Cultivating Joyful Contentment - by Louise Baird

COURSE

Cultivating Joyful Contentment

With Louise Baird

The aim of this course is to provide you with knowledge and tools to increase your level of contentment. The lessons build on one another, starting with mindfulness, followed by acceptance, and then gratitude. Each lesson will provide information about the topic, and practical techniques you can use in everyday life.

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Meet your Teacher

Louise Baird
Canberra, ACT, Australia

Louise is a yoga and meditation teacher in Canberra, Australia. She has been combining the ancient wisdom of yoga with the findings of modern science to support herself for over a quarter of a century in navigating the ups and downs of life. She uses these tried and tested techniques to support her students as they traverse their own journeys.

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4 Days

355 students

4.8 stars

8 min / day

Acceptance

English

Lesson 1

Cultivating Mindfulness

In this first lesson we explore the benefits of mindfulness, what it is, and three simple ways you can incorporate mindfulness into your daily routine, in order to cultivate more contentment in your life.

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Lesson 2

Cultivating Acceptance

In this lesson we explore the concept of acceptance: what it is, what it isn't, how acceptance builds on a practice of mindfulness and why it can be so empowering to embrace and attitude of acceptance, as a pathway to cultivating contentment.

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Lesson 3

Cultivating Gratitude

In this lesson we initially will explore the benefits of gratitude and what it is. Then three practices will be introduced for incorporating gratitude into your day, leading to more contentment in your life.

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Lesson 4

The Guest House by Rumi

This course will be closed with the poem by Sufi mystic Rumi "The Guest House." This poem captures all the elements covered in this course - mindfulness, acceptance, and gratitude - culminating in joy and contentment.

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4.8 (21)

Recent Reviews

Karenmk

Karenmk

July 30, 2025

Lovely course! Enjoyed your choice of music ! 🎶 To live a life with acceptance, mindfulness, and gratitude is a daily practice for me. Be well and thank you for this course. 🌻🙏💓🎊ps Nice finish with the Rumi poem.♥️

Bonne

Bonne

November 17, 2023

So relevant in today's world.

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