Mahavakyam Meditation: a trauma-informed practice to cultivate wellness & resilience with social work students in the classroom and beyond

Sustaining the longevity of helping professionals' careers requires equipping them as students with adequate paradigms and practices for mind, body, and spirit wellbeing. Thus, integrating holistic approaches into core curriculum is essential to support the preparation for spiritually informed, standardized, ethical care. The purpose of this qualitative research project was to inquire into the inspiration of Mahavakyam Meditation practice, adapted from Master Teacher Sen's Ancient Secrets of Success system. Findings elucidate how Mahavakyam Meditation influences social work students' self-awareness, resilience, and wellbeing as an intervention tool. The Vedic science of thought-word creation is contemplated. The authors excavated six themes through data analysis: reduced anxiety and stress, increased concentration, deepened self-awareness, decreased negative self-talk and greater self-compassion, enhanced relationships, and spiritual connection. This inquiry offers a spiritual trauma-informed practical tool to support helping professional students through their studies and practice. We recommend further research to explore the effective implementation of Mahavakyam Meditation into helping professional curriculum as well as clinical and community interventions to best support students and clinicians to build resilience when they endure their own traumatic experiences.