Melissa Bukosky-Boodjeh, M.S., CYT is a professional, senior Environmental Scientist. She began her practice of yoga in 1992 as a tool for recovering from illness. Inspired to share, she completed her first 200 hour Interdisciplinary Hatha yoga teacher training in 1999 from the Nosara Institute which combined Kripalu yoga with conditioning exercises synthesized from movement [...]
“The first day of the rest of your life.”
Imagery: A Vision of Healing
Check-in: Share items from your gratitude journal.
Some ways in which you have changed since this group began.
Some ways in which you’ve stayed stuck since this group began.
What are some (2) areas you would like to focus on in continuing your healing path?
Relapse Prevention-Panic [...]
Imagery: Using Healing Colors
Check-in:
1. Gratitude.
2. Reactions to Sarno
3. Goals:
a. A goal you’ve set for yourself
b. One or some of your emotional hooks that get in the way of making changes
c. Cognitive distortion(s) connected to these hooks
d. Any obstacle you’ve encountered in achieving the goal
e. Some of the solutions you’ve come up with in regards to [...]
Relaxation: Mindfulness in Pain – naming sensations
Check-in: Gratitude, Communication observations
Sarno: The Tension Myositis Syndrome – another theory about the cause of some chronic pain
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy: Relapse Prevention(if time allows)
Medication check
Homework: Gratitude journal, Problem-Solving Exercises- work on one goal that you have been struggling with, and apply problem-solving strategies to help move this issue
Experiment with [...]
Relaxation response: Imagery with a Pain Object
Check-in:
1. Share item from your gratitude journal
2. Reflections on communication: what did you discover about your thoughts and feelings on working with communication these past two weeks?
Hormones and pain
Problem-Solving, Coping Strategies
Medication check
Handouts: Pain dairies, bimonthly feedback sheet, Hormones and Pain
Homework: Continue to write in your pain dairies, and gratitude [...]
Relaxation: Mini-Relaxation ExercisesCheck-in: Gratitude, Forgiveness experiences
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy: Communication
Nutrition 102 – Supplements, herbs, etc.
Medication check
Homework: Gratitude journal, diaries, relaxation exercises
Track any difficult conversations, write down the key elements of one conversation (I said, he/she said, I said, etc.) and analyze according to the communication guidelines reviewed.
Calvin: Sometimes when I’m talking, my words can’t keep up [...]
Relaxation: Forgiveness meditation (Levine)
Check-in: Gratitude, Sleep observations
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy: Forgiveness – Luskin
Affirmations
Finish sleep talk
Medication check
Homework: Gratitude journal, Self-portrait if not done at the beginning
Experiment with Luskin methods with a small item needing forgiveness
Identify a useful affirmation for you and work with it
“The stupid neither forgive nor forget;
the naive forgive and forget;
the wise forgive but do [...]
Relaxation response: Tai chi
Check-in: Share an item from your gratitude journal
A cognitive distortion you noticed during the week or any negative automatic
thoughts you’ve noticed you are having, how you are countering them
Sleep
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Medication check
Handouts: Pain diaries, bimonthly feedback sheet
Homework: Continue to write in your pain dairies and gratitude journals, continue to spend time practicing a [...]
Relaxation response: Guided Imagery Inner Healer
Check-in: Share two items from your gratitude journal
What is one thing you are doing now that you were not when this program started.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy: Automatic Thoughts, Cognitive Distortions and their remedies
Medication check
Handouts: Record of Automatic thoughts, pain dairies, bimonthly feedback sheet
Homework: Fill out record of automatic thoughts, Sleep log [...]
Relaxation response: Mantra Meditation
Check-in:
1. Share one or two items from your gratitude journal
2. An example of pacing, adaptation, or delegation that you have tried and whether it made a difference
Exercise and Pain
Regroup and Review
The Time Pie
Using the body to change the mood
Medication check
Handouts: Stress Reduction through Mindfulness
Homework: Continue to write in your pain dairies, and [...]