🧘🏾 Self-Care Soft Space

37 For Black Folks

Tend to your mental health and engage in this affirmative and compassionate guided meditation for Black people with Alexandrea Harris-Saunders, personal trainer, wellness coach, and founder of Wood and Water Wellness. The video will be followed by reflection questions designed by Karrianne Edwards, a Registered Psychotherapist with over 14 years of experience in the Mental Health sector. Together, these resources aim to promote mental and emotional well-being, reflecting holistic practices and fostering self-awareness and healing. You will also find words of encouragement from some of the partners who collaborated in developing this Pressbook.

This guided meditation, created by Alexandrea Harris-Saunders, Founder of Wood and Water Holistic Fitness in Ontario, was designed to support Black individuals in navigating their unique challenges and affirming their strength and resilience.

Stop and Reflect

Questions provided by Karrianne Edwards from Ontario

  1. In what ways have you experienced marginalization, if any?
  2. As a person who identifies as Black, the colour of our skin is present in spaces even before we speak. What are some ways that we have been judged or experienced prejudice before we have been able to openly express ourselves, our talents and achievements in spaces where we were the minority?
  3. When we are in mixed identity and cultural spaces, how do we self-advocate and hold space in the room, as opposed to assimilating and diminishing our experience to highlight the experience of another individual?

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Audio of Video: Meditation for Black People

Self-Care & Words of Encouragement for Black People, from the contributors of the Pressbook.

Keyword: Community Healing
Sherana Syed (Soundcloud) · Meditation For Black Folks (Soundcloud)

License

An Introduction to Anti-Black Racism in Canadian Nutrition, Food & Dietetics Copyright © 2026 by Mikahelia Wellington; Sherana Syed; and Emanuel Tessema. All Rights Reserved.

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