Embedded Files
The NeuroMeditations on this page were not professionally recorded.
Please bear with me as I recreate them and hopefully, improve the sound quality.
Brain Exercises will be up soon!
"Recognition of Humanity should be the central focus of Human Existence" ~ Paulo Freire
"I dream of a world where I can lay my vulnerabilities out there, open for everyone, until they are my strengths. I am longing for this."
Harper Steele
If you are feeling suicidal you are NEVER alone... JUST dial 988
If you are feeling suicidal you are NEVER alone... JUST dial 988
Or Click Here for a link to their website and talk/text links or click the logo at left.
WARNING!!!
The Trump Administration cut funding for the
specific LGBTQ+ part of the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline
Beginning in JULY 2025
If you are LGBTQ+, you will not receive the quality of the previous (specialized and appropriate) support through the 988 line and will be better supported by calling or texting other crisis support lines
Here are some options for other LGBTQ+ Suicide and Crisis support:
The Trevor Project: Offers crisis intervention and suicide prevention services for LGBTQ young people (ages 13-24). They provide a lifeline (1-866-488-7386), text support (Text START to 678-678), and online chat, available 24/7.
Trans Lifeline: A peer support hotline run by and for transgender people, offering direct emotional and financial support, available 24/7. The US number is 1-877-565-8860 and the Canadian number is 1-877-330-6366.
LGBT National Hotline: Provides peer counseling, information, and resources for callers of all ages. Available Monday-Friday, 4pm - 12am ET and Saturday, 12pm - 5pm ET at 1-888-843-4564.
LGBT National Youth Talkline: Specifically for youth up to age 25, offering information, support, and local resources. Available Monday-Friday, 4pm - 12am ET and Saturday, 12pm - 5pm ET at 1-800-246-7743.
Therapy is a MUST
Therapy is a MUST
PTSD is complicated and working with a therapist is PIVOTAL to learning to manage your PTSD and to your overall recovery.
Click here to find a therapist in your area.
This website has SO many AMAZING resources, which are broken down in clear and usable ways, to help you that is safe and inclusive.
This link takes you to the crisis section of a page, which has very important info, but also has more info if you scroll up. There you will find links to finding whatever resource you need.
What can Neuro-Tools Do for YOU?
What can Neuro-Tools Do for YOU?
5 Neuro-Tools for PTSD/Complex PTSD
5 Neuro-Tools for PTSD/Complex PTSD
Toxic Positivity: What is it and How to Avoid it?
Toxic Positivity: What is it and How to Avoid it?
What is toxic positivity? How do people engaging in toxic positivity impact people who are struggling with any issue? Learn how to identify and avoid toxic positivity in yourself and in others. Additionally this discusses what to say to people who approach you with toxic positivity.
Beware the Grifters!
Beware the Grifters!
Grifters abound in the "healing" profession and community. Watch this video for some information on how to avoid those who are preying on your vulnerability, pain, suffering, difficulty and/or struggle. Be CAUTIOUS with your heart, mind and psyche - treat it with the care it deserves with choosing who you work with.
This Site is NOT a Replacement for Therapy, Medication or Medical Treatment
This Site is NOT a Replacement for Therapy, Medication or Medical Treatment
Spravato: How it helped me & why I strongly recommend it
Spravato: How it helped me & why I strongly recommend it
The Window of Tolerance
What is the Window of Tolerance?
What is the Window of Tolerance?
Understanding this helps you determine where yours is and when you are outside of it. Being outside of the "window" is "activating" and likely where you will become dysregulated and more reactive; your threat response is engaged.
Learning where your window of tolerance currently is, and how to identify its boundaries, helps you to better manage when you are outside of the window, as well as, helps you to make choices accordingly to return to the safety inside that window.
Understanding this can also help you embrace the opportunity to gently stretch the window and expand the range of what you can tolerate with a therapists support.
This takes you to this graphic below from the National Institute for the Clinical Application of Behavioral Medicine.
Remember you can find a therapist here:
Do you have Complex PTSD (C-PTSD)?
Do you have Complex PTSD (C-PTSD)?
The CPTSD Foundation.org
NAMI - National Alliance on Mental Illness
Safety and PTSD:
It is the MOST important thing for managing symptoms and gaining STABILITY
Develop Your Safe Space in Your Mind and SPEND TIME THERE
Go to the Safety page for more information.
What is Safety REALLY?
What is Safety REALLY?
For more information, go to the Safety page
Preparation for the Cave of Safety - Creating YOURS
Preparation for the Cave of Safety - Creating YOURS
The system responds and can return to calm when you send it messages of safety. This meditation is helpful for that, or whenever you need a barrier to the world, a deep sense of safety, unconditional love and support, or when you are doing difficult work. Practicing often can help restore a sense of safety.
Music: Golden Blossom - Tranquil Flute by Buddha’s Lounge on YouTube
Know Your ACES Score
Know Your ACES Score
Click HERE for a link to the original test and the one considered most used by therapists to determine childhood trauma. This is an important thing for you to know about yourself.
Go to the BEGIN HERE page and the Other Helpful Resources page for important information, tools, and resources (not listed here), which can be helpful for living with, managing and reducing the negative impacts of PTSD.
The Vagus Nerve & Polyvagal Theory
What is the Vagus Nerve and Why Should you Learn About it
Go to the Vagus Nerve and Polyvagal Theory Page for Images, Links and More Information
Neuro-Tools for PTSD/C-PTSD
My 2025 NMI Level Three Certification Small Research Study
Reducing Activation through the Vagus Nerve: Comparing the efficacy of a Bi-Lateral NeuroMeditation to stimulation of the auricular branch with a Tens Unit and Ear Clip
These are a passive way to adjust your brainwaves. The link takes you to 6 Free Tracks. Be SURE you READ the descriptions to determine which to use.
Use these as a way to FOCUS and breath to interrupt activation, bring the system into calm, or lift it when low
There are many other tools out there, and many cost a lot. I target tools which are FREE and accessible!
Using Neuro-Tools for PTSD/C-PTSD:
To Interrupt Activation
This Meditation anchors you into your stable, rooted self using the vagus nerve; balances the mind through bi-laterall focus & bi-lateral touch
Music: Vagus Nerve Stimulation by Narayanjot Records on YouTube
Use this meditation to balance the mind, increase focus and attention, and most importantly to interrupt the signaling from the amygdala so that you can bring your system into CALM. This is my version of one from the NMI page on insight timer and also on this page.
Music: Powerful Meditation Music for Concentration and Focus by Meditation and Healing on YouTube
This meditation guides you through shifting your attention inward to: build connection with self and body; increase awareness of, and ability to listen to, information coming from your body which can help you begin to tune into what state your nervous system is in and to assess effectiveness of interventions
Music: Krishna’s Healing Power by Buddha’s Lounge on YouTube
This focus meditation uses imagery of the tree of life; drawing energy up from your roots and down from your limbs and leaves, allowing them to mingle, grow and connect you with the vitality of life.
Music: Golden Blossom by Buddha’s Lounge on YouTube
Basic Info on How & When to Use Focus Neuro-Tools
Basic Info on How & When to Use Focus Neuro-Tools
Focus tools allow us to interrupt the amygdala and activation. Honing how YOUR brain likes to focus is KEY to the efficacy of this tool.
To Increase Sense of Being Anchored & Strong
This Meditation anchors you into your stable, rooted self using the vagus nerve; balances the mind through bi-laterall focus & bi-lateral touch
Music: Vagus Nerve Stimulation by Narayanjot Records on YouTube
This focus meditation uses imagery of the tree of life; drawing energy up from your roots and down from your limbs and leaves, allowing them to mingle, grow and connect you with the vitality of life.
Music: Golden Blossom by Buddha’s Lounge on YouTube
This meditation anchors you in your strong, immoveable center and allows you to rest in strength as you observe all thought, feeling and sensation that arises
Music: Bamboo Garden by Buddha’s Flute
This meditation guides you through increasing love and compassion for yourself. Observe yourself and how the experiences of life have impacted you. Through the lens of love, connect with both giving and receiving whatever is needed, fostering and growing your compassion and understanding for yourself.
Music: Healing Mother by Buddha’s Lounge on YouTube
To Increase Connection with, and Compassion for, Self and Others
Using Neuro-Tools for Connection
Using Neuro-Tools for Connection
OH: Increasing Compassion for Self & Others
This meditation is the basis and foundation of Open Heart meditations. It increases love and compassion for self and others.
Music: Peaceful Garden by Buddha’s Lounge on YouTube
Open Heart: Being the Tree AND the Forest
This meditation uses imagery of being both the single rooted tree AND the entire forest to Open the Heart and increase connection
Music: Morning Flute Music - New Day by Buddha’s Flute on YouTube
This meditation guides you through increasing love and compassion for yourself. Observe yourself and how the experiences of life have impacted you. Through the lens of love, connect with both giving and receiving whatever is needed, fostering and growing your compassion and understanding for yourself.
Music: Healing Mother by Buddha’s Lounge on YouTube
Meditation for Self Forgiveness
This meditation gently guides you through sitting with your deep regrets and assists you in allowing and receiving the balm of self forgiveness
Music: Dive into Tranquility by Buddha’s Flute on YouTube
This Open Heart meditation increases the felt sense of being woven into the very fabric of life
Music: Village Love Story by Buddha’s Lounge on YouTube
The Net of Indra & Ouroboros as Imagery
The Net of Indra & Ouroboros as Imagery
The Law of Kindness for Connection and Compassion
The Law of Kindness
The Law of Kindness
Practicing living by this law increases connection with, and compassion for, yourself and others. If you choose only one law to live by, let it be this! Helps you and helps the world.
To Quiet and CALM the Mind & the System
RACING Mind? Do this FIRST!
Use this meditation to balance the mind, increase focus and attention, and most importantly to interrupt the signaling from the amygdala so that you can bring your system into CALM. This is my version of one from the NMI page on insight timer and also on this page.
Music: Powerful Meditation Music for Concentration and Focus by Meditation and Healing on YouTube
Connecting with Awe and Wonder
Awe is beneficial for everyone, especially when dealing with anything difficult. Do this often - even for a couple minutes when you are stressed/overwhelmed/hurting. This meditation guides you through remembering, with all of your senses, an experience of being in a place where you FELT AWE
Music: Village Love Story by Buddha’s Flute on YouTube
Quiet Mind: Being the Tree and the Forest
This meditation connects you with being like a tree and then slowly to the feeling of being the entire, vast and expansive forest
Music: Relaxing Flute Falling Leaves by Buddha’s Lounge on YouTube
This meditation uses space imagery to quiet the mind for sleep. Using both the darkness between all things in space and its vast neverending expansiveness.
Music: 8 Hour Hans Zimmer Time Cover by Cozy Sleep Sounds on YouTube
More Helpful Tools for Various Experiences of PTSD
Watch for the GEMS
Watch for the GEMS
Note: This meditation may not appropriate for people experiencing suicidal ideation
This meditation helps you to gently stretch into acceptance of things that may be difficult
Music: Dive into Tranquility - Buddha’s Flute on YouTube
This meditation can be helpful when you feel pulled in opposite directions or the splitting experience arising from what seems to be conflicting thoughts, feelings, or sensations. By helping you stretch and expand the meditation this supports you so that you don’t have to pick either/or, and rather can hold BOTH things.
Music: Krishna’s Harmonious Flute by Buddha’s Lounge
This meditation aids you in accepting and facing the unknown through connecting with your core immovable self and anchoring into your strength.
Music: Calm Mountains by Fantasia Echoes
** Caution: This Meditation is not suitable for people living with, or experiencing, suicidal ideation **
Using imagery of Ouroboros, this meditation supports you through times of great change, growth and/or transformation. It assists you through your process of, and your acceptance of, letting go and shedding the past - moving you forward into this new life phase.
Music: Peaceful Garden by Buddha’s Lounge on YouTube
When Grief/Loss are Part of Your PTSD
This meditation is pretty self explanatory. It can offer some sense of soothing to the pain.
Music: Listen to the Flute’s Lament by Buddha’s Lounge on YouTube
This meditation aids you in accepting and facing the unknown through connecting with your core immovable self and anchoring into your strength.
Music: Calm Mountains by Fantasia Echoes
This meditation supports you in expanding yourself as you hold both your joys and your sorrows.
Music: Buddha’s Flute - Healing Mother by Buddha’s Lounge
This meditation can be helpful when you feel pulled in opposite directions or the splitting experience arising from what seems to be conflicting thoughts, feelings, or sensations. By helping you stretch and expand the meditation this supports you so that you don’t have to pick either/or, and rather can hold BOTH things.
Music: Krishna’s Harmonious Flute by Buddha’s Lounge
Go to the Grief/Loss page for more meditations for when PTSD is associated with Grief/Loss. Also the Cave of Safety above is a helpful and safe place to work with this.
Go to the Depression page if your PTSD also includes Depression
NATURE and PTSD:
The Importance of Nature
The Importance of Nature
Finding Special Spots in Unlikely Places & Being SAFE when in Nature
Finding Special Spots in Unlikely Places & Being SAFE when in Nature
Various Ways to Access Nature: Especially When You Can't Get There
Various Ways to Access Nature: Especially When You Can't Get There
Click each of these to take you to their page for more information and other Neuro-Tools
My Favorite Meditations for PTSD from the NeuroMeditation Institute:
If you haven't yet follow the steps below to access these meditations:
Download the Insight Timer app
Search for the NeuroMeditation Institute page within the app and Follow
Open any of the links for the meditations below and bookmark for quicker and easier future access
Where My Version Originates
Helpful Videos for Understanding Your PTSD and the Impact of Trauma
6 Critical Differences between PTSD and CPTSD
Why You Can't Just "Get Over" Trauma
How Your Brain Changes with Trauma
The Science of Trauma and Grief
The Science of Trauma and Grief
Living with Trauma
Living with Trauma
When Your PTSD is Connected to the World's LACK of Understanding Gender
Facts About Gender
Transgender Neurobiology
The intro is annoying an long just skip past that
Brain Gender
Like the other one, this intro is a bit long and annoying - just skip past it
Neurobiology of Trans-Sexuality
A Couple Books On Gender - Through History and Through Other Lenses
Changing Ones: Third and Fourth Genders in Native North America
Changing Ones: Third and Fourth Genders in Native North America
by Will Roscoe
Ancient Bodies, Ancient Lives: Sex, Gender, and Archaeology
Ancient Bodies, Ancient Lives: Sex, Gender, and Archaeology
by Rosemary A. Joyce
Go to the BEGIN HERE page and the Nature page for more information and meditations for connecting with Nature.
What Temperament Are You?
What Temperament Are You?
Knowing what temperament you are at a base level can help you as you come to KNOW YOURSELF more fully.
We come into the world having a base temperament. This is our Nature. Who we are is comprised of this and our NURTURING or how we were nurtured. Understanding your nature can offer you amazing insight into yourself. Exploring the impacts of how you were nurtured or where you weren't allows you to see the story that is YOU. Our Nature can't be radically changed. However when we come to understand ourselves better we can gain the awareness to make choices which are in alignment with our nature so that our lives can feel more peaceful and fulfilling. It is part of learning to truly love, accept and respect yourself and the WONDER which you ARE! No one is the same as us... we are connected and can have shared experiences, but the internal world that is us is something which is as unique as our fingerprint.
Why Understanding your Personality Type is Helpful
Why Understanding your Personality Type is Helpful
Click Above for the link to the FREE survey!
Take time to answer the questions slowly and honestly for accuracy. They offer a breakdown of a buttload of very interesting and helpful information that can help you gain insight into yourself.
What Does Perception Have to Do With It All?
What Does Perception Have to Do With It All?
Interested in learning more? Click the link above for course descriptions and details.
Remember to go to the BEGIN HERE page and the Other Helpful Resources page for other crucial information, tools, resources and book recommendations, which help with not only surviving Trauma, and learning to mangage PTSD, but also to support and assist you through recovery and coming to thrive.
Page updated
Google Sites
Report abuse