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Demystifying Mindfulness
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- Self-paced
- Free Access
- Fee-based Certificate
- 8 Sequences
- Introductive Level
Course details
Syllabus
By the end of the course, you‘ll be able to...
- Describe popular conceptions and misconceptions about mindfulness
- Interpret your own experiences of mindfulness practices
- Evaluate the social and political significance of mindfulness
- Compare different psychological and therapeutic approaches to mindfulness
What topics will you cover?
- Introduction to Mindfulness
- Psychology of Mindfulness
- Philosophy of Mindfulness
- Politics of Mindfulness
- Mindfulness and Trauma & Social Justice
- Mindfulness and Nature & Land
- Mindfulness into the Future
- Volunteer Project
Prerequisite
Instructors
Chris Goto-Jones
Educated in Cambridge and Oxford Universities, Chris is Dean of Humanities and Professor of Philosophy at the University of Victoria, previously at Leiden. He is a fully trained mindfulness therapist.
Editor
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Platform
FutureLearn is a massive open online course (MOOC) learning platform founded in December 2012.
It is a company launched and wholly owned by The Open University in Milton Keynes, England. It is the first UK-led massive open online course learning platform, and as of March 2015 included 54 UK and international University partners and unlike similar platforms includes four non-university partners: the British Museum, the British Council, the British Library and the National Film and Television School.
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