Meditation & Mindfulness For Addiction Recovery
"It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop."
Join us on a journey introducing you to the power of meditation and mindfulness for addiction recovery. During this course you will learn about the scientific benefits of meditation and mindfulness practice as well as specific techniques to develop your own practice. By the end of this class you should have all the tools that you need to start and maintain a regular meditation and mindfulness practice to support your recovery. This class is a blend of traditional meditation techniques, mindfulness and grounding exercises and homework based on cognitive behavioral therapy techniques.
What Does Mindfulness Teach You?
Learning how to be mindful allows you to tune into your heart, soul and spirit in the moment of what you are doing and while you are doing it moment to moment.
Who Is This Class For?
- You want to achieve or maintain the best possible overall health and well-being
- You have been told or you feel that you need to learn how to better manage daily stressors
- You are vulnerable to, have risks factors for or have been diagnosed previously with addiction
- You are looking for tools that are not medications to improve your well-being and support your recovery
Who Should Not Take This Class?
If you are currently experiencing an acute depression episode we highly recommend that you seek out the care of a medical professional for evaluation and treatment. This program is better suited to teach mindfulness and meditation tools to support recovery but are best utilized if you already are receiving treatment if you have one of these issues.
How Can This Class Help Me?
The beauty in learning these tools is that once they are learned they are always available. No matter where you are, what you are doing or what you are in the middle of you will ALWAYS be able to return to these tools time and time again. Because mindfulness is an "in the moment" skill that you develop once you have learned to shift your thinking you will have the ability to apply this anytime, anywhere and anyplace. Busy workday? Break out a Tea Meditation. Having an anxious moment? Do a quick Body Scan to realign your senses and calm your nerves. You may not believe this now but you actually do have more power within yourself than you think. It's time to step out of your old destructive patterns and start to walk a path that nourishes both your well-being as well as your personal and professional relationships.
How Is The Class Structured?
This class utilizes various tools to teach you how to incorporate meditation and mindfulness into your daily life. There is a mix of traditional lectures as well as 4 30 minute health coaching sessions along with reflections and practice exercises. The beauty of mindfulness and meditation is that once you learn these tools they are always available to shift your attention to your present-moment experience. The class will guide you through a series of 15 lectures that focus not only on learning but also practicing the techniques. The lectures will provide you with important information about how meditation and mindfulness work in the body as well as the differences between types of meditations. You will find that the curriculum is also augmented with mind body exercises and other techniques to help facilitate meditations such as mudras and essential oils. However because you cannot really learn these skills by reading alone you will find multiple practice opportunities throughout the course as well. As each skill build upon the other you will find that the program proceeds in structured format to maximize your benefits. You will find that the beginning part of the class focuses more on developing self awareness within your body before we move on to more abstract concepts including your thoughts and emotions.
The class is structured that you learn from each experience and exercise as you go. Therefore although you are able to proceed through the class at your own pace each lecture must be completed in order. This is to help you build the skill of mindfulness into your daily routine before you move onto more difficult tasks. This class also includes content assignment from both The Daily Burn and Yoga International (at no additional cost to you!) to support your understanding of class principles and to allow you to practice your mindfulness and meditation tools.
Your Instructor
The Holistic Collaborative was founded by Dr. Kourtney Sims as a cooperative group of healers, physicians, nurse practitioners, therapists and coaches for the purpose of expanding the holistic care paradigm. The Holistic Collaborative offers one on one coaching programs focused on women's functional health and wellness in addition to online self study programs for those who chose to work at their own pace. The goal of the Holistic Collaborative is to educate and empower women everywhere as to the power that each body harnesses to correct, balance itself and heal from disease.
This course was developed by Dr. Kourtney Sims M.D., N.C.M.P., F.A.C.O.G.
A Note From Our Founder Dr. Kourtney:
I have had education in multiple disciplines in addition to my traditional Ob/Gyn background that has opened my perspective on the difference between disease "maintenance" (which unfortunately is most often delivered in the traditional medical model) and true wellness. After opening my private practice over a decade ago I pursued my national certification as a menopause specialist which opened my eyes more about the range of hormonal dysfunction that can occur in women. From that understanding I described to pursue additional training in plant based nutrition through T. Colin Campbell. After that I dug deeper by receiving education in Ayurveda in the Integrative Ayurveda Health Professionals Program at the Maharishi Ayurveda Institute which broaden my herbal knowledge. I pursued this interest more in the Foundations of Herbal Medicine course from Dr Tieraona Low Dog M.D. After all of this education I had a very good grasp in integrative and holistic health and decide to develop further skills in discovering how to approach disease patterns from a root cause approach with training from The Institute of Functional Medicine. Currently I am a member of various organizations including the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, North American Menopause Society, Texas Medical Association, The American Herbalist Guild and the Institute of Functional Medicine. It is this background that allows me to fully embrace the perspective that true wellness naturally develops as a result of living a life that optimizes the best of ancient holistic traditions including those from the Ayurvedic, Eastern, and Herbal medical traditions as well as Western medical principles and knowledge. It is from this place that I believe that health is truly optimized. It is here that I have found that even some of the most challenging chronic disease states will respond. It is with the mission of fundamentally changing health that this course was developed to share this knowledge with you.
All programs are developed for educational purposes only and not medical advice. Participation in a course does not establish a physician-patient relationship between yourself and Dr. Kourtney Sims.