Resources
Links
This list includes training and programs that I have been involved with and believe are excellent resources as well as recommended readings.
Learn about EMDR Therapy:
The Maiberger Institute, Boulder, CO
http://maibergerinstitute.com/
Grief Support in Boulder/Denver:
The Grief Support Network, Boulder, CO
http://griefsupportnet.org/
Conversations on Death and Dying
http://www.conversationsondeath.org/#!
Wilderness Therapy:
Sky’s The Limit Fund
https://www.skysthelimitfund.org/
Open Sky Wilderness Therapy, Durango, CO
http://www.openskywilderness.com/
True North, Vermont
https://truenorthwilderness.com/
Yoga Therapy/Mindfulness
Terry Ray
http://www.terryray.org/
Studio B Evergreen, CO
https://www.studiobevergreen.com/
Amana Yoga Studio
http://www.amanayogaboulder.com/
Inner Peace Yoga Therapy Training and Guidance
http://innerpeaceyogatherapy.com/
Therapeutic and Adventure Expeditions:
Breakwater Expeditions, Sandpoint, ID
http://www.breakwaterexpeditions.com/
The Women's Wilderness Institute:
http://www.womenswilderness.org/
Arkansas River Tours, Cotopaxi, CO
http://www.arkansasrivertours.com/
Reading Resources:
Parallel Process, Kristy Pozatek, great guide for families who have been through wilderness therapy
https://www.amazon.com/Parallel-Process-Alongside-Adolescent-Treatment/dp/1590562364
John Kabat-Zinn, PhD, Founder and Executive Director of the Center for Mindfulness in Medicine, Health Care, and Society at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. Founded Stress Reduction Clinic and teaches mindfulness and Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR)
Full Catastrophe Living: Using the Wisdom of Your Body and Mind to Face Stress, Pain and Illness (Delta, 1991)
Wherever you go there you are: mindfulness meditation in everyday life (Hyperion, 1994)
Coming to Our Senses: Healing Ourselves and the World Through Mindfulness (Hyperion, 2005)
Co Author of: Everyday Blessings: The Inner Work of Mindful Parenting (Hyperion, 1997)
Co-Author of: The Mindful Way Through Depression: Freeing Yourself from Chronic Unhappiness (Guilford Williams, Teasdale, and Segal, of, 2007)
Daniel Siegel, Neuropsychiatrist, Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at UCLA and co-director of the UCLA Mindfulness Awareness Research Center
Founder of Mindsight: “a kind of focused attention that allows us to see the internal working of our own minds. It allows us to “name and tame” the emotions that we are experiencing rather than being overwhelmed by them.”
Brainstorm: The power and purpose of the teenage brain (2013)
Mindsight: The New Science of Personal Transformation (2011)
The Mindful Brain: Reflection and Attunement in the cultivation of well -being (2007)
Parenting from the Inside Out
Research: http://www.umassmed.edu/cfm/research/index.aspx
Sharon Salzberg, Insight Meditation Teacher, Established (with Joseph Goldstein and Jack Kornfield), the Insight Meditation Society (IMS) in Barre, Massachusetts, which now ranks as one of the most prominent and active meditation centers in the Western world. Teaches vipassana (mindfulness) and metta (lovingkindness).
Loving kindness: The Revolutionary Art of Happiness (Shambhala Classics, 1995)
Pema Chodron, Tibetan Buddhist Teacher who studied with Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche
Start Where you are
When Things Fall Apart
Comfortable with Uncertainty: 108 teachings on cultivating fearlessness and compassion
Taking the Leap: Freeing ourselves from old habits and fears by
The Places that Scare You: A guide to fearlessness in difficult times (Shambhala Classics)
Jack Kornfield, 40 year meditation practitioner who brings mindfulness to the west
Path with Heart
A Lamp in the Darkness, Illuminating the Path through Difficult Times
Bo Forbes, Clinical Psychologist, Integrative Yoga Therapist
Yoga for Emotional Wellness: Simple practices to relieve anxiety and depression
Amy Weintraub, MFA, RYT – 500, Yoga Therapist
Book: Yoga for Depression
Research site: http://yogafordepression.com/latest-research/
Richard Miller, PhD Clinical Psychology
iRest Yoga Nidra - Deep relaxation
Heals painful emotions, such as fear, grief, and anger
Calms the nervous system, offers deep relaxation
Develops a deep capacity to meet any and all circumstances you may encounter in life
Research shows that iRest Yoga Nidra effectively reduces anxiety, depression, insomnia, PTSD, and chemical dependency.
Yoga Nidra: The Meditative Art of Yoga (2010) http://www.irest.us/programs/irest-research-and-programs