Dharma of Recovery: 5 Powers - by Brian Hyman

COURSE

Dharma of Recovery: 5 Powers

With Brian Hyman

Within this course, spiritual truths are presented in a straightforward, accessible, and friendly manner, and offered as a reliable means to quiet the mind, open the heart, and relax the body. Those interested in deepening their awareness of personal causes and conditions, and traumas and triggers that lead to addictive behaviors and similar afflictions will benefit from these wise and compassionate lessons, and the riches and rewards of recovery will manifest in the lives of anyone who chooses to integrate the practical exercises and recommendations within this course into all aspects of their lives.

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Meet your Teacher

Brian Hyman
Malibu, CA, USA

Brian Hyman is an accomplished, certified yoga therapist and author with more than 12 years of personal recovery from addiction, and 11 years of professional experience facilitating thousands of yoga classes, meditation sessions, and process groups at a prominent treatment center for addiction recovery in Southern California. He has written articles about recovery, yoga, and spirituality for Whole Life Times, Mantra Wellness + Health, and Yoga Digest. He has been interviewed about his innovative and dedicated work by Origin, Malibu Times, and Recovery 2.0. He has shared his insightful and experiential perspective about yogic philosophy, Buddhist psychology, and addiction recovery on the podcasts Sober Gratitudes, Sobriety Corps, Inspiring Stories of Joy, and Yoga And. His yoga classes, breathing tutorials, and guided meditations were featured for many years on Yoga30, and his course Meditation for Everyone: Calm, Balance, and Peace has been completed by thousands of students around the world on Udemy. Brian is the creator of the 30-day course Recovery: Principles for a Purposeful Life on Insight Timer, in addiditon to the 10-day courses Cultivating a Heart of Gratitude, Yogic Principles for Transformation, Yogic Wisdom for Modern Times, and Finding Happiness & Inner Peace.

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5 Days

2.0k students

4.8 stars

13 min / day

Love

English

Lesson 1

Faith

In this lesson about the power of faith, students will learn how to find confidence in oneself to overcome addictions and surmount its various causes and conditions. Students will learn how to deepen personal convictions or beliefs in a Higher Power of choice, and to strengthen relations within their spiritual communities, families, and friendships. Students will also learn how the 3 Jewels – Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha – relate to faith and how awareness of these concepts fortifies all aspects of recovery.

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Lesson 2

Energy

In this lesson about the power of energy, students will discover how to cultivate necessary personal levels of strength in order to nourish and maintain recovery. Students will learn how to share their energies and assets with those in need in order to strengthen their sanity and sobriety and become a living example to others who may be weak, powerless, lost, or in need of help. Students will also learn how Right Thought, Right Speech, and Right Action are natural manifestations of our energy in recovery.

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Lesson 3

Mindfulness

In this lesson about the power of mindfulness, students will learn how awareness of mental, emotional, physical, and spiritual states of being protect the mind, body, and spirit from addictive mental patterns and unwholesome actions. Students will learn how mindfulness leads to purity; helps all beings transcend sorrows and sufferings; and ultimately leads to liberation. Students will also learn about Buddhanature, and how awareness of this state of pureness or perfection within all beings can set us free.

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Lesson 4

Concentration

In this lesson about the power of concentration, students will learn to become a safe refuge of inner calm and peace unto oneself. Students will deepen their capacity to discover the seed of Buddhanature within all sentient beings. Students will also learn how the 4 Immeasurables – Love, Equanimity, Compassion, and Joy – relate to all stages of recovery.

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Lesson 5

Wisdom

In this lesson about the power of wisdom, students will learn the virtue of discerning reality as it truly is within the present moment. Students will learn how spiritual wisdom acquired through diligent practices helps us overcome ignorance and cravings so we can transform psychological and emotional triggers and traumas that lead to addiction. Students will also learn about the 3 Doors of Liberation – Aimlessness, Signlessness, and Emptiness – and how these pathways to peace sustain lasting recovery.

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