mindfulness
and author of Man’s Search for
Based Stress Reduction (MBSR)
Meaning, once wrote, “Be-
program and has taught mind-
tween stimulus and response
fulness to both patients and
there is a space. In that space
professionals in various
is our power to choose our re-
health care settings. She is
sponse. In our response lies
currently on sabbatical to
our growth and our freedom.”
refocus on her own rehabilita-
Mindfulness provides us with
this space. It gives us the chance to
exert our freedom to choose how we respond to what life presents in each moment. This space is the difference between
tion and to publish her first book.
You will most likely find her at the
beach doing qigong, yoga, pilates and meditation with her bare feet on the sand.
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THE SPIN
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