This is a crash course in teaching you how to start a daily and correct meditation practice which will help you in your work and in life. This Course is a must for anyone who wishes to practice meditation effectively. You will learn powerful skills in ancient meditation techniques that help you solve problems, sharpen the mind, and find calm in difficult situations. This training is based on ancient tibetan meditation tradition of Shamata (Levels of Meditation) and its primary goal is to get your mind to focus on the object of your meditation.
The conventional goals of meditation are:
- increased focus of the mind,
- increased productivity, creativity, intuition,
- peace of mind
- eliminate stress and
- health
The ultimate goals of meditation:
- identify and stop the ignorance causes suffering
- to cultivate compassion for all living beings
Topics for this free course include:
- a description of all of the different types of meditation,
- conditions of the environment conducive to meditation
- the parts of a meditation practice,
- the preliminaries to undertake prior to meditating,
- the eight-point meditation posture,
- the best objects to focus the mind upon during meditation
This is primarily a practice-oriented class that is centered on actually sitting down and trying to focus the mind. So we will be practicing actual meditation training, both in and out of the class.
Project Description
You will have 8 out of 10 home works after each lesson. Each homework is designed to train you gradually in the practice of meditation.
At the end of the training you will be able to do a solid session of at least 20 minutes of meditation, that if practiced daily, will help you train your mind efficiently.
This is an introductory free training out of the full meditation training (11 lessons ) with the same name.
