Wise Heart Centre :: Sarah Nakatsuka

03/30/2026

09/26/2024

Do any of my therapist or other friends here own a copy of Decolonizing Therapy that I can borrow? There's a seriously long hold on it at the library, and my book shelves are busting out at the seams already!!

12/02/2022

Last year:::"Solstice Spiral" in our back yard with cedar boughs. LOVE. This year:::mini "Advent Spiral" on the dining room table. Somehow this does something different and much needed for my nervous system than the gift advents (though admittedly we do those as well!)....darkness::fire::song::simplicity

12/11/2020

Swags all ready on Ami’s plant stand! 2828 inlet avenue in Victoria! By donation 🎄✨🌺

12/07/2020

Our hearts are filled with gratitude for folks who have already put in their order for these handmade items, knowing 100% of the proceeds will go towards scholarships for clients in need (particular focus on doing what we can to support single parents, loss parents, BIPOC community) this year. 💗

Anyone interested in supporting, here is the list of packages:

$20 for a set of cards created by the kiddo and me
$25 for cards plus a felted heart ornament
$30 for all of above plus herbal wand for burning
$35 for all the above plus a package of seeds from our 2020 harvest (can PM list upon request)

03/27/2020

I don't know about all you other parents who are Homeschooling (suddenly or not), but even for those of us who have been homeschooling for some time now, one of the things we notice, is how easy it can be to get all caught up in the overwhelming amount of ideas, & potential things we could or "should" be doing.
There are so many ideas & learning opportunities!
(and so many opportunities for our inner critics to feel "behind" or missing something, or needing to do more more more...)
One of the anchors that keeps me sane is knowing that often less is more.
Simple is brilliant.
And...we (parents as well as kids) - need breaks.
Breathers.
Breaks help us integrate.
PAUSE.
Recalibrate.
One of our favourite go-to relaxation ritual "breaks" in our learning day...is this:
POETRY TEA-TIME. (this idea comes from the book The Brave Learner by Julie Bogart)
We make it special.
I put the kettle on.
We light a candle.
We set the table together.
We eat a sweet treat (in this case, leftover chocolate cashew cake from papa's birthday - waaaa!!).
We drink sweet tea (today: astragulus chai mmm)
We take turns reading beautiful, fun, silly rhyming, and non-rhyming poems
We practice listening.
We share how they make us feel.
We laugh.
We let ourselves get goofy - today we got onto a thread of tongue twisters
When we come across a word we struggle to read or aren't familiar, we jot it down on a sticky note and put it up onto our "wall of questions" to come back to later.
Here's to breaks!!!!
xoxo

07/25/2019

Isn’t bee balm like a fairy flower? Beloved by winged creatures. And humans, during cold season!!!

05/29/2019

After a full day, m'girl and I went for an impromptu bike ride to the beach ~ we squealed with glee ~ The Nootka Rose is in bloom! sweet sweet rose honey.