Aboriginal women create meditations in their own language
Meditations have been recorded in Indigenous language from Central Desert communities to help improve mental health among members.
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TO help improve mental health in Indigenous communities, Aboriginal women from Central Australia’s NPY Women’s Council have teamed up with a mental health not for profit to create a series of guided meditations in traditional languages.
This NAIDOC Week, Smiling Mind has collaborated with the Uti-Kulintjaku team at Ngaanyatjarra Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Women’s Council (NPYWC) to release the meditations in Ngaanyatjarra and Pitjantjatjara language, written and voiced by members of the NPYWC and wider community.
An NPYWC spokeswoman said it was a new tool for Anangu people to use to feel calm, uplifted and cope with hard and traumatic situations.
Recorded in Ngaanyatjarra, the meditation centres around the themes of connecting to country through the breath and body – which all tie in to this year’s NAIDOC theme of Healing Country.
“Our meditations describe our country and our world, the way we see and feel it, and what soothes and comforts us,” the spokeswoman said.
Listen here: youtube.com/watch?v=8PCczs-L8JU.
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