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Listening through the global crisis

The Deep Listening Path invites people and communities into shared listening and arts-based practice to nurture wellbeing, offering reflective spaces, interwoven with collaborative care and community healing for peace, systemic justice, and collective healing.

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Deep Listening in Times of Precarity

Political upheavals, including social and economic crises, undermine our capacity to listen—to ourselves, to one another, and to the world.

Instead of forcing people to listen, what is necessary in times of precarity is to allow listening to arrive.

At The Deep Listening Path, we offer gatherings and practices that help restore the nervous system and keep our humanity alive in difficult times.

Explore Dr. Hemani’s Writings

Writing in the Wound

Read the Memoir

Drawing on 17 years of immigration precarity in Canada, t Dr. Shumaila Hemani reflects on creativity, burnout, and healing through music and deep listening in this memoir. Tracing her journey through trauma, migration, and artistic practice, the book explores how sound and creative expression can serve as pathways to resilience and renewal. Selected as Alberta’s 2025 Favorite Reads, the memoir invites readers to listen to the body as it keeps the score.

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Upcoming Courses at Alexandra Writing Centre Society (AWCS)

4 weeks | Tuesdays | Begins April 7, 2026

5:30pm-7:30pm PT | 6:30pm-8:30pm MT | 7:30pm-9:30pm CT | 8:30pm-10:30pm ET Instructor: Dr. Shumaila Hemani

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6 weeks | Tuesdays | Begins May 12, 2026

5:30pm-7:30pm PT | 6:30pm-8:30pm MT | 7:30pm-9:30pm CT | 8:30pm-10:30pm ET

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Our Deep Listening Philosophy

We bring together art, science, and spiritual practice to cultivate deep listening that nurtures mental health and inspires climate action. Through Deep Listening Circles, workshops, and writing, we create spaces where communities can pause, reflect, and imagine new futures together.

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