Focus NeuroMeditation

Focus NeuroMeditation Course

This course is an excellent place to start if you are new to meditation, as well as, for the experienced meditator who wants to learn more about NeuroMeditation or new ways to use the Focus Style of Meditation. Practicing Focus NM helps with many different issues and is the foundation of all other styles of meditation. Whether you want to: sharpen your focus, balance the mind, decrease mind wandering and increasing sustain attention, interrupt the racing mind, increase ability to interrupt the amygdala for self regulation, support the brain through TBI and other brain related issues,build brain plasticity, or to lift you when you are in a depression, Focus NeuroMeditations benefit our brain, our nervous system, our mind, our felt experience. Practicing Focus NM helps us to feel greater control in our lives, our reactions and our daily experiences. 

Through this class students will:  learn the basics of Focus NeuroMeditation, how this style impacts the brain, the body, the nervous system and the Vagus Nerve; when to turn to Focus NM; experience movement meditation for Focus and the various ways to practice sitting Focus NeuroMeditations. 

Focus NeuroMeditation:

• interrupts the signaling of the amygdala

• is a powerful tool for regulating the nervous system

• increases sustained attention

• interrupts the Default Mode Network (self-referencing)

• reduces mind wandering

• improves cogition and cognitive self-awareness

• increases brain plasticity

• forms new neural pathways

• balances the mind

Learning Objectives:

As a result of completing the course, students will be able to:

• understand the foundation of Focus NeuroMeditation and the effect it has on the brain

• determine when to practice Focus NM - to respond to various states of being (stress, anxiety, depression, grief, etc.)

• relate how Focus NM impacts or affects the Vagus Nerve - as well as basics about the nerve, and the critical role it plays in our lived experience of daily life

• engage with various forms of Focus NM - to aid in determining which ROUTE of practice their brain most responds to or connects with most easily 

• practice movement meditations for Focus NM

• practice guided sitting Focus NeuroMeditations 

• ascertain which of the sense they connect with most strongly to discern routes to practice Focus NM

• determine what type of imagery they connect with and understand the importance of connecting with the "right" imagery for the each individual

• access links and other resources for continued practice of Focus NeuroMeditation

After the course, students will have: a basic understanding of the Focus Style of NeuroMeditation; knowledge of  how and when to practice Focus NM; experience practicing Focus through movement meditations and sitting NeuroMeditations; insight into which senses and imagery their brains connect with most easily; the tools and ability to continue independent practice at home. 

Brief Introduction Course

• Length: 2 weeks or 2 hours

• 2 weekly classes of 1 hr each - or 1 class at 2 hrs

• Currently only available for private groups *smaller sized groups allow for better individualization* 

  • • Group minimum = 5 

    • Group maximum =13

    • Group cost = $200

Standard Short Course

• Length: 4 weeks

• 4 weekly classes of 1 hr each

• Currently only available for private groups *smaller sized groups allow for better individualization* 

  • • Group minimum = 5 

    • Group maximum =13

    • Group cost = $400

• Length: 8 weeks

• 8 weekly classes of 1 hour each

• Currently only available for private groups *smaller sized groups allow for better individualization* 

  • • Group minimum = 5 

    • Group maximum =13

    • Group cost = $800