Workshop Syllabus


Healing From the Source: Meditation as Medicine for Mind and Body

INTRODUCTION

  • Hello and Welcome
  • About This Workshop
  • Who This Workshop Is For
  • Structuring Your Practice
  • Creating a Sacred Space for Your Practice
  • Formal and Informal Practices in This Workshop
  • The Five-Point Posture
  • Nine Breathings of Purification - Introduction
  • Nine Breathings of Purification - Instruction
  • The Mind-Body Connection
  • Concluding Words

SESSION ONE

  • How Sickness Arises
  • The Analogy of the "Rotten Karmic Cushion"
  • How to Stop Draining Ourselves
  • The Three Precious Pills
  • The Effect of the Three Precious Pills on You and Your Body
  • Suggested Formal and Informal Practice
  • A Word about Formal Practice
  • Guided Meditation - Three Precious Pills
  • Guided Meditation - Downloadable Audio File (MP3)

SESSION TWO

  • Possible Challenges in Practicing with the Three Precious Pills
  • Qualities Arising from the Three Precious Pills Practice - Part One
  • Qualities Arising from the Three Precious Pills Practice - Part Two
  • Suggested Formal and Informal Practice
  • Guided Meditation - Arising Qualities
  • Guided Meditation - Downloadable Audio File (MP3)

SESSION THREE

  • The Perception of Self
  • The Spacious, Luminous, Warm Hug - Part One
  • The Spacious, Luminous, Warm Hug - Part Two
  • Suggested Formal and Informal Practice
  • Guided Meditation - Spacious, Luminous, Warm Hug
  • Guided Meditation - Downloadable Audio File (MP3)

SESSION FOUR

  • Dealing with Emotions and Emotional Pain
  • The Self-Liberating Nature of Emotions
  • Using Three Precious Pills for Emotions and Emotional Pain
  • Suggested Formal and Informal Practice
  • Guided Meditation - Emotions and Emotional Pain
  • Guided Meditation - Downloadable Audio File (MP3)

SESSION FIVE

  • Dealing with Physical Illness and Pain
  • Hosting Your Physical Condition
  • Suggested Practice
  • Practice Instructions for Dealing with Physical Illness and Pain
  • Guided Meditation - Physical Illness and Pain
  • Guided Meditation - Downloadable Audio File (MP3)

SESSION SIX

  • Inner Refuge
  • Guided Meditation - Inner Refuge
  • Guided Meditation - Downloadable Audio File (MP3)
  • Looking Back - Workshop Review
  • Going Forward
  • Concluding Words