Trauma Informed, Healing Centered
Below are various practices that have been practiced for centuries across cultures, languages and faiths. Today, we know these evidence-based practices have led many to healing and connecting opportunities.
The following (growing) resources are meant to be added to your current wellness toolbox! Come back to find new practices added.
Stress Relieving Practices
WALK
Why | Walking is essential to our bodies existence and health. When we are able to harness this needed activity we can encounter God.
How | Start small, set a timer (1-Minute to 30 Minutes) or choose a special or random place to explore.
TAP
Why | This practice activates cranial nerves to reset and relax during stressful situations.
How | Start by watching a video and set an alarm to try it our or wait until you are stressed.
PLAY
Why | We are all made of body, mind, heart and spirit. Play allows a different form of rest that is unaffected by responsibility.
How | Re-learn an old skill, choose a new topic to explore, watch a new show, learn to play a new instrument.
Reading Recommendations
| Fiction Love Medicine by Louise Erdich The Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler |
| Mental and Physical Wellness The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma by Bessel van der Kolk When the Body Says No: The Cost of Hidden Stress by Dr. Gabor Maté The Pedagogy of the Oppressed by Paulo Freire |
| Relationships Boundaries: When to Say Yes, How to Say No to Take Control of Your Life by Dr. Henry Cloud and Dr. John Townsend |
Local Recommendations
DISCLAIMER: Be Well is not suitable for everyone and not meant to replace therapy or medicine. At Be Well we value full-disclosure and transparency to ensure participants are comfortable and well-informed about the approach we take, and are willing to actively participate in the process of healing and recovery.
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