Course

SPD 105 Meditation Practices, Winter 2025

Jan 20, 2025 - Mar 16, 2025

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Full course description

Course Overview 

Course Description 

Extensive research on meditation practices has revealed that regular meditation has many mental and physical benefits and that there are many effective ways to meditate. This course explores the practice and the experience of various forms of meditation. Benefits of the various forms of meditation will be explored as well as methods to deal with resistance to it. There will also be helpful tips for developing a regular meditation practice. Practicing the Silence, Unity’s meditation practice, is fundamental and foundational to Unity teachings. Therefore, it will be the primary meditation practice for the duration of the course. 

Learning Objectives 

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

  • Define meditation, Practicing the Silence, and the Silence 
  • Develop a daily practice of the Silence and report on their progress 
  • Identify and describe any blocks or resistance to daily meditation as well as strategies to overcome them 
  • Compare and contrast different forms of meditation 

Required Text/Readings 

  • Bodian. Stephan. Meditation for Dummies, 2nd Edition or 3rd Edition. Foster City: IDG Books Worldwide, 1999  
  • Hasselbeck, Paul. Heart-Centered Metaphysics, Unity Village: Unity House, 2010  

Live Class Sessions  

All times listed in Central Time 

 

January 2025 

  1. Wednesday, Jan 22 – 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.  

  1. Wednesday, Jan 29 – 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.  

February 2025 

  1. Wednesday, Feb 5 – 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.  

  1. Wednesday, Feb 12 – 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.  

  1. Wednesday, Feb 19 – 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.  

  1. Wednesday, Feb 26 – 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.  

March 2025 

  1. Wednesday, Mar 5 – 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.  

  1. Wednesday, Mar 12 – 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.