We’re excited to share the first opportunity to participate online in the MLP 8 Week Foundations Course with Laura Bartels. Originally a course scheduled for an organization, we can now offer 7 spots for anyone to join this course starting April 2. 

The MLP Foundations Course combines the practice of meditation with the application of mindfulness in daily life and to guides you to develop the habits that support you. Our goal is to help you to live your life with attention and intention, cultivating the skills that empower you to make healthy choices that are in alignment with your values and that are meaningful to you. Throughout the course, we help you to develop the skills to integrate the four key areas of mindfulness – attention, wisdom, values, and an open heart – into your life in practical, accessible, and universal ways.  In order to live a meaningful life and develop the freedom to live consciously, the curriculum focuses on training the mind and cultivating the ability to make healthy choices that are beneficial to the life you want to live. 

In eight live online sessions, we engage through lectures, meditations, small group discussion, journaling, and short video presentations. Outside of class, participants begin to develop or strengthen a daily mindfulness practice and have short reading and reflection assignments. Our teachers create a safe environment for participants to explore their own values and learn to apply practices to live in alignment with them.

While the four keys of living mindfully below create the foundation, this course expands to include understanding and learning skills related to motivations and misperceptions, emotions and relationships, and more. 

Attention – Developing attention skills through meditation training.

Values – Living a meaningful life. Developing healthy habits and responses that are in alignment with one’s personal values.

Wisdom – Understanding one’s biases, labeling, projection, and pre-judgment. Increasing emotional intelligence and learning to respond rather than react.

Open heart – Developing healthy relationships and connections. Cultivating skills of compassion, loving-kindness, empathic joy, and equanimity.

Enrollment includes:

• 20 hours of engaging online class over 8 weeks
• Access to a private online course space to stay connected with class members 
• Easy access to our course meditation library and online resources
• “Transforming to a Mindful Life” Companion Journal
• “Wisdom of a Meaningful Life” by co-founder John Bruna
• Three-month membership to our Mindful Life Community™ or the Mindfulness in Recovery® Community with additional daily guidance and a community of support

*Continuing Professional Development (CPDs) 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 to general audiences as well as to specific audiences such as educators, mental health professionals, recovery professionals, wellness programs, and more.

Dates: Fridays, 2 – 4:30 pm (MST) from April 2 – May 28, 2021 (No class April 23)

Cost: $299.00 ($350 Value)

Facilitator: Laura Bartels

What participants have said:

“The course has dramatically improved my life. The sense of perspective and the ability to take a deep breath before reacting to the outside world has been really helpful. It provided tools for maintaining my equilibrium. The ability to let emotions go and see myself as separate from those emotions has really helped. I am a calmer, kinder person as a result.”

“I think this Mindfulness Foundations Course should be mandatory. It is a way to live better, love better, and be better. I now live my life in such a more meaningful and present way.”

“This was a life-transforming experience for me.”