Welcome to Insights at the Edge, produced by Sounds True. My name's Tammy Simon. I'm the founder of Sounds True,

and I'd love to take a moment to introduce you to the Sounds True Foundation. The goal of the

Sounds True Foundation is to provide access and eliminate financial barriers to transformational education and resources, such as

teachings and trainings on mindfulness, emotional awareness, and self-compassion.

If you'd like to learn more and join with us in our efforts, please visit soundstruefoundation.org.

In this episode of Insights at the Edge, my guest is David Treleven PhD.

David is a writer, educator, and trauma professional working at the intersection of mindfulness and trauma.

He's the founder of trauma-sensitive mindfulness, TSM,

a community of practitioners committed to setting a standard of care

through mindfulness-based practices, interventions, and programs.

His work has been adopted into multiple mindfulness teacher training programs around the world,

including UCLA's Mindful Awareness Research Center.

David is the author of the acclaimed book, Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness,

and is a visiting scholar at Brown University

and has worked with a number of organizations to bring trauma-sensitive mindfulness to their

staff and programs. David's work reveals an astounding and at first troubling fact that some people who immerse themselves in

mindfulness meditation actually become re-traumatized through the practice if teachers are not

well-trained and trauma-informed. What does it mean to become a trauma-informed mindfulness teacher?

And then as spiritual explorers ourselves,

how do we navigate our journey with the tools that we need

so we can expand through spiritual practice,

metabolize trauma, and do deep inner work in ways that are safe

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