Essential Mindfulness and Meditation Tools for Todays Stressed World – Donald Altman

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In a world facing unprecedented levels of stress, anxiety and depression, clinicians need a set of effective, easy-to-use tools that can help clients create space from the negativity and distraction that are often constant companions in our tech-laden 21st century. In this highly experiential 3-hr. intensive recording, you will learn targeted mindfulness and meditation tools designed to increase emotional regulation, problem solving skills, and overall wellbeing. These tools, which are designed to be taught and applied in just one session, can help reduce anxious thinking and rumination, enhance present moment awareness, increase one’s locus of control, and build resilience. Based on Donald Altman’s award-winning The Mindfulness Toolbox, 101 Mindful Ways to Build Resilience, and his new book Simply Mindful, these research-based tools are easy to use and give clients a set of portable, effective skills to carry with them daily.

1. Demonstrate how to use the breath to quiet down the brain’s alert and alarm system. 
2. Support the research behind “security primings” and how it can increase feelings of safety, trust, and building relationships.
3. Assess the risks of stress at the cellular level and integrate evidence-based experiential exercises to reduce risks.

Attendees will learn:

• 5 proven breathing postures used in a study that reduce levels of perceived stress and lower blood pressure. 
• A physical grounding practice that helps clients connect with the body and reduce stress. 
• How to use the Five Steps to G-R-E-A-T Mindful Self-Care as mindful foundations for mental clarity, mood regulation and brain health. 
• How to experience the 4-Mindful Bite Meditation, which is an eating practice used for managing eating during times of stress. 
• Various methods of savoring, or focusing attention in a particular way, that enhances positive affect and prosocial identity. 
• How to utilize an effective selective attention tool for regulating emotions and increasing positive affect called the G.L.A.D. technique.