Mindfulness for Anxiety and Sleep - with Tara Brach
What you'll learn
- How to meet challenges with courage and wisdom
- Understand why trying to avoid fear is a losing strategy
- Distinguish healthy concern from being caught in fear's trance
- See how anxiety can fuel addictive and compulsive behaviors
- Mindfulness strategies for relaxation and improved sleep
Requirements
- There is no prerequisite to taking the course.
Description
We all have some undercurrent of fear running through daily life. We may worry about losing our health and mental lucidity; losing others we love; losing our job or reputation. In our daily trance of fear, our mind can spin endless stories about bad things that might happen, and how to avoid them.
Often we try to control things by pointing fingers of blame at others or at ourselves. We become, as a meditation teacher once said, “a bundle of tense muscles defending our existence.” We may not even notice this armor, because it feels like such a familiar part of who we are. It blocks us from living fully and from relating to others with spontaneity, ease and openheartedness.
This course shows how every one of us can find reliable inner resources of safety, strength and connection. Drawing on these resources, we can stay present when fear arises and meet the situation bravely, wisely, with interest and care. We learn to respond, rather than react.
By cultivating mindfulness and self-compassion, we are able not only to face the fear; we transform our entire experience of it. We awaken from the trance and touch true peace. We finally live from the wholeness of our being—from our full intelligence and love.
Who this course is for:
- Anyone who feels plagued by fear or anxiety
- Anyone struggling with sleeplessness (insomnia)
- Everyone who wants to feel more connected with themselves and others
- Anyone longing to speak and live their truth
- Everyone who wants to experience greater freedom in life
Course content
- Preview09:06
- 10:26Fear of Failure (FOF)
- 07:09Fear of Missing Out (FOMO)
- 08:16Guided Practice Exercise: What's There?
Instructor
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- 4.5 Instructor Rating
- 16,653 Reviews
- 76,696 Students
- 7 Courses
Tara Brach, Ph.D. is a clinical psychologist, an internationally known teacher of mindfulness meditation, and author of the bestselling Radical Acceptance, True Refuge and Radical Compassion. Her podcast exploring the role of mindfulness in the realization of human potential receives more than two million downloads each month.
Tara’s work is prominently featured in the New York Times guide to meditation and other major media ranging from the Wall Street Journal and Washington Post to Tim Ferriss. She has given keynote addresses at conferences offered through Harvard Medical School and Salesforce, among others, and contributed numerous articles to popular magazines and websites.
Tara regularly leads accredited workshops for mental health professionals, as well as retreats for wider audiences, at centers in the United States and Europe. She has been invited to teach classes to United States Congress members and staff, to judges of the D.C. Superior Court, and at the Smithsonian. In addition to her public teaching, she is active in bringing meditation into schools, prisons, and underserved populations around the Washington, D.C. area.
She and Jack Kornfield have co-founded the Awareness Training Institute (ATI) which offers online courses on mindfulness and compassion, as well as the Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Certification Program (MMTCP).