You Become What You Think About.
One of the Classes I attended today is:
Introduction to concepts of emotional regulation and mindfulness meditation.
TYPE OF VISIT: Veteran participated in a one hour session of Mindfulness-based stress reduction.
PROBLEM: lacks knowledge of healthy coping strategies/relaxation techniques for recovery.
INTERVENTION:
Goal:
1) To participate in a group discussion on principles of mindfulness meditation for developing strategies for emotional regulation in recovery.
2) To participate in an experiential class that will demonstrate a type of mindful attention through watching the breath and other experiential exercises.
METHODOLOGY: Experiential educational group with participant sharing and processing.
GROUP CONTEXT: Group session focused on members engaging in an experiential exercise, mindfulness sitting meditation, standing
stretching meditation and mindfulness walking meditation, followed by discussing their experience. They read and discussed the seven principles of mindfulness meditation, and how they relate to coping in recovery.
PARTICIPATION: Veteran was attentive during the discussion and participated in the meditation (sitting, stretching and walking) portion of the class. He He felt that he benefited from the experience.
PLAN: Continue mindfulness meditation group.
Prior to this class on meditation, I had come across
a web site that offered a free download for the military
and veterans, its called "Be Still And Know", and it
has a lot of other mindful information to help us in
our goal of staying sober for a better life. Its at the
FHU web site located on the sidebar of this blog. I
recommend it to all veterans.
Author: Alden Morrison
