Nicola Fortin, Registered Psychologist
Bow Valley Trail T1W 1J1 Canmore, AB, Canada

A Blessing for the Longest Night: all through these months as the shadows have lengthened, this blessing has been gathering itself, making ready, preparing for this night... It has practiced walking though the dark, traveling with its eyes closed, feelings it’s way by memory by touch, by the pull of the moon even as it wanes. ... So let me tell you this blessing will reach you even if you have not light enough to read it; it will find you even though you cannot see it coming. This blessing does not mean to take the night away but it knows it’s hidden roads, knows the resting spots along the path, knows what it means to travel in the company of a friend this is the night when you can trust that any direction you go, you will be waking toward the Dawn. - Jan Richardson #happysolstice #winterblessings #somuchlove

YOU DO NOT WANT TO MISS THIS! #hawaiiretreat #yogapsychology #spiritualawakening #bethechange #craniosacral #knowyourself #oahu #oceanmedecine #sandandsurf

You are not alone... you are loved... you are loved... you are loved... wishing you peace, and the belief that you are loved- unconditionally Love you all from my heart to yours #peaceonearth #mayallyourtroublessoonbegone #muchlove

A Blessing for the Longest Night: all through these months as the shadows have lengthened, this blessing has been gathering itself, making ready, preparing for this night... It has practiced walking though the dark, traveling with its eyes closed, feelings it’s way by memory by touch, by the pull of the moon even as it wanes. ... So let me tell you this blessing will reach you even if you have not light enough to read it; it will find you even though you cannot see it coming. This blessing does not mean to take the night away but it knows it’s hidden roads, knows the resting spots along the path, knows what it means to travel in the company of a friend this is the night when you can trust that any direction you go, you will be waking toward the Dawn. - Jan Richardson #happysolstice #winterblessings #somuchlove

My practice for last few weeks has been ... *to feel my feet* ... as soon as I am aware of them I begin to move intentionally...speak a little more thoughtfully... perhaps even slow down just a little.....and most importantly ( I think) I begin to consider all that is around me with equal importance.... *what magic occurs in those soles I’ve been feeling off kilter and in my head and sorrowful and worried and concerned for so many and so much. This practice reassures me... that there is nothing more to be done but to put one foot in front of the other... again and again and again... Yoga does not have to take place on the mat... it is how we meet this moment...., and this one......, and this one........, #grounded #offthemat #yogainspiration #bethechange #practice

Friends... I’m taking a break from this social media stuff for a while... feels good to sink feet into the earth, be quiet as possible, to look up without this phone in my hands #lovetoall #bethechange #imstillhere

The reminder that NOW you are worthy... not IF or When... but NOW... #dothework #shiftstateofmind #corebeliefs #youareenough

A friend once said to me when his first child was born that it was as though his heart was no longer protected inside his rib cage but was now walking around outside his body because his child was his heart... vulnerable, open to the elements and all that life reveals to it.... And there is This One... my child diagnosed with a rare condition that makes her bones fragile to breaking.... and look at her always my teacher. Always my heart #fearless #trust #love #love #love