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Wellness Guide — BIPOC Wellness Resources

A Guide to the UConn Library Wellness and Self-Care Collection

Welcome to Resources on Asian, Black, Indigenous, and People of Color & Wellness

Welcome to the page of resources of Asian, Black, and Indigenous mental health and wellness.  

 

Frank Large Native American photo by Project 562   Photo of women smiling with colored powder in the air for the Indian festival of Holi a celebration of spring Black parents with baby laughing at the beach

Photo credits: Frank Waln (Sicangu Lakota), hip-hop artist, photo by Matika Wilbur Photography, Project 562.  Women smiling at Holi festival by Abhijeet Gourav on Unsplash. Black family photo by Lawrence Crayton on Unsplash.

Please note that Babbidge Library features a room on the B Level with foam mats for prayer, meditation, yoga, or stretching and quiet.  This room is located around the corner from the Makerspace, next to the bathrooms and government document shelving on the B Level.

Islamic geometric tile in Alhambra Spain    South Asian man meditating outside in winter with snow on the ground

                                                             Geometric tile in Alhambra, Spain by Girl with Red Hat on Unsplash. Man meditating outside in winter by Pixels of Life on Unsplash

Online BIPOC Wellness Resources

Below you will find a discussion on Decolonizing Mental Health that was shared by UConn Stamford Librarian Phara Bayonne:

BIPOC Wellness Books (Black, Indigenous, People of Color)

Physical Library Books