Summary: Meditation and trauma, why you need a practice and how to heal are all like spokes in your wheel of healing: they go into the center of what it means to overcome the past. On today's episode I shared how my first attempt to learn meditation in my recovery was a complete disaster! And also how I came around to develop a thriving meditation practice that has lasted for over fifteen years. Science proves that meditation improves many areas of your functioning. From immune system to cortical tissue to emotional regulation meditation helps put you back in control of your faculties. But Trauma Therapy Coordinator, Megan Ross, of Timberline Knolls Residential Treatment Center has an even better reason why you should meditate: Taking away the science Megan makes the process personal. It's all about space, opportunity and a little thing called equanimity that can change both who you are and how you live. In our conversation Megan and I covered all that, plus how meditation helps you develop discernment, and what that can mean in how you approach every moment. MEET MY GUEST: Megan Ross, LPC, R-DMT, Trauma Therapy Coordinator, Megan’s role at Timberline Knolls is to develop, train and uphold a campus-wide integrative approach to trauma. This involves the promotion of present moment resilience for both resident and staff through awareness, information and treatment. Prior to becoming the Trauma Therapy Coordinator, Megan was an expressive therapist at Timberline Knolls and a member of the Clinical Development Institute. Additionally, she was co-founder and consultant at Ozias and 11hundred in Chicago. Megan received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Cultural Anthropology and Movement Science from The Evergreen State College. She was awarded a Graduate Certificate in Laban Movement Analysis (GL-CMA) and a Master’s in Dance/Movement Therapy and Counseling from Columbia College in Chicago. Megan is a member of the American Dance Therapy Association.
