![]() Part II distills these insights into five key principles for trauma-sensitive mindfulness. Through grounded scholarship and wide-ranging case examples, Treleaven illustrates the ways mindfulness can help-or hinder-trauma recovery. Part I provides an insightful and concise review of the histories of mindfulness and trauma, including the way modern neuroscience is shaping our understanding of both. This raises a crucial question for mindfulness teachers, trauma professionals, and survivors everywhere: How can we minimize the potential dangers of mindfulness for survivors while leveraging its powerful benefits? Trauma-Sensitive Mindfulness offers answers to this question. ![]() ![]() Instructed to pay close, sustained attention to their inner world, survivors can experience flashbacks, dissociation, and even retraumatization. Drawing on a decade of research and clinical experience, psychotherapist and educator David Treleaven shows that mindfulness meditation-practiced without an awareness of trauma-can exacerbate symptoms of traumatic stress. At first glance, this appears to be a good thing: trauma creates stress, and mindfulness is a proven tool for reducing it. ![]() This means that anywhere mindfulness is being practiced, someone in the room is likely to be struggling with trauma. At the same time, trauma remains a fact of life: the majority of us will experience a traumatic event in our lifetime, and up to 20% of us will develop posttraumatic stress. From elementary schools to psychotherapy offices, mindfulness meditation is an increasingly mainstream practice. ![]()
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