Kizuki Meiso
Awakening Meditation
SHORT COURSE
An advanced meditation technique which is initiated into you so that you can enter a deep meditation with ease.
Overview:
In this unit you will be introduced to key aspects of mindfulness and meditation, including Breath, Body and Mind.
Meditation is a crucial support for self-healing. You will learn how to create the headspace you need in order to learn about yourself and what makes you happy.
Students will learn about the experience of tranquillity and how to achieve this state. You will learn how to access the place within you where you can experience your pure intention. Through this experience, you will learn that this is where you need to be when you make choices in life. This central place or state will give you the tranquillity and peace to make the right choices. This allows you to make the right choices and this will allow you to make choices that are true to yourself.
Meditation and introspection can help to clarify the mind and assist you in making choices with confidence. Whether you are indecisive with minor issues or at a major crossroad in life, meditation and introspection can give you greater confidence and surety in the path you are taking.
You will be ‘initiated’ spiritually so that you are able to enter a deep meditative state whenever you want, and with tremendous ease.
You will have this ability for the rest of your life.
Through mindfulness meditation, you will be able to realize who you are and what you are doing. It allows you to take more responsibility for yourself and to be more free.
Lectures & Content – There are 6 lectures in this short course:
(1) Awareness of the Breath
The breath is the source of life. The awareness of the breath would help you to attune to your holistic congruence of life. Starting to learn to meditate from this awareness will help you to be focused and centred around your life and intention. You will be become aware of what breath means to you and will explore the following:
Overview of first year of study
Introduction to Leaves Jikochiyu philosophy
Relevance of meditation and mind, body, spirit awareness
Preparation for meditation
The meditative state
The relationship between life and breath.
What it means to be alive and living.
Developing awareness of each breath you take which creates who you are
Reflect on your findings.
Putting this awareness into practice
How to come back from meditative state
After practicing breathing with awareness you will reflect on your progress in your journal. This is part of your reflection practice. You should observe how mindful breathing has helped you and any differences that it has made.
(2) Awareness of the Body
Body awareness is essential to maintain balanced health. Pain is a sign and function of our brain trying to let us know we have a problem in our bodies. Reflecting and recognising what is happening in our bodies helps us to recognise problems before they cause pain.
In this lecture you will learn about awareness with the following perspectives:
Becoming aware of your body and how to scan your body.
How to be aware of different parts of your body, movement and posture.
What to be mindful of when walking and moving.
You will learn to reflect on your new awareness of your body
As part of your development you will observe the changes in your own and other peoples’ bodies as a key step towards becoming a healer.
After the lecture you will practice being mindful of your body. You will need to take notes in your journal about what you are able to observe in your body and any changes that happen. Also the impact of those changes in your daily life.
(3) Practicing Inner Reflection (level 1)
Pain is a function of our brain trying to let us know we have a problem in our bodies. Reflecting allows us to recognise what is happening in our bodies before pain has a chance to emerge.
Creating habits of reflection
Making notes of your reflection
Wording or drawing your experience
Reflecting your behaviour and thoughts
Learning from your reflection
Listening to yourself.
Becoming aware of our Intentions and needs
(4) Awareness of The Mind: Part 1 - Technique
This lecture helps you to experience the state of tranquillity. You will start learning to achieve this state by being mindful of your thoughts, emotions and feelings. This is a difficult practice because the more you think about thinking the more you think!
This lecture will cover:
Preparing to experience pure consciousness.
Being mindful and being aware of your mind activities
Benefit of Awareness of the Mind meditation of Kizuki Meiso
What to observe and notice in the process
(5) Awareness of the Mind: Part 2
Help them to develop the healing mind. Mind wanting to heal and with that mind give one healing that they can use to heal them and others.
Different applications and problems you might encounter.
Learning to observe
Receiving and using the insights from meditation
(6) Interpreting and Applying Inner Reflection
(Inner Reflection, Level 2)
This lecture builds self awareness as a step towards self realisation.
We will cover:
Building self awareness
Using awareness to take control of our life.
Learning from meditation
Talking about your experience
Using awareness to take control of our life
Gaining insight and intuition from meditation
Learning from discoveries
PLEASE NOTE:
During the short course lecture videos, Yumiko sometimes makes references to some of the other short courses that we offer. If you are interested in any of the subjects or lessons she refers to, please consider these courses.