Introduction to Meditation Medicine Course
Part 3 of 4 Lessons
The purpose of this course is to help you move beyond settling for the explanation of meditation, into the experience of meditation and a consistent practice. Meditation is something that you have to practice and make a part of your life. You will come to understand what Meditation Medicine means and why meditation is medicine. (See blog post Course 1.0: Introduction to Meditation Medicine—Course Description that gives the entire overview.)
Step 1: Watch Intro to Meditation Medicine Talk 1.3
Short talk your mindset, erasing doubts, letting go, and our abillity to truly relax in order to activate our parasympathetic nervous system. (10 min)
Step 2: Listen and practice Guided Meditation 1.3: Curative Meditation Medicine
Short talk on meditation as a curative measure, relating to tension, pain, and chronic pain. Includes additional guidance on contract-relax body scan and breath meditation, followed by a new practice of mindfulness of pain. (28 min)
Step 3: Practice what you’ve learned in these videos for a week. Then go to Lesson 1.4: Self-Healing Meditation Medicine.
Additional Resource: Infographic 1.3: Basic Meditation Practices Prescribed.
Feel free to print this out and use it as a reference.
Consultation: Optional twenty-minute consultation with Kazi concerning your meditation experiences, insights, challenges, etc. via email, phone, or skype. Contact us at info@newarkmeditation.org to request.
Ongoing online group discussions and teachings with Kazi: You can join the Meditation Medicine Study Group on Facebook to engage with a group of kindred spirits to share your meditation medicine journey with.
Go to Course 1.0: Introduction to Meditation Medicine: Course Description
Go to Lesson 1.1: Meditation is Medicine
Go to Lesson 1.2: Preventive Meditation Medicine
Go to Lesson 1.3: Curative Meditation Medicine
Go to Lesson 1.4: Self-Healing Meditation Medicine
Peace. Kazi