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10 Keys To Awakening

With Johnny Scifo

The Ten Keys are a pattern I saw after studying and practicing wellness systems from around the world for the last fifteen years, practices emphasized in every human tradition that focuses on experience. It’s not a highly intellectual list, but simple disciplines that we must each honor. As we recognize the nature of our minds, we notice thought patterns that continuously arise, and we see where our energy gravitates. As we become more skillful with managing energy, it becomes easier to maintain our inner peace. In a world of temporary conditions, this refinement is an ongoing process. Reflecting on our habits reveals the areas of our lives where we are thriving, where we would be wiser to preserve our energy, and where we must upgrade our approach. Chances are, there are things we are doing well, but some areas are using more energy than they deserve. Each of us could benefit from a routine check-in. Through scientific discoveries and spiritual techniques, we will explore honesty, responsibility, eating and sleeping well, exercising our bodies and minds for wholistic health, cultivating our relationships, and accepting the mysteries of life. Each section concludes with a series of questions to inspire contemplative reflection about the way we live each day, providing direct lines for reviewing imbalance, reigniting spiritual practices, and keeping us peaceful, regardless of the conditions.

Reset and explore holistic health, lifestyle choices, and relationships through scientific discoveries and spiritual techniques.

10 Days

1.6k students

4.5 stars

12 min / day

English

About this course

Accountability Self-Review

Mindful Awareness

Habit Loop Awareness

Meet your Teacher

Johnny Scifo

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Ramsey, NJ, USA

Johnny is an advanced certified yoga and meditation teacher and has been a devoted yogi for over 15 years, teaching for the last seven. Trained in diverse healing modalities, his energy practices and multi-instrumental sound healing invoke powerful experiences for his students. A mixture of modern science, ancient wisdom, and raw love, Johnny is a living example of the internal power we each possess for positive change and the ability to fulfill one’s dreams and dharma. He is an active contributor to Insight Timer, inspiring millions of meditators worldwide with his healing music and holistic approach to modern living.

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10 Days

1.6k students

4.5 stars

12 min / day

English

Lesson 1

Honesty

Awakening comes from conscious actions. We have to be candid with ourselves in order to accurately assess our triumphs and failures, and grow through those experiences. First and foremost, we need to be honest about where we are in the present moment, right here, right now. From this position of truthfulness, we can begin to reflect on how things are, instead of how we wish them to be. Only from a place of honesty can we begin any necessary refinements to our practice and our lifestyle.

Lesson 2

Nourishment

Eating is one of the spiritual practices commonly taken for granted. Each day we have multiple opportunities to reset through nourishing ourselves. We will focus our attention on how to eat and how to choose our foods, without limiting ourselves to a specific diet plan.

Lesson 3

Rest

Sleep is our most underrated superpower. We will explore what happens to our brains while we are asleep, specifically the functions of repairing, refreshing, and recording. Then, we will focus on creating healthy habits to ensure a good night’s rest, based on honoring our biology.

Lesson 4

Exercise

Distinguishing fitness from exercise, we will investigate what it means to create a health-based exercise regimen, focusing on how to fit bodily upkeep into our busy schedules, so that it becomes supportive and sought after, instead of another daily task.

Lesson 5

Meditation

If we practice the first four keys, we will likely become healthier. Meditation is the key that brings us into a place of peace from the work we have put into taking care of ourselves. Through meditation practice, we can become aware of the other refinements we may need to adjust to maintain our practices and keep comfortable.

Lesson 6

Curiosity

Our brains are the ultimate “use it or lose it” organ, and with proper application through learning, we can keep ourselves young and fresh as we continue to age. Exploring brain-health outside of the practices discussed thus far, we begin to examine how we spend our leisure time, including the ongoing education of experience.

Lesson 7

Relationships

So far, we have dedicated our attention towards things that we can control. Most of the focus has been on creating better habits for ourselves, including letting go of those that do not serve us well. In this section, we begin to reflect on our relationships, a space where we are not always in control and cannot always strategize our way out of problems; focusing on our relationships with ourselves, with others, and with our environments.

Lesson 8

Responsibilities

Stress often comes from not doing the right thing. We must accept our responsibilities and not hide from them. By working through the list of things that are outside of our control, we learn to prioritize instead of fantasize, and work within the parameters of our current circumstances. Honoring the areas of life that need our attention the most, we find a way to fit our desires into our reality, instead of fixating on the ideals that evade our grasp.

Lesson 9

Acceptance

By concentrating on what we can control, we give ourselves power in a given situation. This leaves room for the unexpected and allows us to operate from a place of ease, instead of feeling at the mercy of the situation. Accepting the mysteries of life is one of the hardest processes that plague us dealing with such a material world, but this acceptance is one of the keys to liberation.

Lesson 10

Generosity

It’s not easy to be generous when we feel uncomfortable. By focusing on the good in our lives, we focus on small ways to improve the world around us for others. By staying open to each moment, we meet challenges with a loving attitude instead of from a place of fear.