Course instructor

Miguel Farias, PhD

Dr. Miguel Farias is the lead editor of The Oxford Handbook of Meditation (2021/2025) and the co-author of The Buddha Pill: Can Meditation Change You? (2015/2019). He directs the Brain, Belief, and Behaviour Lab at Coventry University and lectures on the science and history of meditation at the University of Oxford.

Learning Objectives

  • Participants will be able to articulate the different aims of religious-based versus secular therapeutic techniques.

  • Participants will be able to describe the key beliefs people today hold about the power of mindfulness practices.

  • Participants will be able to understand how a multidimensional science of meditation can broaden our perspective on meditation and the study of consciousness.

Continuing Education Credit

This course is approved for 1 CE credit ✅

Cheetah House is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Cheetah House maintains responsibility for this program and its content

Course curriculum

    1. Multidimensional Science of Meditation?

    1. Can We Develop a Multidimensional Science of Meditation? Quiz

    2. Verification

    1. Instruction

    2. The instructor(s)

    3. Professional & Ethical Issues

    4. Remote Environment

    5. Learning

    6. Participant Information

    7. Narrative

About this course

  • $40.00
  • 1.5 hours of video content

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