Meditation

Those living with mental health disorders can sometimes hear voices in their heads, and this experience can be incredibly distressing. Processing these voices is paramount to prevent further stress and risky behaviors that may negatively impact oneself or others. Meditation can be one way to address these challenges for those hearing voices and promote a healthier approach to processing them safely, all while working with the staff at Avalon Malibu to further engage in effective and transformative healing.

There are many different treatment and therapy options that we believe in at Avalon Malibu. We've seen that variety can be a great thing in treatment settings. When there is a variety of treatment options, everyone has access to options that make sense for them. Meditation can be a great option for some, but for others, meditation doesn't work. If you identify with the latter, then this blog post is for you.

There are many different stages of treatment, and some of them vary between facilities. At Avalon Malibu, we start by making sure that our clients are stabilized. By prioritizing stabilization, our clients can set themselves up for success and gain the support that they need to remain sober. One of the biggest ways that we help our clients is by teaching them about meditation. We've found that mindful meditation aids stabilization in recovery.

You don’t have to rely on seeing your therapist experience the benefits of hypnosis. By practicing self-hypnosis, you can improve your behaviors, attitudes, and beliefs about yourself and your success in recovery. Learning how to use self-hypnosis as a tool for healing in recovery will allow you to gain better control over your thoughts and experience deep relaxation along the way.

Springtime signifies a season of rebirth and new beginnings, popularly used as a time for cleaning our homes and reorganizing our belongings. Realizing that the environment we create might reflect our internal state of mind can help us understand that if our rooms need tidying, our minds probably do too. Two simple but powerful ways of helping “clean” our minds to lower stress, improve focus, and support good mental health are through meditation and visualization.

If you were to ask anyone with anxiety, they’d probably tell you that it’s often a major source of negativity in their life. Some have even described it as an “aching” in their soul. Managing this experience without proper treatment can feel overwhelming and unbearable.

Reports of people suffering from anxiety and general stress are on the rise. It’s no secret that we live in a fast-paced world, and it’s easy to find ourselves overwhelmed at work, while dealing everyday life or navigating family life. While there are medications on the market to help, there are also natural methods to consider. Meditation has been used by yogis and people in other cultures for thousands of years. It can decrease anxiety and promote general well being.

The 12 steps of Alcoholics Anonymous were written in 1935 far ahead of our Western obsession with Eastern practices. The eleventh step of the twelve steps states “Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God as we understood Him praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out.” The “12&12” literature describes meditation as a “step out into the sun” where “debate has no place”. “It helps to envision our spiritual objective before we try to move toward it,” the book explains, “And let’s always remember that meditation is in reality intensely practical.”