How to Make Time for Meditation in a Busy Life
A 30-day online challenge to make meditation part of your life
Maybe you like the idea of having a regular meditation practice but you have a very busy life?
We all have a lot to care for—family, work, friends and finding some time for ourselves.
Is there even any room to fit meditation into our daily round?
One place to start is to ask yourself these questions:
We need to stop separating meditation from life
Each activity in every day can be used for meditation
We can discover the possibilities for meditation in life
We will tackle the difficult stuff head on by
looking at our habits that get in the way
You will learn about the benefits of meditation and how current research backs this up
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You will learn a variety of meditation techniques with advice on how and when to practice them
You will learn about the benefits of meditation and how current research backs this up
You will learn a variety of meditation techniques with advice on how and when to practice them
How will the course work for you?
- Each session includes:
- an exploration of the habits we fall into and what to do about them
- a look at some research that establishes the beneficial effects of meditation on those habits
- at least one meditation exercise, or technique to enable you to put into practice what we have been exploring
- guidance on how to include each meditation technique both as a formal meditation and informally throughout the day.
- All sessions of How to Make Time for Meditation in a Busy Life are online with easily downloadable reflections, exercises and quotes.
- As long as you have an internet connection you can access the content anywhere and at any time.
- Lessons will be available every third day
- This is self-paced course, so you can catch up and review past materials at any time.
- You still have access to the course materials even when the course has concluded.
- You can add comments and ask questions as you go through the materials.
Would you like to try the first lesson of the online course for free?
Sign up through this link and you will have access to all four activities in Lesson 1
Meet Maureen,
your course facilitator
Hello there
I have been meditating for many years and I am still finding out more about it all the time. I don’t think you ever just become a meditator and then carry on from there. There is always more to learn and to discover. My work means that I get to talk to other people about meditation and to share their personal journey with them for a while. The content of this course is based on much of the coaching and workshops that I have done with people over the years. So often people tell me how much they want to meditate but they can’t find the time. It’s those people who inspired this course.
If you are interested to know more you might enjoy this blog I wrote, How You Can Meditate Anytime and Anywhere
This course is arranged as a 30-day challenge to help people develop a goal that is reachable. The whole course is made up of short, practical sessions so it can fit around a busy schedule.
Look forward to seeing you inside the course!
Hope to see you on the course!
Enrolment is open now
You can join the course whenever you are ready!
1 Getting set up for the challenge
2. Meditation reduces stress and anxiety
A simple look at how stress works
How we cope with stress
How meditation helps
3. Meditation reduces impulsivity, cravings and addictions
The story of me
How meditation helps
Meditation using comfortable and uncomfortable physical feelings
4. How to make meditation a habit
How it works
Setting up your habit loop
A look at the brain and habits
5. Meditation increases resilience in hard times
The relationship between thoughts and resilience
What the science says
A simple meditation
6. Meditation increases happiness and optimism
Our wandering mind
How meditation can help
Scientific research into meditation
7. What gets in the way of meditation
Some challenges you might encounter
Things that can help
Mixing meditation and life
8. Meditation helps to create loving, harmonious relationships
The power of love and kindness
Meditations to encourage connection
Going deeper
9. Meditation increases life satisfaction
Understanding how our minds work
Two kinds of awareness
Why fighting our thoughts does not work
10. Meditation produces a deep state of peace and wellbeing
Changing perspective
How we can apply this
What is your motivation for meditating?
11. Taking your challenge onwards
Going Forward
Your feedback
A special offer for you
A few books and websites
Resources from Awareness in Action
OPTION 1
Course
Course fee $ 95.00
This includes:
- Lifetime access to content, activities and exercises for 9 lessons, an introduction and a concluding session.
- A variety of downloadable meditation exercises in written and/or audio format
- Unlimited interactive emails with the courses facilitator throughout the course
OPTION 2
Course + coaching option
Course fee: $130.00
This includes
- Lifetime access to content, activities and exercises for 9 lessons, an introduction and a concluding session.
- A variety of downloadable meditation exercises in written and/or audio format
- Unlimited interactive emails with the courses facilitator throughout the course
- 1 personal coaching session by SKYPE at the end of the course
(Normal price for coaching alone $75.00)
What people have said about the course
The combination of Maureen’s training and meditative experience together with the evidence from the scientific “heavy-weights” in meditation research make this course come “alive”. Everyone could benefit from it; beginners and experienced meditators alike.
Mary Duffy, Edinburgh Scotland
I loved this course—there were so many great videos and quotes, from meditation teachers to scientists in cartoons and interviews, such a lot of variety to inspire us. Knowing the science behind the advice, for instance how we form habits, is really good for reinforcing what is being taught here. The meditations are so varied and well-presented that we all have a life time of practices available to us. The advice for pacing the introduction of meditation into our daily life is really helpful. The benefits of meditation are made really clear to us. Now we just have to do it!
Sue Cullen, Newcastle UK
A very impressive course containing a wealth of excellent materials. A bonus is that it’s very straightforward to navigate—even for people not so comfortable with online technology!
John Bald, Edinburgh Scotland.