Practical mindfulness-based skills to address stress & trauma

[Ellen]

Sometimes mindfulness can seem a little vague, but there are some programs out there where people have applied the concept of mindfulness (and associated neuroscience research) to very specific skills and practices. One I like is called the Trauma Resiliency Model (TRM). It was designed to assist people who are dealing with trauma and/or the effects of chronic stress, and I feel it has a great deal of relevance and usefulness to addressing TMS. These skills are called Tracking, Resourcing, Grounding, and Shift & Stay. If interested, you can read about how to do each one at the link below. They have also developed a phone app called ichill so you always have the information at your fingertips.

http://www.ichillapp.com/Skills.html

Enjoy!

 

[mike2014]

Thanks Ellen, I've just downloaded it, I'll be sure to try it.

 

[Cap'n Spanky]

Ellen- Thanks... I liked that! Very practical and not too complex. Got it bookmarked.

 

[Walt Oleksy (RIP 2021)]

That's a good one, Ellen. Thanks for sharing it.

I too find mindfulness meditation somewhat elusive and need visuals for it.
I like some videos on Youtube that are very helpful to practice MM.
One of my favorites is "Guided Meditation for Over-Thinking," a very relaxing video
with Michael Sealey's soothing voice. I watch it at night before bed and is very calming,
suggesting mindfulness of breathing in the present moment.

I also like the beautiful videos and music from a Japanese photographer-composer,
Okanokumo. "Relaxing Nature Sounds" is a beautiful 10-minute video of a Japanese pastoral scene
with a river and mill, with just nature sounds.

Deep breathing is so relaxing.

 

[Walt Oleksy (RIP 2021)]

Today's mindfulness summit with Rick Hanson was another interesting one about mindfulness meditation
but again it gave little or no instructions on HOW TO MM. I can't buy all the programs these people pitch.

I find free Youtube videos to be more helpful because many of them are GUIDED MM videos like
those of Michael Sealey.

Sorry to post not overjoyed with this series. I wish someone would just put it all together about HOW
to practice MM in a guided video.

I'd like to know what others think about this. Am I too critical and expect too much from the summit?

 

[Laughalot]

I haven't been following the summit, but thought I would offer my two cents on mindfulness meditation. Walt, are there any meditation centers in your area? I agree with you, mindfulness meditation shouldn't be something you need to pay to learn. My introduction to MM was through a 10-day silent Vipassana retreat (which are free and offered throughout the US and world). TMSWiki has an article on the Vipasanna retreat.