This week, John Taylor shares a five-step practice for finding some peace and freedom after trauma. John's work as a mindfulness teacher is focused on racial equity and reconciliation initiatives. He is a Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction teacher and serves as adjunct faculty for UCSD's Center for Mindfulness. Here, he reminds us that we all have potential for healing and for positive change. All of this and more lies within each of us.

This practice is featured in the April issue of Mindful magazine alongside a piece written by longtime journalist Robert Huber exploring how mindfulness can help survivors of gun violence navigate their pain and support post-traumatic growth, one breath at a time. You can find it now on newsstands or at mindful.org.

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Find more from John Taylor here:

UC San Diego Center for Mindfulness

And more from Mindful here:

Why Survivors of Gun Violence Are Turning to Mindfulness

The April 2022 issue of Mindful magazine: The Resilience Issue

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