LECTURE & PRACTICE: Fear Memory
and Facial Exercises
Surprise Memory and Facial Exercises
Sadness Memory and Facial Exercises
PRACTICE: Shamatha – class choice of level and
whether guided or unguided + Discussion/Homework
LECTURE: Mental Afflictions and the 4
Applications of Mindfulness
PRACTICE: 5 Elements of Sensory Experience
PRACTICE: Body Scan
LECTURE and PRACTICE: Mindfulness of
Feelings
SESSION SEVEN (2.5 HOURS)
Emotional Skills Training:
Contemplative Skills Training:
LECTURE & PRACTICE: Enjoyment
Memory and Facial Exercises and
Duchenne Smile Exercise
PRACTICE: Shamatha: Mind in Natural State
leading to Mindfulness of Mental Events OR
Shamatha – any level + Discussion/Homework.
LECTURE: On Compassion: “Imagination and the
Heart”
PRACTICE: On Compassion
SESSION EIGHT (8 HOURS)
Emotional Skills Training:
Contemplative Skills Training:
LECTURE & PRACTICE: Emotional
Profiles
Respectful Disagreement Practice
Role Play Exercises
PRACTICE: Shamatha: Mind in Natural State
leading to Mindfulness of Mental Events OR
Shamatha – any level + Discussion/Homework.
LECTURE: Empathetic Joy
PRACTICE: Empathetic Joy
LECTURE and PRACTICE: Equanimity LECTURE:
Overview of Four Immeasurables REVIEW: Pursuit
of Genuine Happiness PRACTICE: Loving-Kindness
Complete PANAS, FFMQ, Course Evaluation
Timeline of an Emotional Episode
This next section provides an excerpt from the manual covering the conceptual development of
emotion though the timeline of an emotional episode. First, an overview of the seven universal
expressions of emotion provides the overall vocabulary for emotion families, themes and
triggers
The Big 7: Universal Emotions
The major focus is on the Big 7 Universal Emotions (happiness, sadness, anger, fear, disgust,
contempt, surprise) because we know most about them and they are the key elements in moods,
traits and disorder
In order to create the emotional choice we are seeking through this training,
it makes sense to focus on the emotions we can learn to identify in others and ourselves.
Developing the conceptual understanding of emotions as distinct from moods, states and disorders
is a critical component of developing a working emotional vocabulary.
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Emotional Skills Training:
Contemplative Skills Training:
SESSION SIX (8 HOURS)
