Welcome back to the NJ4S Union Hub series, where we uplift conversations that honor culture, wellness, and community connection.


In this session, “Wisdom and Wellness: Indigenous Perspective,” presenter Cheryl Tolentino shares how Indigenous traditions view wellness as a balance between the mind, body, spirit, and the natural world.
Through storytelling and reflection, Cheryl explores how ancestral wisdom offers powerful lessons for modern healing—reminding us that wellness is not just individual, but collective. She invites viewers to reconnect with nature, community, and self as pathways toward resilience and restoration.

What You’ll Learn:

  • Indigenous Understandings of Wellness: Seeing health as harmony among mind, body, spirit, and environment
  • The Power of Storytelling: How oral tradition carries healing, identity, and connection
  • Community and Connection: Why collective care is central to wellness in Indigenous cultures
  • Respect for the Earth: The relationship between environmental balance and personal well-being
  • Applying Indigenous Wisdom Today: How these teachings can guide mindfulness, healing, and belonging in our daily lives

Whether you are an educator, student, or community member, this session offers a meaningful perspective on what it means to live in balance—with ourselves, with others, and with the world around us.

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