A FEW OF MELISSA'S ). She breaks things down, gives you great tips and tricks, and a ton of resources to master whatever you're trying to learn. She also helps you feel confident about doing or teaching what you've learned. I highly recommend this Meditation course, as well as her Reiki course, and her Spiritual Business course. Thank you Melissa for bringing your love and light into this world, for having done the work AND put yourself out there so that so many of us, your soul tribe, can find you, connect with you, and learn from you. Many blessings and love to you. Namaste. " - Joanna
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A FEW OF MELISSA'S ). She breaks things down, gives you great tips and tricks, and a ton of resources to master whatever you're trying to learn. She also helps you feel confident about doing or teaching what you've learned. I highly recommend this Meditation course, as well as her Reiki course, and her Spiritual Business course. Thank you Melissa for bringing your love and light into this world, for having done the work AND put yourself out there so that so many of us, your soul tribe, can find you, connect with you, and learn from you. Many blessings and love to you. Namaste. " - Joanna
A FEW OF MELISSA'S ). She breaks things down, gives you great tips and tricks, and a ton of resources to master whatever you're trying to learn. She also helps you feel confident about doing or teaching what you've learned. I highly recommend this Meditation course, as well as her Reiki course, and her Spiritual Business course. Thank you Melissa for bringing your love and light into this world, for having done the work AND put yourself out there so that so many of us, your soul tribe, can find you, connect with you, and learn from you. Many blessings and love to you. Namaste. " - Joanna
"I have been meditating for over 40 years and I find Melissa's approach simple and comprehensive. Her guidance for leading groups is practical and thorough." - Alan
"Melissa is a fantastic teacher, guide and healer. Her classes flow and develop in a natural way that makes sense. She creates a bond in the class setting and prepares you with everything you need to be confident with the skills she teaches. Highly recommended. " - N D
"Great teacher and course structure. Well taught with great resources. I feel confident in implementing this information for clients. Thank you" - Anita
"I felt the content was easily understandable via both videos and PDF. I truly enjoyed the teacher Melissa Crowhurst as she made the videos engaging. I highly recommend this course for personal use as well as professional use." – Crystal
"Course content is excellent. 10/10 Thank you Melissa." - Minna
"It was mind-blowing" - Ashley
WHAT TO EXPECT
If you're constantly stressed, anxious, short tempered and even confused about life, then you'll be amazed at how the simple act of meditation can bring relief to all those areas - and more. My course has been designed to easily introduce newcomers to meditation - regardless of how much (or little. ) time they have. This can also be a great further learning tool for those with some (or even a lot. ) of experience in meditation. Essentially, I created this course in a manner so anybody can learn and benefit from it.
WHAT'S INCLUDED
Once enrolled, you'll be prompted to download the course book, written by Melissa: Learn to Meditate in Minutes, and Guide Others too. (PDF). The book covers all that you need to know to get started with meditation - be it for yourself only, or if you're learning in order to guide others.
As you progress through this course, you'll learn the basics of meditation and its benefits, and a bit about the different types of meditation. I'll then take you through my 3-steps to meditate as well explain my 5 step-by-step meditation methods.
Then to help ensure you have plenty of inspiration, you'll get to listen to and practice with 5 Themed Guided meditations:
The Relaxer (8 minutes) - a MP3 download of this meditation is included with the course.
Fearful Thought Releaser (13 minutes) -a MP3 download of this meditation is included with the course.
Depression Buster (10 minutes)
Manifestation Creator (9 minutes)
Spiritual Evolver (9 minutes).
What's more, I even provide you with a general meditation script so you can record your own, in your own voice or speak them out to help guide others.
And because I want to be sure you have enough meditation material to work with, I will then provide you with links to my additional meditation audios for your own use, too. This will ensure you have a variety of options to choose from when you want more than just silence or music for your meditation.
We'll then dive into a few additional tips that can help enhance your meditation experience. I'll do a quick overview of Chakras, and to help those who aren't familiar with Chakras. From there, I'll cover a little bit about energy healing and the effectiveness of affirmations.
For those who are interested in learning how to guide others to meditate, I then move into how to best prepare for meditation sessions. I go into detail about the important role a meditation guide has, then provide you with a general meditation script and process to bring your clients 'back' from the meditation journey they've been on. I then top it all off by providing you a step-by-step process of how to hold a guided meditation session from beginning to end.
Once you've gone through all the lectures and completed the recap sections, you'll have all that you need to start meditating right away - and to even help others do it.
If you're already a healer in any modality (eg. massage therapist, Reiki practitioner, etc) you'll be able to quickly apply and integrate these techniques in your own practice.
Once you've completed the entire course, gone through all the lectures and practiced when prompted, if you choose to, you'll be able to take my Meditation Guide Final Exam. Upon successful completion, you'll receive a beautiful Certificate of Completion (PDF) and a Digital Seal of Completion (JPG). Once certified, you'll have full rights to use the guided meditation audios, scripts and steps from this course with your existing modalities and practice.
Some of the additional benefits of this course include fast stress relief, reduced anxiety, enhanced sleep, improved health, better clarity and understanding - and that's just the tip of the iceberg. As you meditate more and more, you'll become more relaxed and centred in your everyday life, become more spiritually aware and even be able to use what you learn to attract abundance into your life. So whether it's just for you own benefit, or to learn so you can guide others, if you use these techniques regularly - your life, and the life of others will improve fast.
Lastly, as I continue to add more helpful information to this course over time, you'll have lifetime access to it. Enjoy this journey. #biglove
What's inside
Learning objectives
- Obtain an accredited meditation guide certificate
- How to prepare and guide a basic meditation session for others
- Includes melissa's 75 page pdf learn to meditate in minutes reference guide
- Use the provided guided meditations to learn and practice with
- Understand what meditation is and how it benefits physical and mental stress
- Learn and utilise the different basic meditation methods for yourself or your clients
- Undertake the steps to meditate in order to relax, reduce stress and improve sleep
- Understand that rest and focus carves a pathway to true inner happiness
- Obtain an accredited meditation guide certificate
- How to prepare and guide a basic meditation session for others
- Includes melissa's 75 page pdf learn to meditate in minutes reference guide
- Use the provided guided meditations to learn and practice with
- Understand what meditation is and how it benefits physical and mental stress
- Learn and utilise the different basic meditation methods for yourself or your clients
- Undertake the steps to meditate in order to relax, reduce stress and improve sleep
- Understand that rest and focus carves a pathway to true inner happiness
Syllabus
Understand why we need to meditate and what this course includes
In this lecture, Melissa explains why we, a technologically 'advanced' culture, seem to be 'seeking' more and more for internal peace - and what the solution is.
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Syllabus
In this lecture, Melissa explains why we, a technologically 'advanced' culture, seem to be 'seeking' more and more for internal peace - and what the solution is.
Melissa discusses how meditation can play a part in healing ourselves through mental peace, and also discusses what you'll learn from this course.
In this short video, Melissa explains the goal of this basic meditation course and offers a pathway to learning more for those interested.
Melissa goes over some essential and important course information, as well as how to contact her for support through your learning journey.
This lecture provides the download link to the coursebook, Learn to Meditate in Minutes handbook (PDF) as well as some tips on how to watch the lectures in conjunction with the book.
In this lecture, Melissa goes over what meditation is and discusses the various types out there - as well as explain what you'll be learning.
In this lecture, we go over a brief history of meditation and its evolution.
In this lecture, Melissa discusses some of the many benefits of meditation, both physical and mental.
Understanding that there are real benefits to meditation is important, so let's recap some of the points from this chapter!
There are some fundamental preparation steps you now need to take in order to meditate properly!
Melissa goes over the 'where and how' of preparing to meditate in this lecture.
Breathing properly is very important to effective meditation, so Melissa provides some tips in this lecture.
Melissa offers a quick tip so you know if you're breathing is spot-on for meditation.
In this lecture, Melissa provides three suggestions for what you can do with your hands while meditating.
In this lecture, Melissa talks about how breathing slowly and trigger an immediate response to your physical self to relax.
Melissa discusses how to keep your mind quiet as you enter into a meditative state, and explains how to handle when your mind races off after thoughts.
In this portion of meditating, Melissa explains that you'll be at more deep level of consciousness, and what to expect while in this state.
While not actually a 'step' in the process, Melissa feels it's important to discuss the fact that fearful thoughts may arise when meditating - and provides some insights on how to handle them.
In this lecture, Melissa answers some 'Frequently Asked Questions'.
We've learned quite a bit in this chapter, so let's recap the important points now!
In this lecture, Melissa introduces the various meditation 'methods' that she's about to teach you.
This lecture goes over what this type of meditation is and the steps to doing it.
In this lecture, Melissa introduces you to actually guiding your client or meditation group.
There are quite a few variations of meditations that I've taught you in this chapter, so let's do a quick recap on what you've learned!
Melissa created 5 specific guided meditations (only available in this course) that you can use for yourself or for others and introduces you to them here.
Melissa takes you through a practice session for this themed meditation.
Melissa now provides you with a step-by-step process to hold your own meditation session.
In this lecture, Melissa answers a frequently asked question about guiding meditations.
In this lecture, Melissa takes you through 5-minutes of blissful stress relief.
To add more to your 'treasure trove' of meditation audios, Melissa is providing you with links to additional ones so you always have a variety to choose from.
Melissa explains, in easy terms, what Chakras are and how they may help you in your quest for peace through meditation.
In this lecture Melissa explains that meditation helps energy healing, and energy healing helps meditation!
In this lecture, Melissa talks about how powerful affirmations can be when meditating, and provide some links to some of her helpful blog posts about the topic.
In this lecture, Melissa explains the different components of getting the 'atmosphere' right for your meditation, and why they're important.
Melissa believes it's important that meditation guides act as 'anchors' to give their clients something to 'grip' onto during a meditation, she explains this as well as emphasizes why they should purely guide - and not control a session.
In addition to all the information taught so far, Melissa now provides the steps to help your clients 'come back' from a meditation, as well as gives a script to use (if you choose) when leading a session.
Melissa goes over a brief explanation, with helpful links, of why it's important to know First Aid when working with the public.
There are a few important components to becoming a meditation guide, so let's see if you can remember some of them!
While I recommend you save or print out the steps to guide a meditation, let's see how much you can remember from this chapter now :)
Melissa has some final notes to add in this last video lecture for the course.
Great work with nearly completing the course, it's time to take your final exam!
Here I provide ways to stay connected, as well as a few bonuses, for those interested in continuing their journey with me!
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Comprehensive meditation basics & guide training
Good for personal use or professional guiding.
Useful handbook, audios, and scripts.
Prepares learners to guide others.
Covers basics to guiding sessions.
Instructor is engaging and supportive.
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Review the Benefits of Meditation
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Reinforce your understanding of the physical and mental health benefits of meditation to better appreciate its value and motivate consistent practice.
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Review course materials on meditation benefits.
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Research additional benefits from reputable sources.
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Create a list of benefits that resonate with you.
Review 'Wherever You Go, There You Are' by Jon Kabat-Zinn
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Deepen your understanding of mindfulness and its role in meditation by exploring this foundational text.
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Read the book, focusing on key concepts.
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Take notes on passages that resonate with you.
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Reflect on how to apply the book's teachings.
Practice Guided Meditation Scripting
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Enhance your ability to guide others in meditation by practicing writing and refining your own meditation scripts.
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Review the general meditation script provided.
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Write a short guided meditation script on a theme.
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Record yourself reading the script and listen back.
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Revise the script based on your recording.
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Review 'Mindfulness for Beginners' by Jon Kabat-Zinn
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Expand your knowledge of mindfulness with this book.
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Read the book, focusing on the exercises.
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Practice the mindfulness exercises regularly.
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Reflect on your experiences with the exercises.
Create a Short Guided Meditation Audio
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Solidify your understanding of guided meditation by creating your own audio recording, incorporating the techniques learned in the course.
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Write a script for a short guided meditation.
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Record your voice reading the script.
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Add background music or nature sounds.
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Share your meditation with others for feedback.
Guide a Friend Through a Meditation Session
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Reinforce your learning by guiding someone else through a meditation session, applying the techniques and knowledge gained in the course.
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Prepare a quiet space for the session.
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Explain the basics of meditation to your friend.
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Guide them through a short meditation session.
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Discuss their experience afterwards.
Volunteer to Lead Meditation at a Local Center
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Gain practical experience and confidence by volunteering to lead meditation sessions at a community center, yoga studio, or similar organization.
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Identify local organizations that offer meditation.
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Contact them to inquire about volunteer opportunities.
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Prepare a meditation session plan.
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Lead a meditation session for the organization.
Review the Benefits of Meditation
Show steps
Reinforce your understanding of the physical and mental health benefits of meditation to better appreciate its value and motivate consistent practice.
Browse courses on
Meditation
Show steps
- Review course materials on meditation benefits.
- Research additional benefits from reputable sources.
- Create a list of benefits that resonate with you.
Review 'Wherever You Go, There You Are' by Jon Kabat-Zinn
Show steps
Deepen your understanding of mindfulness and its role in meditation by exploring this foundational text.
View
Wherever You Go, There You Are: Mindfulness...
on Amazon
Show steps
- Read the book, focusing on key concepts.
- Take notes on passages that resonate with you.
- Reflect on how to apply the book's teachings.
Practice Guided Meditation Scripting
Show steps
Enhance your ability to guide others in meditation by practicing writing and refining your own meditation scripts.
Show steps
- Review the general meditation script provided.
- Write a short guided meditation script on a theme.
- Record yourself reading the script and listen back.
- Revise the script based on your recording.
Review 'Mindfulness for Beginners' by Jon Kabat-Zinn
Show steps
Expand your knowledge of mindfulness with this book.
View
Mindfulness for Beginners: Reclaiming the...
on Amazon
Show steps
- Read the book, focusing on the exercises.
- Practice the mindfulness exercises regularly.
- Reflect on your experiences with the exercises.
Create a Short Guided Meditation Audio
Show steps
Solidify your understanding of guided meditation by creating your own audio recording, incorporating the techniques learned in the course.
Show steps
- Write a script for a short guided meditation.
- Record your voice reading the script.
- Add background music or nature sounds.
- Share your meditation with others for feedback.
Guide a Friend Through a Meditation Session
Show steps
Reinforce your learning by guiding someone else through a meditation session, applying the techniques and knowledge gained in the course.
Show steps
- Prepare a quiet space for the session.
- Explain the basics of meditation to your friend.
- Guide them through a short meditation session.
- Discuss their experience afterwards.
Volunteer to Lead Meditation at a Local Center
Show steps
Gain practical experience and confidence by volunteering to lead meditation sessions at a community center, yoga studio, or similar organization.
Show steps
- Identify local organizations that offer meditation.
- Contact them to inquire about volunteer opportunities.
- Prepare a meditation session plan.
- Lead a meditation session for the organization.
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