Palouse Mindfulness Course
Overview

The entire course is laid out here, including each week's topic and practices. Clicking on the links below will take you to the corresponding part of the course.

  • Dave Potter
    Welcome
    The Palouse Mindfulness course is 100% free and is designed for people who are not able to take a live MBSR course for financial or logistical reasons. More than 8,000 graduates from 120 countries have completed all the course requirements (see Map of Graduates).
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    Introduction
    This includes several short videos introducing mindfulness and provides background about the beginnings of MBSR at the University of Massachusetts Medical school, as well as a longer, optional video, by Jon Kabat-Zinn, that goes into more detail about mindfulness and MBSR.
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    Getting Started
    What you need to do before you begin, including completing the "Goals and Commitment" worksheet and the "Getting Started" Questionnaire, as well as information about opportunities for engagement with other students, how the course is structured, and information about formal and informal meditation practice.
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    Course Manual
    Although it is not necessary to have a printed manual to benefit from the program, having printed materials makes it easier to see what’s been covered, provides a very good reference for later review, and allows you to mark your progress through the course as well as highlighting passages and/or making notes. On this page are instructions for printing the manual.
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    Week 1
    Simple Awareness
    Introduction to the Body Scan
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    Week 2
    Attention & The Brain
    Sitting Meditation
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    Week 3
    Dealing with Thoughts
    Introduction to Yoga
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    Week 4
    Stress: Responding vs. Reacting
    STOP: The One-Minute Breathing Space
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    Week 5
    Dealing with Difficult Emotions or Physical Pain
    The "Turning Toward..." Meditations
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    Week 6
    Mindfulness and Communication
    Mountain & Lake Meditations
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    Week 7
    Mindfulness and Compassion
    Lovingkindness & Walking Meditations
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    Week 8
    Conclusion
    Developing a practice of your own
  • Certificate of Completion
    Certificate of Completion
    What you need to qualify
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    Testimonials
    We receive "letters of learning" every day from new graduates. This page shows excerpts from some of those letters.

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