Its beautiful to discover The Shangriballa Method, wonderful stuff. Just what I needed to hear. But I would like to add some nuance... I've personally gone far down the rabbit hole of awareness/concentration meditation training (much more the Shamatha side of the Vipassana/Shamatha duality), without much regard to embodied trauma. But I'd push back on the ominous framing of "Pitfall of Spiritual Bypassing" cited in the introduction... concentration meditation has brought huge benefits. Our monkey mind thoughts (Default Mode Network) create a huge amount of noise that AMPLIFIES underlying trauma... by focusing on cultivating stable concentration and awareness, reducing the overall noise of the ruminating mind, then you are in a stronger and SAFER foundation to tackle the underlying trauma. Case in point, I've practiced Vipassana hardcore the last weeks since my Bufo retreat (to maximise the neuroplasticity from the medicine I've gone all in). I believe I've made significant initial progress in beginning to heal from trauma with a 2+ hour daily Vipassana meditation (predominantly manifested as tightness/heat in the chest) ... I likely could not have done this if I had no previous ability to direct my mind to where it needed to go (equanimous concentration/awareness) to focus on bodily introspection. Arguably, cultivating concentration meditation first, because it is pleasurable and earned safety, is an equally excellent and less destabilizing route to take - avoiding Dark Night of the Soul situations. You're not running headlong into deep trauma with a fragile mind. Which comes first, the chicken or the egg? ;) Both approaches hand in hand, body and mind, is likely the optimal path.