Courses & Workshops
Mindfulness Meditation 101 Course - Oct/Nov 2023
Join me for a virtual course designed to help you build a daily mindfulness meditation practice. This course is ideal for both brand new meditators and those wishing to reignite their practice in community. All people are welcome to participate!
WHAT TO EXPECT:
A small group of participants will spend 5 weeks learning mindfulness through lecture/skills training, discussion, and practice. Between classes participants will use an app to log their experiences, insights, and questions. I will respond within the app with practice tips, support, and coaching. We will also have companion reading materials and other optional resources shared throughout the course.
TIME: Fridays from 1:30pm to 3:00pm EST
DATES: October 20, 27, Nov. 3rd, 10th, and 17th
LOCATION: Virtual on Zoom - expect an active class that gets to know each other!
COST: $250 for 5 weeks
COMMITMENT:
This 5-week course asks that you engage in a daily meditation practice of 10 minutes, complete logs in an app on your phone (or paper if you prefer!), and commit to attend each class. Please sign up for this course if you feel confident that you can commit to all 5 classes and endeavor to engage with the skills and practices. Please let me know if you have questions about the course by emailing me at jennie@jenniedicksonmills.com.
SIGN UP!
1) CLICK HERE and pay your registration fee of $250
2) CLICK HERE to register for the class
3) Email me to get orientation information and with any questions at jennie@jenniedicksonmills.com
MORE DETAILS:
This course was originally designed for emerging adults (18-35ish), but is open to all, and differs from other mindfulness programs in several ways:
Teaches mindfulness meditation as well as stress-management skills
A brief model to accommodate busy schedules. Taught in four, weekly, 90-minute classes. I’ve added a bonus 5th week to dive more deeply into self-compassion skills!
Highly structured with daily homework: a mindfulness log and 10 minute mindfulness practice
Active teaching and community building to address skepticism and increase motivation
Research on mindfulness and meditation is extensive and demonstrates benefits such as:
Increased compassion for self and others
Reduced implicit race and age bias
Improved decision-making
A range of health benefits like lowered blood pressure and improved immune response
Decreased aggression
Decreased feelings of stress, worry, and fear
Improved sleep
and more!
To read more about mindfulness and meditation and see if this course might be right for you, click HERE. To learn more about my background and training, check out the ABOUT ME page.
TESTIMONIALS
“Jennie's Koru course gave me an essential introduction to meditation principles and practices. The structure of the 4-week course, with readings, an app, and a commitment to meditate for 10 minutes every day, helped keep me accountable and on track. Our weekly meetings were a wonderful way to get to know the other students, learn new skills, and reflect on our experiences. Jennie guided us with grace and skill - I particularly appreciated the thoughtful replies she gave to the daily reflections I submitted in the app, which really helped expand my understanding of mindfulness. Several months later, I still meditate regularly and have tried to incorporate other mindfulness practices into my thinking and actions. I credit Jennie's Koru course with kicking off a journey that has allowed me to be more present and conscious in my daily life.” - Mindfulness student
“This course really helped me learn how to calm down and let go. I feel more peaceful and confident in myself.” - Mindfulness student
“I was surprised I actually had fun! And I find myself using the skills from this course all the time. It’s just a whole different way of looking at your life.” - Mindfulness student
MIEA (Formely KORU)
I serve as Faculty at the Mindfulness Institute for Emerging Adults, and I’m also a certified MIEA Teacher. MIEA offers an evidence-based curriculum for teaching mindfulness to emerging adults. The curriculum was created by psychiatrist Dr. Holly Rogers, who co-founded MIEA (Formerly known as The Center for Koru Mindfulness) with Libby Webb. The MIEA course has been studied in a randomized control trial at Duke University where it demonstrated significant effects on participants including improved mood, decreased stress, improved sleep, and increased self compassion.
The 5-week introductory mindfulness meditation course advertised above is the original core curriculum from MIEA (Formerly Koru Basic) plus a bonus week to explore self-compassion practices in more depth, including the practice of GRAIN, a style of meditation that systematically engages internal material using guided prompts.
Like most secular mindfulness programs in the United States, the MIEA curriculum is derived from Vipassana Buddhism.
Yoga
I am not currently teaching any weekly yoga classes. Stay tuned…I continue to reimagine how this beloved practice fits into my life and conspire to create a new yoga offering one day soon. If you’re interested in bringing yoga and mindfulness offerings into a ritual or event in your life, please be in touch. I love to co-create meaningful experiences to honor occasions, people, or causes you care about.
