Adverse Childhood Experiences and Meditation

Healing from Adverse Childhood Experiences

The Transformative Power of Meditation

Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) were originally discovered in the late 90s.  It was then identified that ACES can deeply affect people; mentally, emotionally, and physically. ACEs encompass a spectrum of traumatic events or circumstances that occur during childhood, such as abuse, neglect, or household dysfunction. These experiences can have lasting repercussions on an individual’s life, contributing to serious health issues and challenges later on.

In addition to the current therapies and psychological practices, attention is turning towards the inclusion of meditation to help young people process their experiences and overcome the effects of trauma.

Meditation and ACEs

Meditation serves as a holistic approach to healing from ACEs by addressing the psychological, emotional, and physiological aspects of trauma. Through mindfulness, emotional regulation, brain rewiring, and resilience-building practices, meditation offers a path towards healing and recovery.

Mindfulness is a form of meditation that is linked to spiritual practices but available as secular practice today. Within last 20 years, we now have access to empirical research providing the evidence that confirms why we should practice meditation for physical, emotional and mental health

Through the *work of Professor Jon Kabat Zinn – mindfulness is now a form of meditation,  regularly used in society and made available to the medical sector and other professionals.

Mindful Benefits for the Young, Stressed Brain