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This root vegetable is a staple in many soups and is known for its healing properties.
What is ginger?
This herbal tea is known for its calming effects and is often used before bedtime.
What is chamomile tea?
These government-sponsored religious schools were established to assimilate Indigenous children into the Euro-Canadian culture
What are residential schools?
This type of exercise uses physical postures, breathing exercises, and meditation to improve flexibility and overall health.
What is yoga?
This a term popularized online, describes the supposed deterioration of a person's mental or intellectual state, often attributed to excessive consumption of trivial or unchallenging online content.
What is brainrot?
This method of preserving food has been used for centuries before refrigerators.
What is fermentation?
This is a blend of black tea with milk and spices such as cinnamon, cardamom, ginger, cloves, and black peppercorns
What is chai?
This Marxist dictator led Cambodia's Khmer Rouge from 1975–1979, enforcing agrarian reforms that caused the deaths of an estimated 1.5–2 million people.
Who is Pol Pot
This is the process of talking to a professional to address mental health concerns.
What is therapy?
This hormone, often called the "stress hormone," is released in response to fear or tension.
What is cortisol?
When you spill salt, you should toss a pinch of it over this body part to avoid bad luck.
What is your left shoulder?
This is a fermented, slightly fizzy, and often tangy beverage made from sweetened tea and a symbiotic culture of bacteria and yeast (SCOBY).
What is kombucha
This is the ideology that says that historic Palestine must be a country for Jews only.
What is Zionism?
A traditional Chinese practice involves inserting thin needles into the skin for pain relief.
What is acupuncture?
This internet slang describes the compulsive habit of spending excessive time online, particularly on social media, reading or consuming large quantities of news and distressing content.
What is doomscrolling?
This versatile medicinal oil is a household essential in many Asian homes, valued in traditional Chinese medicine for soothing everything from mosquito bites and headaches to congestion and minor colds.
What is "feng you jing" or "bright-green Chinese oil"?
This roasted Japanese green tea has a toasty, nutty flavor and is lower in caffeine than other green teas.
What is Hojicha?
The name of the commission that documented the history and impact of residential schools in Canada.
What is the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC)?
This is an ancient Chinese martial art and mind-body exercise that involves slow, gentle, flowing movements, often described as "meditation in motion."
What is Tai Chi?
This part of the brain helps store long-term memories.
What is the hippocampus?
This simple yet powerful talisman is tied around the wrist in various cultural and spiritual traditions to ward off the evil eye and negative energy.
What is a red string?
These were the 3 ingredients in the tea blend "Love Me" from the tea session led by Senaqwila Wyss in the AGP.
What are rosehips, hibiscus flowers, and hawthorn berries?
Israel uses this designation to imprison Palestinians for up to six months without having to charge them or give them a trial.
What is “administrative detention”
This Indigenous healing practice involves burning sacred plants like sage, cedar, or sweetgrass to cleanse energy.
What is smudging?
This term describes the ability of the brain to change and adapt over time.
What is neuroplasticity?