ABSTRACT Sustaining the longevity of helping professionals’ careers requires equipping them as students with adequate paradigms and practices for mind, body, and spirit wellbeing. Thus, integrating holistic approaches into core curriculum is essential to support the preparation for spiritually informed, standardized, ethical care. The purpose of this qualitative research project was to inquire...
Collaging invites the twists and turns of meaning-making and insight. This Reflexive Inquiry illuminates the collages of nine artist women and celebrates the potency of harnessing Creative Consciousness through meditation, collaging, and dialogue. We aim for balance between juxtaposing evocative imagery, poetic rendering, responding with creative critical social justice understanding, and...
Spiritually focused interventions are increasing within social work/helping professions practice and research. Specifically the incorporation of meditation is taking root. This article conceptualizes a particular mantra meditation system, combined with visualization, called Mahavakyam Meditation (MM), and explores how it ameliorated the stress, sadness, and anxiety for women attending...