Series 2 • Session 1 • Mindfulness Recap
LESSON - Anderson Cooper
"60 Minutes special on Mindfulness"
PRACTICE - Dan Harris &
Sharon Salzberg
Video not available
LESSON - Dan Harris
"Hack Your Brain"
Further Reading on Mindfulness Recap
Session Quotes
“We have more possibilities, available in each moment, than we realize.” - Thich Nhat Hanh “Whatever has the nature to arise also has the nature to cease.” - Joseph Goldstein “Letting go of your thoughts doesn’t mean not caring about things. Instead, it means caring for them in a flexible and wise way.” - Jack Kornfield
Series 2 • Session 2 • Gratitude
LESSON - Louie Schwartzberg
"TEDx - Gratitude"
Further Reading on Gratitude
PRACTICE - Tony Robbins
"Gratitude Meditation"
Session Quotes
“The real gift of gratitude is… the more grateful you are, the more present you become.” - Robert Holden “Gratitude is when memory is stored in the heart… not in the mind - Lionel Hampton “Gratitude turns whatever we have… into enough.” - Anonymous
Series 2 • Session 3 • Eating & Awareness
LESSON - Thich Nhat Hanh
"Eating With Mindfulness"
Further Reading on Eating & Awareness
PRACTICE - Stop, Breathe, Think
"Particular Awareness"
Video not available
Session Quotes
“Socrates lived a very frugal and simple life, but loved to go to the market and observe. When his students questioned this, he replied, ‘I love to go and see all the things I am happy without.’” - Jack Kornfield “Taken slowly and mindfully… eating an orange, or a bowl of soup, or a piece of dark chocolate can take on the flavor of prayer.” - Mary DeTurris Poust “Eating with awareness is an expression of gratitude to the whole cosmos… the earth, the tress, the clouds, everything.” - Thich Nhat Hanh
Series 2 • Session 4 • Self-Compassion
LESSON - Derrick Carpenter
"Defeat Negative Thinking"
Further Reading on Self Compassion
PRACTICE - Tara Brach
"R.A.I.N. of Self-Compassion"
Session Quotes
“The greatest privilege in life is just being who you are.” - Joseph Campbell “Self-compassion is like a muscle. The more we practice flexing it – especially when life doesn’t go according to plan – the stronger and more compassionate we become.” - Sharon Salzberg “Self-criticism may keep us in line… but self-compassion sets us free.” - Kristin Neff “It’s not your job to like me… it’s mine.” - Byron Katie
Series 2 • Session 5 • Spaciousness
LESSON - Ram Dass
"Designing Spaciousness"
PRACTICE - James Roland Hillcoat
"Spacious Stillness"
Further Reading on Spacious Opening
Session Quotes
“When our mind becomes more spacious, more open, and happier… we move past our avoidance and denial to see what truly is.” - Joseph Goldstein “Non-attachment is not the elimination of desire. It is a spacious ‘allowing’ that can exist without the need. It is an active, yet free, receptivity to life.” - Stephen Levine “Letting go does not mean not caring about things. Rather, it means caring for them in a more spacious and wise way.” - Jack Kornfield
Series 2 • Session 6 • Full Presence
LESSON - School of Life
"Living in the Present
Further Reading on Full Presence
PRACTICE - Sarah Raymond
"Present Moment Mindfulness"
Session Quotes
“Our best communication is how we choose to show up… before we’ve lifted a hand, or said a word.” - Joseph Goldstein “Realize deeply that the present moment is all that you ever have.” - Eckart Tolle “Yesterday is history, Tomorrow’s a mystery, But today is a gift… which is why it’s called the Present.” - Alice Morse Earle
Series 2 • Session 7 • Lovingkindness
LESSON - Dan Harris &
Sharon Salzberg
Further Reading on LovingKindness
PRACTICE - Sharon Salzberg
"Lovingkindness"
Session Quotes
“In practicing lovingkindness, we can begin to let go of expectations about what our own life, and the lives of those we love, should be.” - Sharon Salzberg “The difference between misery and happiness simply depends on where we place our attention, and the words that we say to ourselves.” - Sharon Salzberg
Series 2 • Session 8 • Happiness
LESSON - Richie Davidson &
John Kabat-Zinn
Further Reading on Happiness
PRACTICE - Linda Hall
"Morning Happiness"
Session Quotes
“As soon as we insist upon happiness… we are no longer happy.” - Walter Landor “If you want others to be happy… practice compassion. If you want to be happy… practice compassion.” - The Dalai Lama “When you realize nothing is lacking, the whole world belongs to you.” - Lao Tzu