Course curriculum

  • 1

    Class Syllabus & Resources

    • Class Syllabus

    • All About Pods

    • Weekly Challenges

    • Trauma-Informed Mindfulness

    • Supplementary/Suggested Readings & Other Materials

    • Mindfulness Teachers of Color

    • Key Pali Words and Definitions

    • Guiding Meditations Playbook!

    • Tech, Audio & Video Resources

    • Finding Sangha
  • 2

    Sign Your Syllabus!

    • Sign your syllabus!
  • 3

    Class One

    • Homework for Class One

    • A Note From Dina: Wisdom First + How to Sit When You Can't Sit

    • Four Noble Truths, Ending the Cycle of Suffering and Samsara (Required Video)

    • Introduction to Leon Ford

    • Living the Wisdom with Leon Ford (Required Video)

    • Weekly Practice & Guiding (Required Video)

    • The Four Agreements (Required Reading)

    • *JUST ADDED!* Optional: Going Deeper & Journaling Prompts

    • The Wheel of Life

    • Meditation Style of the Week: Mindfulness of Breath

    • Meditation Style of the Week: Mindfulness of the Breath at the Nostrils (second guided meditation option)
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    Class Two

    • Homework for Class Two

    • 5 Precepts and Living with Virtue (Required Video)

    • Living the Wisdom with Leon Ford (Required Video)

    • *JUST ADDED!* Optional: Going Deeper & Journaling Prompts

    • Weekly Practice & Guiding (Required Video)

    • Meditation Style of the Week: Mindfulness of the Breath - with new options
  • 5

    Class Three

    • Homework for Class Three

    • The Eightfold Path (Required Video)

    • Living the Wisdom with Leon Ford (Required Video)

    • Weekly Practice & Guiding (Required Video)

    • Meditation Style of the Week: Mindfulness of Sounds
  • 6

    Class Four

    • Homework for Class Four

    • The Five Hindrances and The Three Jewels (Required Video)

    • Living the Wisdom with Leon Ford (Required Video)

    • Neuroscience Segment 1

    • Weekly Practice & Guiding (Required Video)

    • Meditation Style of the Week: Mindfulness of Thoughts and Emotions
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    Class Five

    • Homework for Class Five

    • Guiding a Meditation + Four Foundations of Mindfulness (Required Video)

    • Living the Wisdom with Leon Ford (Required Video)

    • Weekly Practice & Guiding (Required Video)

    • Meditation Style of the Week: Mindfulness of Body Sensations (Section by Section Body Scan)

    • Optional additional advice for Vipassana meditations
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    Class Six

    • Homework for Class Six

    • *CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENT* Recorded Guided Meditation

    • Guiding Meditations :: Playbook!

    • Dina's Story

    • History of Buddhism + Vipassana + Insight (Required Video)

    • Living the Wisdom with Leon Ford (Required Video)

    • Weekly Practice & Guiding (Required Video)

    • Meditation Style of the Week: Mindfulness of Body Sensations (Section by Section Body Scan) + Sweeping Body Scan
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    Class Seven

    • Homework for Class Seven

    • Three Universal Truths (Required Video)

    • Living the Wisdom with Leon Ford (Required Video)

    • Weekly Practice & Guiding (Required Video)

    • Neuroscience Segment 2

    • Meditation Style of the Week: Opening to Life Meditation
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    Class Eight

    • Homework for Class Eight

    • Making Compassion a 25-Minute Sit

    • Compassion (Required Video)

    • Introduction to Leon's Film

    • Living the Wisdom with Leon Ford (Required Video)

    • Weekly Practice & Guiding (Required Video)

    • Meditation Style of the Week: Lovingkindness Meditation

    • Your Path Forward
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    Class Nine

    • Homework for Class Nine

    • Guiding Tips & Suggestions (Required Video)

    • Living the Wisdom with Leon Ford (Required Video)

    • Neuroscience Segment 3

    • Weekly Practice & Guiding (Required Video)

    • Guided Meditation with Leon: Making Mindfulness Your Own
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    Class Ten

    • Homework for Class Ten

    • Answering Difficult Questions (Required Video)

    • Living the Wisdom with Leon Ford (Required Video)

    • Weekly Practice & Guiding (Required Video)

    • Meditation Style of the Week: Guiding a Noting Practice

    • Meditation Style of the Week: Practicing a Noting Meditation (Audio)

    • Meditation Style of the Week: Practicing a Noting Meditation (Video / Optional)
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    Class Eleven

    • Homework for Class Eleven

    • Equanimity (Required Video)

    • Living the Wisdom with Leon Ford (Required Video)

    • Weekly Practice & Guiding (Required Video)

    • Meditation Style of the Week: Combining Techniques
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    Class Twelve

    • Homework for Class Twelve

    • *CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENT* Assignment: Recorded Meditation Workshop!

    • Living A Modern Buddhist Life (Required Video)

    • Closing Wisdom (Required Video)

    • Living the Wisdom with Leon Ford (Required Video)

    • Your Path Forward

    • Dina's Sample Meditation Workshop
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    (BONUS!) Neuroscience with Ayman Mukerji Househam

    • Neuroscience Lesson 1: Stress vs. Meditation Response in the Body

    • Neuroscience Lesson 2: Stress, Mindfulness, Gut, and Epigenetics

    • Neuroscience Lesson 3: Trauma and Mindfulness
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    BONUS: MTT Graduate Interview

    • Introduction | Interview with Kelle

    • MTT Grad | Interview with Kelle