Trauma Informed Meditation and Mindfulness

What It Is and Why It Matters?

A Call for Responsibility in Spiritual Spaces

In recent years, meditation has gone mainstream. You can find guided practices in your yoga class, your therapist’s office, your workplace wellness app—and even your gym. But here’s what we don’t always talk about: for some people, sitting in silence and turning inward is not calming. It can be overwhelming, triggering, or even retraumatizing.

This is why trauma-informed meditation and mindfulness teaching matters.

Being trauma-informed doesn’t mean being a therapist. It means recognizing that trauma is common, that the nervous system needs options, and that safety must be built into every practice. It means not assuming that stillness is easy. It means offering choice—eyes open or closed, sitting or moving, stopping if needed—and encouraging agency at every step.

As mindfulness teachers, we carry an ethical responsibility to create spaces that are inclusive, invitational, and aware of the hidden wounds people may carry. Trauma-informed teaching asks us to meet people where they are, not where we think they should be.

Because mindfulness is not about performance. It's not about grit or getting it “right.” It’s about presence—and for many, presence can only bloom when safety is in place.

If you’ve ever felt like meditation didn’t work for you, you’re not broken. You may just need a gentler approach, a teacher who understands, or a community that offers room to breathe.

That’s the kind of space I’m committed to creating—one breath at a time..