Mindfulness Meditation
Mindfulness is about being fully awake in our lives. It is about perceiving the exquisite vividness of each moment
-- Jon Kabat-Zinn
Mindfulness Meditation Classes
With Paddy Kennedy, Certified Mindfulness Teacher/Coach/Trainer
(A 10-week Meditation Program for Beginner and Intermediate Meditators)
About this course
This is a 10-week program for people who would like to learn to manage stress and how to meditate. Mindfulness, which finds its roots in Ancient Buddhism, is NOT a religion but is rather a practice for all of us to find inner peace and increase physical and mental energy, to help us sleep better, to deal with our fear and anger, to help us raise our level of self-confidence and heal depression, to help manage chronic pain and maintaining a healthy heart. Mindfulness lets us live in the present moment, thereby alleviating a lot of every day worries and concerns. It contributes generally to improved physical, emotional, and mental health.
Every session involves a meditation.
Curriculum
- Introduction to Mindfulness – The Key to Emotional Balance
- How Mindfulness Can Help Us to Live and Love Life in the Present Moment
- Beginner’s Mind / Beginner’s Mindfulness Meditation
- What is Mediation? And What It Isn’t.
- The Physiology of Meditation
- Mental, Physical and Emotional Benefits
- Meditation to Ease the Mind
- Emotions – What are They? Where do They Come From?
- The Mindful Way to Emotional Balance
- Cultivating the Habits of the Heart and Mind that Foster Peace and Joy
- Meditation to Ease the Emotions
- Clarify Values and Intentions
- What do Values and Intentions Have to Do with Emotional Balance?
- Mediation to Balance the Heart-Mind
- Paying Attention
- Noticing your Breath
- Mindful Breathing
- Coming Back to Your Body
- Loving-Kindness Meditation 1
- Quality of Breath
- Practice Being Present
- Feeling Tones
- Harnessing the Power of Feeling Tones
- Meditation to Ease Fears and Worry
- MBSR (Mindfulness Based Stress Relief) and MBCT (Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy) – Introduction, Importance, and Benefits
- How MBSR and MBCT Help Changing Negative Thoughts, Help Anxiety, Stress, Pain, Addictive Behaviours
- Guided Meditation / Body Scan
- Deeper Dive into MBSR and MBCT
- Breath Awareness and Mindfulness of Feelings and Thoughts
- Identifying Your Reactions
- Meditation for Inner Peace
- The Healing Practice of Forgiveness
- Quelling Anger and Transforming Anger into Compassion
- Loving-Kindness Meditation 2/Gratitude
- Discussion, Q & A Session
- Build Community
- Walking Meditation/Meditation for Every Day
Course Requirements
There are only two requirements for this program:
- A Beginner’s Mind
- A Desire to Improve the Quality of Your Life