Mindfulness In Recovery

Name: Mindfulness In Recovery
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Enhance Recovery and avoid Relapse with Mindfulness Practices

Created byOnline Recovery Academy

Last updated 1/2017

English

What you'll learn

Make practical use of Mindfulness techniques to prevent relapse into old behaviours, drinking or drug use.
Increased personal capacity to recognise emotions, thoughts and physical sensations.
The ability to respond differently to challenging situations and emotions encountered on your Recovery Journey.
Use methods to deepen connection and capacity to foster a lifestyle promoting Mindfulness and compassion in Recovery.
Enhance your Recovery by using specific Mindfulness Practices.

Course content

6 sections • 34 lectures • 3h 19m total length

1: Welcome - Mandy Johnson, Facilitator1:37
2: Introduction to Section 13:28
Define mindfulness and debunk myths, then introduce a present-moment recovery practice. Cultivate mindfulness as a natural capacity you already have, and develop present attention, nonjudgment, posture, and a recovery intent.
3: Defining Mindfulness - and what it is not!3:12
4: Reflection and Reading3:21
5: Setting Your Intention1:22
6: Awareness and Posture (Two Guided Practices)15:09
7: Recap and Mindful Tips - Section 11:14
Cultivate mindfulness in recovery by shedding judgment and embracing patience, compassion, kindness, and acceptance, engaging your practice with curiosity and tenderness.
8: Reflection and Further Reading - Section 11:43
Test Your Understanding

9: Welcome to Section 2 - Integrating Mindfulness and Recovery7:09
Welcome to section 2, integrating mindfulness with recovery through breath as an anchor to the present moment. Practice open awareness by noticing sights, sounds, and bodily sensations.
10: Engaging Mindfulness, Awareness and Breathing Practices14:15
11: Reflection and Further Reading - Section 21:20
12: Awareness of Breath Guided Meditation (Audio)9:20
Practice breath awareness in recovery with a guided meditation that fosters a relaxed posture, focused breathing, and nonjudgmental awareness.

13: Engaging Mindfulness II - Paying Attention5:34
14: The Body Scan - Practice17:17
15: Unpacking The Body Scan5:40
The body scan trains mindfulness by dropping the mind into the body to notice sensations, cravings, and emotions with acceptance, resilience, and nonjudgmental awareness, guiding healing in recovery.
16: Reflection and Further Reading - Section 32:34
17: The Body Scan (Audio) Practice10:25

18: Engaging Mindfulness III - Meeting Difficulty3:49
19: The 3 Minute Breathing Practice3:33
Practice a three minute breathing practice to drop into being mode, observe mind and body, and notice sensations, thoughts, and emotions without judgment.
20: Unpacking The Breathing Practice1:54
21: The RAIN Meditation - Practice7:03
22: Unpacking RAIN Meditation Practice3:34
Recognize what is here now, allow the emotional moment, and investigate thoughts, feelings, and sensations with kindness. This RAIN approach supports recovery by reducing craving and inviting new possibilities.
23: Reflection and Further Reading - Section 43:39
24: 3 Minute Breathing Space (Audio) Practice4:50
Practice a three-minute breathing space to shift from doing to being, anchor attention to the breath, notice thoughts and bodily sensations, and expand present-moment awareness for recovery.

30: Integrating Mindfulness1:59
31: The Mountain Meditation - A Guided Practice10:13
Practice the mountain meditation to ground yourself during cravings and anxiety by embodying dignity and labeling thoughts while observing them with choiceless awareness.
32: Tips, Tools and Techniques in Practice7:55
33: Reflection and Further Reading & Resources7:50
Test Your Understanding
34: Mountain Meditation (Audio) Practice7:47

Requirements

You can complete this course at your own pace. However, we suggest you devote a specific amount of time to the course over an initial six week period in order to derive the maximum benefit.
For best results you will benefit from applying the practices taught in the course to your daily routines.
You will need a quiet space with limited interruptions, a notebook/journal and pen.

Description

Learn how Mindfulness and Compassion Training can help you integrate effective, practical techniques into your Recovery Lifestyle. You will learn to enhance your own Recovery process with clear and practical video lectures, text lectures and audio guides.

Welcoming you to a new paradigm in recovery from addiction and Mindful living.

This course will help you cultivate self-compassion and self-care. You will learn to integrate Mindful practices which will aid posture, breathing and awareness, empowering your Recovery experience.

Already proven effective with MBSR (Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction), Mindfulness practices are widely recognized as effective ways to deal with stress and anxiety.

People in long-term recovery, with extensive clinical experience, developed this course. They understand the challenges of daily life and want to help you enjoy meaningful and sustained recovery.

This course can integrate into any type of Recovery programme you may all ready be working. It is suitable for both beginners and those already established in Recovery.

This programme invites you to deeply connect with a new way of ‘being.’ You can cultivate ‘inner intimacy’ – and learn to tolerate discomfort with a newfound sense of confidence and poise

Mindfulness In Recovery will demystify Mindfulness and provide accessible practices that can be used on a daily basis with the minimum of fuss or disruption to your normal routines.

This course will help you discover:

Tools to combat stress and anxiety
Techniques to improve your Recovery experience
How to integrate Practice into daily life
Bust the ‘myths’ of Mindfulness
Practical exercises to aid your process
Simple methods to challenge negative thoughts and feelings
How to improve self-compassion and self-care

At the end of Mindfulness In Recovery you will be able to apply the practices you have learnt to your personal Recovery programme. You can return to the course as often as you wish in the future to refresh your intentions and motivation, re-connect to your practices and further enhance your Recovery.

Who this course is for:

This Course is suitable for any student committed to abstinence based Recovery from any form of addiction.
This course can also be utilised by any student seeking to cope with discomfort from any life changing experiences (including loss, grief, illness and conflict).
This course can be useful to any student working on issues of self-esteem and self-actualisation.
This course is not intended for people concerned about behaviours, including drinking and drug use, who have not entered some kind of formal support system (e.g. a treatment program, individual professional help or mutual aid groups).
This course can be useful for Counsellors, Therapists and Practitioners working with those in Recovery.

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Course content

1 Introduction to Mindfulness In Recovery8 lectures • 31min

2 - Awareness and Breathing, Posture and Practice4 lectures • 32min

3 Using The Body Scan5 lectures • 42min

4 Meeting Difficulties, Discomfort and Emotional Challenges7 lectures • 28min

5 Learning Kindness and Self-Compassion5 lectures • 31min

6 Integrating Mindfulness and Enhancing Recovery5 lectures • 36min

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