The Gift of Awareness

A self-paced, 8-week course on Cultivating Mindfulness through Jewish Meditation

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Course curriculum

1. Welcome
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2. Why is This Course Different?
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3. Mindfulness vs. Meditation
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4. What You Might Expect
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5. Course Overview
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6. How to Use the IJS Course Dashboard
7. Demographic Survey
8. Practice Partner Sign-Up
1. The Scenic Overlook
2. Being Present Now
3. Address Distraction Through Awareness of Breath
4. The Wonder of Being Breathed into Life
5. Let’s Practice: Breath Anchor with Mental Note
6. Awakening to Breath: Mindful Life Practice
7. Reflection Questions
8. A Roadmap for Your Journey from Distracted to Present
1. The Best Cup of Coffee I Never Had
2. Turning Towards the Torah of the Body
3. The Powerful Practices of Truth Telling and Loving Kindness
4. The Living Dead
5. Let’s Practice: Body Scan
6. The Five Senses Practice: Mindful Life Practice
7. Reflection Questions
8. A Roadmap for Your Journey from Thinking to Sensing
1. The Broken Air Conditioner
2. Noticing the Habit of Emotional Reactivity
3. Pleasant, Unpleasant, Neutral
4. The Stream of Your Emotions
5. Let’s Practice: Locating Emotions in the Body
6. Mindful Eating: Mindful Life Practice
7. Reflection Questions
8. A Roadmap for Your Journey from Reactivity to Responsiveness
1. The Failed Relationship
2. Exploring Difficult Emotions
3. A Shelter in the Inner Storm
4. Approaching Thick Inner Emotional Clouds
5. Let’s Practice: R.A.I.N.
6. Caller ID Mindfulness: Mindful Life Practice
7. Reflection Questions
8. A Roadmap for Your Journey from Avoiding to Approaching
1. The Meditation Teacher Who Almost Never Was
2. Getting Fooled by “The Truth”
3. How to Open Up Curiosity to Our Thoughts
4. The Mind as An Inn
5. Let’s Practice - Becoming a Friendly Innkeeper
6. Knee-Jerk Judgment Practice: Mindful Life Practice
7. Reflection Questions
8. A Roadmap for Your Journey from Doing to Being
1. A Rabbi, a Priest and An Imam walk into An Abbey
2. Watering the Inner Seeds of Peace
3. Our Reserves of Love
4. Purifying the Heart, Balancing the Mind
5. Let’s Practice - Cultivating Loving-Kindness
6. Awakening Love Practice: Mindful Life Practice
7. Reflection Questions
8. A Roadmap for Your Journey from Judgement to Compassion
1. The View Through a Dirty Window
2. Just Being When Doing Becomes Too Much
3. Finding our Inner Shabbat
4. As if All Our Work is Complete
5. Let’s Practice - Resting in Shabbat Mind™
6. Mini Shabbatot: Mindful Life Practice
7. Reflection Questions
8. A Roadmap for Your Journey from Doing to Being
9. Thank You and Next Steps

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$249.00
73 lessons
3 hours of video content

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The Gift of Awareness

Course curriculum

Welcome!

Module 1 - Waking Up to Your Life: From Auto-Pilot to Intention

Module 2 - Strengthening Attention: From Distracted to Present

Module 3 - Listening to Your Body: From Thinking to Sensing

Module 4 - Turning Towards the Stream of Your Emotions: From Reactivity to Responsiveness

Module 5 - Working with Difficult Emotions: From Avoidance to Approaching

Module 6 - Befriending Your Own Mind: From Conviction to Curiosity

Module 7 - Cultivating Your Loving Heart: From Judgment to Compassion

Module 8 - Resting in Shabbat Mind™: From Doing to Being

About this course

Discover your potential, starting today