Mindfulness Meditation With Jack Kornfield

Core Practices For Living Wisely

What you'll learn
Sitting meditation
Walking meditation
Handle strong sensations & pain
Eat with mindfulness
Acknowledge thoughts & feelings without getting caught in them
Cultivate compassion
Attune to highest intentions
Requirements
There are no prerequisites for taking this course
Description
Mindfulness Meditation with Jack Kornfield is a complete course in practicing mindfulness by one of the world’s leading experts. Decades of neuroscience studies show the power of mindfulness to relieve stress, awaken our positive capacities, and bring balance to our lives. Mindfulness gives us the power to meet any situation wisely, to be fully present, and to operate with compassion. When we can look more clearly into ourselves and our life situation, new possibilities naturally open up for transforming difficulties and emerging stronger and wiser.This comprehensive training in all the fundamental mindfulness practices is entirely accessible to everyone, from beginners to those with prior meditative experience. Rich with stories, practices, teachings and good humor, it features eight complete sessions of guided exercises in sitting meditation including mindfulness of breath, body, feelings and thoughts; walking meditation; mindful eating; compassion practice to free the heart; and connection with our deepest aspirations and intention. These guided segments are a valuable resource that can be used again and again to sustain or refresh your regular, ongoing practice.Here is the benefit: We all know how busy and divisive modern times can be, and how easily they can fuel stress and anxiety. Mindfulness is both healing and liberating. Learning to meet our complex world and our own changing mental states with mindful loving awareness and courage allows us to find spacious, clear and healthy responses to life, rather than be caught in habitual reactions and struggle.Mindfulness quiets the mind and heals the heart. Systematically practicing mindfulness, we can recognize and foster positive states of mind like kindness, generosity, steadiness, and love – discovering how they are natural to us; and learn to nurture and strengthen them into a new, more gracious life of well-being.

Overview

Section 1: MEDITATION: THE FUNDAMENTALS

Lecture 1 Our Human Predicament

Lecture 2 Course Overview: Living Wisely in Times of Change & Conflict

Lecture 3 The Most Fundamental Practice

Lecture 4 Guided Sitting Meditation Practice

Lecture 5 Distraction and Resistance: Helpful Hints + Q/A

Section 2: WALKING MEDITATION; BEGINNING TO WORK WITH PAIN

Lecture 6 Introduction to Walking Meditation: Instructions

Lecture 7 Walking Meditation Self-Guided Practice (timer segment)

Lecture 8 Bringing Mindfulness To Difficult Sensations

Lecture 9 Skillfully Relating To Vulnerability

Section 3: MEDITATING WITH STRONG SENSATIONS; MINDFUL EATING

Lecture 10 Challenges Around Mindfulness of Breathing: Q/A

Lecture 11 Guided Practice: Sitting With Strong Sensations

Lecture 12 Guided Mindful-Eating Practice

Lecture 13 Reflections on Eating Practice

Section 4: WHAT REALLY MATTERS

Lecture 14 Introduction to Heart Practices

Lecture 15 Guided Contemplative Practice: The Work of the Heart

Lecture 16 Neuroscientific Support For Kindness & Compassion Practice

Section 5: AWARENESS THAT CAN HOLD IT ALL

Lecture 17 Mindfulness of Emotions

Lecture 18 Unpleasant Feelings & Thoughts

Lecture 19 Additional Comments on Mindfulness of Feelings & Thoughts

Lecture 20 Guided Sitting Meditation Practice

Section 6: STEWARDING OUR OWN LIFE

Lecture 21 Progress and Benefits of the Practice

Lecture 22 Attentional Hygiene

Lecture 23 Courage and Understanding

Lecture 24 Not Alone

Lecture 25 Dire Circumstances

Section 7: BRINGING OUR GIFTS TO THE WORLD

Lecture 26 Hope and Peace in These Times

Lecture 27 Connecting Deeply

Lecture 28 Joyfully Tending the Garden of the World

Lecture 29 Guided Exercise: Your Vow

Lecture 30 Guided Practice Exercise: Nobody Else Can Do It For You

Section 8: BONUS: 24-MINUTE, LIGHTLY-GUIDED PRACTICE

Lecture 31 24-Minute, Lightly-Guided Sitting Practice

Section 9: Additional Resources and Acknowledgements

Lecture 32 Resources and Acknowledgments

Everyone who wants to learn to practice mindfulness,Anyone feeling overwhelmed by inner or outer challenges,Everyone seeking greater concentration and clarity