Discover your inner resources
MLP Foundations Course
The MLP Foundations Course is a transformative mindfulness program designed to help you meet life’s challenges with greater clarity, resilience, wisdom, and compassion. Combining meditation practice with the practical application of mindfulness in daily life, this course empowers you to cultivate the inner skills needed to make healthy choices, respond skillfully to adversity, and live with greater fulfillment, purpose, and joy.
Rather than simply teaching meditation techniques, the Foundations Course offers an immersive and experiential approach to mindful living. Through guided practice, reflection, discussion, and real-world application, participants learn how to develop the freedom to respond consciously rather than react habitually. As mindfulness deepens, it becomes possible to navigate life with greater emotional balance, self-awareness, confidence, and connection to what truly matters.
The course is practical, accessible, and universal in its approach. Whether you are new to mindfulness or have an established practice, the curriculum is designed to support meaningful personal growth regardless of cultural, economic, or spiritual background.
Rather than simply teaching meditation techniques, the Foundations Course offers an immersive and experiential approach to mindful living. Through guided practice, reflection, discussion, and real-world application, participants learn how to develop the freedom to respond consciously rather than react habitually. As mindfulness deepens, it becomes possible to navigate life with greater emotional balance, self-awareness, confidence, and connection to what truly matters.
The course is practical, accessible, and universal in its approach. Whether you are new to mindfulness or have an established practice, the curriculum is designed to support meaningful personal growth regardless of cultural, economic, or spiritual background.
The program integrates four essential dimensions of mindfulness practice:
Attention
Developing stability, clarity, and presence through meditation training that strengthens focus and awareness.
Wisdom
Recognizing habitual patterns, biases, projections, and emotional reactivity while cultivating emotional intelligence, insight, and the ability to respond with greater discernment and care.
Values
Clarifying what matters most and learning to align daily choices, habits, and behaviors with one’s deepest values – cultivating genuine happiness and a meaningful life.
Open Heart
Cultivating compassion, loving-kindness, empathic joy, equanimity, and healthier, more authentic relationships with oneself and others.
At the heart of the course is the understanding that true well-being and fulfillment arise not from avoiding life’s difficulties, but from learning how to engage with life fully, consciously, and skillfully. By training the mind and heart, participants develop greater resilience, empowerment, and the capacity to create lives rooted in meaning, connection, and inner freedom.
Enrollment Includes
- 20 hours of engaging in-person instruction
- Foundations Course Companion Journal
- A copy of The Wisdom of a Meaningful Life by co-founder John Bruna
- Three-month membership in the Mindful Life Community with app access
- Access to meditation library and additional resources Daily practice guide
Continuing Professional Development (CPD) credits may be available for social workers, therapists, and substance abuse counselors.
Continuing Education Units (CEUs) may be available for teachers.
Please contact us to inquire about credits being offered for a particular course.
The course is offered for both general audiences and specialized groups, including educators, mental health professionals, recovery professionals, wellness organizations, and community groups.
MLP Foundations Courses are offered throughout the United States, Canada, and Australia. Please visit our Upcoming Events page or contact us to schedule a course for your organization or community.
