Meditation-PTSD

I am in the middle of teaching the Embodied Practices Course which is designed to help those with a history of trauma and attachment to practice ways to train their minds, calm their bodies, and open their hearts.  As always when supporting people to use practices skillfully I am inspired. One of the ways we [...]

Here’s an overview of the site and what kinds of information on here   Benefits of Meditation, a Few Cautions The benefits of meditation are there for you to enjoy and will enhance your healing enormously. When there’s so much internal noise going on it can be difficult to think about going inside. How To Meditate [...]

Background PTSD Treatment Pierre Janet, a French psyciatrist (1859-1947) is credited with first noticing the symptoms we now call post traumatic stress disorder. He took seriously the symptoms of hysteria, which called dissociative disorders in the diagnositic manuals. Janet studied the underlying mechanisms of these symptoms – looking beyond the label, noticing how the body was [...]

  Treatment for PTSD In the last twenty years or so the treatment for PTSD has advanced from it’s early years, especially in regards to chronic PTSD. Although PTSD and it’s treatment has been recognized by physicians throughout the years, especially those who work with war veterans. One of the most prominent in the field [...]

  Tears of Healing Rain c 1998 Mark Simos/Devachan Music (BMI) All rights reserved. Chorus: I will lay this burden down That I have carried for so long My own hand placed this mark upon my brow Don’t need to wear it now I will water this thirsty heart With tears of healing rain I’ll [...]

  Over the years the trauma treatment theorists have identified stages of healing trauma. What’s written are the stages that people I’ve worked with have spoken of. See if they resonate with you. If you want to read about Phase Oriented Treatment for PTSD click here. Functioning Fine (thank you very much!) Many people have [...]

  Treatments for PTSD: Somatic Therapy Somatic therapy take the physiological understanding of animal defenses (like fight or flight) and explore how that helps us work with PTSD symptoms.   Defense Responses This approach finds a similiarity between how animals respond and the trauma response that humans have. For example, what’s the first thing an animal [...]

  Sitting there, doubled over, hot with shame attacking, hands pressed against her face, writhing, Carol’s cries expressed her agony. She’s experiencing a really painful shame attack. Here she is, in her 40’s, successful in her work and home life having worked on healing her trauma for years, yet once again, triggered. It’s hard for [...]

There is a Safe Place Inside I often have the privilege of meeting with people who are wanting to learn how to meditate or learn how to deal with their internal struggles. Here’s a recap of one experience as we spoke of this lady’s fear that there would be no space place. She told me [...]

  PTSD symptoms include panic attacks, anxiety attacks, physical impulses to fight or flight and dissociative disorders Disruption of any kind is hard. PTSD symptoms can be very disruptive, bringing on overwhelming terror, the tsunami of a panic attack, rage that comes up and takes over within a split second. At those times, it can [...]