A New Take on Conscious Living
In this course, you'll:
- Learn how to inhabit the full spectrum of your consciousness.
- Explore your mind with curiosity and a sense of adventure.
About this Course
Learn to see the raw material of your days—the challenges, the obstacles, the confusion—as the mud from which a lotus can bloom. In this mind-opening course, Nithya Shanti invites you to playfully and joyfully connect with yourself as you expand your awareness. Through storytelling and meditative practices, you'll explore themes such as gratitude, limitations, and love, igniting within you a sense of wonder and curiosity and offering up a whole new lease on life.
About the Teacher
Nithya Shanti
Spiritual teacher Nithya Shanti is passionate about helping others realize the joy that exists within. Through his work at the Nithya Shanti Foundation, Shanti works to address contemporary issues through spiritual teachings of mindfulness and compassion.
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20 Sessions
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Course Introduction -
1. Everything Is Teaching UsHow do you start to learn from everyone and everything in your life?15 min -
2. The Tree of LifeExperience oneness with all that is by tapping into the truth of your authentic nature.14 min -
3. Gears of AwarenessBreak through expectations and misunderstandings about what meditation should be.18 min -
4. Glow of GratitudeThe key to being more present is seeing each moment as a present.16 min -
5. The Energy of BlessingsWhat if you saw everything in your life—good, bad, and in between—as a blessing?14 min -
6. The Heart of LoveThe heart of the problem is a problem of the heart.19 min -
7. The Boundless StatesExperience the four highest states of emotional wellbeing according to Buddhism.20 min -
8. Witnessing the WitnessWhen we are witnessing the witness, we stop looking in all the wrong places for what we never lost to begin with.15 min -
9. Effort and EffortlessnessIt takes infinite effort and preparation to be who you're not—but it takes no effort or preparation to be who you really are.13 min -
10. The Ground of BeingRest in the inner knowing that it doesn’t take effort to allow yourself to be present and aware.15 min -
11. Sowing Seeds in the Field of Infinite PossibilityInstead of clinging tightly to only one or two expectations in life, what if we put many intentions out there?18 min -
12. The Dance of CreationYou can't separate a dancer and a dance; consciousness and creation may appear like two, but they are one essence.17 min -
13. Unshackling LimitationsThere are six ways in which we limit ourselves. Challenging these assumptions can expand our minds.16 min -
14. Unexpected BlissBliss is not what you expect. Any experience experienced fully is a gateway to freedom, liberation, and even bliss.18 min -
15. No Place to StandIt's nice to have a center to return to—and the wisdom to know when to release that center.13 min -
16. Surrender and WelcomingThere's a big difference between giving up and letting go.19 min -
17. The Juice of ConnectionThe more we reveal about ourselves, the more we create a space where others can join us in being present.13 min -
18. Being a Healing PresenceWhen you interact with others, are you adding to their baggage or lightening their load?14 min -
19. The Art of UnburdeningBy welcoming everything that comes our way without resistance, we can make our lives richer.14 min -
20. Amor FatiThrough accepting yourself just as you are, you can optimize your personal settings.17 min
