Wahkohtowin Wellness

12/04/2025

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We are so grateful for the generosity our supporters showed on Giving Tuesday. Donations from Tuesday onwards through the holiday season will directly contribute to the creation of accessible mental health resources for individuals living with brain injuries. Your gift can still make a difference.



Donate here today: https://braininjurycanada.ca/en/donate/

11/22/2025

Setting healthy boundaries is a powerful act of dignity: for you AND those you love! 🧡 When we say YES to what feels good and NO to what isn’t right, we honour ourselves and help our community grow stronger, safer and more connected. This isn’t selfish: it’s medicine for our mind, body, spirit and relationships. Every time you set a boundary, you teach others to do the same.

Let’s choose kindness AND courage together. Protect your peace, make space for healing, and remember: Healthy boundaries are love in action. 🧡

How do you set boundaries in daily life? Share your tips in the comments!

11/19/2025

Self-care is so much MORE than just pampering yourself: it's about loving and tending to all our relations: family, friends, land, language, and community. 🧡 Every time we pause to breathe in nature, create kind boundaries, or share peaceful moments together, we plant seeds of wellness for everyone.

Let’s remember... honouring ourselves is a gift to all our kin! When we care for our spirit, body, mind and emotions, our love ripples outward: restoring belonging, hope and connection for the next seven generations.

Take time today: for yourself, for your community, for all our relations. 🧡

11/14/2025

What makes a relationship powerful isn’t how much we give or measure: it's how much we simply accept, support, and lift one another 🧡. Here at Wahkohtowin Wellness, we honour each person’s spirit, meeting you just as you are. No scorecards. No judgment. Just real connection, love, and kinship.

In nêhiyawêwin (Cree), wahkohtowin means “we are all related”: let’s celebrate belonging together and make space for acceptance and healing. Thank you all for adding YOUR unique spirit to our circle. Yesss to LOVE LOVE LOVE! 🧡

09/13/2025

Truth makes us WHOLE 🧡

When we look in the mirror... when we see our reflection in the river... when we sit in circle with our relations... we see ourselves clearly.

Tâpwêwin ᑖᐯᐏᐣ - Truth - is the sacred teaching that calls us home to ourselves. To speak our truth. To live our truth. To BE our truth.

In our sharing circles, we create safe spaces where truth flows like water - healing, cleansing, connecting us all 🧡

Truth isn't always easy, but it's ALWAYS healing. When we honor our authentic selves, we honor our ancestors, our children, our community.

What truth is ready to emerge in your life today? How does speaking your truth bring you closer to wholeness?

Share your reflections below - this circle is SAFE for your story 🧡

09/12/2025

Gentle steps on Mother Earth at dawn 🧡

Walking with Tawîmîsiwin - ᑕᐋᐧᒦᒋᓯᐏᐣ

Humility teaches us to tread softly, love deeply, and honor our connection to all living things. When we place our feet upon the earth with reverence, we remember we are part of something sacred and vast.

How do you practice gentle-heartedness today? 🧡

09/11/2025

Picture this... an Elder's gentle voice sharing stories under starlight, while an owl watches knowingly from above 🧡

This is Nîhcinitohtâwin - ᓃᐦᒋᓂᑐᐦᑖᐏᐣ - our Sacred Teaching of WISDOM!

Wisdom isn't just knowledge... it's the sacred gift passed from Elder to youth, from generation to generation. It's learning to see with the eyes of the owl - watching, listening, understanding the deeper truths 🧡

Our Elders carry medicine in their words, healing in their teachings. When we sit with them, we don't just learn... we CONNECT to who we are!

What wisdom has an Elder shared with YOU? Drop a teaching, a story, or just a beautiful memory in the comments 🧡

Let's celebrate the knowledge keepers who guide us on the good path!

09/10/2025

Open hands under sunlight... 🧡

This is Sacred Teaching #4: HONESTY - Kwayaskâtisiwin (ᑲᐧᔭᐢᑳᑎᓯᐏᐣ)

When we speak our truth with gentle hearts, we create space for healing. Honesty doesn't mean being harsh - it means being REAL with love and respect.

Trust grows when we show up authentically. Relationships heal when we're brave enough to be vulnerable.

How has honesty helped heal a relationship in your life? What would change if we all embraced radical transparency with compassion?

Share your reflections below 🧡

09/09/2025

Every step forward is an act of courage 🧡

Walking our path takes REAL bravery - speaking our truth, making healthy choices, standing up for what matters. That's Sôhkeyitamowin (ᓱᐦᑫᔨᑕᒧᐃᐧᐣ) - the sacred teaching of Courage.

Our ancestors walked with courage. Our communities show courage daily. YOU show courage in ways that matter 🧡

What small act of bravery will you honour today? Share and let's celebrate the courage in our circles!

09/08/2025

Every voice MATTERS! 🧡

In our sacred circles, we practice Manâtisiwin - ᒫᓇᑎᓯᐏᐣ - RESPECT that lifts up every story, every tradition, every heart.

When we gather in ceremony, we honor the wisdom of our Elders AND the dreams of our youth. THAT is respect in action!

How do you show respect in your community? Share your story below! 🧡

09/07/2025

LOVE is the heartbeat of everything we do 🧡

Sâkihitowin - ᓴᑭᐦᐃᑐᐃᐧᐣ - connects us to family, community, and ourselves. It's the first Sacred Teaching because without love, there is no healing, no growth, no wahkohtowin.

When we embrace our Elders, hold our children close, and honor the land that holds us... that's Sâkihitowin in action 🧡

What does LOVE look like in your community? Share your story below - we'd love to hear how love shows up in your healing journey!

09/04/2025

Every voice matters. Every story deserves space. 🧡

In our Cree teachings, we say "Miyo-wîcêhtowin" - living in harmony, building good relations with ALL people. This means creating space for different opinions, experiences, and perspectives without judgment.

As individuals, we can practice deep listening and kindness. As organizations, we can build programs and spaces where everyone feels heard and valued. That's what we do at Wahkohtowin Wellness - honoring the medicine wheel's teaching that diversity strengthens our circle.

When we embrace our differences with open hearts, we create the healing our communities need for the next seven generations. 🧡

What does making space for others look like in YOUR life? How do you practice Miyo-wîcêhtowin in your daily interactions?

LOVE seeing our community grow stronger through acceptance and understanding!