The Four Rules of Meditation
The Four Rules of Meditation will answer most of the questions from new meditators most of the time.
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Practice 1. Following The Breath
About the Foundational Practice of Mindfulness Meditation.
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Meditation Rule 4. Do Less Than You Can
The more we expect from meditation, the less likely we shall achieve it.
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Meditation Rule 3. Fix Your Roof in the Sunshine
Many people come to meditation due to some sort of crisis. They may also have read that meditation helps with stress. One of the biggest misunderstandings about meditation stems from this.
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Meditation Rule 2. Take Baby Steps
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Meditation Rule 1. You Are In Control
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About The Four Rules of Meditation
If you do choose to take up meditation, or return to an old practice, or deepen your practice with the meditations in this book, you really should follow these guidelines. I call them the five rules of meditation.
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The Purpose of Meditation
Important advice – read this before you read the book. Always keep this in mind.
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3. How to meditate for beginners
The Practicalities of meditation.
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2. Getting started with meditation
The most important thing I can teach you isn't what to expect, it's what not to expect.
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1. About meditation
What meditation is, and more importantly, what it isn’t.
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The Five Remembrances
The Five Remembrances
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Impermanence
About the Impermanence Topic
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Old German Proverb
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Podcast - The Starving The Wolf of Fear Meditation
The meditation is designed to help us notice the narrative of fear taking our attention and create an alternative to it that neutralises that fear:
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Meditation and Connecting
On YouTube at 7.45 pm London time Wednesday 26 May 2021. The last class on connection to nature and connection to others will be a journey through all of the many layers of connection that meditation brings us.
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Connection to Others
This public class is designed as an introduction to Loving Awareness training. Loving Awareness is living with a sense of connection to others, and to nature.
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Managing Chronic Stress
Introduction to the repetitive nature of chronic stress, and how to manage it.
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Mindfulness and Intervention Techniques
YouTube Link for tonight's class
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Accelerated Resilience II
another session on accelerated resilience which is what I teach to teams.I don't think the previous session was explanatory enough. It's also relevant to individuals and it is a lot more relevant as the lockdown and pandemic go on and the economic problems also grow.
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The Language of The Monkey Mind.
The language of the mind is not just the spoken word, although that's very important. This is the language that the mind uses to gain our attention and direct our focus. In this class, I shall provide a dictionary to help you translate it.
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Calming The Monkey Mind - 3. The path to a calm mind
About the experience of the path to calming in the monkey mind
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The Monkey Mind and Mental Models
Here are some links to various resources and to support the training in tonight's class which was session 2 of the Monkey Mind Course.
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Calming The Monkey Mind Session 2. - A Calm Mind Framework
Models and maps of the mind can explain what we experience and why the mind responds as it does. The Framework is a set of mental models of the mind that allow us to navigate it in a useful way.
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Calming The Monkey Mind - A 4-week course
Calming The Monkey Mind - A 4-week course (run within The Meditation Course). The Monkey Mind is the part of the mind that works against us. We can learn to become familiar and comfortable with our minds through meditation. Subscribe to take the Calming The Monkey Mind Course and learn how.
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Rest - Thursday evening meditation class
The topic tonight is Rest…
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An introduction to Meditation, Sleep & Rest
An introduction to Meditation, Sleep & Rest.
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Noting, Sleep and Rest an introduction
Noting or labelling is an ancient practice from the Buddhist tradition and is one of the best ways to work with the mind in a non-judgmental manner. In this unit, we shall explore these topics.
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Appreciation - Live Stream Video (45m)
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Mindfulness, Appreciation and Meditation
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