by Joelle Lazar | Nov 25, 2015 | Emotional Wellbeing, Meditation, Nourishing Thoughts, Video
A guided mindfulness practice to bring the present moment into focus. Harmonize with breath, body awareness, and 5 sense perception. Take a step back from unhelpful thinking, cultivate loving kindness, and re-wire the Critic to be a more helpful thinker.
by Joelle Lazar | Nov 24, 2015 | Emotional Wellbeing, Nourishing Thoughts, Recovery, Video
The Critic is a reflection of unhelpful beliefs, judgments, and patterns that we have internalized from our role models, and early relationship dynamics. Using mindfulness we can pause, take a step back, and train the Critic to be a helpful thinker that supports us to...
by Joelle Lazar | Nov 24, 2015 | Emotional Wellbeing, Nourishing Thoughts, Video
Unhelpful Thinking Styles: All or nothing thinking Mental filter that notices failures but not successes Jumping to conclusions (mind reading or fortune telling) Emotional Reasoning (I feel embarassed therefore I must be an idiot) Labeling (I’m a complete loser)...
by Joelle Lazar | Nov 12, 2015 | Nourishing Thoughts, Recovery, Uncategorized
Resources for Understanding Trauma: Trauma and the Body, by Pat Ogden, Kekuni Minton, and Clare Pain Understanding Trauma: Integrating Biological, Clinical and Cultural Perspectives, by Laurence J.Kirmayer, Robert Lemelson, and Mark Barad In An Unspoken Voice, by...
by Joelle Lazar | Oct 24, 2015 | Video
Joelle Lazar’s video on Doing What We Love:
by Joelle Lazar | Oct 24, 2015 | Video
Video on our Authentic Self
by Joelle Lazar | Oct 24, 2015 | Video
Vancouver-based Counsellor and Yoga Therapist, Joelle Lazar, on Yoga & Wholeness:
by Joelle Lazar | Oct 23, 2015 | Video
Vancouver-based Counsellor and Yoga Therapist, Joelle Lazar, on Healing:
by Joelle Lazar | Sep 21, 2015 | Emotional Wellbeing
The path toward meaningful change can often feel like groping in the dark for a light switch that you know is there, but can’t find. The pain of not knowing how to move forward can be unbearable. Nobody wants pain. We are hard wired to avoid it at all costs. Most of...
by Joelle Lazar | Jul 1, 2015 | From the Heart
In the silence surrounded by a hundred other West Coast Dharma meditators at the UBC Asian Centre I finally got it: the simultaneously awake, energized and restful feeling that comes with putting my oars in. It’s a metaphor The oars belong to the row boat which...
