{"id":6179,"date":"2014-04-29T07:00:12","date_gmt":"2014-04-29T13:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/manyvoices.soundstrue.com\/manyvoices\/?p=2053"},"modified":"2020-04-07T18:52:10","modified_gmt":"2020-04-07T18:52:10","slug":"meditation-experience-free-online-course","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/resources2.soundstrue.com\/blog\/meditation-experience-free-online-course\/","title":{"rendered":"The Meditation Experience &#8211; a free online course"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Have you been curious about meditation and how it helps to reduce stress and anxiety? Or how it might help you to relax, sleep better, or improve your relationships? Or how it has been shown to stimulate healing of mind and body, and bring about profound new levels of joy, peace, and well-being?<\/p>\n<p>Though you may have often heard of the many benefits of meditation, perhaps you\u2019ve not had the time or resources to learn more and to actually start a meditation practice of your own. Or even if you\u2019ve dabbled a bit in meditation, perhaps you did not have the support to continue or to find a meditation practice suitable for you and your unique approach to life?<\/p>\n<p>If any of this sounds familiar, we\u2019d like to welcome you to&nbsp;<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.soundstrue.com\/shop\/The-Meditation-Experience\/3825.pd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Meditation Experience<\/a>,&nbsp;<\/em>a free, eight-part online course designed for those new to meditation, as well as for those with some experience who are looking to deepen their practice or learn about other kinds of meditation. The goal of our course is to help you start meditating right away and to teach you a variety of meditation practices, so that you may experience for yourself the profound benefits of meditation in your daily life.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to written material, questions for reflection, and weekly homework, each session of our course will include one or more guided meditations on audio or video, allowing the course material to come alive in your own personal experience.<\/p>\n<p>*Access The Meditation Experience, a free online course, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.soundstrue.com\/shop\/The-Meditation-Experience\/3825.pd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>*<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.soundstrue.com\/shop\/The-Meditation-Experience\/3825.pd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>The Meditation Experience<\/em><\/a>&nbsp;was created to help you learn to meditate right now, and you can join the many millions around the planet whose lives have been radically transformed through learning the inner art of meditation.<\/p>\n<p>The practice of meditation has been used for thousands of years by people in all cultures and of all religions (or no religious inclination at all) to reduce stress, to bring about relaxation, and to experience expanded states of consciousness and well-being. 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