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Mindfulness for Beginners

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Overview

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Discover a primer on mindfulness from the teacher who introduced its benefits to Western medicine.

Syllabus

1. Mindfulness: An Introduction
  • Introduction to session one of mindfulness
  • The only moment you have
  • What is mindfulness?
  • Awareness, a sixth sense
  • Being present in your life
  • Mind and heart
  • An ethical foundation
  • Non-judging, patience, beginner’s mind, trust
  • Non-striving, acceptance, letting go
  • Thinking and awareness
2. Practicing Mindfulness
  • Introduction to session two of mindfulness
  • Eating meditation
  • Mindfulness of breathing
  • Mindfulness of the body as a whole
  • Mindfulness of objects: Sounds, thoughts, emotions
  • Mindfulness as pure awareness

Taught by

Jon Kabat-Zinn and Sounds True

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