This journal builds on the World Community for Christian Meditation (WCCM) Symposium "Meditation as a Healing Response to Trauma" held in October 2020.

The journal aims to expand the lessons of the Symposium and provide deeper insights into the healing power of mantra-based meditation. The articles offer an understanding of meditation as a healing practice for the adverse effects of trauma on physical, social, emotional, and spiritual well-being. This trauma, which can span generations if left unhealed, often leads to a divided self and fragmenting of body, mind, and spirit. The inner division creates feelings of separation and isolation and interferes with one's ability to relate to others. As a contemplative practice, meditation naturally integrates body, mind, and spirit and restores inner harmony.