Harren Therapies

08/27/2025

Hello, folks! We hope everyone is enjoying their summer.

Harren Therapies is pleased to announce that Craig has increased his availability. Effective immediately, Craig now offers treatment times on Saturday afternoons: 1:00, 2:15, and 3:30 pm are now available.

To book one of these times, text Craig at 204-297-9641, email
craig@harrentherapies.com, or book online by clicking the link below.

Here at Harren Therapies, we value your feedback and ideas. We would like to gauge community interest in yoga classes.
Would you be interested in attending a gentle Ashtanga yoga class, Thursday evenings, 7:00 pm, starting in the fall?
Are there other days / times that would work better for you? Please let us know. Thank you!

Craig Harren ( he/him)
204-297-9641
Craig@harrentherapies.com. https://kitherapies.juvonno.com/plogin.php

06/01/2025

We are here. At the end of May, at the end of ; in recognizing that, let us be reminded that we are always learning, always growing, always exploring, always journeying, always practising. This isn’t over, ever. And, for now, we close out this chapter as we move into June with this thought:
“June energy:
Stay kind
Be less busy
Prioritize joy
Let go of tension
Flow instead of forcing”
(~Yung Pueblo)
Stay kind.
Let this be a reminder to continue pracising kindness, most especially lovingkindness (metta), or compassion toward all beings.

You are a tree.
A cottonwood, strong and thick and grounded into the Earth, growing tall and strong and stretching, stretching, stretching up, up and out.
Branches, reaching up and out, some big, some small.
Leaves, rich and green
Extending love to all
To all beings.
Lovingkindness
The radical act of self-compassion, or
Kindness, gentleness toward ourselves
Reaches up and out, to all selves.
Lovingkindness
Connecting to ourselves, connecting to each other, connecting to nature
In the forest, we are all trees
Blowing in the breeze
Whispering to each other
Remembering our roots
Grounding in our roots
So we can reach up and out.
We are not free until we are ALL free.
All beings, all life–we are the collective whole.
We are the forest
And the forest is burning.
Let’s find the yearning, inviting a spirit of renewal of what it means to be truly connected, to be alive, to be mindful.

To close out May, we have a mantra
For you, for me, for we, for us, for all:
May we all be safe
May we all be at ease
May we all be free
May we all find peace

05/22/2025

As we continue to explore Metta (lovingkindness), may we hold space for Balance, for opposing forces, holding space for both, for all.

Lifting up and
Grounding down
Reaching up, then around
Yet firmly on the ground
Earth and Sky
Sun and Moon
Light and Dark
Push and Pull
Yin and Yang
Not OR
Rather, AND
Holding space, holding hands
The complicated dance
Of balance

May we hold space for loving our full selves, our true selves, to embody lovingkindness: compassion for ALL. All selves. Fully. Truly. Madly. Deeply. In harmony.

BALANCE
Harmony
With all of creation
That organic connection
With Mother Nature, the Earth
Just as we connect to
What’s around us
What surrounds us
We find we return to the breath
We return to ourselves
We find balance, harmony, peace within

Remember, everything you need is already inside you. You can hold space. You can hold it ALL.
For this next Metta Mantra, focus on someone you care about, fully, truly, madly, deeply.
Perhaps they are struggling with finding and fully embodying balance. Perhaps they need more Yes And, less No But. Perhaps they need gentle encouragement to practise holding space, as we all do:

May you find balance
May you love your full selves
May you hold space
For you, for everyone else

Be well.
To continue exploring the mind-body connection and for support on your own healing journey, please ask about the therapeutic services we offer here at Harren Therapies.
Call 204-297-9641 or book online at kitherapies.juvonno.com/

05/17/2025

Craig Harren has finished his studies and is now a Certified Lymphedema Therapist. With this specialized training, Craig has begun work with clients diagnosed with lymphedema while consulting with their doctor and other health professionals.

Lymphedema is a condition that results in swelling due to a build-up of lymph fluid in the body. It usually happens in the arms or legs but can also occur in other parts of the body. Lymphedema is a multi-factor health challenge requiring a multi-factor approach.

We’ll share more information about this condition and why early and careful management is needed.

05/14/2025

Mid-May, on Treaty No. 1, it’s plus 35
The city thick with smoke, we try
To breathe, to survive
This heat, this intense-intensity
Do you feel it?
Do you see it, breathe it, taste it?
The heat, the fire, the smoke, the immensity
As the hot wind pushes smoke across the sky
Emotions spiral up, swirling, twirling high
Tangled, twisted, conflicted
Climatic and emotional extremes
The urge to SCREAM
Can you take a moment, take a breath
To feel what’s happening inside, and what’s next?
Take a moment...
Breathe...
When the emotions are “too much”
“Too” intense
“Too” strong
Remember, they are not wrong
And yet...
It helps to unravel them
To see what’s there
Underneath it all
To become self-aware
And bring that awareness
Into our practice of lovingkindness
Metta
Unbridled compassion toward ALL beings
Feeling our feelings
Brings healing, love
Transformation
As you deal with difficult emotions, remember that the goal isn’t to judge them or make them go away, but rather to embrace them, and hear what they have to say.
When you do this, you will notice an energy shift that feels less personal and more universal. This brings healing, love, and transformation.
This transformative work takes practice. Humans struggling with intense, challenging emotions tend to find quick coping mechanisms instead of truly feeling their feelings.
And sometimes we need help getting there.
Jack Kornfield** offers a guided meditation, “Transforming Difficult Emotions,” that looks inward and then outward, taking us on a meditative journey toward lovingkindness. (The link is below.)
For today’s Metta Mantra, focus on a specific person for whom you have complicated feelings, or a relationship in which you feel stuck, torn, heartbroken, or challenged in any way.
Practise saying it out loud throughout the week: May you find peace
May you feel your feelings
May you find hope
May you find your healing
Be well.
To continue exploring the mind-body connection and for support on your own healing journey, please ask about the therapeutic services we offer here at Harren Therapies.
Call 204-297-9641 or book online at kitherapies.juvonno.com/

05/06/2025

Welcome to our first Metta May for this month’s Mindful Monday.
As we look, with much curiosity, into what this month might bring
As we close our eyes and listen to the chickadees sing
Here is a mindful reminder to stay curious, open
And say to yourself:
“I will take whatever is given to me
And see what I can do with it.”
So whatever is handed to you
Is not meant to test you
But to allow you to see
All the possibilities
To be curious about what you will do
This is self-compassion
Not self-care or action
No expectation
No explanation
Just compassion
For yourself, as yourself, your true self, always
Turning compassion inward
Observing with curiosity and kindness
So, will you be kind to yourself
So you can spread that kindness from inside to outside
From inward to outward
To all beings?
For our first Metta Mantra, we’re going to turn it inward, to ourselves.
Practise saying it out loud, to yourself, every day for a week:
May I be kind to myself
May I be gentle with myself
May I be true to myself
May I trust myself
May you remind yourself to speak out this mantra
Every time your inner critic becomes a little too loud.
Remember, everything you need is already inside you.
And when we are truly self-compassionate
We can practise lovingkindess (“metta”):
Unconditional compassion toward all beings.
This is what the world needs.
Metta starts with you, with me.
Be well.
To continue exploring the mind-body connection and for support on your healing journey, ask about the therapeutic services we offer here at Harren Therapies. Call 204-297-9641 or book online at kitherapies.juvonno.com/

04/29/2025

Intuition.
Inner voice, inner critic, inner truth, inner wisdom…
Intuition.
Look in. Look inside.
Intuition.
Gut feeling.
Trust your gut. But…
How?
Everything you need is already inside you.
We’ve been exploring this idea for . Connecting to our intuition. Recognizing. Understanding. Listening. And yet, how do we trust it?
Mindfulness–simply being present, now, noticing what is, with curiosity and without judgment–helps us connect to our intuition, our gut, our inner voice.
And it’s our intuition to which we need to listen.
Through meditation and communication
With ourselves.
And trust?
Trust is another thread woven into the fabric of intuition. It’s not the “next step,” yet it’s essential to move us forward. Toward. Outward. Looking in before looking out.
What we need is self-compassion: loving ourselves and being kind to ourselves, right here, right now, EXACTLY AS WE ARE.
Take a moment and ask yourself: Am I willing to practise self-compassion?
When you treat yourself with kindness, you are more likely to notice and listen to your gut and make decisions aligned with your values, and then trust those decisions.
When you treat yourself with kindness, you build trust in your own judgment, rather than relying on external validation or fear.
Are you willing to practise self-compassion?
We must love ourselves. We must be kind to ourselves.
Self-compassion is the key to looking in, to trusting our intuition so that we can branch out and spread lovingkindness, or metta, toward all beings.
Metta starts with you, with me.
Intuitively.
Be well.
To continue exploring the mind-body connection and for support on your healing journey, ask about the many therapeutic services we offer here at Harren Therapies. Call 204-297-9641 or book online at kitherapies.juvonno.com/

04/27/2025

Hi Everyone,
I hope you are all enjoying the outdoors and this warmer spring weather; especially now that the street cleaners are starting to pick up the winter debris.
As part of your own spring cleaning, why not book a treatment with Yanna and ask for cupping therapy? Similar to street cleaners, cupping therapy can have the effect of creating a flushing effect through the muscles and tissue as well as breaking up adhesions and scar tissue.
To introduce more of you to cupping therapy, Yanna is offering cupping free of charge with your massage treatments in April, May and June. Book an appointment today.

04/22/2025

Everything you need is already inside you.
As we continue with for April, may we continue to remember to look in.
May we continue to practise looking in.
When faced with challenges, imbalances, uncertainity, toxicity
Even chaos
Just pause
Pause
Breathe
Take a moment
And look in
Look inside you
Let your intuition find you, guide you
What is your intuition telling you? Right now?
Now
Now is all we have, and all we have is now
And somehow
We hold space for another time, another place
A getaway, an escape
To find ourselves
Once again
Yet you’ve been here
All along
Your voice, your song
You don’t need to look out
To doubt
Yourself
Instead, look in
Intuition
Meditation
Communication
Listen to the chickadee
The chickadees’ “come hither” call
Each calling to each other
Like your voice, calling you to you
Listen to the chickadee
You hold the key
You see what you need
You have what you need
You are what you need
And now
Now it’s time to trust
Remember Yung Pueblo’s words: trust your intuition, your nervous system, your values to help guide you.
Your intuition is your guide in this ride we call life.
Everything you need is already inside you.
Ask us about the services we offer here at Harren Therapies. Call 204-297-9641 or book online at kitherapies.juvonno.com/

04/16/2025

Welcome to another for this middle-of-April .
James A. Pearson writes:
Weather & Flesh
Can you survive this cold April?
This second winter
when there should be sun?
Can you accept that you feel–
right now, in this moment
–exactly what you feel?
This body won’t be bound by forecasts.
It’s as inevitable as the sky.
As much weather as flesh.
Weather-wise, this April has perhaps felt strange, cold, and long, with grey days for days and hardly hints of sun. Otherwise, maybe you have been feeling that emotionally, deep inside.
Where is the sun?
Remember: “Everything you need is already inside you.”
Inside.
Intuition.
You are the sun, the light, the warmth. AND. You are also the clouds, the grey, the chill. The rain, the snow, the wind that blows. You are any weather, every weather. Holding space for what will take place.
Weather and flesh.
Will you accept that you feel, right now, right here, in this moment, exactly what you feel?
When you can accept this, you can begin to trust yourself: your intuition. Your inner voice.
We will explore more about looking IN.
Remember to ask about the services we offer here at Harren Therapies. 204-297-9641

04/09/2025

It’s April.
It’s also . somehow, intuitively, melted into intuition (into-ition?).
A poem by Yung Pueblo popped up today and pointed to a path forward:
“April goal:
Trust the three guides inside of you.
Your intuition, your nervous system, and your values can help make decisions and figure out the way forward.
When in doubt, close your eyes and feel your truth.
~Yung Pueblo”
Remember: “Everything you need is already inside you.”
Intuition. Instinct. “Gut feeling.”
We need to learn how to identify our intuition, then listen to our intuition, and then trust our intuition. This is a process, a journey.
Cultivating mindfulness is one way to help recognize intuition.
Look in. Really look.
Sink in.
Breathe in.
Inner voice. Inner truth. Inner critic.
Intuition. It’s inside you.
Here at Harren Therapies, we practise the mind-body connection. Consider booking an appointment today.

03/31/2025