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ABOUT THIS COURSE

Want to learn to ride the waves of life with mindfulness and compassion? We all do—and yet we so often fall short of our goal to bring more wisdom into our lives at work, at home, and with our friends. In this course, author and Buddhist teacher Lodro Rinzler serves as your guide in how to develop a spiritual backbone, regardless of whether or not you’re interested in religion.

This course includes meditation instructions to help you become calm and centered, guidance on how to work with strong emotions (what Lodro calls the pervasive “Incredible Hulk Syndrome”), and practical steps you can take right now to connect more fully to your own heart of wisdom. You’ll learn how to embody contentment, joy, and fearlessness so you can live your life to its fullest and be of benefit to the world.

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WHAT YOU WILL LEARN

Establish a consistent shamatha (calm-abiding) meditation practice at home

CULTIVATE

Incorporate the qualities of gentleness, discernment, and precision in your being

DISCOVER

Learn techniques to work with strong emotions, in meditation and on-the-spot in your day-to-day life

PROCESS

Employ strategies to live a life of contentment in the here and now

PRESENCE

DEVELOP

Build your capacity for compassion through six actions

RELEASE

Move away from the trap of doubting yourself toward touching your innate bravery and strength

COURAGE

Experience inner peace through addressing change and fear head-on

ENGAGE

Engage with whatever comes up in your life as part of your spiritual path

CULTIVATE

DISCOVER

PROCESS

PRESENCE

DEVELOP

Establish a consistent shamatha (calm-abiding) meditation practice at home

Incorporate the qualities of gentleness, discernment, and precision in your being

Learn techniques to work with strong emotions, in meditation and on-the-spot in your day-to-day life

Employ strategies to live a life of contentment in the here and now

Build your capacity for compassion through six actions

COURAGE

Experience inner peace through addressing change and fear head-on

Move away from the trap of doubting yourself toward touching your innate bravery and strength

RELEASE

Engage with whatever comes up in your life as part of your spiritual path

ENGAGE

Downloadable Video Lessons

From a workshop led by Eline Snel at the Omega Institute (six hours total)

Read the lessons at your own pace

Integrate what you’re learning into your daily life and interactions with children

Listen to the lessons while you go about your day + guided audio for kids and adults

Free downloadable PDFs from Sitting Still Like a Frog: Mindfulness Exercises for Kids (and Their Parents)

Learn at your own pace whenever and wherever works best for you!

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100% SATISFACTION GUARANTEE 

If for any reason you are not completely satisfied, please e-mail us within 30 days, and we will promptly refund your purchase price.

Course 

Curriculum

LESSON 1

Mindfulness Begins with You

Mindfulness helps us to experience reality clearly and consciously, without pushing anything away or trivializing or over-analyzing certain situations. Being mindful is not something you do from time to time—it’s a way of life. In this first lesson, we begin with an exploration of what mindfulness is. Because we can only teach kids to be mindful when we are mindful ourselves, we will also learn basic techniques for practicing mindfulness in our own lives.

LESSON 2

Nonjudgmental Observation

How you look at things determines in large part how you react to them. In this lesson we will consider the role that nonjudgmental observation plays in mindfulness. We will learn practices—including the “spaghetti test”—for connecting with the body and being mindful of its various states and experiences. We will also explore inquiry practice as a method for deepening our understanding of our own and others’ experiences.

LESSON 3

Feeling Feelings,

Recognizing Worries

Thoughts and feelings almost always work in tandem, and they constantly influence each other. In this third lesson we will look at feelings and emotions, their impact on our thoughts, and our tendency to react to what we feel or think. We will also learn mindfulness practices for working with feelings, thoughts, and worries, which we can employ ourselves and teach to our children.

LESSON 4

Dealing with the 

Stress of Parenting

Stress in parenting can bring out the worst in us. Likewise, stressed kids can exhibit unacceptable behavior. But if we learn how to handle stress differently, our relationship to stress can change. This lesson looks at the body’s basic responses to stress and explores tools for interrupting these responses to bring more mindfulness for both children and their grownups in stressful moments.

LESSON 5

Trusting That 

Change Will Come

Sometimes we are not in a position to address our external circumstances, but we do have the freedom to change our relationship with what we would like to be different about them. In this lesson we will explore practices for harnessing the power of the imagination to do just that. These tools can help us cope with and learn from the inevitable setbacks and difficulties in life, enabling us to really help our kids—and ourselves too.

LESSON 6

Compassion for 

Yourself and Others

Self-compassion enhances the emotional balance we so badly need, especially at times when the pursuit of perfection in our performance-driven society takes its toll. And it ensures that we do not expect others to be perfect either. In this final lesson we will be looking at self-compassion and compassion for others. We will consider the immense importance of compassion in the family and in education, as well as the meaning of self-compassion in everyday life.

LESSON 7

Becoming More Awesome

This first lesson sets a context for understanding how the ancient wisdom of the Bhagavad Gita is relevant for navigating life in the 21st Century. We introduce the ideas of waking up to what is right before us, including our often complicated relationships, and our fears and confusion about impermanence. We examine how important it is to stay embodied as we find our way through the complexities of daily life.


LESSON 8

Becoming More Awesome

This first lesson sets a context for understanding how the ancient wisdom of the Bhagavad Gita is relevant for navigating life in the 21st Century. We introduce the ideas of waking up to what is right before us, including our often complicated relationships, and our fears and confusion about impermanence. We examine how important it is to stay embodied as we find our way through the complexities of daily life.


BONUS MATERIAL

Course Excerpts

COURSE SUMMARY

100 Hours of Video Teachings

Become More Awesome

Get Less Stinky

Prove Math Exists

Exist for Math

Belly Dance Better

About Your

Teacher

Eline Snel is a therapist and certified MBSR trainer and runs the Academy for Mindful Teaching in the Netherlands. She has been developing and teaching mindfulness-based courses for over twenty years and trains teachers to teach MBSR techniques to students. Her program has been used in numerous primary schools in the Netherlands. She has recently started a pilot project in various secondary schools to teach mindfulness practices to teenagers.

Printable Transcripts

Guided Exercises 

Downloadable Audio Files

Guided Reading Assignments

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When does the course begin?
The course is available as soon as you register and does not have a specific start date. All lessons are available and you may go through the course materials at your own pace.

How long does it take to complete the course?
There are six lessons in the course and each lesson is designed to last a week. However, the course is flexible and you can work at your own pace as well, so you can benefit just as much from the course even if it takes you longer to go through it. We encourage you to download videos as you go through the course for your own personal use in the future. You will continue to have unlimited access to the course materials online as well.

How long will I have access to the course?
Your access to the course is unlimited. It will not expire.

Can I still take this training without a desktop/laptop computer (for example, if I only have an iPad)?
Yes, you can access this course using the browser on your device. However, please note that if you’d like to save any of the course materials, you will need to download to a computer first and then transfer the files to your device.

What if I have technical difficulties with the course?
We have a dedicated course support person who can help you with any issues you may encounter in navigating or accessing the course. Please email [email protected] if you have any questions.

Frequently Asked

Questions

Want to learn to ride the waves of life with mindfulness and compassion? We all do—and yet we so often fall short of our goal to bring more wisdom into our lives at work, at home, and with our friends. In this course, author and Buddhist teacher Lodro Rinzler serves as your guide in how to develop a spiritual backbone, regardless of whether or not you’re interested in religion.

This course includes meditation instructions to help you become calm and centered, guidance on how to work with strong emotions (what Lodro calls the pervasive “Incredible Hulk Syndrome”), and practical steps you can take right now to connect more fully to your own heart of wisdom. You’ll learn how to embody contentment, joy, and fearlessness so you can live your life to its fullest and be of benefit to the world.

"It was perfect...very nice to be able to go at my own pace."

What You Will Learn



CULTIVATE

DISCOVER

PROCESS

PRESENCE

DEVELOP

Establish a consistent shamatha (calm-abiding) meditation practice at home

Incorporate the qualities of gentleness, discernment, and precision in your being

Learn techniques to work with strong emotions, in meditation and on-the-spot in your day-to-day life

Employ strategies to live a life of contentment in the here and now

Build your capacity for compassion through six actions

COURAGE

Experience inner peace through addressing change and fear head-on

Move away from the trap of doubting yourself toward touching your innate bravery and strength

RELEASE

Engage with whatever comes up in your life as part of your spiritual path

ENGAGE

Establish a consistent shamatha (calm-abiding) meditation practice at home

CULTIVATE

Incorporate the qualities of gentleness, discernment, and precision in your being

DISCOVER

Learn techniques to work with strong emotions, in meditation and on-the-spot in your day-to-day life

PROCESS

Employ strategies to live a life of contentment in the here and now

PRESENCE

DEVELOP

Build your capacity for compassion through six actions

RELEASE

Move away from the trap of doubting yourself toward touching your innate bravery and strength

COURAGE

Experience inner peace through addressing change and fear head-on

ENGAGE

Engage with whatever comes up in your life as part of your spiritual path

This Course Includes

Course Curriculum

Course Excerpts

COURSE SUMMARY

100% SATISFACTION GUARANTEE

If for any reason you are not completely satisfied, please e-mail us within 30 days, and we will promptly refund your purchase price.

ADD TO CART

100% SATISFACTION GUARANTEE

If for any reason you are not completely satisfied, please e-mail us within 30 days, and we will promptly refund your purchase price.

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About Your Teacher

Frequently Asked Questions

PRAISE FOR ALAN MORINIS

“Sitting Still Like a Frog introduces the basics of mindfulness to children in an easy-to-understand and playful way. It guides children in the cultivation of presence: presence of mind, presence of heart, and presence in the body. This is something we are all capable of but usually don’t cultivate intentionally. Why not start young in training those capacities?”—Jon Kabat-Zinn, from his foreword to Sitting Still Like a Frog

Praise for

Eline Snel

PRAISE FOR ALAN MORINIS

If you’re a parent, teacher, therapist—or anyone who works with kids—this online course will give you the skills you need to introduce the youngsters in your world to mindfulness and its many benefits.

Since mindful self-compassion is a critical prerequisite for those who wish to convey the joy of mindfulness to children, this course will give you the opportunity to practice opening your heart through guided meditations and exercises. You will learn practical tools to respond appropriately to stressful situations and cultivate your own natural gift of awareness so you can pass it on successfully to others.

Kids take to mindfulness awareness

naturally

as soon as they see how it works



Kids take to 

mindfulness awareness

naturally

as soon as they see 

how it works

If you’re a parent, teacher, therapist—or anyone who works with kids—this online course will give you the skills you need to introduce the youngsters in your world to mindfulness and its many benefits.

Since mindful self-compassion is a critical prerequisite for those who wish to convey the joy of mindfulness to children, this course will give you the opportunity to practice opening your heart through guided meditations and exercises. You will learn practical tools to respond appropriately to stressful situations and cultivate your own natural gift of awareness so you can pass it on successfully to others.

Eline Snel is a therapist and certified MBSR trainer and runs the Academy for Mindful Teaching in the Netherlands. She has been developing and teaching mindfulness-based courses for over twenty years and trains teachers to teach MBSR techniques to students. Her program has been used in numerous primary schools in the Netherlands. She has recently started a pilot project in various secondary schools to teach mindfulness practices to teenagers.


Kids take to mindfulness awareness naturally as soon as they see how it works

Teach yourself and your kids to be more present in everyday life and to avoid automatic responses to tension, stress, and other problems

Presence

Center

Find your own center of calm, quiet your worrying thoughts, and pass this sense of calm on to the kids in your life

Courage

Maintain your emotional, mental, and physical well-being amid the demands of everyday life

Calm

Get less carried away by feelings of powerlessness or failure, or by the idea that you should be better at everything you do

This course will help you love yourself the way you are and love others precisely because they are the way they are

"It was perfect...very nice to be able to go at my own pace."

Teach yourself and your kids to be more present in everyday life and to avoid automatic responses to tension, stress, and other problems

Presence

Center

Find your own center of calm, quiet your worrying thoughts, and pass this sense of calm on to the kids in your life

Courage

Get less carried away by feelings of powerlessness or failure, or by the idea that you should be better at everything you do

Maintain your emotional, mental, and physical well-being amid the demands of everyday life

Calm

What You 

Will Learn



This course will help you love yourself the way you are and love others precisely because they are the way they are

This Course

Includes

Praise for Eline Snel

Sitting Still Like a Frog introduces the basics of mindfulness to children in an easy-to-understand and playful way. It guides children in the cultivation of presence: presence of mind, presence of heart, and presence in the body. This is something we are all capable of but usually don’t cultivate intentionally. Why not start young in training those capacities?”—Jon Kabat-Zinn, from his foreword to Sitting Still Like a Frog



Praise for

Eline Snel