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Class 1: January 7, 2021
Class 1: January 7, 2021
Class Flow
Class Flow
- What is mindfulness meditation, why practice, and how we'll explore over the coming month
- Learning 2 foundational practices: coming back to an anchor and coming back to the body
- Supports for establishing mindfulness meditation as a habit
What is mindfulness meditation?
What is mindfulness meditation?
Mindfulness meditation is a training in presence.
Mindfulness meditation is a training in presence.
It's a training in cultivating a clear, kind attention, a relaxed attentiveness to what's right here.
It's a training in cultivating a clear, kind attention, a relaxed attentiveness to what's right here.
Mindfulness meditation has two dimensions or two wings:
Mindfulness meditation has two dimensions or two wings:
the wing of wisdom—the ability to bring clear seeing to the present moment—
the wing of wisdom—the ability to bring clear seeing to the present moment—
and the wing of compassion—the ability to bring space and tenderness to whatever arises in our lives.
and the wing of compassion—the ability to bring space and tenderness to whatever arises in our lives.
It takes both wings together to fly.
It takes both wings together to fly.
Basic mindfulness meditation
Basic mindfulness meditation
Meditation - 2 foundational practices.docx2 Foundational Practices
2 Foundational Practices
Supports for Developing a Mindfulness Meditation Habit
Supports for Developing a Mindfulness Meditation Habit
Class 1 Resources
Class 1 Resources
In the rush of modern life, we tend to lose touch with the peace that is available in each moment. World-renowned Zen master, spiritual leader, and author Thich Nhat Hanh shows us how to make positive use of the very situations that usually pressure and antagonize us.
In the rush of modern life, we tend to lose touch with the peace that is available in each moment. World-renowned Zen master, spiritual leader, and author Thich Nhat Hanh shows us how to make positive use of the very situations that usually pressure and antagonize us.
Lucidly and beautifully written, Peace Is Every Step contains commentaries and meditations, personal anecdotes and stories from Nhat Hanh’s experiences as a peace activist, teacher, and community leader. It begins where the reader already is—in the kitchen, office, driving a car, walking—and shows how deep meditative presence is available now.
Lucidly and beautifully written, Peace Is Every Step contains commentaries and meditations, personal anecdotes and stories from Nhat Hanh’s experiences as a peace activist, teacher, and community leader. It begins where the reader already is—in the kitchen, office, driving a car, walking—and shows how deep meditative presence is available now.
If you change your brain, you can change your life.
If you change your brain, you can change your life.
Great teachers like the Buddha, Jesus, Moses, Mohammed, and Gandhi were all born with brains built essentially like anyone else’s―and then they changed their brains in ways that changed the world. Science is now revealing how the flow of thoughts actually sculpts the brain, and more and more, we are learning that it's possible to strengthen positive brain states.
Great teachers like the Buddha, Jesus, Moses, Mohammed, and Gandhi were all born with brains built essentially like anyone else’s―and then they changed their brains in ways that changed the world. Science is now revealing how the flow of thoughts actually sculpts the brain, and more and more, we are learning that it's possible to strengthen positive brain states.
This book presents an unprecedented intersection of psychology, neurology, and contemplative practice, and is filled with practical tools and skills that you can use every day to tap the unused potential of your brain and rewire it over time for greater well-being and peace of mind.
This book presents an unprecedented intersection of psychology, neurology, and contemplative practice, and is filled with practical tools and skills that you can use every day to tap the unused potential of your brain and rewire it over time for greater well-being and peace of mind.
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