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Practicing Mindfulness: An Introduction to Meditation

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In recent decades, science has confirmed that meditation, when correctly practiced, offers lasting benefits for your physical, mental, and emotional health. Gain a clear understanding of the essence of meditation - and how best to practice it - in 24 lessons filled with guided exercises, principles and techniques, and more.
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  1. S1 E1 - Mindlessness: The Default Setting

    17 novembre 2011
    33min
    TV-PG
    Do you control your mind, or does your mind control you? Investigate how the mind operates and the condition of "mindlessness" - the pervasive swirl of thoughts and judgments that separate you from the world around you. Consider the possibility of cultivating the mind in ways conducive to deep well-being for yourself and others.
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  2. S1 E2 - Mindfulness: The Power of Awareness

    31 maggio 2020
    33min
    TUTTI
    Explore the notion of "mindfulness" - nonjudgmental attention to experience - as it occurs in everyday life and as a deliberate practice. Note the many benefits of mindfulness practice, from the freedom to choose how you respond to life, to releasing detrimental emotions and patterns of thinking, to its effects on your physical health.
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  3. S1 E3 - Expectations: Relinquishing Preconceptions

    31 maggio 2020
    33min
    TV-PG
    Here you are introduced to the practice of meditation as a tool for developing mindfulness. Here, distinguish the true nature of mindfulness meditation from common preconceptions about it, revealing its capacity to instill a deeper connection to reality, as well as cultivating a wisdom based in empathy and compassion.
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  4. S1 E4 - Preparation: Taking Moral Inventory

    31 maggio 2020
    33min
    TV-PG
    In approaching meditation, consider the interconnections of ethical behavior with the development of mindfulness and the shaping of personal character. Drawing from the Buddha's teachings, explore five precepts of behavior that are conducive to the greatest benefits of meditation practice, based in the fundamental principle of not harming others or yourself.
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  5. S1 E5 - Position: Where to Be for Meditation

    31 maggio 2020
    30min
    TV-PG
    Now learn about the most beneficial physical conditions for your meditation. First, consider the time of day and the physical setting that will best serve your practice. Then, study the most effective sitting postures on the floor, cushions, or chair and the optimum alignment of the body for mindfulness meditation.
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  6. S1 E6 - Breathing: Finding a Focus for Attention

    31 maggio 2020
    33min
    TV-PG
    Mindfulness meditation is based in the use of an anchor or focus of attention, allowing the mind to calm itself. Using your breathing as the focus, learn in detail about the fundamental elements of sitting meditation, focusing attention on the breath and returning to it when the mind strays, without judgment.
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  7. S1 E7 - Problems: Stepping-Stones to Mindfulness

    31 maggio 2020
    34min
    TV-PG
    Here, explore difficulties often encountered in meditation and ways of working with them that are also useful in the larger context of living. Consider physical discomfort and the specific use of mindfulness itself in working through it. Look also at ways to strengthen concentration and to counter frustration and discouragement.
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  8. S1 E8 - Body: Attending to Our Physical Natures

    31 maggio 2020
    24min
    TV-PG
    Building on your work with mindfulness practice, learn another technique that augments and supports meditation. The "body scan" directs focused attention to different areas of the body, promoting deeper sensory awareness, relaxation, and concentration. With Professor Muesse's guidance, experience a 20-minute body scan meditation, a fundamental practice of self-compassion.
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  9. S1 E9 - Mind: Working with Thoughts

    31 maggio 2020
    32min
    TV-PG
    The mindfulness tradition has much to say on the nature of thoughts and their power to shape personality and character. Here, learn specific ways to identify detrimental thoughts and a variety of methods to work with them, demonstrating that you can influence the conditioned mind through conscious and deliberate response to your own thoughts.
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  10. S1 E10 - Walking: Mindfulness While Moving

    31 maggio 2020
    29min
    TV-PG
    Walking meditation, another core element of the mindfulness tradition, allows you to practice mindfulness wherever and whenever you go. Learn walking meditation in detail, including beneficial conditions for practice, the method of mindful walking, where to focus your attention, and advanced variations on the practice.
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  11. S1 E11 - Consuming: Watching What You Eat

    31 maggio 2020
    34min
    TV-PG
    When approached with mindfulness, eating offers heightened awareness and undiscovered depth of experience. Go on a rich exploration of mindful eating, beginning with an eating "meditation," using all five senses. Then contemplate mindful eating in daily life and detailed suggestions for sharing a fully mindful meal with others.
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  12. S1 E12 - Driving: Staying Awake at the Wheel

    31 maggio 2020
    30min
    TV-PG
    As a familiar and potentially hazardous activity, driving provides a perfect "laboratory" for practicing mindfulness. Assess your own approach to driving and bring the principles of meditation to bear on the road; in particular, giving focused attention to the present moment, to your sensory experience and emotions.
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  13. S1 E13 - Insight: Clearing the Mind

    31 maggio 2020
    32min
    TV-PG
    Practicing mindfulness over time prepares the mind for "insight," which in this tradition means seeing clearly into the fundamental nature of reality. Begin an inquiry into what Buddhism calls the three "marks" of existence with the notion of impermanence - the eternal arising and passing away of all phenomena.
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  14. S1 E14 - Wisdom: Seeing the World as It Is

    31 maggio 2020
    34min
    TV-PG
    Now investigate dukkha, the insatiable quality of human experience - seen in our endless pursuit of the symbols of well-being and achievement and avoidance of unwanted experience. Finally, contemplate not-self - penetrating the illusion of the "I" as an entity separate from the rest of reality, which must be bolstered, protected, and satisfied.
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  15. S1 E15 - Compassion: Expressing Fundamental Kindness

    31 maggio 2020
    30min
    TV-PG
    With relation to mindfulness practice, explore compassion - the desire to alleviate suffering - as an essential component of our nature as human beings. See how compassion allows us to look at suffering without aversion or attachment, and learn specific practices for developing empathy and deeply recognizing the inner experience of others.
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  16. S1 E16 - Imperfection: Embracing Our Flaws

    31 maggio 2020
    32min
    TV-PG
    Finding compassion for ourselves is greatly challenging for many of us. Consider the complex of beliefs, attitudes, and conditioning that underlie this; in particular, the thorny phenomenon of perfectionism. Learn how to embrace and accept both imperfection and perfectionism itself as an opening to freedom and deeper humanity.
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  17. S1 E17 - Wishing: May All Beings Be Well and Happy

    31 maggio 2020
    28min
    TV-PG
    The mindfulness tradition offers an additional practice that is highly effective in revealing and cultivating compassion. With Professor Muesse's guidance, experience metta meditation, a focused contemplation wishing well-being and peace for others. See how this practice works to relinquish alienation and hostility and to deepen solidarity with all humanity.
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  18. S1 E18 - Generosity: The Joy of Giving

    31 maggio 2020
    29min
    TV-PG
    Here, study the mindfulness tradition's insights concerning attachment to "things," our culture's dominant emphasis on possessions, and the psychological roots of greed. Learn about the Buddhist tradition of dana (sharing with others) and specific practices that reveal the life-giving effects of generosity on the giver and receiver.
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  19. S1 E19 - Speech: Training the Tongue

    31 maggio 2020
    29min
    TV-PG
    Mindfulness practice brings focus to the critical link between speech and behavior. Consider the ways in which both inner experience and outward action are influenced by our use of language. Reflecting on four Buddhist principles of skillful communication, explore mindful attention to speaking and the use of language in genuinely beneficial ways.
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  20. S1 E20 - Anger: Cooling the Fires of Irritation

    31 maggio 2020
    30min
    TV-PG
    Discuss the challenges of dealing with anger and ways to disarm it using the skills you've studied. Reflect on our cultural predisposition to either suppress anger or to express it thoughtlessly, and a third way offered by mindfulness, of nonjudgmental observation, acceptance, and the mental spaciousness to choose your response.
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  21. S1 E21 - Pain: Embracing Physical Discomfort

    31 maggio 2020
    35min
    TV-PG
    The skills of mindfulness offer powerful means to work with physical discomfort of all kinds. Consider the crucial distinction between pain and suffering as it directly affects our perceptions. Then experience two meditations for alleviating physical suffering - first, focusing on observing the exact sensation itself, then, on your response to the sensation.
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  22. S1 E22 - Grief: Learning to Accept Loss

    31 maggio 2020
    32min
    TV-PG
    In reflecting on the universality of loss, take a deeper look at the notion of impermanence and how refusal to embrace life's transience affects our experience of living. Learn how mindfulness approaches grief through centering focus in the present moment and fully experiencing what grief brings to us without fear or aversion.
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  23. S1 E23 - Finitude: Living in the Face of Death

    31 maggio 2020
    31min
    TV-PG
    The mindfulness tradition considers reflecting on death to be both liberating and essential to living a full and satisfying life. Contemplate the ways in which our culture conditions us to avoid and deny death, and learn four meditations that deepen both the awareness of life's transience and our ability to live freely.
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  24. S1 E24 - Life: Putting It All in Perspective

    31 maggio 2020
    32min
    TV-PG
    Finally, consider various possibilities for continuing your practice through the methods you've learned, further study, and retreats. Professor Muesse concludes with reflections on his own path and on the very real capacity of mindfulness practice to profoundly alter our perceptions of self, the world, and our place in it.
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