"Trauma is a fact of life. It does not however, have to be a life sentence."
Peter Levine, Trauma Expert
Retraining the nervous system
Trauma disrupts our attention, so that we are constantly on alert for danger or withdrawing and shutting down to avoid overwhelm. This disrupts our relationships, our work and our enjoyment of ordinary things. Mindfulness can offer you a vital new pathway for feeling safe in your own skin. This is the starting point for building a sense of "home base" inside yourself and connection with the world again. Come and join us. It can make a difference. Learn more about the nervous system via this informative video.
You are not alone
You will be supported by the relationship with the teacher and by the group. And there is no need to share your trauma story or history. You will be creating the changes through the privacy of your own mindfulness practice. And the teacher is there to help you nut out what practices give you more calmness, non-reactivity and clarity. The course is engaging and demanding - in a good way! This course is designed to complement what you are already doing (therapy and support). It will provide you with some immediate, valuable tools to start living with more freedom and ease.
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“Thank you for allowing me to learn these skills. As someone who suffers from crippling PTSD, I recommend this course to any[one] who suffers. I can’t recommend this course highly enough.”
John, participant
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“I am calmer. I am slower (much) to anger. I have more patience. I pause before almost anything. I give better hearing/listening to my children and my Mum. I am able to be less critical (internally and verbally). I like who I am more.”
Jane, participant
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MBSR for Veterans and their families
Our team has been offering MBSR for veterans over the past four years with good results. Here is some of what some one of our participants shared after completing the course:
“An astoundingly beneficial course. If I could I would swap the mental care I had in service to give this mindfulness training to every recruit at the beginning, during, and at the end of their career it has been THAT significantly positive to my health and outlook and safety to myself and others around me.”
“I have learnt to 'read' my bodies reactions and not be so reactive, my response to kids behaviour is far more positive and therefore having a much calmer flow on effect. However when grief takes hold, I let it run its course, crying but not losing my 'shit'.”
