Meditation in Addiction Treatment

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Meditation in Addiction Treatment

• Clearing the Chakras
• Sheilana Massey DD
• Margery Runyan LCSW
• May 27, 2009

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My Stroke of InsightJill Bolte Taylor on TED

• Right brain present moment, parallel processor,
  sensory, pictures, kinesis
• Left brain serial processor, linear, past and
  future, details, organizes, I am, language and
  thought, words and numbers
• I have surrendered I am no longer the
  choreographer of my life

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Chakra Circling Energy in Sanskrit Where
subtle energies are transformed to hormonal
signals
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Chakras, Psychic Functions, Colors, and
Sounds/Vibrations

• Root - Security/Divine Will Red, LAM
• Abdomen- Life Force Orange, VAM
• Solar Plexus - Power Yellow, RAM
• Heart - Compassion Green, YAM
• Throat - Speak Truth Blue, HAM
• Third Eye- See Truth/Intuition Violet, OM
• Crown - Connect with Spirit Indigo, AUM

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Endocrine System

• Root Sacrum, Spine Adrenals
• Abdomen Sexuality Testes/Ovaries
• Solar Plexus Digestion, Purification Pancreas
• Heart Circulatory, Lungs
• Thymus
• Throat Skeletal
  Thyroid/Parathyroid
• Third Eye Eyes, Ears, Nose, Sinuses
  Pituitary
• Crown Nervous System
  Pineal/Hypothalamus

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Autonomic System - Endocrine Glands Secrete
Hormones

• Pineal serotonin, melatonin, dopamine
• Pituitary master gland, growth hormone,
  prolactin, TSH to thyroid, ACTH to adrenal
• Thyroid energy, metabolism, thyroxin,
  calcitonin reduces calcium Parathyroid-
  increases calcium
• Thymus immune system
• Pancreatic islet insulin, glucagon
• Ovaries and testes
• Adrenals hydrocortisone

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Endocrine Glands
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The Brain

• Deep Limbic System mood control
• Basil Ganglia idling speed, anxiety
• Prefrontal Cortex plans and decisions
• Cingulate gear shifter vs. stuck
• Temporal Lobes memory, language, facial
  recognition
• All affected by alcohol and drugs screen for
  violence, head injuries, psychiatric and
  neurological conditions

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Deep Limbic System

• Evolutionary brain
• Pleasure and pain center
• Hypothalamus/thalamus
• Experiences and expresses emotion
• Switching station between emotion and rational
  thought
• Depression correlates with increased limbic
  system activity and left prefrontal cortex
  shutdown.

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Chakras and Recovery

• Energy is blocked by fixed attitudes and ideas,
  old emotions and mental scars.
• Meditation frees the energy to move freely.
• Your path is perfect as you are walking it.
• Take back your projections.
• Heal your inner self.
• Connect to the heart of Spirit and the heart of
  the Earth.
• You are fully Spirit and fully Human.

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Meditation

• Sit quietly.
• Watch the breath.
• Palms upward in your lap.
• Notice your thoughts.
• Let them go.
• Go deep inside.
• Rest and find peace within.

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Recommended Works

• Peace Has No Space for Memories Massey, DD
• Along the Path of Enlightenment Massey, DD
• Change Your Brain, Change Your Life Amen, MD
• Vibrational Medicine Gerber, MD
• Behaving as if the God in all life mattered -
  Small Wright