Understanding Meditation - by Ben Fizell

COURSE

Understanding Meditation

With Ben Fizell

We often start a meditation practice because we have an aspiration to find peace, grow, awaken or heal in some way. But along the way we're often faced with unexpected challenges that can sometimes put us off and we give up. But when we have a deeper understanding and context for our experiences it helps us to navigate those challenges, so we can find that peace, growth, awakening or healing that we came for. Through this course you will gain a deeper understanding of the essential foundations of the practice and the process of meditation. You'll learn what meditation is, how and why it works in a very simple, practical and tangible way so you confidently navigate the various challenges and questions that can come up along your journey.

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Meet your Teacher

Ben Fizell
North Vancouver, BC, Canada

Ben is a meditation and mindfulness teacher, nature lover, curious and heart centered human being with a vision – the Peacekeeper Project - helping to create a more peaceful and connected world by helping people quiet their busy mind, so they can live from the Heart. He believes stillness is an essential life skill for navigating this busy modern world grounded in peace, connection and heart. Ben has always had a deep sense of curiosity and an aspiration to understand the nature of things like the mind, consciousness, nature, life, and the mysteries that existed beyond our “normal” perception. Since 1999 this led him on a journey into many fields of study and self inquiry, from massage, movement training and a variety of healing modalities to exploring consciousness through meditation and meditation based therapies, mindfulness, inner alchemy and yoga. Since 2001 meditation and self exploration has been the foundation of his continued inner growth. Ben teaches and shares from his own deep personal experience.

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5 Days

532 students

4.9 stars

6 min / day

Happiness

English

Lesson 1

Understanding The Simplicity Of Meditation – How It Works

Our mind often likes to complicate things (especially in meditation). In this lesson you’ll discover the beauty and simplicity of the process of meditation. When you understand the process and how it works, you can then keep it simple.

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Lesson 2

Quietening The Mind And Navigating Expectations

One of the challenges we face in meditation, especially in the early stages is around expectations. If you’ve ever wondered if meditation doesn’t work for you it’s possible you have an expectation that’s getting in the way. In this lesson you’ll understand helpful and not so helpful expectations, and how to navigate them if they come up in your meditation practice.

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Lesson 3

What Is Meditation?

Many people come to meditation because they know it can help them in some aspect of their life, but that doesn’t mean they know what it is. One of the reasons people meditate is to achieve relaxation. But meditation is far more than a technique of relaxation. Relaxation is a by-product of meditation. In this lesson you’ll understand why meditation is not relaxation, but that is why it works.

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Lesson 4

An Important Phase Of Meditation

In this lesson you’ll understand an important part of meditation that is sometimes overlooked and underestimated. It’s important because if we ignore it, it can limit the benefits we receive from our practice. But when we pay attention to this part of meditation very consciously it can deepen our practice by helping us to really feel and understand the power of our mind.

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Lesson 5

Set Yourself Up For Success

Besides understanding the practice and process itself, as we’ve learned in the previous lessons, there are also several other things to keep in mind on your meditation journey. In this lesson I’ll share with you a few tips to help you set yourself up for a deeper meditation practice.

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4.9 (40)

Recent Reviews

Michael

July 9, 2025

Excellent! Thank you so much for this course

sonne

June 26, 2025

So simple and straightforward - fantastic!

Lisa

April 6, 2025

Very nice clear concise course explaining the process of meditation.

Al

March 12, 2025

The reason I loved this course is because of the clarity it brought me about meditation. This course explains the fundamentals of meditation in the deepest way I’ve experienced so far. It also challenged some assumptions I’d made about what meditation actually is. So nice to hear everything explained so clearly and precisely.

Cathy

November 10, 2024

So sorry important to know why and how to meditate. Very informative and clear to the 👉 point

Cindy

September 29, 2023

🦋

Abigail

August 5, 2023

Great

Pablito

July 31, 2023

Concise, encouraging, clear, informative: this 5-day course did more for my practice than most 10-day ones. Whether you’re just starting out or you’ve been meditating for years, the advice here is a Pearl of great price.

Moyzes

July 30, 2023

Very good! Short and precise. Excelent thoughts and advices about the process. I liked so much. Congratulations !

Amanda

July 25, 2023

Excellent course on the foundations of meditation! Definitely helps distill the process. Look forward to continuing to practice.

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