Mindfulness for Beginners

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Free Online Course: Mindfulness for Beginners provided by LinkedIn Learning is a comprehensive online course, which lasts for 2-3 hours worth of material. The course is taught in English and is free of charge. Upon completion of the course, you can receive an e-certificate from LinkedIn Learning. Mindfulness for Beginners is taught by Jon Kabat-Zinn and Sounds True.

Overview
  • Discover a primer on mindfulness from the teacher who introduced its benefits to Western medicine.

Syllabus
  • 1. Mindfulness: An Introduction

    • Introduction to session one of mindfulness
    • The only moment you have
    • What is mindfulness?
    • Awareness, a sixth sense
    • Being present in your life
    • Mind and heart
    • An ethical foundation
    • Non-judging, patience, beginner’s mind, trust
    • Non-striving, acceptance, letting go
    • Thinking and awareness
    2. Practicing Mindfulness
    • Introduction to session two of mindfulness
    • Eating meditation
    • Mindfulness of breathing
    • Mindfulness of the body as a whole
    • Mindfulness of objects: Sounds, thoughts, emotions
    • Mindfulness as pure awareness