Mindfulness Made Easy

A step-by-step guide to mindfulness meditation to help you reduce stress and anxiety, sleep better, and calm your mind. This course provides an in-depth introduction to the foundations of mindfulness meditation practice, in an easy-to-follow, 14-day training guide. With the power of mindfulness meditation, you will learn how to manage your stress and anxiety, and cultivate more joy, happiness, and gratitude! This course focuses specifically on the practical implementation of mindfulness meditation, rather than just a conceptual understanding. Whether you're a beginner just starting out, or already an advanced practitioner, if you're a interested in building a strong foundation of HOW to practice mindfulness meditation, using an approach that is based on science and reason, then this is the course for you! The instructions and lectures in this course are clear, concise, and easy to understand, allowing you to master the basics of meditation without having to learn any spiritual jargon, travel to any foreign countries, or even leave the comfort of your own home. In just 2 weeks, you will be able to master the basics of mindfulness, and you will have begun building the foundation of a daily habit that sticks! This science based training in mindfulness practice will help take you from complete beginner, to experienced meditation practitioner in no time at all! Upon completion of the course, you will be able to: - Confidently practice mindfulness in any situation.  - Master the key concepts and practices of mindfulness meditation.  - Identify and overcome the 5 most common obstacles in meditation.  - Release stress and anxiety from the body using the mindful body-scan technique.  - Feel more at peace, even in high stress situations.  - Easily sit in meditation for long periods without feeling anxiety or restlessness.  - Feel connected to the present moment more frequently throughout the day.  - Have an increased sense of self-worth and self-confidence.  - Finish meditation sessions feeling more calm and relaxed.  - Bounce back from anxiety attacks and emotional difficulties more quickly than before.  - Develop a consistent meditation habit that feels joyful and is sustainable. Course Contents and Overview: This course begins with the essential mindfulness meditation techniques, such as mindful breathing, mindful body awareness, and mindful listening, and then moves on to slightly more advanced techniques such as mindfulness of thoughts and emotions. The second half of the course goes into how to identify and overcome some of the most common obstacles you will face in mindfulness meditation practice, such as distraction, restlessness, self doubt, and judgement. Finally, the course ends with a loving-kindness practice, designed to help you learn the practice of cultivating loving-kindness for yourself and others, an integral aspect of any well-rounded mindfulness meditation practice. Cultivating the SKILL and SCIENCE of mindfulness: Throughout the course there are guided mindfulness meditations at each step of the way. Rather than merely approaching mindfulness as an intellectual concept, this course gives you first-hand experience in order to tap directly into the state of mindful awareness, so you will be actively cultivating the skills of mindfulness as the course progresses. Each step of the way, you will be reducing stress and anxiety, and cultivating more happiness, gratitude, and contentment – all you need to do is follow along with the guided meditations! In meditation, and particularly with mindfulness, an experiential understanding is much more important than a conceptual one, which is why this course focuses on the practical foundations. All of the lessons are based on a science of the mind, so there is no need to adopt a new belief system, take on any gurus, or learn how to chant things you don't understand. Mindfulness is much more of a science, or direct investigation, of the mind, than a belief system. By the end of the course, you will have the tools for investigating your own mind on a daily basis, which will allow you to let go of negative habits of the mind like stress, anxiety, and anger, and instead live with more joy, gratitude, and happiness!