Curriculum

Part I: Lecture

• Learning how to bring joy into your meditation practice.
• Benefits of a daily meditation practice.
• Misconceptions of meditation
• Meditation & Healing
• "Goal" of meditation.
• "Experience" of meditation.
• "Attachment" vs. "Openness"
• "Breath" vs. the "sensations" of the breath.
• How long should we meditate for?
• A simple method to determine your particular mind-type.
• Steps for creating a successful meditation practice - including the Do's & Don'ts
• Empowering yourself with the "4 P's"
• Valuable "tools."
• Beginning & ending your session.
• Creating the ideal environment.
• Ideal "seat" or posture for meditating.
• Bringing conscious into your daily living.
• Infancy stages of meditation.

Step-By-Step Meditation Session

• Beginning the meditation session
• Unique and fun preparatory exercises for your meditation practice.
• Learning & practicing techniques for each major mind-type.
• A cool breathing exercise.
• Beginner Meditation - Technique I.
• Beginner Meditation - Technique II.
• Beginner Meditation - Technique III.
• Closing the meditation session.
• Practicing how to protecting your meditation or "merits of meditation."