Back to the Roots – Mindfulness of Feelings 6 Week Course
The new course “Mindfulness of Feelings” starts on 22nd September and I am very pleased to say we are full. There is lots of material from January’s course available, including recordings of the “McMindfulness Revolution” which kicked off the whole project, as well as a sample session and link to the seminal guided meditation from Joseph Goldstein.
The new course will focus on practice and inquiry. Meditations will be posted on this page for practice purpose for attendees, as well as anyone who wants to fill the journey time from home. Below I have recorded a 30-minute Mindfulness Foundation meditation which will be a central part of the course.
In addition, a shorter 20-minute “Calm Abiding” meditation is available below.
Recommended Reading for the Course:
Joseph Goldstein’s “Mindfulness”, plus a book by Tri Ratna order member, Analyo “Satipatthana: The Direct Path to Realization” that greatly inspired Goldstein himself.
Please find below two new meditations.
Below is a “Mindfulness of Feelings” meditation.
Please find below a guided body scan by Jon Kabat-Zinn and one meditator’s comments after having tried the meditation.
“That was absolutely insane… I’ve been meditating for 2 years now and I usually do practical meditation for about 15-20 minutes. Recently, I’ve been getting into body scan meditations, and today (at this very moment) is the most present I’ve ever felt after a meditation session. My body is so much fully awake right now and my mind wandered only a couple times throughout the whole session. I can’t believe how amazing I feel right now. Thank you so much. I will most definitely be coming back to this practice consistently throughout the coming years. Great job!” Hansol
Please find below a 15 minute guided contemplation recorded at the 4th Back to the Roots session on 2nd March. This guides you through 3 of the 4 Satipatthana’s from Mindfulness of Body/Breath, through Feelings and then a contemplation and explanation of Mindfulness of Mind.