What The Introduction to Meditation Instructional Series Can Do For You

My third top recommended resource is the Introduction to Meditation series from Audio Dharma.

This one ended up on the list because it finally gave me a centralized step by series that included both audio and text on mindfulness meditation instruction.

There is a lot of information on meditation out there… almost too much for someone like me who often needs “do this, then do this, then do this” instruction. My brain tends to freeze up when I’m offered too many choices, and I end up taking advantage of none of them. This series provided me a solution to this.

Presented by Gil Fronsdal of the Insight Meditation Center, this meditation series is broken down into 5 classes, and provides both audios of the live classes, and written handouts that you can refer to easily.

Each week focuses on a different aspect of mindfulness meditation:

Week One introduces mindfulness of breathing, the foundation of many Buddhist meditations. You start off by by using your breath as an anchor. Just sit quietly and watch as the breath fills your body, and then leaves. That’s it. You can sit in a chair, on the floor in a traditional meditation posture (Burmese position on a pillow is my preferred position), or even lie down (as long as you know you won’t fall asleep). Then just watch your breath as it flows into and out of your body.

In the following weeks, different aspects of meditation are brought in:

Week Two focuses on the mindfulness of the body.

Week Three focuses on mindfulness of emotions.

Week Four focuses on mindfulness of thoughts.

Week Five focuses on walking meditation.

Why should I bother?

The benefits of meditation in general have been recognized by the modern medical community. For me, as I worked my way through the course, and slowly lengthened my meditation sittings, some of the benefits that I personally noticed were increased focus, major jumps in my energy, and an overall feeling of calm as I went through my days.

The courses are Buddhist in nature, and therefore focus on the practice in order to achieve enlightenment. But even if all you want is to be more relaxed, calm, focused, and productive as you go through your day, these audios and documents will help you to achieve that.

Enjoy!

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