Buddhist Psychology & Contemplative Psychotherapy: Integrating the Embodied Mind

As mindfulness becomes a household word, and its practice is increasingly taken up into pop psychology, medicine and psychotherapy, there is a growing interest among professionals and the public at large in the traditional systems of science, psychology, and healing which are its living source. This course puts the science and practice of mindfulness in the context of Buddhist psychology, and explains how it is most effectively understood and used, not just to “be in the moment” but to help our minds and brains embody the wisdom, awareness, and kindness that can make life freer, healthier, and happier, one moment, one day at a time. Beyond the psychology of mindful insight and change, the Buddhist tradition developed less known compassion training techniques to help people living busy lives in the world thrive together with others in open-mindedness, warm heartedness, and altruistic engagement. Eventually these techniques were enhanced by embodied contemplative arts like role-modeling