Trauma & Recovery Archives - Mitigating Dharma

R page Recognize Treleaven Without the right guidance, mindfulness can be

April 30, 2026

[W]ithout the right guidance, mindfulness can be a cerebral and dissociative practice, causing people to bypass sensations that are vying for their attention…It’s important to distinguish between mindfulness the mental...

Trauma-Sensitive Mindfulness

April 30, 2026

R page Recovery Lalich The healing or recovery process varies

April 29, 2026

The healing or recovery process varies for each of us, with ebbs and flows of progress, great insight and profound confusion…Some former members may have primarily positive impressions and members,...

Take Back Your Life

April 29, 2026

A page Allies David Treleaven

April 18, 2026

Trauma-Sensitive Mindfulness (TSM) Hi, I’m David Treleaven. I’m a writer, educator, and trauma professional originally from Toronto, Canada. My work is training people to teach and practice mindfulness in a...

C page Caution Symptoms List Cheetah House

April 14, 2026

SYMPTOMS: A table of 59 categories of meditation-related experiences that can be distressing or associated with impairment in functioning. This list is based on the Varieties of Contemplative Experience research study,...

Symptoms List, Cheetah House

April 14, 2026

E page Justice Stevensen For truth and justice, truth and reconciliation

March 28, 2026

For truth and justice, truth and reconciliation, truth and restoration, truth and repair, I think the first thing we have to acknowledge is that those things are sequential. You can’t...

C page Centering Survivors Willoughby A person-centered approach respects

March 27, 2026

A person-centered approach respects each meditator’s definitions of well-being and harm, and their personal goals for practice. It’s a central part of a trauma-informed approach, which helps support a sense of...

A page Allies Willoughby At Cheetah House…our work focuses

March 27, 2026

At Cheetah House…[o]ur work focuses on the individual in crisis and the kind of support they need. Importantly, this approach brings in the perspective of the person themselves. Simple questions—such...