Meditation for Beginners
How to develop a practice
Join us for a 6 week course on how to begin a meditation practice.
Each week will include a short video lecture, class notes, a guided meditation to utilize for daily practice, as well as an online discussion forum to stay connected, for guidance, and support along the way.
Throughout this series you will:
- Learn how to adjust your body to feel more at ease in seated posture
- Explore the mind-body relationship
- Learn tools to help calm the mind
- Discover resources that can shift old habits and patterns
- Expand your sense of self beyond fears and self-judgement
- Awaken your ability to connect to your own insight and wisdom
- Develop a daily practice
Your Instructor
Jessica has been practicing yoga and meditation since 1996, and teaching these healing practices for the past 14 years.
Her primary influences are the teachings of Erich Schiffmann and Michael Stone. She truly believes that we have the ability to heal and change self-destructive patterns of the mind, by clearing the clutter that accumulates, with meditation and yoga practices.
In 2016, Jessica opened The Meditation Room, a community center for meditation, in her local community. Her passion to share the depth of yoga practices and lifestyle blossomed! She then realized that through an online e-courses, she could create an community without walls and reach more with these life-transforming teachings.
- 230hr RYT Bodhi Tree Yoga School, NC
- 500hr RYT from Asheville Yoga Center
- 300hr Thai Yoga Therapy, Saul David Raye at Ritam Healing Arts CA
- 625hr Ayurveda Wellness Counselor, Kerala Ayurveda Academy WA
- Annually studying with Michael Stone before his sudden passing in 2017 & Erich Schiffmann before is teaching hiatus the same year
Course Curriculum
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StartSeries Introduction
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StartClass 1: Focus of the Mind (6:54)
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StartClass 2: Opening Awareness and Shifting Patterns (9:35)
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PreviewClass 3: Emotions effect on the Mind (7:26)
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StartClass 4: The power of Breath (8:20)
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StartClass 5: Mind-Body Connection (7:40)
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StartClass 6: Awaken your ability to connect to your own insight and wisdom (6:12)