Course curriculum
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Welcome to Intro into Meditation: 8 Weeks Series
Show details- Course Schedule & Outline FREE PREVIEW
- Live Session Zoom Link
- Meet Your Facilitator
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Weekly Homework (Home Practice)
Show details- Intro to Meditation Journal Log
- Week 1 Homework (Practice)
- Week 2 Homework (Practice)
- Week 3: Homework (Practice )
- Week 4: Homework (Practice)
- Week 5: Homework (Practice)
- Week 6: Homework (Practice)
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Lesson Replay
Show details- Week 1 Replay
- Week 1 Replay: Q&A
- Week 2: Replay
- Week 2: Q&A Replay
- Week 3: Replay
- Week 3:Q&A Replay
- Week 4 Replay
- Week 4: Q&A
- Week 5: replay
- Week 5: Q&A
- Week 6: replay
- WEEK 6: Q&A
- Week 7: Replay
- Week 7: Q&A
- Week 8: Replay
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Articles
Show details- List of Articles for Intro to Meditation Course
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Week 1: Introduction & Getting Comfortable
Show details- Welcome to Introduction & Getting Comfortable
- Getting Comfortable Powerpoint Slides
- Research Article: Cognitive and Emotional Control of Pain and Its Disruption in Chronic Pain
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Week 2: Concentration
Show details- Welcome to Concentration
- Concentration Meditation PowerPoint Slides
- Research Article: Effects of Mantra Meditation versus Music Listening on Knee Pain, Function, and Related Outcomes in Older Adults with Knee Osteoarthritis
- Do you have a question or topic you would like to discuss during the Q&A?
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Week 3: Mindfulness
Show details- Welcome to Mindfulness
- Mindfulness Meditation PowerPoint Slides
- Research Article: The Effect of Meditation, Mindfulness, and Yoga in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis. Journal of personalized medicine
- Do you have a question or topic you would like to discuss during the Q&A?
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Week 4: Moving Meditation
Show details- Welcome to Moving Meditation
- Moving Meditation PowerPoint Slides
- Research Article: Making Peace with Our Bodies": A Qualitative Analysis of Breast Cancer Survivors' Experiences with Qigong Mind-Body Exercise. Journal of Alternative and complementary medicine
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Week 5: Loving Kindness Meditation
Show details- Welcome to Loving Kindness Meditation
- Loving Kindness Meditation PowerPoint Slides
- Research Article: Regulation of the neural circuitry of emotion by compassion meditation: effects of meditative expertise
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Week 6: Yoga Nidra
Show details- Welcome to Yoga Nidra
- Yoga Nidra PowerPoint Slide
- Research Article: Yogic Sleep and Walking Protocol Induced Improvement in Sleep and Wellbeing in Post-menopausal Subject: A Longitudinal Case Study During COVID Lockdown. Sleep and vigilance
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Week 7: Lifelong Practice
Show details- Welcome to Lifelong Practice
- Lifetime Practice PowerPoint Slides
- Research Article: Three months-longitudinal changes in relative telomere length, blood chemistries, and self-report questionnaires in meditation practitioners compared to novice individuals during midlife
- Do you have a question or topic you would like to discuss during the Q&A?
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Week 8: Guided Meditations
Show details- Welcome to Guided Meditations
- Week 8: Teaching Accessible Meditation PowerPoints
- Do you have a question or topic you would like to discuss during the Q&A?
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What is Next?
Show details- Course Feedback and Evaluation
- Learn about Yoga for Arthritis Membership
- Other Yoga for Arthritis Offerings
- Yoga for Arthritis 200 Hour Yoga Teacher Training Coming Soon!
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Peer Meditation Recordings
Show details- Upload Your Meditation
- Peer Meditation Recordings
About The Course
Meditation is associated with reduced stress, improved mental health, positive outlook, cardiovascular health, better immune regulation and a reduction in both acute and chronic pain! When we train yoga teachers to work with arthritis and chronic pain, we insist that meditation is at least as important as all of the movement and poses. While chronic pain has been shown to decrease gray matter in the brain, meditation actually increases it! It improves your brain’s ability to manage pain and your nervous system’s pain signaling process. And best of all, you don’t have to understand any of the science to experience the benefits.
Unfortunately, many people living with arthritis and chronic pain can’t imagine sitting cross-legged on the floor, or sitting still in any position as a positive experience. Yoga for Arthritis wants to change that!
For the first time, we are offering a 8-week meditation course, live online. We will meet online for one hour each week in a supportive community. Anyone and everyone is welcome, no matter your diagnoses or limitations. If you have a conscious mind, you can meditate! You are also welcome if you want to learn more about teaching meditation to people with arthritis and chronic pain.
Each week, we will explore a different approach to meditation. There will be some teaching, practice, discussion, and time for questions. You’ll also get a meditation recording each week to practice in between sessions, and optional reading material for those interested in better understanding each practice.
By the end of 8 weeks, you will have developed a daily meditation practice and will have the knowledge and skills necessary to continue on your own. Whether you're a beginner or have experience meditating, this course will offer a variety of tools and strategies to practice with greater comfort and ease.
Imagine how life might be different if you had a new tool to manage pain that also helped improve stress and positive outlook. We look forward to guiding you on your journey.
Investment
Introduction to Meditation Course with Dr. Steffany Moonaz
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$169.00