Richard Freeman and Mary Taylor are true gems of the yoga world. Both immensely skilled teachers of yoga asana and philosophy, brimming with warmth, humor, and understanding.
ABOUT THIS COURSE
ABOUT THIS COURSE
Want to learn to ride the waves of life with mindfulness and compassion? We all do—and yet we so often fall short of our goal to bring more wisdom into our lives at work, at home, and with our friends. In this course, author and Buddhist teacher Lodro Rinzler serves as your guide in how to develop a spiritual backbone, regardless of whether or not you’re interested in religion.
This course includes meditation instructions to help you become calm and centered, guidance on how to work with strong emotions (what Lodro calls the pervasive “Incredible Hulk Syndrome”), and practical steps you can take right now to connect more fully to your own heart of wisdom. You’ll learn how to embody contentment, joy, and fearlessness so you can live your life to its fullest and be of benefit to the world.
WHAT YOU WILL LEARN
Establish a consistent shamatha (calm-abiding) meditation practice at home
CULTIVATE
Incorporate the qualities of gentleness, discernment, and precision in your being
DISCOVER
Learn techniques to work with strong emotions, in meditation and on-the-spot in your day-to-day life
PROCESS
Employ strategies to live a life of contentment in the here and now
PRESENCE
DEVELOP
Build your capacity for compassion through six actions
RELEASE
Move away from the trap of doubting yourself toward touching your innate bravery and strength
COURAGE
Experience inner peace through addressing change and fear head-on
ENGAGE
Engage with whatever comes up in your life as part of your spiritual path
CULTIVATE
DISCOVER
PROCESS
PRESENCE
DEVELOP
Establish a consistent shamatha (calm-abiding) meditation practice at home
Incorporate the qualities of gentleness, discernment, and precision in your being
Learn techniques to work with strong emotions, in meditation and on-the-spot in your day-to-day life
Employ strategies to live a life of contentment in the here and now
Build your capacity for compassion through six actions
COURAGE
Experience inner peace through addressing change and fear head-on
Move away from the trap of doubting yourself toward touching your innate bravery and strength
RELEASE
Engage with whatever comes up in your life as part of your spiritual path
ENGAGE
Downloadable Video Lessons
From a workshop led by Eline Snel at the Omega Institute (six hours total)
Read the lessons at your own pace
Integrate what you’re learning into your daily life and interactions with children
Listen to the lessons while you go about your day + guided audio for kids and adults
Free downloadable PDFs from Sitting Still Like a Frog: Mindfulness Exercises for Kids (and Their Parents)
Learn at your own pace whenever and wherever works best for you!
100% SATISFACTION GUARANTEE
If for any reason you are not completely satisfied, please e-mail us within 30 days, and we will promptly refund your purchase price.
Course
Curriculum
LESSON 1
Mindfulness Begins with You
Mindfulness helps us to experience reality clearly and consciously, without pushing anything away or trivializing or over-analyzing certain situations. Being mindful is not something you do from time to time—it’s a way of life. In this first lesson, we begin with an exploration of what mindfulness is. Because we can only teach kids to be mindful when we are mindful ourselves, we will also learn basic techniques for practicing mindfulness in our own lives.
LESSON 2
Nonjudgmental Observation
How you look at things determines in large part how you react to them. In this lesson we will consider the role that nonjudgmental observation plays in mindfulness. We will learn practices—including the “spaghetti test”—for connecting with the body and being mindful of its various states and experiences. We will also explore inquiry practice as a method for deepening our understanding of our own and others’ experiences.
LESSON 3
Feeling Feelings,
Recognizing Worries
Thoughts and feelings almost always work in tandem, and they constantly influence each other. In this third lesson we will look at feelings and emotions, their impact on our thoughts, and our tendency to react to what we feel or think. We will also learn mindfulness practices for working with feelings, thoughts, and worries, which we can employ ourselves and teach to our children.
LESSON 4
Dealing with the
Stress of Parenting
Stress in parenting can bring out the worst in us. Likewise, stressed kids can exhibit unacceptable behavior. But if we learn how to handle stress differently, our relationship to stress can change. This lesson looks at the body’s basic responses to stress and explores tools for interrupting these responses to bring more mindfulness for both children and their grownups in stressful moments.
LESSON 5
Trusting That
Change Will Come
Sometimes we are not in a position to address our external circumstances, but we do have the freedom to change our relationship with what we would like to be different about them. In this lesson we will explore practices for harnessing the power of the imagination to do just that. These tools can help us cope with and learn from the inevitable setbacks and difficulties in life, enabling us to really help our kids—and ourselves too.
LESSON 6
Compassion for
Yourself and Others
Self-compassion enhances the emotional balance we so badly need, especially at times when the pursuit of perfection in our performance-driven society takes its toll. And it ensures that we do not expect others to be perfect either. In this final lesson we will be looking at self-compassion and compassion for others. We will consider the immense importance of compassion in the family and in education, as well as the meaning of self-compassion in everyday life.
LESSON 7
Becoming More Awesome
This first lesson sets a context for understanding how the ancient wisdom of the Bhagavad Gita is relevant for navigating life in the 21st Century. We introduce the ideas of waking up to what is right before us, including our often complicated relationships, and our fears and confusion about impermanence. We examine how important it is to stay embodied as we find our way through the complexities of daily life.
LESSON 8
Becoming More Awesome
This first lesson sets a context for understanding how the ancient wisdom of the Bhagavad Gita is relevant for navigating life in the 21st Century. We introduce the ideas of waking up to what is right before us, including our often complicated relationships, and our fears and confusion about impermanence. We examine how important it is to stay embodied as we find our way through the complexities of daily life.
BONUS MATERIAL
Course Excerpts
COURSE SUMMARY
100 Hours of Video Teachings
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Belly Dance Better
About Your
Teacher
Eline Snel is a therapist and certified MBSR trainer and runs the Academy for Mindful Teaching in the Netherlands. She has been developing and teaching mindfulness-based courses for over twenty years and trains teachers to teach MBSR techniques to students. Her program has been used in numerous primary schools in the Netherlands. She has recently started a pilot project in various secondary schools to teach mindfulness practices to teenagers.
Printable Transcripts
Guided Exercises
Downloadable Audio Files
Guided Reading Assignments
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If for any reason you are not completely satisfied, please e-mail us within 30 days, and we will promptly refund your purchase price.
100% SATISFACTION GUARANTEE
When does the course begin?
The course is available as soon as you register and does not have a specific start date. All lessons are available and you may go through the course materials at your own pace.
How long does it take to complete the course?
There are six lessons in the course and each lesson is designed to last a week. However, the course is flexible and you can work at your own pace as well, so you can benefit just as much from the course even if it takes you longer to go through it. We encourage you to download videos as you go through the course for your own personal use in the future. You will continue to have unlimited access to the course materials online as well.
How long will I have access to the course?
Your access to the course is unlimited. It will not expire.
Can I still take this training without a desktop/laptop computer (for example, if I only have an iPad)?
Yes, you can access this course using the browser on your device. However, please note that if you’d like to save any of the course materials, you will need to download to a computer first and then transfer the files to your device.
What if I have technical difficulties with the course?
We have a dedicated course support person who can help you with any issues you may encounter in navigating or accessing the course. Please email [email protected] if you have any questions.
Frequently Asked
Questions
Want to learn to ride the waves of life with mindfulness and compassion? We all do—and yet we so often fall short of our goal to bring more wisdom into our lives at work, at home, and with our friends. In this course, author and Buddhist teacher Lodro Rinzler serves as your guide in how to develop a spiritual backbone, regardless of whether or not you’re interested in religion.
This course includes meditation instructions to help you become calm and centered, guidance on how to work with strong emotions (what Lodro calls the pervasive “Incredible Hulk Syndrome”), and practical steps you can take right now to connect more fully to your own heart of wisdom. You’ll learn how to embody contentment, joy, and fearlessness so you can live your life to its fullest and be of benefit to the world.
"It was perfect...very nice to be able to go at my own pace."
What You Will Learn
CULTIVATE
DISCOVER
PROCESS
PRESENCE
DEVELOP
Establish a consistent shamatha (calm-abiding) meditation practice at home
Incorporate the qualities of gentleness, discernment, and precision in your being
Learn techniques to work with strong emotions, in meditation and on-the-spot in your day-to-day life
Employ strategies to live a life of contentment in the here and now
Build your capacity for compassion through six actions
COURAGE
Experience inner peace through addressing change and fear head-on
Move away from the trap of doubting yourself toward touching your innate bravery and strength
RELEASE
Engage with whatever comes up in your life as part of your spiritual path
ENGAGE
Establish a consistent shamatha (calm-abiding) meditation practice at home
CULTIVATE
Incorporate the qualities of gentleness, discernment, and precision in your being
DISCOVER
Learn techniques to work with strong emotions, in meditation and on-the-spot in your day-to-day life
PROCESS
Employ strategies to live a life of contentment in the here and now
PRESENCE
DEVELOP
Build your capacity for compassion through six actions
RELEASE
Move away from the trap of doubting yourself toward touching your innate bravery and strength
COURAGE
Experience inner peace through addressing change and fear head-on
ENGAGE
Engage with whatever comes up in your life as part of your spiritual path
This Course Includes
Course Curriculum
Course Excerpts
COURSE SUMMARY
100% SATISFACTION GUARANTEE
If for any reason you are not completely satisfied, please e-mail us within 30 days, and we will promptly refund your purchase price.
100% SATISFACTION GUARANTEE
If for any reason you are not completely satisfied, please e-mail us within 30 days, and we will promptly refund your purchase price.
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About Your Teacher
Frequently Asked Questions
PRAISE FOR ALAN MORINIS
“Sitting Still Like a Frog introduces the basics of mindfulness to children in an easy-to-understand and playful way. It guides children in the cultivation of presence: presence of mind, presence of heart, and presence in the body. This is something we are all capable of but usually don’t cultivate intentionally. Why not start young in training those capacities?”—Jon Kabat-Zinn, from his foreword to Sitting Still Like a Frog
Praise for
Eline Snel
PRAISE FOR ALAN MORINIS
If you’re a parent, teacher, therapist—or anyone who works with kids—this online course will give you the skills you need to introduce the youngsters in your world to mindfulness and its many benefits.
Since mindful self-compassion is a critical prerequisite for those who wish to convey the joy of mindfulness to children, this course will give you the opportunity to practice opening your heart through guided meditations and exercises. You will learn practical tools to respond appropriately to stressful situations and cultivate your own natural gift of awareness so you can pass it on successfully to others.
Kids take to mindfulness awareness
naturally
as soon as they see how it works
Kids take to
mindfulness awareness
naturally
as soon as they see
how it works
If you’re a parent, teacher, therapist—or anyone who works with kids—this online course will give you the skills you need to introduce the youngsters in your world to mindfulness and its many benefits.
Since mindful self-compassion is a critical prerequisite for those who wish to convey the joy of mindfulness to children, this course will give you the opportunity to practice opening your heart through guided meditations and exercises. You will learn practical tools to respond appropriately to stressful situations and cultivate your own natural gift of awareness so you can pass it on successfully to others.
Eline Snel is a therapist and certified MBSR trainer and runs the Academy for Mindful Teaching in the Netherlands. She has been developing and teaching mindfulness-based courses for over twenty years and trains teachers to teach MBSR techniques to students. Her program has been used in numerous primary schools in the Netherlands. She has recently started a pilot project in various secondary schools to teach mindfulness practices to teenagers.
Kids take to mindfulness awareness naturally as soon as they see how it works
Teach yourself and your kids to be more present in everyday life and to avoid automatic responses to tension, stress, and other problems
Presence
Center
Find your own center of calm, quiet your worrying thoughts, and pass this sense of calm on to the kids in your life
Courage
Maintain your emotional, mental, and physical well-being amid the demands of everyday life
Calm
Get less carried away by feelings of powerlessness or failure, or by the idea that you should be better at everything you do
This course will help you love yourself the way you are and love others precisely because they are the way they are
"It was perfect...very nice to be able to go at my own pace."
Teach yourself and your kids to be more present in everyday life and to avoid automatic responses to tension, stress, and other problems
Presence
Center
Find your own center of calm, quiet your worrying thoughts, and pass this sense of calm on to the kids in your life
Courage
Get less carried away by feelings of powerlessness or failure, or by the idea that you should be better at everything you do
Maintain your emotional, mental, and physical well-being amid the demands of everyday life
Calm
What You
Will Learn
This course will help you love yourself the way you are and love others precisely because they are the way they are
This Course
Includes
Praise for Eline Snel
“Sitting Still Like a Frog introduces the basics of mindfulness to children in an easy-to-understand and playful way. It guides children in the cultivation of presence: presence of mind, presence of heart, and presence in the body. This is something we are all capable of but usually don’t cultivate intentionally. Why not start young in training those capacities?”—Jon Kabat-Zinn, from his foreword to Sitting Still Like a Frog
Praise for
Eline Snel
