Mental Health Month

Thank you to all who attended Mental Health Week

Mental Health Week: "a national week celebrated each year in October scheduled around World Mental Health Day on 10 October. Coordinated by the Western Australian Association for Mental Health, with support from the WA Mental Health Commission."

Mental Health Week Website

ACTIVITIES HELD OVER MENTAL HEALTH WEEK OCTOBER 7th -14th

Grateful to be grant recipients for 2023 Mental Health Week

This year Heart Place received a generous grant that was used to purchase 5 Yoga Eco & Compostable Mats for our Mental Health Week Events. This equipment was funded by the Western Australian Association for Mental Health with the support of Lotterywest as part of Mental Health Week 2023.

PLANTING SEEDS

Below featured You Tube Videos shared over the week. This video goes with out theme picture above of planting seeds & new life.

TAKING IN THE GOOD

Play around with different practices to see which ones work for you and when. In this video Rick Hanson ("the practical neuroscientist") shares his Taking in the Good Practice. Here is a Rick Hanson Resource page with more practices.

SELF COMPASSION PRACTICE

Here we introduce you to the work of Kristen Neff as a resource for Self Compassion practice. More Videos here. And Guided Practices here.