Interest in meditation, mindfulness, and contemplation has grown exponentially in recent years. Rather than being seen as mystical practices from ancient Buddhism or esoteric philosophy, they are increasingly seen as technologies rooted in evidence from psychology and neuroscience. Mindfulness has become the basis for numerous therapeutic interventions, both as a treatment in healthcare and as a means of enhancing well-being and happiness. For millions around the world, mindfulness has become a life-style choice, enhancing and enriching everyday experience. Mindfulness is big business.
But, what actually is mindfulness? Is it really good for you? Can anyone learn it? How can you recognize charlatans? Would you want to live in a mindful society, and would it smell like sandalwood? What does it feel like to be mindful? Are you mindful already, and how would you know?
Evolving from the popular Honours Academy course at Leiden University, this innovative course combines conventional scholarly inquiry from multiple disciplines (ranging from psychology, through philosophy, to politics) with experiential learning (including specially designed ‘meditation labs,’ in which you’ll get chance to practice and analyze mindfulness on yourself). In the end, the course aims to provide a responsible, comprehensive, and inclusive education about (and in) mindfulness as a contemporary phenomenon.
During the production of this course, we have been supported by Willem Kuyken, Director of the University of Oxford Mindfulness Centre, and Stephen Batchelor, co-founder of Bodhi College. And we gratefully acknowledge the contributions made by Mark Williams, co-developer of Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT), and Rebecca Crane, Director of the Centre for Mindfulness Research and Practice at the University of Bangor.
De-Mystifying Mindfulness
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Неделя
1Welcome to the course
People come to the study of Mindfulness for all kinds of reasons; I’m curious to know what brings you here. Perhaps you’re someone who already has a Mindfulness practice and you’re keen to know more about it? Perhaps you’re someone who has heard a lot about this mysterious thing called ‘Mindfulness,’ but you’re suspicious or skeptical about it, so you want to see what all the fuss is about? Is it really something real? Just a fad or fashion? Does it really cure all our ills? Perhaps you’re a student of psychology, or philosophy, or politics, or you’re an entrepreneur or a therapist? Whoever you are, and whyever you’re here, you’re very welcome. I look forward to learning about and from you as we embark on this adventure together.
1 видео ((всего 6 мин.)), 6 материалов для самостоятельного изучения, 1 тест
1 видео
6 материала для самостоятельного изучения
Meet the instructor & the team5мин
Welcome to Leiden University5мин
Complete our short survey10мин
Study tips for studying online5мин
Being successful in an international virtual learning environment5мин
How to behave in an academic way5мин
1 практическое упражнение
How mindful are you?2мин
Introduction to Mindfulness
In this fist module, we’re going to explore the foundational question of what Mindfulness actually is! This module has been designed to approach this question by considering a series of preconceptions about Mindfulness in contemporary societies. Hence, here we meet the characters who will help and guide us through the rest of the course: the scientist, the monk, the ninja, the zombie, and the hippie. I hope you find these to be worthwhile companions on our journey. In the end, we’ll discover that these preconceptions are not without merit, but that they are only partial pictures of the whole. We’ll also engage in our first Meditation Labs so that we can begin to weigh these preconceptions against our own experiences.
11 видео ((всего 68 мин.)), 2 материалов для самостоятельного изучения, 3 тестов
11 видео
Preconception - enlightenment8мин
Preconception - martial magic7мин
Preconception - mindlessness8мин
Summary8мин
Meditation lab l part 15мин
Meditation Lab l part 26мин
Kuyken: why mindfulness?2мин
Kuyken: representation of mindfulness4мин
Batchelor: coming to mindfulness3мин
Batchelor: what draws others to mindfulness?2мин
2 материала для самостоятельного изучения
Med Lab 1: Exercises10мин
What is this thing called Mindfulness?10мин
2 практического упражнения
Check your knowledge8мин
Journal after Meditation Lab 120мин
Неделя
2Psychology of/& Mindfulness
One of the most significant developments in the field of Mindfulness in recent years has been the development of ‘construct Mindfulness’ as a therapeutic tool and as a scientific technology. Both of these rest upon (and produce) bodies of scientific evidence about the effects and correlates of Mindfulness practice, both in terms of therapy and neurophysiology. In this second module, then, we’re going to explore some of implications and elaborations of these approaches. We’ll see what happens to the idea of Mindfulness when we make it into something that can be measured, and then we’ll investigate some of the most popular (and effective) Mindfulness-based Interventions, such as MBSR and MBCT. In the end, we’ll also ask whether this operationalized approach to Mindfulness actually hides deeper philosophical, religious, and existential questions, to which we’ll turn in the next module.
16 видео ((всего 116 мин.)), 2 материалов для самостоятельного изучения, 3 тестов
16 видео
Introduction9мин
Operationalizing mindfulness10мин
Measuring mindfulness11мин
The problem of dis-ease11мин
Mindfulness-based stress reduction10мин
Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy12мин
Common principles in mindfulness interventions9мин
Summary6мин
Meditation lab II7мин
Kuyken: encountering difficulty4мин
Kuyken: assessing teaching2мин
Kuyken: science and Buddhism3мин
Kuyken: who should teach?5мин
Kuyken: 8 weeks later?4мин
Batchelor: mindfulness teachers3мин
Batchelor: mindfulness qualifications3мин
2 материала для самостоятельного изучения
Med Lab 2: Exercises10мин
Psychology of/& Mindfulness10мин
3 практического упражнения
How stressed are you?2мин
Check your knowledge20мин
Journal after Meditation Lab 22мин
Неделя
3Philosophy of/& Mindfulness
One of the great debates in the field of Mindfulness revolves around the question of the nature of its relationship with Buddhism. In this module, we consider some of the ways in which this relationship can be understood, including by paying attention to the fact that Buddhism is a diverse and multivocal tradition. Going even further, we explore the possibility that traditions of thought other than Buddhism might provide valuable insights into Mindfulness, ranging from Daoism through Stoicism to contemporary American philosophy.
16 видео ((всего 126 мин.)), 2 материалов для самостоятельного изучения, 2 тестов
16 видео
Buddhism and sati10мин
Vipassana and samatha11мин
Zen8мин
Daoism10мин
Stoicism11мин
Modernity and mindfulness12мин
Summary6мин
Meditation lab III8мин
Kuyken: Buddhism and other traditions3мин
Batchelor: was Buddha a therapist?6мин
Batchelor: secular dharma5мин
Batchelor: Pali canon3мин
Batchelor: is dharma always Buddhism?3мин
Batchelor: dharma needn't be Buddhist2мин
Batchelor: towards modern dharma4мин
2 материала для самостоятельного изучения
Med Lab 3: Exercises10мин
Philosophy of/& Mindfulness10мин
1 практическое упражнение
Journal after Meditation Lab 32мин
Неделя
4Politics of/& Mindfulness
It is commonly assumed that Mindfulness is a solitary pursuit, and yet there is also often talk of a ‘Mindfulness Revolution,’ as though Mindfulness is also a social movement. In this module we’ll explore some of the ways in which the practice of Mindfulness might impact on ethical, social, and political issues today. We’ll ask questions about whether a Mindful society would really be a utopia, or whether it would be a nightmare. We’ll investigate the significance of Mindfulness in the military and in education, and finally we’ll attempt to engage with the meaning and significance of the commercialization of Mindfulness in capitalist societies.
10 видео ((всего 80 мин.)), 2 материалов для самостоятельного изучения, 2 тестов
10 видео
Mindful utopias and distopias11мин
Martial mindfulness10мин
Mindfulness in education10мин
The mindfulness industry10мин
Summary9мин
Meditation lab IV4мин
Kuyken: mindfulness in society3мин
Batchelor: mindfulness in society5мин
Batchelor: commercialism and mindfulness3мин
2 материала для самостоятельного изучения
Med Lab 4: Exercises10мин
Politics of/& Mindfulness10мин
1 практическое упражнение
Journal after Meditation Lab 42мин
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начал новую карьеру, пройдя эти курсы
16%
получил значимые преимущества в карьере благодаря этому курсу
Лучшие рецензии
автор: AL•Nov 2nd 2017
Awesome!\n\nLots of valuable theory, which includes uncovering fears and doubts. And the most important: practice. You can learn meditation here, and truly understand why the hell it's so important.
автор: DC•Apr 27th 2017
The combination of theory and practice in this course has made it thoroughly enjoyable and I feel I have a deeper understanding, both conceptually and practically, of mindfulness.
Преподаватель
Chris Goto-Jones
Prof. dr.Honours Academy
О Universiteit Leiden
Leiden University is one of Europe's foremost research universities. This prominent position gives our graduates a leading edge in applying for academic posts and for functions outside academia.
Leiden University is the oldest university in the Netherlands. It was founded in February 1575, as a gift from William of Orange to the citizens of Leiden after they had withstood a long siege by the Spanish. Our motto is: Praesidium Libertatis — Bastion of Liberty.
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