The Meditation Safety Toolbox was created to accompany the 20-hour First Do No Harm Meditation Safety Trainings with Drs. Willoughby Britton, Jared Lindahl and David Treleaven.  The FDNH trainings have been used by meditation and mindfulness organizations thoughout the world to educate their teachers about meditation-related adverse effects.  The FDNH training has been updated with new information and data and can be accessed as separate modules on this online course platform.

MEDITATION SAFETY TOOLBOX  [ENGLISH version 2.13.19]

[Note: To download the toolbox, click the Meditation Safety Toolbox link above, and a zip file will automatically download onto your computer]

THE CURRENT TOOLBOX CONTAINS:

19 folders and 73 files. Click here for a detailed list of the 2.13.19 Toolbox contents (new additions in red ink)

MBSR/MBCT GUIDELINES

  •      MBI Teacher Competencies

INFORMED CONSENT

  •      Scientific Literacy
  •      Mindfulness + Secularity: Legal and Ethical Issues
  •      Mindfulness and Buddhism- Important Books

SCREENING

  •      Screening tools
  •      Examples of Suicidality Safety Plans
  •      Safety Monitoring Guidelines

MONITORING

  •      Meditation-related Challenges
  •      Publications from the Varieties of Contemplative Experience (VCE) Study
  •      Other Scientific articles on meditation-related difficulties, side-effects and harms
  •      Monitoring Tools

MECHANISM

MANAGEMENT

  •      Trauma-informed mindfulness
  •      Trauma Basics
  •      Systematic Trauma
  •      Other

OTHER RESOURCES:

HELP SUPPORT MEDITATION SAFETY RESOURCES and RESEARCH

SAFETY TOOLBOX 2.13.19MEDITATION SAFETY TOOLBOX –  English version 2.13.19

[Note: To download the toolbox, click the Meditation Safety Toolbox link above, and a zip file will automatically download onto your computer]