Mindfulness for Treating Trauma
A Retreat for Helping Professionals
Mindfulness & Body Based Practices for Helping Clients with Trauma
Join us on a journey to understand how trauma interrupts the well being of those we serve, and how we can help support healing.
Through the exploration of Buddhist principles, meditation practice and therapeutic methods, we will experientially learn how the awareness cultivated through meditation can help us relate to our own experience of discomfort with more acceptance, embodying the way to healing. With the goal of a clearer understanding of the experiences of those we work with, we will learn basic principles of how trauma is stored in the body, and engage in somatic practices to facilitate trauma release. Our work together will be aimed at both helping clients navigate their own experiences, as well as cultivating compassion within ourselves.
This retreat is open to helping professionals which may include those in the mental health or medical fields, mediators, educators or outreach workers, and is designed to create a deeper understanding of trauma response patterns, as well as to introduce techniques useful in guiding clients toward more self acceptance and healing.
Incorporating Mindfulness & Meditation
We will explore several Buddhist principles, and learn how mindfulness and awareness can be accessed through meditation practice to help us relate to our own experience of discomfort, with the goal of understanding clients’ experiences and helping guide them toward more self acceptance and healing. Our work together will be aimed at both helping clients navigate their own experience as well as cultivating compassion in our work with them.
Experiential Learning
Our intention is to foster a shared learning experience. With fellow practitioners, you'll participate in experiential exercises and explore what we practice through engaging group discussions. This collaborative environment will serve to promote personal growth and collective wisdom, equipping you with tools and techniques to take back with you to your professional practice.
Recommended reading: Peter Levine’s Waking the Tiger
Continuing Education Units
This retreat has been approved by the Vermont Office of Professional Regulation for 10 continuing education units for all Vermont Allied Mental Health practitioners. Please check with your individual state office of professional regulation for CUE information outside of Vermont.
CEU Pricing: Note that the pricing for the program does not include the CEU fee which is an additional $75. If you would like CEU credit for the program, you can use this link to pay the additional fee.
Program Schedule
Friday
- 6:30 - Dinner
- 7:30 - Introduction to the Program, Meditation
Saturday
- 7:00 - Meditation Practice
- 8:00 - Breakfast
- 9:30 - Workshop I - The evolutionary purposes of the anxious brain and body; trauma response patterns; neuroplasticity
- 12:30 - Lunch
- 2:00 - Free time
- 3:00 - Qigong
- 4:00 - Tea Time
- 5:00 - Workshop II - Intro to somatic focus work and discussion
- 6:30 - Dinner
- 7:30 - Workshop III - Somatic practices and discussion
Sunday
- 7:00 - Meditation Practice
- 8:00 - Breakfast
- 9:30 - Workshop - IV - Discussion, group activity, practice
- 12:30 - Group Lunch
Arrival & Departure
Please plan to arrive on Friday, between 2:00pm and 6:00pm to register and settle in.
Dinner is served at 6:30pm.
The program will begin at 7:30pm.
The program formally concludes on Sunday, with a luncheon at 12:30pm.
Getting Here
Visit our Directions and Transportation page to see different options for traveling to Karmê Chöling.
Note: A 50% deposit is required to reserve your accommodation.
Pricing
Karmê Chöling values its commitment to making programs affordable and available to all who wish to study with us. To support this commitment we provide two program price options.
Generosity Price: $265.00
You're able to help us with this commitment by choosing the "Generosity Price". The money above the basic tuition cost goes into a scholarship fund for those who might not be able to attend a program otherwise.
Tuition: $220.00
This is the price of the program, it does not include housing options or material fees.
Please Note:
Price does not include accommodations, which will be added during the registration process.
Policies
Payment Policies:
Please read the payment policy before proceeding with registration.
Financial Aid:
Karmê Chöling offers full-time student discounts, scholarships and other financial aid.
Program Credit:
If using existing program credit to pay for a program, you must pre-register for this program at least two weeks prior to the program start date by calling the front desk (802-633-2384 x3000). Program credit may not be used to pay for housing or practice materials and may not be used on or after arrival day.
Instructor
Kathleen Walls is a Vermont psychotherapist and a long time Shambhala practitioner helping folks work through the challenges of being human. She works with people who have experienced trauma as well as those who suffer from anxiety, guiding clients to connect with their innate worthiness, so they can live their lives with confidence.
Note: This program has been approved by the Vermont Office of Professional Regulation for 10 continuing education units for all Vermont Allied Mental Health practitioners. The cost of the CEUs is $75 in addition to the program fee listed below. You can pay the CEU fee here.
Instructor:
Kathleen Walls
Date & Time Details:
Location:
On-Land
Program Fee:
Generosity Price - $265
Tuition - $220
Room/Meals Fee:
This will be added in during the registration process.
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Wellness Update:
Read our Wellness Policy
Getting to Karmê Chöling:
Contact Us:
Karmê Chöling
(802) 633-2384
info@karmecholing.org
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