Suzi Craig

Suzi Craig's Fundraiser

Help me raise $1,000 and inspire others to become a Champion of a healthy mind and body! image

Help me raise $1,000 and inspire others to become a Champion of a healthy mind and body!

Together, we will help MHC raise $110,000 for programs that increase healthy habits and improve mental wellness!

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If you ask people who know me, they'd probably use words like "fun, warm, big-hearted, smiley, sarcastic, always baking something, creative, and open" to describe me. There was a time when those words only applied to the person I let everyone see. The person I didn't show cried herself to sleep for two years, was convinced that everyone would be better off if she wasn't around, told herself that she was useless, had non-stop body aches and brain fog, and was generally numb – feeling neither pain nor joy.

Then I found yoga. Or maybe it found me.

Yoga was my backstage pass to peace. It freed me from the grip of dark places. Yoga doesn't defeat the darkness but it shows me how to honor it while allowing me to tap into the better parts of me like empathy, gratitude, and intuition.

Yoga is such a part of me that I have decided to sign up for Yoga Teacher Training! It begins this summer and I can't wait. This is a huge step for me and it's what I need right now to improve my health — mind, body, and spirit.

As a #Be1of110 champion, I hope to inspire others to ask themselves this question: is there something that I love doing (running, painting, hiking, theater, etc.) that, if I committed to it more, would improve my brain's health as well as my body's?

I'm proud to work at Mental Health Connecticut. We value all paths to wellness and understand that "mental health" is simply a part of "health." MHC offers a variety of mind-body health programs, including gardening, yoga, art, creative writing, healthy eating, whole health workshops, meditation, and relaxation rooms in our residences. We hope to support these current programs and expand into other areas.

You can feel great knowing that your hard-earned dollars will improve MHC's ability to offer health and wellness programs that change lives.

Thank you for your support!! Together, we are making a difference! Let's show Connecticut that making mind-body health is a priority that we cannot ignore and something we must do together.

"If you want to go fast, go alone, If you want to go far, go together." – African proverb