When you join our transformative Foundations in Teaching Mindfulness Meditation course you will access the tools and insights to do just that. Developed and delivered by the late Michael Stone, this 9-week immersive programme is designed to help you deepen your personal practice while equipping you with the skills to guide others through the transformative power of mindfulness.

This isn't just another course—it's an opportunity to engage with mindfulness on a profound level. Each week, you’ll explore a carefully structured module filled with guided video teachings, thought-provoking readings, and practical audio exercises by Michael Stone. These resources are crafted to help you fully embody the lessons and integrate them into your daily life.

What makes this course truly unique is its blend of structure and flexibility. You’ll progress through the training alongside a supportive community, with each module building on the last to ensure a cohesive and enriching experience. By the end of the course, you’ll not only have strengthened your own practice, but you’ll also be prepared to bring mindfulness into your work, relationships, and beyond.

Students will have one week to complete the requirements for each module before being able to move on to the next module as a way to ensure that the whole group begins and ends the training at the same time. Around 2 hours of self study per week is recommended for following along.

The course is made of up 9 modules, each to be completed in one week, making the total course 9 weeks long. We provide you with well organised materials and a forum for class/community participation. The 9 modules are broken into small video clips that can be watched at any pace during the week.  You will have access to the content for one year.

Each weekly module consists of the following:  - a weekly video teaching with Michael Stone that can be watched at your convenience; - a guided audio meditation each week that covers a different meditation technique (available for streaming or download).

What will you learn?

- What meditation is and is not - Deepen your capacity for presence and stability - Establishing a personal practice - Mindfulness and breathing as body-based meditation - Using your body as a gateway to sensations - The power of sensations as an opening to awareness - How to stay with craving - Overcoming intrusive thoughts - Building capacity for a wider spectrum of feeling. Participants will work closely with fellow students to explore and develop their teaching style and experiences allowing for the growth of an organic online sangha.

Curriculum

10 Chapters · 73 Lessons

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    Welcome

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      Welcome to the Course

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      Important Course Information

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      Introductions

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    Module 1: Introduction to Meditation and Mindfulness of Sound

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      What's Coming Up for Module 1

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      Module 1: Homework

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      Guided Meditation for Receptive Listening (homework)

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      Waking Up: An Introduction

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      Stabilising Attention

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      Developing a Daily Practice

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      Cultivating the Conditions for Awareness

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      Module 1: Quiz

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      Module 1: Discussion

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    Module 2: How Meditation Unfolds

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      What's Coming Up for Module 2

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      Module 2: Homework

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      Guided Meditation for Receptive Listening (homework)

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      Foundations

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      The Taste That Turns You Around

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      Meditation on the Breath

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      Module 2: Discussion

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    Module 3: Harmonising Mind and Body

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      What's Coming Up for Module 3

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      Module 3: Homework

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      Guided Meditation on Mindfulness of the Breathing Body - Abdomen

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      Introduction to Mindful Breathing in Belly

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      Introduction to Mindful Breathing

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      Teaching People with Anxiety

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      Aim and Allow

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      Module 3: Quiz

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      Module 3: Discussion

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    Module 4: Recovering Trust

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      What's Coming Up for Module 4

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      Module 4: Homework

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      Guided Meditation on Breath Meditation in the Nostrils

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      Meditation on Breath (Nostrils)

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      From Content to Impermanence

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      The Body is Trustworthy

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      Instructions: Practice Teaching and Peer Review Assignment

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      Assignment: Practice Teaching and Peer Review

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      Module 4: Discussion

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    Module 5: Mindfulness of Feeling Tone

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      What's Coming Up for Module 5

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      Module 5: Homework

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      Guided Meditation on Feeling the Sensations of the Body

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      How to Sit

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      When Awareness Touches Sensations

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      Bottleneck: Bringing Attention to the Pleasant and Unpleasant

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      Riding the Lively Wave

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      Module 5: Discussion

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    Module 6: Practice, Teaching, Embodiment

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      What's Coming Up for Module 6

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      Module 6: Homework

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      Guided Meditation for Unstable Emotions

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      Everything Changes

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      Teaching Cues

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      Stay

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      Module 6: Discussion

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    Module 7: Meditation on Thinking, Rumination, Depression and the Mind

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      What's Coming Up for Module 7

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      Module 7: Homework

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      Guided Meditation on Thinking

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      Depression

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      Mental Noting

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      When You Teach Noting Practice

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      Tuning in Chart

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      Module 7: Discussion

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    Module 8: Transforming Pain

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      What's Coming Up in Module 8

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      Module 8: Homework

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      Embracing Emotions

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      Two Arrows

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      Staying Close

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      Freedom

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      Module 8: Discussion

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    Module 9: Final Reflections and Teaching Tips

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      What's Coming Up for Module 9

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      Module 9: Homework

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      Let’s Find Out Together

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      You are Your Own Teacher

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      Module 9: Discussion

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      Module 9: Reflective Written Assignment

Ready to begin?

If you're ready to transform your approach to mindfulness and meditation, this course offers the comprehensive foundation you need to move forward with confidence and clarity.

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