Mindfulness for Beginners

Discover a primer on mindfulness from the teacher who introduced its benefits to Western medicine.

1. Mindfulness: An Introduction

• Introduction to session one of mindfulness
• The only moment you have
• What is mindfulness?
• Awareness, a sixth sense
• Being present in your life
• Mind and heart
• An ethical foundation
• Non-judging, patience, beginner’s mind, trust
• Non-striving, acceptance, letting go
• Thinking and awareness

2. Practicing Mindfulness

• Introduction to session two of mindfulness
• Eating meditation
• Mindfulness of breathing
• Mindfulness of the body as a whole
• Mindfulness of objects: Sounds, thoughts, emotions
• Mindfulness as pure awareness