Tend to your mental health and engage in this compassionate and vulnerable meditation for non-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 regulation, reflecting holistic practices and fostering self-awareness and advocacy. 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 help allies cultivate empathy and deepen their commitment to supporting anti-racist practices and fostering solidarity.
Stop and Reflect
Questions provided by Karrianne Edwards from Ontario
There can be several emotions that arise when we look at our own lived experiences, marginalization or personal examples of microaggressions. If you have experienced this in any capacity, what emotions came up for you and how did you self-soothe?
The concept of empathy looks at one’s ability to hold a space for another person with an effort to understand their experience, emotions, and feelings. Identify ways that you can show the same empathy for yourself or towards others who have experienced biases, direct/indirect racism or various forms of micro-aggression.
An individual’s lived experiences and emotions are real to them and should not be dismissed or minimized. What are some ways that we can validate Black people’s experiences of racism?
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