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title: RC Mindfulness Pilot Wrap-Up
description: A program evaluation survey for Monthly RC Mindfulness was administered. The results were affirming and a summary of key results follow.
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# [RC Mindfulness Pilot Wrap-Up](https://blog.traumaticstressinstitute.com/blog/rc-mindfulness-pilot-wrap-up)

 Written by [John Engel, MA](https://blog.traumaticstressinstitute.com/blog/author/john-engel-ma) | December 3, 2021

**Monthly RC Mindfulness: Come Fill Your Cup - December 2021**

Monthly RC Mindfulness convened on December 1, 2021, for the final session of an 8-month pilot aimed at supporting RC treaters (trainers, champions and all staff at our client agencies) with a mission to:

- Focus on well-being – Fill your cup
- Sustain RC culture – Pour from a full cup
- Do no harm – Care for your cup

Topics, practices and resources offered during the pilot included:

- Compassion meditation
- Gratitude practice
- ‘Being with’ and ‘working with’ practices
- Sitting and walking meditation
- Body scan
- Support anchors
- Trauma-sensitive techniques

**Mindfulness Benefits**

The mindfulness pilot was created with an understanding that with regular practice mindfulness, offers a host of evidence-based benefits, including:

- **Emotional well-being** (empathy, resilience, mood)
- **Mental fitness** (improved attention, reduced bias, greater creativity)
- **Physical** (lower BP, improved heart health, improved sleep)
- **Behavioral** (less reactivity, more ethical behavior, greater patience)
- **Trauma-sensitive techniques** (key for trauma treaters and survivors)

In particular, there is a strong evidence base that compassion meditation helps offset compassion fatigue for caregivers (such as RC treaters) and helps build one’s capacity for present-moment awareness (such as ‘noticing our reactions to others’ that is critically important for RC treaters).

**Program Evaluation Results**

A program evaluation survey was administered, with 27 participants responding. The results were affirming and offer guidance for mindfulness offerings in 2022. A summary of key results follow.

**Monthly pilot produced very favorable ratings**

- Topics connect well with RC - 96.3%
- Facilitator did a good job - 96.3%
- **I would recommend this program to others - 96.3%**

 **Monthly pilot produced strong positive impact **

- Gained practical tips and tools - 100%
- Managed stress more effectively - 66.6%
- **Better 'noticed my reactions to others' - 88.9%**

 **Monthly pilot produced desire for expanded offerings**

- Weekly drop-in sessions - 74.0%
- 30-Day Mindfulness Challenge (January 2022) - 81.4%
- **Interest in more mindfulness resources for my agency - 85.2%**

Participant Feedback

- "Thank you for diving in to offer and support mindfulness practice. I believe mindfulness is such a beautiful compliment to the existing RC Training. Thank you for being leaders in the field, once again!"
- "I appreciate that we as an agency are taking the well-being of our staff seriously."
- "...I have learned to take care of myself by attending these sessions. I am a work in progress and would like to continue learning with your sessions."
- "Taking time out for me. As the saying goes, I have to take care of myself, so I can take care of others."

**Next Steps**

We are using data collected from the survey in order to plan our 2022 events. We hope those of you who've participated in the pilot continue practicing mindfulness, access the [RC Mindfulness blogs and their resources](https://blog.traumaticstressinstitute.com/blog/tag/mindfulness), and spread the word about your experience to your coworkers.  Stay tuned for news of future RC mindfulness offerings.

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