Stress-less! (Fully Updated in the Fall of 2023)

Name: Stress-less! (Fully Updated in the Fall of 2023)
Rating: 4.4 (188 reviews)

Cultivate joy and reduce stress in 30 minutes or less.

Created bySpark of Insight Coaches, Danielle Palli, Cynthia Readnower

Last updated 10/2023

English

What you'll learn

Students will learn five tools for mindfulness, relaxation and greater peace.
Students will understand the causes and symptoms of stress.
Students will learn greater stress resilience to "bounce back" from stress more quickly.
Students will learn how to combat the symptoms of stress and anxiety.
Students will learn when they are becoming stressed so they can be proactive and re-center when needed.

Course content

1 section • 9 lectures • 54m total length

Welcome!1:03
Welcome to Stress-less, a free meditation course brought to you by Nationally Board Certified Positive Psychology & Mindfulness Coach, and author and Intuitive Coach, Danielle Palli and entrepreneur, owner of Skinny Leopard Media and spiritual practitioner, Cindy Readnower.
In this course, we will explore five techniques for reducing stress and bringing more joy into our lives, as well as a bonus lecture and journaling activity from “Using Intuition and Mindfulness in Work & Life.”
These tools are a jump-start of best practices so that you can begin feeling calmer and more centered, starting today.
Understanding the Causes of Stress Versus the Symptoms7:40
In this section, we’ll briefly cover the areas of our lives that can be sources of stress, and begin looking at how stress manifests itself in your body. From there, we will move on to meditation tools for reducing mental and physical stress so that we feel better, mentally, physically and emotionally.
Identifying Stress in the Body8:34
In this brief meditation, we focus on finding out where we hold stress in our body, and work to reduce tension in those areas. We also explore how to draw positive energy in for greater wellbeing.
Focusing on the Positive and Choosing Where Our Thoughts Go8:05
This meditation helps us focus our attention on joy, happiness, gratitude, laughter and love, and teaches us how to develop a habit of positive thinking.
Three-Part Breathing Exercise11:38
In this meditation, students will explore a three-part breathing technique to develop focus, relax and breathe more fully. Deep breathing stimulates the Vagus nerve, promoting relaxation and calm in the body.
Heading Off Anxiety and Panic Attacks3:08
Learn simple but powerful tools for stopping a panic attack before it starts through a mindful focus on the senses and breathwork.
Grounding Meditation for Centering7:51
In this meditation, we will go through a short grounding visualization exercise that will help us remain calm and centered throughout challenges. This exercise is a great one to do to center after a stressful experience and to prepare ourselves for future challenges. It is also a helpful foundation exercise to practice prior to other meditations.
BONUS: Intuitive Writing5:48
This bonus activity comes from the course "Using Intuition and Mindfulness in Work & Life" and includes powerful journaling practices in Stream of Conscious and Automatic Writing.
Conclusion0:35
Thank you so much for joining us! Please see our attached HELPFUL RESOURCES page to continue building upon what you’ve learned with even more mindfulness, intuition and stress-busting tools.
If you benefited from this course, we would love it if you would leave a review. Wishing you a happy and healthy year ahead.

Requirements

This course is appropriate for everyone. All that is needed is a computer, an Internet connection and an open mind.

Description

Welcome to Stress-less, a free meditation course brought to you by Nationally Board Certified Positive Psychology & Mindfulness Coach, and author and Intuitive Coach, Danielle Palli and Cindy Readnower, entrepreneur, owner of Skinny Leopard Media and spiritual practitioner.

In this course, we will address the causes versus the symptoms of stress, and then cover five techniques for reducing stress and bringing more joy into our lives, as well as a bonus lecture and journaling activity from our Udemy course: “Using Intuition and Mindfulness in Work & Life.”

Activities include learning to identify stress in the body so that you can begin to notice when you're stressed (so you can do something about it!), deep breathing for greater relaxation and calming down when feeling anxious, a grounding meditation to remain calm and centered, a mindfulness activity for developing a positive outlook, and a quick activity for heading off panic attacks before they start.

Participants will leave with actionable meditations and exercises that they can return to at any time when they feel the need to re-center and manage their stress levels. These tools are a jump-start of best practices so that you can begin feeling calmer and more centered, starting today.

NOTE: This course was fully updated in the Fall of 2023!

Who this course is for:

Stress-less is for anyone who would like to bring more joy and less stress into their lives by incorporating meditation and mindfulness exercises. Beginners will learn key tools for a successful meditation practice. Advanced students will develop new skills for enhancing their existing personal practice.