Dementia As An Integrative Relationship: Exploring The Roles Of Trauma & Grief

With engagement in 10 simple lessons, you will become intimately familiar with how a diagnosis of dementia impacts functioning of three systems: the breath, the mind, and the body. You will gain an introductory understanding of a trauma-informed meditative approach to exploring the extent to which these three systems are affected by a diagnosis. Two guiding questions: 1) Could it be that behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD) is the body's way of working through current or past losses? and 2) Could unmetabolized trauma and grief trapped in the body present as a dementia diagnoses? The meditations in this course are intended to guide you in harnessing your powerful internal capacity to reimagine, reclaim, and reestablish an optimal internal environment for your thriving and flourishing. Participants will learn the difference between framing dementia within a medical model versus a meditative model. Students will be exposed to results of current scientific studies, be presented with questions on our current understandings and conceptualizations of dementia, contemplate the significance of grief and trauma in the body and the possible ways in which the effects impact thought processes. Last, students will be exposed to 10 different guided meditations intended to be repeated multiple times for increasing optimal neuronal benefit.