Tuesday Evening Online Course: The Neuroscience of Mindfulness with Dr Alistair Wilson
Dates:
The course will run for 8 weeks from September 3rd to October 22nd 2024, Tuesdays from 7pm to 8:30pm.
Cost: €250
Location: Online
Facilitator: Dr. Alistair Wilson
Who is for?
For mindfulness teachers, teacher trainees and anyone with an interest in Buddhist Psychology and how it intersects with neuroscience and Western psychology. Alistair will examine the core text of the Buddha's on the Four Foundations of Mindfulness - the Satipaṭṭhāna Sutta - in the light of what we now know about the mind through neuroscience.
This text is the main teaching of the Buddha's underlying the modern mindfulness movement. It is sometimes called 'the Four Ways of Establishing Mindfulness,' or more recently some scholars are referring to it as 'the Four Fields of Mindfulness,' and consists of all of our experience as embodied human beings.
Draft Course Outline:
Week 1: Introduction to the Buddha's teaching on the Four Foundations of Mindfulness - the Satipaṭṭhāna Sutta.
Week 2: Mindfulness of the body, including the neuroscience of somatic awareness
Week 3. Mindfulness of feeling tone, the affective aspect of our experience as embodied beings
Week 4. Mindfulness of mind and heart - the dopamine story
Week 5. Mindfulness of thoughts & the nature of self
Week 6. Mindfulness of the Hindrances - how we create our prison
Week 7. Mindfulness of the Awakening Factors - finding liberation
Week 8. Conclusion
If you have questions about any aspect of this course please email info@mindfulness.ie. We look forward to welcoming Alistair to teach this course and we look forward to welcoming you to join us in this exploration of the meeting of ancient wisdom and modern psychology.