Practicing mindfulness : an introduction to meditation.
Performers
Taught by Professor Mark W. Muesse, Rhodes College.
Publication Information
Chantilly, VA : The Teaching Company, c2011.
Physical Description
4 videodiscs (720 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (vi, 197 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.)
Audience
Not rated.
Summary
Contains 24 30-min. lectures exploring mindfulness.
Notes
"Course no. 1933"--Disc label.
Contains 24 lectures, 30 min. per lecture.
Contents
- Disc 1: Mindlessness: the default setting
- Mindfulness: the power of awareness
- Expectations: relinquishing preconceptions
- Preparation: taking moral inventory
- Position: where to be for meditation
- Breathing: finding a focus for attention
- Disc 2: Problems: stepping-stones to mindfulness
- Body: attending to our physical natures
- Mind: working with thoughts
- Walking: mindfulness while moving
- Consuming: watching what you eat
- Driving: staying awake at the wheel
- Disc 3: Insight: clearing the mind
- Wisdom: seeing the world as it is
- Compassion: expressing fundamental kindness
- Imperfection: embracing our flaws
- Wishing: may all beings be well and happy
- Generosity: the joy of giving
- Disc 4: Speech: training the tongue
- Anger: cooling the fires of irritation
- Pain: embracing physical discomfort
- Grief: learning to accept loss
- Finitude: living in the face of death
- Life: putting it all in perspective.