Free Online Course by FutureLearn on Demystifying Mindfulness

Future Learn Platform is offering a free online course on demystifying mindfulness.

Course background:

Interest in meditation, mindfulness, and contemplation has grown rapidly in recent years. These practises are increasingly being seen as scientifically and psychologically valid forms of therapy.

As new evidence from neuroscience backs up the claims for mindfulness’ value, it is now being adopted by practitioners as a tool for therapy, and by big business as a ‘lifestyle choice’.

But what is mindfulness? And how exactly does it work? On this course you’ll explore the academic underpinnings of mindfulness – stripping away its ‘mystery’ once and for all.

This course is intended for:

This course is for mindfulness beginners and professionals, academics and non-academics. If you’re interested in mindfulness – whatever the level – you’ll enjoy discovering its academic underpinnings, allowing you to judge for yourselves and examine sources.

Course duration:

6 hours per week for 6 weeks.

Course topics:

1. Introduction to Mindfulness.
2. Psychology of Mindfulness.
3. Philosophy of Mindfulness.
4. Politics of Mindfulness.
5. Mindfulness into the Future.
6. Volunteer Project.

Course objectives:

By the end of this course learners will be able to:

1. Describe popular conceptions and misconceptions about mindfulness.
2. Interpret your own experiences of mindfulness practices.
3. Evaluate the social and political significance of mindfulness.
4. Compare different psychological and therapeutic approaches to mindfulness.

Course costs:

Learner can join this course for free and get access to it for 8 weeks.

Or upgrade this course for $44 and gets:

• Access to this course for as long as it’s on Future Learn.
• Access to this course’s tests as well as a print and digital Certificate of Achievement once he/she is eligible.

Or buy unlimited for $249.99 for one year and gets:

• Access to this course, and hundreds of other FutureLearn short courses and tests for a year.
• A printable digital Certificate of Achievement on all short courses once they are eligible.
• The freedom to keep access to any course he/she has achieved a digital Certificate of Achievement on, for as long as the course exists on Future Learn.
• The flexibility to complete own choice of short courses in learner’s own time within the year.

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