Welcome to Blue Space Wisdom. Having spent the last 40 plus years observing and working with trauma, whether through ontological dialogue in Boston, leading Ayurvedic healing retreats in the woods of Western Maine, or through 15 years of work with survivors in Portland, Oregon I want to share what I have learned.

I am a survivor of sexual abuse and though I had spent years practicing inner awareness, I effectively stuffed my abuse. Finally, at age 49 the realities of my abuse dropped me to the deck of my sailboat with a panic attack. After the anxiety and tears subsided I started my healing, using all those tools I had developed over the previous 25 years. Now 15 years later I am calling the collection of those tools Introspective Awareness.

I use the phrase Introspective Awareness trying to communicate a methodology that lends itself to healing from trauma. Non of the concepts are necessarily new, but I believe they are very helpful for trauma survivors in working through their trauma. I have created a framework of contemplative practice, self discovery, and investigation that can more safely navigate the deep set realities of sexual abuse.

I strongly advocate for face to face experiences. Screens have become the default communication system, just notice where you are reading this. However, I believe being together creates the best, most appropriate method of healing from trauma. The work I am offering outside the groups I work with in Portland are held in nature, where being reflective becomes natural. Please look over the current offerings and if you are interested send me an email at das.chapin@gmail.com

Introspective Awareness is a form of mindfulness and meditation, as it relates to survivors of trauma. This work can help survivors gain insight into the self and create a reliable observer helping to uncover hidden behaviors and reevaluate why we are experiencing life the way we do.

Introspective Awareness on one level is an integrated way of being “present” or in the moment, and the practice naturally leads to a connected calmness. On another level Introspective Awareness can be developed to bring our hidden inner conversations and experiences to the forefront where we can “see” and consider them. Survivors of sexual abuse and other traumas have suffered an event or events which are known to create physical and mental changes. Introspective Awareness helps us experience these changes especially in the moment when they are occurring, giving us access to our deeper selves and enabling us to alter our behaviors and improve our lives.

With care,

Das