Description
Personal meditation instruction in a 12-week interactive online course.
Over its 33-year history, the Insight Meditation Society (IMS) in Barre, Massachusetts, has become a spiritual home to thousands and is now among the most respected centers for learning and deepening meditation practice. Based on curriculum first developed at IMS, the Insight Meditation Online Course invites you to experience one of history's great contemplative practices as it was taught by the Buddha himself then passed “friend to friend” for more than 2,500 years.
Can’t make a live session? Audio from live sessions will be available for download a few days after the session concludes.
This interactive 12-week, intensive learning program is highlighted by five live audio teaching sessions with IMS cofounders Sharon Salzberg and Joseph Goldstein. The course also includes private journaling along with online discussion groups to foster community. You will also receive 17 hours of audio instruction and online workbook material with exercises, articles, and more.
To Purchase Mentorship
Select the “Add to Cart” button to purchase the Insight Meditation Online Course with mentorship. Please note: Space in the mentorship program is limited. To ensure availability of an Insight Meditation mentor, we recommend early registration.
You will receive a confirmation email from Dharma Foundation prior to the start of the course. Please note that mentorship calls are initiated by the course participant, not the mentor, so long-distance charges may apply.
If you purchase the course without mentorship, but later decide that you would like to add it, you can purchase this option on its own by calling Sounds True’s customer service department.
For most of us who have thought about meditation, the challenge has always been, “How do I get started and then keep going?” The Insight Meditation Online Course offers you the answer as you explore for yourself the Buddha's path to true freedom one moment at a time.
In meditation practice, it can be very helpful to talk to someone about your meditative experiences or to discuss any questions that may arise. To provide this level of support, we are offering the opportunity for mentorship. This option is comprised of three 30-minute phone calls with an experienced Insight Meditation instructor. Access to an instructor begins at the start of the online component of the Insight Meditation Online Course and continues through July 21, 2010.
Note: This online course is an adaptation of Insight Meditation: A Correspondence Course and includes essentially the same content as the original course.
Course Highlights
- Twelve weeks of immersive study of vipassana (“insight”) meditation—in an eco-friendly format
- Six hours of live audio teaching sessions—three with Sharon Salzberg, three with Joseph Goldstein
- Private journal to document your progress and reflect on your meditation experience
- Online discussion groups to foster community and support learning
- Seventeen hours of downloadable audio instruction including 12 guided meditations from basic breathing meditation to metta (“lovingkindness”) meditation and more
- Online printable exercises and information
- Personal reminders to keep your practice on track
SESSION DATES
Can’t make a live session? Audio for all live sessions will be available for download a few days after the session’s conclusion.
Session One: The Power of Mindfulness—Basic Meditation Practice
- Course materials available January 21-28, 2010
- LIVE interactive session with Sharon Salzberg on Thursday, January 28, 2010, from 8–9 p.m. Eastern Time
Session Two: Bare Attention—Expanding the Field of Awareness
- Course materials available January 28-February 4, 2010
Session Three: Desire and Aversion—How to Work with Obstacles
- Course materials available February 4-11, 2010
Session Four: Sleepiness, Restlessness, and Doubt—Antidotes to Distraction
- Course materials available February 11-18, 2010
- LIVE interactive session with Sharon Salzberg on Thursday, February 18, 2010, from 8–9 p.m. Eastern Time
Session Five: Concepts and Reality—Working with Perception
- Course materials available February 18-25, 2010
Session Six: Suffering—The Four Noble Truths
- Course materials available February 25-March 4, 2010
Session Seven: Delusion—Practicing to See Things as They Are
- Course materials available March 4-11, 2010
Session Eight: Karma—The Fruits of Our Intentions
- Course materials available March 11-18, 2010
- LIVE interactive session with Sharon Salzberg on Thursday, March 11, 2010, from 8–9 p.m. Eastern Time
Session Nine: Equanimity—The Power of Perspective
- Course materials available March 18-25, 2010
Session Ten: Faith and Wisdom—Deepening Our Practice
- Course materials available March 25-April 1, 2010
- LIVE interactive session with Joseph Goldstein on Tuesday, March 30, 2010, from 8–9:30 p.m. Eastern Time
Session Eleven: Lovingkindness—The Revolutionary Art of Happiness
- Course materials available April 1-8, 2010
Session Twelve: Practice in the World—How Wisdom Grows
- Course materials available April 8-15, 2010
- LIVE interactive session with Joseph Goldstein on Thursday, April 15, 2010, from 8–9:30 p.m. Eastern Time
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
All users: high-speed Internet connection; working speakers or headset.
PC: Windows 2000, XP, or Vista; Internet Explorer 6.0 or Firefox 2.0 or newer. 1GHz CPU with 512MB RAM (2GB for Vista).
Mac: OS 10.4 or newer, G4 or Intel processor, 512 MB RAM.
