These resources are for participants of the Self Care for Carers program. They will remain posted until December 14, 2022.
Facilitated by Georgina Robinson, PhD and Lorraine M. Hobbs, M.A
Date: Wednesdays, September 21 to November 30, 2022, 6:30 to 8:00 pm Pacific Time
Home Practice from Session 1: September 28
“A Gentle Easy Breathe” Guided Meditation
“Tending to Yourself” Guided Meditation
“Mindful Awareness of Routine Activities”
Practice Sheet
This practice sheet contains fillable form questions, please download to your computer so that your responses will be saved.
Home Practice from Session 2: October 5
“Body Scan” Guided Meditation
“Body Scan” Outline Sheet
“Awareness of Stress Experiences” Practice Sheet
Paul Gilbert’s Regulatory Systems
“Souls of the Feet” Meditation
Home Practice from Session 3: October 12
“My Child as a Gemstone” Practice Sheet
“A Soothing Caring Touch Just for Me” Meditation
“Self Compassion Break for Parents” Meditation
“Self Compassion Break for Parents of Kids with ASD” Meditation
Home Practice from Session 4: October 19
“Awareness of Stress Experiences” Practice Sheet
“Awareness of Stress Experiences” Example Sheet
“Loving Kindness Phrases” Meditation
“Loving Kindness Phrases for a Loved One” Meditation
Home Practice from Session 5: October 26
“Writing Yourself a Letter from a Compassionate Voice” Practice
“Breathing Through” Meditation
“Five Breaths of Happiness” Meditation
Home Practice from Session 6: November 2
“Personal Values Card Sort” Activity
“The Limits of my Means” Meditation
“Under the Sea” Meditation
“Internal Weather Report”
As demonstrated in-session, complete this exercise periodically throughout the week.
Home Practice from Session 7: November 9
“Taking in the Good” Communication Board
“Taking in the Good”
“What size are your circles?”
“A Friend in Me”
“Soft, Soothe, Allow”
“Emotional Regulations Systems in ASD”
Home Practice from Session 8: November 16
“Rupture and Repair” Practice Explanation
“Rupture and Repair” Practice
“Mountain” Meditation
Home Practice from Session 9: November 23
“Compassionate Body Scan”
Please take some time this week to practice the breathing technique the group went to at the end of session 9: 7 & 9 count breathing, or 9 & 11 count breathing.