by Robyn Hazard, MMNN Contributor
(L-R) Mindy Gallant-Zwicker and her sister Robyn Hazard.
Two Mi’kmaq Sisters are breaking new trails by offering the first professional on-reserve counselling service that goes In-Community across Nova Scotia, and also offers an Aboriginal cultural component. Alsusuti Aboriginal Crisis Counselling Services (AACCS) just launched its services after the Christmas holidays.
One of the best and unique parts of the agency is the incorporation of smudging and drumming into the therapeutic process in place of contemporary meditation and relaxation techniques. Alsusuti believes that a reconnection to cultural practices is healing in itself as many Aboriginals continue to struggle to reconnect to a culture many have lost due to assimilation. “No one can tell us the healing we feel from smudging, drumming or even traditional dance, we feel a sense of reconnect ...
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