Wellness Through Mindfulness

An 8-Week Online Self-Paced Mindfulness Training Program

What you'll learn

Improve your ability to relax, feel calm and, increase energy and enthusiasm for life

Develop strategies to manage stress, identify alternative responses to stress and find balance more quickly after stressful situations

Cultivate a deeper connection with your body, emotions, and relationships with others

Improve focus, attention, memory and performance

Requirements

No experience needed

Description

The Wellness through Mindfulness Course approaches mindfulness as the life skill that it truly is. It can serve as an introduction to mindfulness for those new to mindfulness or a refresher for seasoned practitioners familiar with the foundational principles of mindfulness.If you are interested in a mindfulness course that helps you take an active role in your health and well-being; if you are ready to learn ore refresh your knowledge of how to integrate mindfulness more into your daily life; if you are willing to commit to a weekly class for 8 consecutive weeks and willing to follow a daily mindfulness practice during that time, then this is the course for you.With all the challenges of today’s world, many of us are living in a perpetual state of stress, anxiety, and uncertainty. And this worry can make us suffer physically, emotionally and spiritually.On a physical level, our reactions to life can get stored in our body as tension, hypertension, headaches, or even chronic pain and illnesses. Typical emotional symptoms include feelings of burnout, depression, relationship difficulties, grief and loss. And on a spiritual level, you may crave a sense of more meaning and purpose in your life or long to find inner peace to carry you through this frantic world.Thankfully, these difficult issues can be overcome.Mindfulness provides proven techniques that can help reverse or reduce physically, emotionally and spiritually manifestations of stress. It can help you navigate work, save personal relationships and strengthen professional connections.Just imagine experiencing a sense of control in your life, where you are aware of what is happening to you and are able to make decisions about how to respond in new and creative ways that seem possible right now.What if you had the tools to align with your authentic self, untangle from unhelpful thoughts and emotions, and connect with your unique sense of purpose, meaning and passion?

Overview

Section 1: Getting Started with Wellness through Mindfulness

Lecture 1 Getting Started

Section 2: Week 1: Introduction to Mindfulness

Lecture 2 W1 T1 Introduction to Mindfulness Meditation

Lecture 3 W1 T2 Exploring Meditation Postures

Lecture 4 W1 T3 Mindful Eating Practice

Lecture 5 W1 T4 Exploring Autopilot

Lecture 6 W1 T5 Awareness of the Breath

Lecture 7 W1 T6 Lesson One Closing

Section 3: Week 2: The Mind-Body Connection

Lecture 8 W2 T1 Lesson Two Overview

Lecture 9 W2 T2 – Body Scan Meditation

Lecture 10 W2 T3 – Working with the Body

Lecture 11 W2 T4 – Body and Breath Meditation

Lecture 12 W2 T5 – Week Two Closing

Section 4: Week 3: Perception

Lecture 13 W3 T1 – Week Three Overview

Lecture 14 W3 T2 – Mindful Movement & Body and Breath Meditation

Lecture 15 W3 T3 – Exploring the 9-Dots Puzzle

Lecture 16 W3 T4 – Self-Guided Breathing Space Meditation

Lecture 17 W3 T5 – Week Three Closing

Section 5: Week 4: Exploring the Unwanted

Lecture 18 Week 4: Lesson Four Overview

Lecture 19 W4 T1 – Week Four Overview

Lecture 20 W4 T2 – Sound and Thought Meditation

Lecture 21 W4 T3 – Stress Reactivity

Lecture 22 W4 T5 Lesson Four Closing

Section 6: Week 5: Creative Responding

Lecture 23 W5 T1 – Week Five Overview

Lecture 24 W5 T2 – Turning Toward Meditation

Lecture 25 W5 T3 – Habits

Lecture 26 W5 T4 – Negativity Bias

Lecture 27 W5 T5 – Week Five Closing

Section 7: Week 6: Building Resilience

Lecture 28 W6 T1 – Week Six Overview

Lecture 29 W6 T2 – Loving Kindness Meditation

Lecture 30 W6 T3 – What is called for right now?

Lecture 31 W6 T4 – The Modes of Being and Doing

Lecture 32 W6 T5 – Week Six Closing

Section 8: Week 7: Making Skillful Choices

Lecture 33 W7 T1 – Week Seven Overview

Lecture 34 W7 T2 – Extended Sitting Meditation

Lecture 35 W7 T3 – Exhaustion Funnel

Lecture 36 W7 T5 – Week Seven Closing

Section 9: Week 8: Life Is the Practice

Lecture 37 W8 T1 – Final Review and Meditation

Lecture 38 W8 T2 – Closing Thoughts and Journaling

Lecture 39 W8 T3 – Closing Reflection

Lecture 40 W8 T4 – Resources

There is no upper age limit for this mindfulness course, but it would help if you were over 18 years.