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Learn to Do... Nothing (And Gain So Much!) Meditation, Focus and Calm for Teens

In this ongoing meditation class, teenagers will learn the art of doing nothing: 9 mindfulness and meditation techniques that can bring about focus, relaxation, and positive changes in their life.
Monica Garg, MA Education
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1 live meeting
30 mins in-class hours per week

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NOTE: If you refer a friend, you get 50% off of the next class!

It’s very hard to do…nothing, isn't it? Have you ever tried it? We hardly ever do Nothing. Even when someone asks us, ‘Hey, what did you do today?’, and we’ll say, “Nothing much!”, what we mean is we watched some TV or played with the phone, or read a book. Even when we sit on the couch, we’ll move a leg, scratch our face, doodle, check our email, or think about something we did yesterday, or what we’ll do tomorrow. We always do something. We’re so addicted to...thinking, as well as our gadgets and technology that we’re barely in touch with ourselves, with our minds, with the present moment. This class will give you the tools to come back to the present moment and teach you how to practice meditation, the art of doing nothing. Why is it cool to hang out in the present moment? Because it makes you more in touch with reality, more peaceful, more content. Because it makes you more alive.These tools are different types of meditation objects. We’ll get to practice all of these so you can choose which one suits YOU the best.





This is a schedule of the meditations we’ll do each week. 

✅ 1 (of April 26th) Introduction to meditation, posture, and to Breath awareness in the nostrils (we're observing the cool air going in and the warm air coming out; when our mind drifts off, we gently bring it back to the breath);
✅ 2 (of May 3rd) Blue sky meditation (learn about the nature of the mind: we imagine our mind to be like the blue sky; we're observing the thoughts, emotions, and sensations (the clouds) that pop up in our mind and gently let them go and come back to the blue sky);
✅ 3 (of May 10th) Body scan (focus on sensations in the body: we're observing the sensations we feel when we focus on major parts of the body: head, shoulders, arms, spine, legs, etc; these sensations can be heat, cold, itchiness, etc; when our mind drifts off, we gently let go of those thoughts and come back to feeling sensations in our body);
✅ 4 (of May 17th) Sound bath meditation (NO, we won’t be taking a bath in this class. But you can, after class. In this class, I'm going to ring a small gong and we're learning how to focus our attention on the sound; whenever our mind drifts off, we gently bring it back to the sound of the gong);
✅ 5 (of May 24th) Breath awareness in the abdomen (we're observing our breath in the abdomen, how the abdomen goes up with the in-breath and down with the out-breath; whenever our mind drifts off, we gently bring it back to our breath);
✅ 6 Blue lake meditation (focus on emotions. NO, we’re not taking a boat ride. Instead, we're going to focus our attention on emotions that arise; we're imagining our mind to be like the blue lake and the waves are our emotions; whenever we notice our mind drift off, we gently bring it back to emotions. This may sound a bit too lab-like. Of course, other thoughts than emotions are also going to arise, but what we're learning in this class is to become more aware of and actually feel the emotions we're experiencing, let them go, and then go back to the blue lake, the present moment).
✅7 Loving kindness meditation. In this class, we're learning how to love all beings on this planet (yes, skunks included).
✅8 Crush that Crush. This class focuses on how to deal with crushes.
✅9 ONE you. In this class, we're learning to appreciate and love our body as well as our whole being.

Activities for each class:
✅ 1). Introduction to the meditation of the week
✅ 2). Guided meditation
✅ 3). Quick share of the meditation experience and time for questions and comments


Can't wait to meet you!

Keywords: stress, calm, meditation, mindfulness, SEL, journal, anxiety, yoga
Learning Goals
By the end of this course, learners will learn a posture conducive to meditation and 9 meditative practices that will make them more mindful of the present moment.
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You will need a notebook, a pencil or pen.
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Learners will not need to use any apps or websites beyond the standard Outschool tools.
Joined January, 2021
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Teacher expertise and credentials
 I've studied and practiced meditation in three different traditions (Vipassana, Kadampa Buddhism, and Shambhala) for more than 15 years and participated in many meditation retreats: 10- day silent retreats, 7-day retreats, weekend-long retreats where we sat and did...Nothing.  Basically, we just tended to our object of meditation (breath, body sensations, love, the blue sky, etc), observed it in silence. Based on the positive changes meditation has brought about in my life and my son's life, I have become an avid believer in its power to create healthy, balanced minds.  Moreover, I hold a Master’s in Education with an emphasis in TESOL. I have vast experience working with children of all ages. I taught English in kindergarten for two years; I also taught elementary, middle, and high school for another two years. In addition, I worked as a nanny in Germany and taught English to international babysitters. I worked as a volunteer with foster children. I have been teaching meditation to my son for two years and have been coaching him on school projects.

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$10

weekly
1x per week
30 min

Completed by 34 learners
Live video meetings
Ages: 12-16
1-6 learners per class

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