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Learner Reviews & Feedback for Mindfulness and Well-being: Foundations by Rice University

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About the Course

This course provides a broad overview of the fundamental concepts, principles, and practices of mindfulness. With interactive exercises to help students explore their own attitudes, mental habits and behaviors, Foundations of Mindfulness offers a pathway for living with more freedom, authenticity and ease. Featured components of the course include experiential exercises, guided meditations, personal reflection and interactive discussions....

Top reviews

TN

Apr 19, 2022

It was a very enjoyable, organized, and well-planned course. I am really happy with it.

It's a nice opportunity to know more about yourself, your body, and your mind.

Thank you for this journey!

AR

Aug 18, 2022

Great course for beginners and experienced meditators! It has the theoretical and the practical part. Everything is balanced and interesting. I liked the informative part of the course the most.

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By precilla b

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Jun 12, 2021

The course has very solid stuff. I appreciate the way it is planned, structured and organised.

By Ірина Ю Л

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Jun 2, 2021

I greatly appreciate the materials and structure of the course Foundations of Mindfulness

By Kinjal S

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Jul 7, 2021

Excellent works presented very well too. Thanks for enhancing the quality of my life.

By Dr P

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Jul 27, 2021

Great course. I liked Dr Elizabeth's style of explaining concepts of mindfulness

By Bethel C C E

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Jul 22, 2021

This course helped me to relax and apply the principle of "at the moment"

By Vidya D

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Jul 25, 2021

This course is amazing Definitely recommend

By Rasuvanthi.R

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Apr 19, 2021

Nice experience and learned many things

By ABHIJIT B

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May 27, 2021

Extremely Satisfied,

By vivian p

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Nov 24, 2021

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By Maria R

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Feb 5, 2021

Very repetitive, not so interesting resources. I want to delete it.

By Tumas A

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Mar 10, 2024

This course has inspired me to find mindfulness in every moment of every day and to practice both formal and informal mindfulness practices every day. I have started keeping a calendar to keep track of how often I meditate and over the past week, I have had bell timers on my phone set up throughout my day to go off regularly to remind me to be mindful when I have forgotten. I have also set up a non-distracting home screen on my phone and a do-not-disturb function on my phone that only alerts me of important notifications, so that I can only see other notifications when I search for them, not at random intervals throughout my day. I look forward to the following Mindfulness courses.

By Sreya M

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Sep 26, 2022

I joined this course with a poor mental health score due to stress, anxiety, and depression. In only a span of few weeks, I have started to feel a positive change in me. All thanks to Dr. Elizabeth Slator, the brilliant mentor and instructor who introduced and explained the concept and science of mindfulness and meditation clearly. This well-structured program is a much-needed one in today's life. It has helped me to gather my inner spirit, strength, and courage to face life's challenges with renewed positivity, focus and vigor. Though this was just the beginning and full of challenges but overcoming the difficulties has helped to ignite motivation and consistency in me.

By Jaya S

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Mar 6, 2022

I foound the course very helpful. I feel that the pace was perfect, mindful meditation sessions were very calming - especially professor's voice, discussions on weekly activity challenges helped me feel that we are all facing similar challenges. I had quite a few take-aways from the course that will stay with me rest of my life - being more compassionate towards myself just as I am towards my best friend, being more aware of my mind's thinking & wanderinf, investigating my thoughts and understanding the underlying emotions instead of burying them! Thank you for putting together this course Dr. Elizabeth Slator and team - and Coursera for creating such a great platform

By Eibhlinn L

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May 9, 2022

I cannot recommend this course enough. Even with a demanding job and two young children I still managed to commit a few nights a week to the course because I enjoyed it so much and looked forward to it during the day. Elizabeth is a fantastic teacher, breaking down the information into easy-to-comprehend morsels, encouraging her students to stay with it, acknowledging the more challenging aspects and walking us through this fantastic introduction to mindfulness and well-being. I have noticed substantial positive changes in my day-to-day life since I took this course, I am very grateful for the people who put it together and made it accessible online. Thank you!

By Vijay G

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Nov 30, 2021

Simple and comprehensive. A great course that will get you started from a novice to a having a regular practice. Exercises are presented in a manner that gets you interested and excited while building onto slightly more demanding ones.

This is the right course to start if you are a beginner and know nothing of mindfulness. It will clarify basic concepts, and lead you gently to practices that you can implement.

It has already had a transformative effect on me and I recommend this course for anyone who wants to learn about meditation / mindfulness. Thank you Prof. Slator and Coursera.

By SABRINA G

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May 22, 2023

This was an excellent introductory course. The professor was knowledgeable and presented the material in a manner that was digestible and fun. I enjoyed all of the practical exercises presented and appreciated the perspectives of the other students involved. The course added to some work I was already exploring and has solidified next steps and direction in my career course. I am so grateful for the opportunity to participate in such a thoughtful, deeply necessary course. Thank you!

By Hossein B

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Mar 7, 2022

After this course, I was able to have more control over my breathing, and when I practiced mindfulness, I studied better with this focus, and it also had a good effect on my physical health, and I was able to get up to 50% of the stress on them. I had no control over getting rid of it. I feel that by practicing female awareness more often, I can control uncontrolled tensions to a greater extent and be able to achieve more relaxation.

By Sarah P

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Feb 20, 2021

This was an excellent course. I enjoyed It very much. I learned more about mindfulness and about myself. The concepts were structured and taught In a way that was easy to digest and then apply. I learned useful tools here I hope to use to make progress In my life. Even without those tools, this was a great way to use the free time I'm fortunate enough to have right now. Loved It! I hope I can find a follow-up course to keep going!

By wilfred c

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Dec 5, 2020

This was a pragmatic, well balanced course incorporating reading and activity to discover practices to achieve greater focus. It has inspired me to commence with daily meditation.Particularly during this pandemic it occurs to me that this would be a very useful course for a broad audience. With people forced to stay home, with reduced activities, this would be an excellent supplement to both learn and grow.

By lisa w

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Mar 8, 2021

I really enjoyed this course! It was easy to go at your own pace and complete the assignments. I learned a lot from reflecting on my experiences each week, and the actual sessions to guide you through a meditation were so helpful. I will continue to use the practices I learned in the past few weeks, and learn to better listen to my inner voice, senses and body to enrich my future life. Thank you!

By Gerardo N

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May 3, 2022

Es un gran curso, en mi experiencia personal, los temas que dan en el, me ayudan a comprender la riaz de tan productivo estilo de vida que representa el mindfulness, la forma en que fuimos llevados por la profesora y la profundidad de conocimiento es 100% practico. Solo se necesita querer hacerlo y la forma de vivir nos cambia, gracias profesora y coursera por tan exelente curso.

By Panduka N

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Jan 18, 2021

The best mindfulness course.

Basic mindfulness concepts are introduced with weekly activities to practise what we learn. If you can spend 2-3 hours per week that would be great and you will have a positive impact on your mind and body. At the end of each week, the teacher will share the experience of a participant. You are encouraged to share and go through additional materials.

By Richard

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Feb 9, 2021

The content, instructional presentation, activities, and quiz/reflections were well integrated and contributed to an excellent experience. The course presents the historical background of Mindfulness as well as the foundation tools necessary to begin the practice. Dr Slator is an excellent instructor who presents the course content in a knowledgeable and compassionate manner.

By Maria E C S

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Feb 9, 2021

Just to say thanks to Dr Elizabeth Slator and her time from Rice and Coursera. Thanks!!

Time well spent in doing this training in Mindfulness. Now, I have the awareness to stop when I am doing something, a simple task only for the sake of doing. It is really nice to stop and appreciate and be grateful looking it with a different eyes what nature, life have to offer.

By Jaclyn Z

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Mar 10, 2024

Awesome course. Activities seem very simple, however when applied really make you realize just how much we run on autopilot. Dr Slater has a way of instructing that makes you want to try the activities. Much to my surprise, most activities were an eye, and mind, opener. I look forward to the two follow-up courses.