Meditation Intervention for the Addiction Process is a mindfulness meditation-based skills training for people dealing with addiction and addiction-related issues. These meditation workshops provide specific techniques and strategies to support those seeking to break free from addiction.
This approach combines: traditional meditation approaches contextualized around the pattern of relapse described in the work of G. Alan Marlatt Phd, Attachment Theory developed by John Bowlby, and the concepts of developing a healthy sense of self developed by James Masterson MD, Meditation Interventions provides a simple, easy-to-learn, very pragmatic approach to addressing addiction.
These classes will address addictions to substances and behaviors, using both abstinence and harm-reduction models.
The instruction is offered as a secular practice, without any prescription for belief. The Buddhist context of the Mindfulness Meditation instruction is included so that students can reference the original texts if that interests them.
The skills-training explores these topics, offering specific meditation-based strategies for coping with:
· The Desire for Unconsciousness
· The craving and urge for the addictive substance and/or behavior (Marlatt)
· Managing Stress, Anger & Depression (Marlatt)
· Persistent negative emotions as a causal factor in relapse (Marlatt)
· Difficult interpersonal relationships as a causal factor in relapse Marlatt, Bowlby)
· Relieving chronic low self-esteem (Bowlby, Masterson)
· Developing a life worth living addiction-free (Masterson)
In addition to the class-time, students are supported in their practice with recorded guided-meditations, daily live guided-meditation sessions via conference call, and access to their teacher via telephone, email, text and IM.
This is the ideal course for people new to meditation, or for those who have a practice and an interest in using meditation to deal with addiction.
For more information: http://againstthestream.org/programs/class-series/meditation-interventions
For more information about Haas: http://www.mettagroup.org/about.html
