Udemy - The Enlightened Brain by Dr. Rick Hanson

Master meditation and reshape your brain for enlightenment through 70 interactive lessons

Train your brain to be more positive, heal old pain, and take life less seriously. Improve your concentration through guided meditations that will equip you with techniques you can use in everyday life.

Take control of your thoughts and feelings to improve your brain

Your thoughts and feelings continually sculpt your brain—for better or worse. Dr. Rick Hanson, New York Times best-selling author and founder of the Wellspring Institute for Neuroscience and Contemplative Wisdom, teaches you how to control your brain's reaction to life. Instead of responding with fear, frustration, and heartache, return your brain to its natural state of calm, contentment, and caring.

Through guided meditations, learn to weave positive thoughts and emotions into the fabric of your brain. Learn to assess your own unique "profile of attention" to strengthen your focus and concentration. This course is filled with practical tools for positively changing your brain's function, a phenomenon known as neuroplasticity.

A pioneering neuropsychologist, Dr. Hanson, explores how you can activate processes inside the brain to accelerate your own personal transformation. These processes include:

Understanding how thoughts affect your brain's physiology
Harnessing the power of positive thoughts to reverse the impact of stress and old pain
Practicing the 6 factors for strengthening mindfulness
Creating your own joy and happiness
Overcoming suffering and stress
Digging into the question of "Who am I?" through Buddha's teachings

What are the requirements?

No prior knowledge needed

What am I going to get from this course?

Over 81 lectures and 10.5 hours of content!
Tailor psychological growth and spiritual practice to your unique neurophysiology
Defeat the negativity bias of your brain by internalizing key resources
Pair positive experiences with negative material to soothe and heal old pain
Activate the neural foundations of mindfulness
Strengthen the five factors of concentration and deep meditative absorption
Build neural shock absorbers for stable inner peace in a turbulent world
Use neuroscience to relax the apparent self and take life less personally
Practice these skills with a comprehensive workbook that includes numerous exercises