ONLINE: Foundations of Mindfulness Meditation

Starts: Monday March 27, 2023

5:00pm – 7:00pm (Pacific Time)

with Gary Sharlow

This six-week online course will provide you with a foundational understanding of mindfulness meditation and how to skillfully develop this innate capacity to better understand and identify emotional and behavioral patterns in how you relate to life’s experiences. The course is designed to guide you through a process of understanding and exploring a set of concepts that can change the way you see and relate to life as a whole.

In this instructor-led course, you will be presented with a set of guided meditations, teachings, and resources to introduce skillful ways to incorporate mindfulness into your life. This course is perfect for those who are new to mindfulness meditation and is also well-suited to those who have varying levels of experience. The course is designed as an introduction to mindfulness yet all experience levels are welcome.

This specific course serves as an excellent foundational building block for developing a nature-based mindfulness practice. While we will focus primarily on learning about the basics of mindfulness, my background means that I will infuse the lessons and guided meditations with teachings grounded in nature-based mindfulness practices. My background is in wildlife conservation, environmental education, conservation photography, and nature-based mindfulness meditation.

Course Outline

Week 1: Introduction and overview of mindfulness
Week 2: Taking your meditation seat
Week 3: Exploring the quality of experience and hindrances of the mind
Week 4: Mindfulness of emotion
Week 5: Mindfulness of thinking and the mental process
Week 6: Taking the practice home

Program Includes

The course is designed to let you integrate the teaching over a six week period for maximum benefit. ☀ We will explore new mindfulness techniques through instructor-led guided meditations. ☀ We’ll dive into new topics each week with instructor-led talks that illustrate new key concepts. ☀ These sessions are one of the best ways to ensure a deep understanding of new material. ☀ Students will be provided with multiple learning modalities to help integrate concepts as we go. ☀ There’s an option to sign up for individual mentoring to support your meditation practice.

Participant Commitment

Attend and participate in all six class sessions. You are encouraged to meditate on your own in a consistent daily routine based on the meditations presented each week. You are encouraged to attend a local or online meditation sit to strengthen the experience of the concepts being taught each week.

Course Registration

This six-week online course is being offered on a sliding scale from $90 to $150 with a suggested contribution of $120. Please register at the highest level that your generosity can provide. Those who contribute at the higher end of the sliding scale support those who benefit from contributing at the lower end.