In part two of the “Freedom to Choose Something Different” program, Pema Chodron, a respected and popular Buddhist nun, helps students transform themselves for the better. If youre interested in evolving into the best possible person that you can be, youll need to be brave enough to recognize your own negative habits. Beyond that, youll also need to work hard to replace those patterns with positive ones. Pema guides you through the process of not only reflecting upon your actions, but also the steps necessary to change. Choose to Release Negative Habits and Patterns for Good Recognize the Negative Behaviors That Youre Hooked ToLearn Mindfulness Techniques and Meditations for Inner Peace, Joy, & FreedomReplace Old Patterns with Positive ActionsPractice Lovingkindness Towards Yourself and OthersReact in a Positive Way to Welcome Joy and Freedom into Your LifeThis course will show you how to establish a lifelong practice that will allow you recognize patterns of behavior that are holding you back from joy and freedom. Youll learn that you do have the freedom to choose a different path for yourself, and that you do have the ability to change, especially when you implement mindfulness techniques into your life. Pema Chodron will also teach you lovingkindness so you can be gentle to yourself, particularly as you move from a state of being hooked to negative habits, to a state of being free of those patterns. Contents and OverviewThis course starts off with a discussion on the Three Difficult Practices, the first of which is noticing when youre hooked to old patterns that are holding you back from joy. As you explore what its like being hooked (or whats known in Tibetan Buddhism as shenpa), youll also learn why people become hooked in the first place. Youll begin to comprehend how to break old patterns, as well as establish a new way of reacting to situations and people in your life. In order to prevent you from being too hard on yourself for any negative habits, youll even learn how to practice lovingkindness towards others and yourself. To further understand how to unhook yourself and achieve freedom and joy, youll explore a mindfulness-awareness practice and a meditation that you can implement into your daily life. Finally, youll discover what it really means to choose a new alternative. Youll know exactly how to avoid following the same old chain reaction so you can become more positive, grounded, and light. Bonus material features Glenna Olmsted, and youll learn even more ways to apply Pemas teachings. By the end of this course, youll be able to apply Pemas teachings and practices with ease while creating a life filled with joy and freedom. Youll know how to recognize and unhook yourself from negative patterns of behavior so you can heal yourself and help others.
