Interest in meditation, mindfulness, and contemplation has grown exponentially in recent years. Rather than being seen as mystical practices from ancient Buddhism or esoteric philosophy, they are increasingly seen as technologies rooted in evidence from psychology and neuroscience. Mindfulness has become the basis for numerous therapeutic interventions, both as a treatment in healthcare and as a means of enhancing well-being and happiness. For millions around the world, mindfulness has become a life-style choice, enhancing and enriching everyday experience. Mindfulness is big business.
But, what actually is mindfulness? Is it really good for you? Can anyone learn it? How can you recognize charlatans? Would you want to live in a mindful society, and would it smell like sandalwood? What does it feel like to be mindful? Are you mindful already, and how would you know?
Evolving from the popular Honours Academy course at Leiden University, this innovative course combines conventional scholarly inquiry from multiple disciplines (ranging from psychology, through philosophy, to politics) with experiential learning (including specially designed ‘meditation labs,’ in which you’ll get chance to practice and analyze mindfulness on yourself). In the end, the course aims to provide a responsible, comprehensive, and inclusive education about (and in) mindfulness as a contemporary phenomenon.
During the production of this course, we have been supported by Willem Kuyken, Director of the University of Oxford Mindfulness Centre, and Stephen Batchelor, co-founder of Bodhi College. And we gratefully acknowledge the contributions made by Mark Williams, co-developer of Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT), and Rebecca Crane, Director of the Centre for Mindfulness Research and Practice at the University of Bangor.
De-Mystifying Mindfulness
oferecido por
Universidade de Leiden
Informações sobre o curso
4.8
767 classificações
Habilidades que você terá
PhilosophyGratitudeMindfulnessMeditation
Programa - O que você aprenderá com este curso
Semana
12 horas para concluir
Welcome to the course
People come to the study of Mindfulness for all kinds of reasons; I’m curious to know what brings you here. Perhaps you’re someone who already has a Mindfulness practice and you’re keen to know more about it? Perhaps you’re someone who has heard a lot about this mysterious thing called ‘Mindfulness,’ but you’re suspicious or skeptical about it, so you want to see what all the fuss is about? Is it really something real? Just a fad or fashion? Does it really cure all our ills? Perhaps you’re a student of psychology, or philosophy, or politics, or you’re an entrepreneur or a therapist? Whoever you are, and whyever you’re here, you’re very welcome. I look forward to learning about and from you as we embark on this adventure together.
1 vídeo (total de (Total 6 mín.) min), 5 leituras, 1 teste
1 vídeos
5 leituras
Meet the instructor & the team5min
Welcome to Leiden University5min
Complete our short survey10min
Study tips for studying online5min
Community Guidelines & Academic Toolkit10min
1 exercício prático
How mindful are you?2min
5 horas para concluir
Introduction to Mindfulness
In this fist module, we’re going to explore the foundational question of what Mindfulness actually is! This module has been designed to approach this question by considering a series of preconceptions about Mindfulness in contemporary societies. Hence, here we meet the characters who will help and guide us through the rest of the course: the scientist, the monk, the ninja, the zombie, and the hippie. I hope you find these to be worthwhile companions on our journey. In the end, we’ll discover that these preconceptions are not without merit, but that they are only partial pictures of the whole. We’ll also engage in our first Meditation Labs so that we can begin to weigh these preconceptions against our own experiences.
11 vídeos (total de (Total 68 mín.) min), 2 leituras, 3 testes
11 videos
Preconception - enlightenment8min
Preconception - martial magic7min
Preconception - mindlessness8min
Summary8min
Meditation lab l part 15min
Meditation Lab l part 26min
Kuyken: why mindfulness?2min
Kuyken: representation of mindfulness4min
Batchelor: coming to mindfulness3min
Batchelor: what draws others to mindfulness?2min
2 leituras
Med Lab 1: Exercises10min
What is this thing called Mindfulness?10min
2 exercícios práticos
Check your knowledge8min
Journal after Meditation Lab 120min
Semana
25 horas para concluir
Psychology of/& Mindfulness
One of the most significant developments in the field of Mindfulness in recent years has been the development of ‘construct Mindfulness’ as a therapeutic tool and as a scientific technology. Both of these rest upon (and produce) bodies of scientific evidence about the effects and correlates of Mindfulness practice, both in terms of therapy and neurophysiology. In this second module, then, we’re going to explore some of implications and elaborations of these approaches. We’ll see what happens to the idea of Mindfulness when we make it into something that can be measured, and then we’ll investigate some of the most popular (and effective) Mindfulness-based Interventions, such as MBSR and MBCT. In the end, we’ll also ask whether this operationalized approach to Mindfulness actually hides deeper philosophical, religious, and existential questions, to which we’ll turn in the next module.
16 vídeos (total de (Total 116 mín.) min), 2 leituras, 3 testes
16 videos
Introduction9min
Operationalizing mindfulness10min
Measuring mindfulness11min
The problem of dis-ease11min
Mindfulness-based stress reduction10min
Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy12min
Common principles in mindfulness interventions9min
Summary6min
Meditation lab II7min
Kuyken: encountering difficulty4min
Kuyken: assessing teaching2min
Kuyken: science and Buddhism3min
Kuyken: who should teach?5min
Kuyken: 8 weeks later?4min
Batchelor: mindfulness teachers3min
Batchelor: mindfulness qualifications3min
2 leituras
Med Lab 2: Exercises10min
Psychology of/& Mindfulness10min
3 exercícios práticos
How stressed are you?2min
Check your knowledge20min
Journal after Meditation Lab 22min
Semana
36 horas para concluir
Philosophy of/& Mindfulness
One of the great debates in the field of Mindfulness revolves around the question of the nature of its relationship with Buddhism. In this module, we consider some of the ways in which this relationship can be understood, including by paying attention to the fact that Buddhism is a diverse and multivocal tradition. Going even further, we explore the possibility that traditions of thought other than Buddhism might provide valuable insights into Mindfulness, ranging from Daoism through Stoicism to contemporary American philosophy.
16 vídeos (total de (Total 126 mín.) min), 2 leituras, 2 testes
16 videos
Buddhism and sati10min
Vipassana and samatha11min
Zen8min
Daoism10min
Stoicism11min
Modernity and mindfulness12min
Summary6min
Meditation lab III8min
Kuyken: Buddhism and other traditions3min
Batchelor: was Buddha a therapist?6min
Batchelor: secular dharma5min
Batchelor: Pali canon3min
Batchelor: is dharma always Buddhism?3min
Batchelor: dharma needn't be Buddhist2min
Batchelor: towards modern dharma4min
2 leituras
Med Lab 3: Exercises10min
Philosophy of/& Mindfulness10min
1 exercício prático
Journal after Meditation Lab 32min
Semana
45 horas para concluir
Politics of/& Mindfulness
It is commonly assumed that Mindfulness is a solitary pursuit, and yet there is also often talk of a ‘Mindfulness Revolution,’ as though Mindfulness is also a social movement. In this module we’ll explore some of the ways in which the practice of Mindfulness might impact on ethical, social, and political issues today. We’ll ask questions about whether a Mindful society would really be a utopia, or whether it would be a nightmare. We’ll investigate the significance of Mindfulness in the military and in education, and finally we’ll attempt to engage with the meaning and significance of the commercialization of Mindfulness in capitalist societies.
10 vídeos (total de (Total 80 mín.) min), 2 leituras, 2 testes
10 videos
Mindful utopias and distopias11min
Martial mindfulness10min
Mindfulness in education10min
The mindfulness industry10min
Summary9min
Meditation lab IV4min
Kuyken: mindfulness in society3min
Batchelor: mindfulness in society5min
Batchelor: commercialism and mindfulness3min
2 leituras
Med Lab 4: Exercises10min
Politics of/& Mindfulness10min
1 exercício prático
Journal after Meditation Lab 42min
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Melhores avaliações
Awesome!\n\nLots of valuable theory, which includes uncovering fears and doubts. And the most important: practice. You can learn meditation here, and truly understand why the hell it's so important.
An excellent MOOC course with in-depth exploration of the mindfulness concept, with interviews of experts in the field and critical appraisal of the subject matter. I loved the course !
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