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Master John Gabbard

Are you seeking a healing path that goes beyond talking about trauma—and actually feels it in your body?

This course offers a gentle, experiential gateway into trauma recovery using:

  • Guided meditations designed specifically to shift your nervous system and release emotional blocks

  • Breathwork and body-centered healing tailored to foster calm, clarity, and inner safety

  • Energy-based practices like chakra alignment, grounding, and emotional frequency work

  • Wisdom based in polyvagal theory, mindfulness, and somatic integration

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Are you seeking a healing path that goes beyond talking about trauma—and actually feels it in your body?

This course offers a gentle, experiential gateway into trauma recovery using:

  • Guided meditations designed specifically to shift your nervous system and release emotional blocks

  • Breathwork and body-centered healing tailored to foster calm, clarity, and inner safety

  • Energy-based practices like chakra alignment, grounding, and emotional frequency work

  • Wisdom based in polyvagal theory, mindfulness, and somatic integration

Over the journey, you will:

  • Learn how trauma resides in the body through the lens of the nervous system

  • Practice meditations that gently move stuck energy, open the heart, and foster emotional resilience

  • Develop the tools to regulate anxiety, fear, and overwhelm—with practice sessions for self-soothing and inner connection

Continue Your Healing Journey

If you found this course meaningful, you may also benefit from exploring my other trauma-informed and energy-based healing courses on Udemy:

  • Emotional Alchemy: Nervous System Wisdom & Energy HealingA trauma-informed path to emotional healing and energetic freedom. Learn to move through emotions like fear, anger, shame, and grief without getting stuck.

  • Energetic Intelligence: Foundations for HealingLearn to regulate your nervous system, shift emotional states, and hold space using the language of subtle energy. A foundational guide for healers and sensitive individuals.

  • Holistic Techniques to ease Depression, Anxiety and Trauma, Use breathwork, Ho’oponopono, Meditation, Polyvagal and energy healing to release blocks and reclaim your vitality

Each course can be taken on its own or combined to support a fuller journey into nervous system wisdom, emotional resilience, and energetic awareness.

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What's inside

Learning objectives

  • • practice breathwork, visualization, and subtle energy techniques for healing
  • • learn how to hold space for yourself or others without rescuing or absorbing pain
  • • differentiate intuition from emotional reactivity and projection
  • • build healthier boundaries and support dynamics in trauma-informed relationships
  • • cultivate embodied awareness and presence-based listening
  • • create a personal toolkit for resilience, calm, and co-regulation

Syllabus

Students learn to create safety, stability, and trust through grounding, boundaries, consent, and presence—laying the foundation for trauma-informed healing
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Explores consciousness and how to live in the present moment, concepts central to guided meditation. While not a how-to guide for guided meditation specifically, it provides a powerful perspective on the inner experience that meditation helps to cultivate.
Combines neuroscience with mindfulness practices to offer practical tools for well-being. It explains how meditation impacts the brain and provides exercises that can complement guided meditation practices.
This widely popular book focuses on the importance of living in the present moment. It aligns with the core principle of mindfulness in guided meditation and can be a source of inspiration for deepening one's practice.
A comprehensive guide to Vipassana (insight) meditation, a practice often incorporated into guided meditations. It offers detailed instructions and insights for developing mindfulness and can be valuable for both beginners and more experienced practitioners.
Offers a 10-day program exploring different meditation styles, providing a practical entry point for beginners. It includes step-by-step instructions that are easy to follow, making it suitable for high school and undergraduate levels.
Following up on their successful 'Mindfulness: Finding Peace in a Frantic World,' this book offers an eight-week program to deepen mindfulness practice. It incorporates the latest research and can be valuable for those who have some basic experience and want to go further with guided practices.
Teaches a mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) program that has been shown to be effective in preventing relapse in people with depression. It provides detailed instructions on how to practice guided meditation and mindfulness techniques to manage negative thoughts and emotions.
Foundational guide to mindfulness meditation, offering accessible practices for integrating mindfulness into daily life. It's excellent for gaining a broad understanding and is often recommended for beginners. It provides a solid introduction to the principles and practice of mindfulness, which key component of guided meditation.
Offers a collection of guided meditations tailored for beginners. It includes meditations for relaxation, stress relief, and inner peace, and provides clear instructions on how to practice each meditation effectively.
Provides a comprehensive guide to mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) for anxiety disorders. It explains the theoretical underpinnings of MBCT and offers detailed instructions for conducting MBCT groups or individual therapy sessions.
Teaches the body scan meditation technique, which involves bringing mindful attention to different parts of the body. It provides detailed instructions and guided meditation exercises to help readers develop a regular body scan practice and cultivate mindfulness and self-compassion.
Explores the scientific evidence for the benefits of meditation and mindfulness practices. It reviews research on the effects of meditation on the brain, body, and mind, and discusses the potential applications of meditation in various fields, such as healthcare and education.
Provides a comprehensive workbook for developing mindful self-compassion. It includes exercises and practices to help readers cultivate self-acceptance, self-kindness, and resilience.
Offers a collection of guided meditations specifically designed to promote relaxation and sleep. It includes meditations for falling asleep, staying asleep, and improving sleep quality.
Provides a comprehensive overview of the core teachings of Buddhism, which underpin many meditation practices, including guided meditation. It offers a deeper philosophical context for the practice.

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