12-Week Course:
Buddhist Meditation
For Everyone
If you want to learn authentic Buddhist meditation, informed by the latest science,
for people of all worldviews and backgrounds, then this is the course for you​
Course registration closes on Thursday December 18, at 18:00 UTC (19:00 Amsterdam time)
Introductory Webinar + Guided Meditations
The Four Practices
Learn the four foundational practices of meditation
in most Buddhist traditions
1: Determination to be free
Gradually shift your priorities from seeking happiness in external pleasures (hedonia) to finding authentic wellbeing (eudaimonia) within.
4: The Four Applications of Mindfulness (vipashyana)
Gain liberating insight into the nature of the body, feeling, mind and all phenomena as being impermanent, unsatisfying, selfless and empty (of independent existence).
2: Four immeasurables
Develop heart-opening love, compassion, empathetic joy and impartiality toward all sentient beings, which blossoms into the altruistic intention of bodhicitta.
BONUS: The Great Perfection (Dzogchen)
Get an introduction to the highest practice within Tibetan Buddhism, which points to the nature of mind as nondual, pristine awareness (Tib. rigpa) that has always been perfect.
3: Serenity (shamatha)
Cultivate your attention skills to attain a profoundly stilled and settled state of mind with relaxation, stability and vividness.
Presented by Timo Pieters,
Founder at Integral Wellbeing.
Timo received his BA & MA in Religious Studies specializing in Buddhism from the Free University in Amsterdam, and has been practicing Buddhism with over a dozen teachers for the last 15 years. He has been encouraged to start teaching the practices in this course by his primary spiritual mentors Rob Preece and Dr. Alan Wallace.
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Meditation courses he has completed:
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Radiant Mind (9 months) with Dr. Peter Fenner.
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Tasting the Essence of Tantra (4 years) and Deepening Tantric Practice (4 years) with Rob Preece.
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Cultivating Emotional Balance (CEB) Teacher Training (5 weeks full-time) with Dr. Alan Wallace and Dr. Eve Ekman.
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Contemplative Psychotherapy (2 years) with Dr. Joe Loizzo.
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Sixfold Matrix of Mental Balance Teacher Training (6 months) with Dr. Alan Wallace.
Course Format & Outline
The 12-week course will begin on Thursday January 8, at 18:00 UTC (19:00 Amsterdam time), after the holidays.
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The course will be held over 12 weekly meetings of 90 minutes, held every Thursday evening on Zoom.
All session recordings, guided meditations, slides and infographics will be posted on a Google Drive you will get access to for the duration of the course and for 6 months after the course has finished.
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Every session will consist of:
(1) A talk about the meditation practice we will be learning that week, and its underlying philosophy and psychology (~30 minutes).
(2) Guided meditations: two sessions of 15 minutes at first (with break in between), then over the weeks slowly increased to one 30 minute session (~35 min).
(3) Group Q&A and break-out discussions about the practices we just did (~15 min).
(4) Exercises and tools to help you establish a daily meditation habit based on evidence-based behavior change principles (~10 min).
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The course does not require any reading or preparation prior to sessions, but optional readings for each session will be suggested.
Session 1 (January 8)
Determination to be free
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The nature of suffering and dissatisfaction
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The causes of suffering
Session 4 (January 29)
Four immeasurables
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Loving-kindness
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Compassion​
Session 2 (January 15)
Determination to be free
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The possibility of freedom and fulfillment
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The pathway minds that lead to freedom and fulfillment
Session 5 (February 5)
Four immeasurables​​
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Sympathetic joy
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Impartiality
Session 3 (January 22)
Determination to be free
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The four noble truths
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​Self-directed compassion
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Self-directed loving-kindness
Session 6 (February 12)
Four immeasurables
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Exchanging self and others
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Dedicated heart (bodhicitta)
Session 7 (February 19)
Serenity
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Mindfulness of breathing​
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Relaxation
Session 10 (March 12)
Insight
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Mindfulness of the body
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Mindfulness of feeling
Session 8 (February 26)
​Serenity
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Observing the mind​
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Stability
Session 11 (March 19)
Insight
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Mindfulness of the mind
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Mindfulness of phenomena
Session 9 (March 5)
Serenity
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​Awareness of awareness​​
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Vividness
Session 12 (March 26)
Great Perfection
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Resting
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Pointing out
Materials You Will Receive
These are all the materials you will gain access to
when you sign up for the course
Session recordings
Zoom recordings will be converted and posted on Google Drive the day after each session.
Suggested readings
Optional book chapters and articles for each weekly topic will be suggested for those interested, but books will not be provided.
Guided meditations
Guided meditations of various lengths (5 min, 10 min, 15 min, up to 30 min) will be made available as mp3 files.
Mindmaps & infographics
Mindmaps and infographics shared in slides will also be made available separately as jpeg and png files.
Session slides
Slides for each session will be made available the next day after each session.
100% Money Back Guarantee
If at the end of the course you are not satisfied with your experience we will reimburse your purchase 100%, no questions asked. Just send us an email within a month and you'll get all your money back.​
Pricing
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Regular Price: €250
This price will cover the cost of preparing and running the course for the organizer.
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10% will go to charity!
10% of your purchase will go to the most cost-effective mental health charity in the world: StrongMinds.
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StrongMinds provides highly effective group-based psychotherapy to people suffering from depression in Sub-Saharan Africa.
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Benefactor: €375
By paying 50% more you will sponsor others who cannot afford to join the course.
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10% will go to charity!
10% of your purchase will go to the most cost-effective mental health charity in the world: StrongMinds.
Click the logo for more info:
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StrongMinds provides highly effective group-based psychotherapy to people suffering from depression in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Please check your spam/promotions folder so you don't miss the Zoom invites!
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Scholarship: Free
If you are currently unable or unwilling to pay the regular price for the course you can join the course for free or through an optional donation you find fitting.
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We never want money to be the reason you cannot have access to this valuable wisdom
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All we ask is that you leave us an honest review and a short testimonial at the end when you finish the course. Thank you!​​
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