Introduction to Mindfulness

In this 4 week introductory course, meditation instructor Micah Anderson will teach the basics of mindfulness, defined as present-moment, kind awareness. Mindfulness can be cultivated both formally through meditation practice and informally by bringing more presence to our daily activities in an intentional way. Weekly classes will include guided meditations, teachings, and plenty of room for questions, authentic sharing, and curiosity. Come learn tools to help increase your human potential in a way which can foster depth and meaning in your day-to-day life.

• Week 1: Introduction to Mindfulness: Learn the basics of mindfulness meditation, and how the gift of self-awareness can provide a sense of stability, confidence, and groundedness in our increasingly distracted and fragmented lives.
• Week 2: Mindfulness and Emotions: In week 2, learn the emotionally-based benefits of mindfulness, including increased emotional awareness and the ability to engage and regulate difficult emotional states.
• Week 3: Mindfulness and Impulsivity: See how increased self-awareness can help us to gain control of impulsive and reactive behavior. Learn how to make daily decisions from a place of responsiveness rather than reaction and fear.
• Week 4: Mindfulness and Compassion: In this final wrap up session, learn how mindfulness can help us build both compassion towards ourselves and empathy towards others.

• Week 1: Introduction to Mindfulness: Learn the basics of mindfulness meditation, and how the gift of self-awareness can provide a sense of stability, confidence, and groundedness in our increasingly distracted and fragmented lives.
• Week 2: Mindfulness and Emotions: In week 2, learn the emotionally-based benefits of mindfulness, including increased emotional awareness and the ability to engage and regulate difficult emotional states.
• Week 3: Mindfulness and Impulsivity: See how increased self-awareness can help us to gain control of impulsive and reactive behavior. Learn how to make daily decisions from a place of responsiveness rather than reaction and fear.
• Week 4: Mindfulness and Compassion: In this final wrap up session, learn how mindfulness can help us build both compassion towards ourselves and empathy towards others.