Last updated 8/2021
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Transform anger & anxiety into resilience & creative energy through the practice of compassion, mindfulness & meditation
What you'll learn
Know your habitual, automatic reactions to stress
Access the resources of mindfulness and compassion
Make more conscious choices in pressured situations
Grow stronger and wiser right in the very midst of stress
Experience a larger, more empowered and joyful way of being in the world
Requirements
There is no prerequisite to taking this course.
Description
When stressful events come our way, evolution has hardwired us to go into the fight-flight-freeze response. This automatic process served us well in surviving across millennia as a species, but in modern life, unconscious reactivity often is counterproductive and even harmful to the things that matter most to us.
In reality, stress – the actual experience of tension, of demand – though it may be uncomfortable, doesn't have to be a problem. In fact, a certain amount of stress is necessary to bring out our full intelligence, creativity and care. It's the essential ground for us to wake up to our own full potential: to who we really are. When we cultivate our capacities for mindfulness and compassion, meeting the challenges of life actually helps us grow mentally & emotionally stronger, as well as physically healthier thanks to reduced inflammation responses.
A critical inquiry for us as humans is: When we get triggered and reactive, how do we shift from flight-flight-freeze, into "attend and befriend"? This is the evolutionary shift that reconnects us to ourselves and each other; and, globally, can help to end violence and heal our precious earth.
In this short course packed with practical teachings and scientifically validated meditation exercises, students will work directly with their real-life negative patterns and learn to relate to stress with an empowering, clear and caring presence.
Overview
Section 1: Bringing Presence to Stressful Situations
Lecture 1 Course Overview
Lecture 2 We Don't Have to Figure it Out
Lecture 3 The Oak Is in the Acorn
Lecture 4 Practice Exercise: Skillfully Attending to Discomfort
Lecture 5 Practice Exercise: Ordinary Stressors
Section 2: Stress and Evolution
Lecture 6 Stuck in the Mud
Lecture 7 Benefiting from Stress
Lecture 8 Major Stressors
Lecture 9 Practice Exercise: How Did it Change You
Section 3: Intention and Attention
Lecture 10 Intention
Lecture 11 Practice Exercise: May This Serve
Lecture 12 Attention - and a Shift in Identity (with Case Study)
Lecture 13 Practice Exercise: Our Path is Through
Section 4: Building Heartwood
Lecture 14 Less Lag Time
Lecture 15 Big Squeeze
Lecture 16 Mindfulness Counteracts Stress-Induced Inflammation
Lecture 17 Case Study: Offensive Banter
Lecture 18 Case Study: Parenting an Addicted Teen
Lecture 19 Practice Exercise: Your Future Self Calling You
Section 5: Everyday Nirvana
Lecture 20 3 Ways to Cultivate Evolutionary Potential
Lecture 21 Practice Exercise: Getting Familiar with Everyday Nirvana
Lecture 22 Bonus Lecture: Additional Resources & Acknowledgements
Anyone who feels plagued by stress,Anyone troubled by ongoing, mild-to-moderate anxiety,Anyone caught in repeating destructive behaviors,Anyone who'd like to handle relationship challenges more successfully
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