Course curriculum

  • 1

    Welcome to the course!

    • Getting to know each other

    • Anapanasati Sutra - Discourse on the Full Awareness of Breathing

    • Optional Reading List

    • Before we start
  • 2

    Week 1: Joyful Effort & Full Awareness of Breathing

    • Audio Recordings of Session 1

    • Home Practice

    • Easy visual reference of Sutta and quick notes

    • Reclaiming the Breath

    • Held breath

    • Free Breathing
  • 3

    Awareness of Body and Bringing Ease

    • Home Practice

    • Inquiries

    • Learning

    • Recording of Session 2
  • 4

    The Profound Importance of Joy

    • Home Practice

    • Learning & Inquiries

    • Talk from Session 3

    • Recording Part 2-

  • 5

    Investigating Mental Formations

    • Home Practice

    • List of Emotions

    • Mental Formations

    • Five Hindrances: Learning and Inquiry
  • 6

    Composure and the Mind

    • Home Practice

    • Buddhist view of the Mind

    • Right Diligence

    • Recording of Session
  • 7

    Letting go and Next Steps

    • Home Practice

    • Recording of last session