We have designed these meditations just for you. Please choose a category above or scroll through the entire list below.
The meditations and exercises found on Therapist Refresh are:
• Varied in length - some short enough to be practiced in brief breaks throughout the day
• Tailored to address the specific needs of healers
• Inspired by contemplative practice traditions as well as current research about vicarious trauma, compassion, and mindfulness
• Supportive of enhancing the fulfilling and meaningful aspects of our work
We wish you good healing.
Audio MEDITATIONS
- Settle and Reconnect (2 minutes)
Take a quick break to restore a balance of relaxed energy. - Energize with Breath (3 minutes)
Without a nap or caffeine, feel your energy surge as you harness the power of the breath. - Community (3 minutes, 10 seconds)
Sense into the universal presence of healing and healers. - Return to Safety (3 minutes, 30 seconds)
Compassionately find safety when stressed or triggered. - Compassion for a Client (3 minutes, 45 seconds)
Receive and cultivate compassion as you hold a challenging client in mind and heart. - Joy (3 minutes, 50 seconds)
Visualize, embrace and embody joy as you let tension or suffering recede. - Space for You (3 minutes, 50 seconds)
Dare to create and sense a boundary that makes space for your needs, feelings and desires. - Lovingkindness for Therapists (4 minutes)
Receive gratitude and soak in affirmations for the meaningful work you do. - Intention (4 minutes, 15 seconds)
Breathe life into an intention for healing. - Ending Your Day (4 minutes, 50 seconds)
De-stress as you celebrate the joys, and leave behind the cares, of today’s work. - Open to Healing Presence (4 minutes 10 seconds)
Use mindfulness to access your inner wisdom and open your heart to healing. - Ground and Restore: (5 minutes, 20 seconds)
Stand tall, root yourself to the earth, and feel the nourishment of the sun. - Refresh through Movement (5 minutes, 25 seconds)
Energize and refresh by exploring and allowing gentle, natural movement. - Restorative Breath for You (5 minutes, 30 seconds)
Allow your breath to rock, calm, and soothe you. - Enough (6 minutes, 50 seconds)
It is common to, at times, feel as though we have not done enough in our work. Cultivate acceptance for these feelings and practice self-kindness with this meditation. - Savoring Success (7 minutes, 15 seconds)
Acknowledge and deepen feelings of pride, satisfaction or joy about your work! - For Burnout (8 minutes, 35 seconds)
Cultivate acceptance and ease around burnout, while acknowledging that we all experience this challenge in our work from time to time. - Protective Presence (9 minutes, 31 seconds)
Presence is a form a self-care. This meditation works with softening and shifting the mind- and heart-space to help soothe heightened stress and offer some moment-to-moment protection for therapists. - Containment (19 minutes, 30 seconds)
Develop a safe place and container for images, emotions, or interactions you'd like to leave behind for another day. - Restorative Rest (24 minutes)
Relax and rejuvenate with this yoga nidra practice designed especially for healers. - Resourcing All Parts of Our Self in a Difficult Time (32 minutes, 50 seconds)
Welcome all parts of self to breath, ground, and find refuge in safe place imagery. Offers calming & opportunity to energize and focus.