Body and Mind Are One

 Course objectives: Summarize the Buddha's seven exercises for using your breath mindfully to cease internal conflict, release tension and anxiety, and become aware of the conditions for happiness and freedom that are always readily available. Discuss the meaning of emptiness, aimlessness, and endlessness as gateways to liberation, as well as the profound teaching of inter-being. Discuss the Dharma as the practice of looking deeply into the life-changing energies of mindfulness, concentration, and insight. Practice touching the Buddha nature within you--nourishing the seeds of compassion and lovingkindness within you. Define the Five Mindfulness Trainings as a tool for exploring the consequences of our actions. Discuss transcending discrimination, fear, anger, and other inner afflictions--moving into your presence--the greatest gift you may offer the world. When your body and mind work together as one, you are fully and naturally present in the moment. This is the essence of mind