Mindfullness & Meditation

There are many treatment options available for the treatment of addiction and sustained recovery. Ongoing research shows the benefits of many of the retreat center treatment programs available. Mindfulness retreats have been shown to be helpful for those in recovery.

Addiction is a disease of the brain, raising havoc with the neurotransmitters that naturally help people manage pain, relieve stress, and provide pleasure from food, sex, and laughter. Mindfulness meditation retreat brings awareness to the cravings and responses, providing an opportunity to intervene and identify alternatives to an automatic reflex to use drugs or alcohol to satisfy a craving.

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Understanding Meditation

What is Mindfulness?

Being present in this moment and being aware simply explains the Mindfulness based stress reduction experience.

The practice of mindfulness is easy to learn. It incorporates things people already do. Mindfulness makes people more aware of what is happening around them, making life much more manageable. Anyone can practice mindfulness.

Mindfulness based stress reduction is a holistic activity and requires no medication or equipment. It can be practiced at any time and in any place.

When mindfulness meditation practice is performed daily or as a way of life, it is an effective preventative tool for stress and anxiety. It effectively provides a general sense of well-being and a tool for coping with crises.

Mindfulness is about not doing. It is about simply being aware.

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The Benefits of a Mindfulness Practice

Approaching problems from the present allows the individual to fully evaluate problems and solutions in real-time.

The human brain does not stop in every day life. It does not take a break. The brain processes information at such a rapid speed it is not possible to listen to every thought and action. Mindfulness helps slow down what can seem like an overwhelming stream of thoughts that sometimes imply that action is necessary.

Approaching problems from the present allows the individual to fully evaluate problems and solutions in real-time.

The human brain does not stop in every day life. It does not take a break. The brain processes information at such a rapid speed it is not possible to listen to every thought and action. Mindfulness helps slow down what can seem like an overwhelming stream of thoughts that sometimes imply that action is necessary.

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Breathing is the Central Component of Mindfulness

The practice of mindfulness uses skills people already have. Many of the skills of mindfulness are taken for granted. Once they are called upon to practice mindfulness, their value is unmistakable. Breathing is a bodily function central to living in the present – mindfully.

Awareness of the breath makes it clear how much a person has within themselves to find calm and inner peace.

Breathing is an automatic function of life. It is an autonomic function initiated in the brain. It can be counted on to occur 24 hours around the clock, awake or asleep.

For as long as a person is alive, breathing will occur without prompting except in times of profound illness or injury. Most people don’t pay any attention.

Bringing one’s attention to their breathing takes them immediately to the present moment initiating the awareness of everything else occurring. Awareness of one’s breathing is an essential tool anyone can use, making mindfulness available to anyone.

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Types of Mindfulness Meditations

Mindfulness can be practiced at any time. Sometimes it is helpful to practice mindful meditation with a meditation instructor by turning to a quiet time and place, slowing down intrusive thoughts, and simply being in the present moment.

Some of the focused meditations include:

Walking

While walking, take in the five senses studying what is observed, including the physical sensation of walking.
Eating

Consuming food and drink slowly, observing taste, texture, and eating process.
Sitting

Eyes closed in a comfortable chair, relaxed, paying attention to the physical sensation of being in the chair, observing sounds and odors.
Standing

Bring your awareness to the sensation of your feet on the ground. Sense the feeling of being truly grounded.
Body Scan

Laying down in a comfortable place flat on your back, slowly bringing your attention through every body part from head to toe.

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Comprehensive treatment programs at Healing Pines are available, including the incorporation of mindfulness programs.

Participating in a mindfulness retreat at Healing Pines provides an opportunity to share a fully immersed mindfulness practice with others in recovery. The atmosphere at Healing Pines brings, nestled in the natural environment of Colorado, demonstrates the role of mindfulness in recovery.

Our programs are evidenced based. The treatment and services provided at Healing Pines are proven to help addicts recover.

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