Course: Basic of meditation

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Course title Basic of meditation
Course code PCH/ZM
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Exercise
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Kupka Martin, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
Theoretical introduction to meditation practice, demonstration and practice of meditation position. Practical training in Zen meditation practice, mindfulness and insight meditation. Practicing Metta meditation + tasting of other guided meditation. Discussion and sharing, tips on home practice.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Observation, Demonstration, Training in job and motor Skils, Activating (Simulations, Games, Dramatization)
  • Attendace - 25 hours per semester
  • Preparation for the Course Credit - 13 hours per semester
  • Semestral Work - 12 hours per semester
  • Excursion - 5 hours per semester
  • Homework for Teaching - 20 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
Practical training of meditation, personal experience in meditation. The use at coping anxiety and stress, development of peace, will, self-control, self-knowledge, mindfulness and insight, cultivation of mind. Connections with existentially - analytical approach in psychology.
Getting a basis for own meditation practice, its use for self-cultivation and better management of life.
Prerequisites
Own deeper interest in self-knowledge, willingness to grow, studying psychology.

Assessment methods and criteria
Dialog, Systematic Observation of Student, Seminar Work

Periodic attendance, comfortable clothes, activity in the discussion. Reading recommended literature, home meditation practice. Essay on the basis of recommended literature and own meditation practice.
Recommended literature
  • Cílek Václav. Mrtvá kočka.
  • Clary, T., F. Předávání světla.
  • Frýba, M.:. Buddhova meditace všímavosti a vhledu. .
  • Frýba, M.:. Psychologie zvládání života, MU Brno 1995.
  • Frýba, M.:. Umění žít šťastně. .
  • Honzík, J. Jednota v rozmanitosti. .
  • Chang, C. Původní učení čchanového buddhismu. .
  • I. D. Yalom. (2006). Existenciální psychoterapie. Praha.
  • Sajadó, J. Meditace vipassana, poučení o meditaci všímavosti a vhledu. .
  • Tolle, Eckhart. (2001). Moc přítomného okamžiku. Pragma.
  • Watts, A. Cesta Zenu.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Psychology (2015) Category: Psychology courses 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Winter