Compassionate Houston

Our partner, Eternal Gandhi Museum Houston, is hosting an intimate day retreat exploring whole body wellness for women. Wear comfortable clothing and bring a yoga mat or blanket, journal and pen, water bottle, personal items for your comfort, and an open heart and mind. 🧘‍♀️

Learn more and register here!: https://egmh.org/event/regulatedwomand2026/

August Sunday highlighting CIT Skill 9 — Appreciating Interdependence

Wishing you well-being and ease on this closing-August weekend❤️.

May you be happy and healthy, may you be safe and protected, may you be healthy and strong, may you always remember your birthright as loving awareness. 💚

Our partner, the Rothko Chapel, is kicking off its new season with a ceremony rooted in sacred connection, opening a year of programming focused on the roles of art and faith in American democracy, citizenship and civic engagement. 🎨🇺🇸

Learn more here!: rothkochapel.org/experience/events/register/2711

𝟭𝟭𝟬 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗸 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲.

On the 110th anniversary of the National Park Service, we honor a century of protecting the natural and cultural spaces that shape our collective wellbeing.

Even as political efforts threaten these protections, compassion calls us to safeguard what sustains communities - our ecosystems, our shared history, and the places that remind us of our interconnectedness.

💚Protecting what is ancient and alive strengthens the future for all.

Image: Big Bend National Park, Texas

This workshop series from our partner, Unity of Houston, supports those who have lost a loved one, offering comfort and healing from the burden, sorrow, isolation, and pain of grief. The journey becomes easier, and participants can heal in an open, safe setting. 🫂

Childcare will be available (except for Sept 6, due to an open house).

Register here: unityhouston.org/event/journey-through-grief-3/

| August Sundays highlight CIT skills.
Skill 7 — Empathic Concern
The Long Road | Image courtesy of Theresa Wyatt Prebilsky

A timely Friday reminder: Step off the hedonic treadmill and appreciate "just this"! ❤️

Don't miss next month's Meditate & Connect with Stuart Nelson, the president and CEO of our partner, the Institute for Spirituality and Health! 🧘‍♀️

All are welcome in these free, accessible meditations, whether you join us every month or drop in when you can. Sign up for the September session (and get on the email list for future meditations) using the link below!

Register here: https://www.compassionatehouston.org/meditate-connect