This seven-module meditation mastery course is designed to instill life-long access to deep states of stillness and reprieve. Each class will include guided practice and discussion fostering each person's unique entry into meditative states. This will be done using a method of contrasting awareness developed over years of experience.
Session 1
Topic: Why Meditate? Practice first, reason later.
Practice: Sitting Still (Retrieving the Mind)
Discussion
Session 2
Topic: Resistance to practice
Practice: Internal / External awareness (The perceptive mind)
Discussion
Session 3
Topic: Breathe
Practice: Yoking the mind to the breath
Discussion
Session 4
Topic: Working with the mind - When the mind rattles, do nothing.
Practice: Effort / No Effort (Finding the Middle Path)
Discussion
Session 5
Topic: Protection in the Mental Environment
Practice: Giving / Receiving
Discussion
Session 6
Topic: Mantra (Guest Lecture)
Practice: Yoking the mind to sound
Discussion
Session 7
Topic: Review
Practice: Your approach
Conclusion of course.