Integrative Mindful Self-Care
Path Toward Wellness

Integrative Mindful Self-care (IMS) recognizes that each individual is unique - as is their journey toward self-care and wellness. Self-care that raises out of an integrative approach begins by examining each of our five senses that often unconsciously feed our emotional reactive response related to well-being. An integrative toolbox of evidence-based mindful practice techniques grounded in clinical theory, historic Christian practices, and ritual understandings offer pathways for sensory renewal and well-being. The experience is enhanced through understandings of the Integrative Practice Model known as A-FACT. Grounded in their expertise and lived experiences, the Center to Awaken Kindness' proprietary Integrative Mindful Self-care (IMS) framework was developed by the Rev. Dr. Bill Ressl, LCSW and the Rev. Dr. Penny Taylor, LCSW.

The Integrative Mindful Self-care Frame

5 Paths of Doing

Sight
Taste
Smell
Sound
Touch

The IMS Toolbox of
Integrative Practice Techniques

+ Creative Journaling
+ Prayer & Work
+ Positive Mantras
+ Labyrinth Walking
+ Three Divinas...
  - Lectio - Contemplative Reading
  - Visio - Divine Seeing
  - Musica - Sacred Listening

Integrative Practice Model

A - Awareness
F - Freedom
A - Acceptance
C - Courage
T - Transformation

The IMS Knowledge Base

Bowen Family Systems Theory
Jungian Psychoanalysis
Various Evidence-Based Clinical Theories & Methods
Systematic & Liberation Theologies
Understandings from Ritual Studies