FOUNDATIONS OF MINDFULNESS:
CULTIVATING GENTLENESS, PRECISION, AND LETTING GO
WITH DAVID NICHTERN & EVE LEWIS PRIETO
Thursdays, April 27th – May 18th, 2023
6:00pm – 7:30pm ET
Mindfulness meditation has exploded in popularity in recent years due to its ability to help us work with life's unavoidable ups and downs. Meditation is also proven to help us reduce stress and understand and relate to challenging feelings in healthier ways.
Along with these benefits, and perhaps most importantly, mindfulness offers us the opportunity to learn to be fully present and open to whatever is happening in our own experience, just as it is.
Through this direct attention, we learn to be kinder and more accepting of ourselves and bring this awareness into our relationships and the world we share.
If you've wanted to learn how to meditate or renew the meditation practice you already have, join longtime Buddhist teacher David Nichtern and Eve Lewis Prieto, Director of Teaching at Headspace, for this four-week Foundations of Mindfulness online course to explore the practice of mindfulness meditation.
The course is meant to be a fun, concise, deep dive on cultivating mental stability, clarity, and wakeful awareness available through these powerful and transformative practices.
COURSE CURRICULUM & DATES
Class 1: April 27th – Introduction to mindfulness practice
Class 2: May 4th – Inviting Gentleness
Class 3: May 11th – Applying Precision
Class 4: May 18th – Non-attachment and Letting Go
RECOMMENDED READING:
The Wisdom of No Escape and How to Meditate by Pema Chödrön
WHEN YOU REGISTER FOR THIS PROGRAM, YOU GET:
- Four live online classes on Thursdays from April 27th – May 18th, 2023 led by Dharma Moon Teachers David Nichtern and Eve Lewis Prieto
- An in-depth exploration of mindfulness practice
- Clear guidance and group practice to help you establish a sustainable personal meditation practice
- Ongoing class discussion and support from a community of like-minded practitioners
- Video recordings of each live session for future reference and review
COURSE INSTRUCTORS
David Nichtern
David Nichtern is a senior teacher in the lineage of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche. This tradition combines a contemporary, secular approach to meditation with the ancient practices and philosophies of Tibetan Buddhism.
David is also a four-time Emmy winner and two-time Grammy nominee, and a successful entrepreneur with over 40 years of experience integrating spiritual practice and everyday living. He is the author of Awakening From The Daydream; Re-imaging The Buddha’s Wheel of Life and Creativity Spirituality and Making A Buckon Wisdom Publications.
Eve Lewis Prieto
Eve is Director of Teaching at Headspace and a graduate of the Dharma Moon Mindfulness & Meditation teacher training program and a MBSR instructor having trained at UC San Diego Centre for Mindfulness. Her journey into meditation began in her mid-twenties having struggled with anxiety and sleep issues for years. She wanted to better understand her mind and help others in the process, which motivated her to join Headspace in 2013. As Director of Teaching at Headspace, Eve creates and oversees a wide array of meditation and mindfulness experiences that meet the diverse needs of members and partners both on and off-platform. She is a voice and spokesperson for the brand and also mentors and guides new Headspace teachers to ensure they bring their unique style while honoring the Headspace approach and language around the practice.
Restless sleepers may also recognise Eve’s voice from Netflix’s Headspace Guide to Sleep, many of the Headspace Sleepcasts, Radio Headspace & Dear Headspace podcasts and the Waze | Headspace guided navigation.
