UCLA Mindful Awareness Practice II (MAPs II) 6 Week Program: Cultivating Positive Emotions

This six-week, follow-up class to Maps I focuses on how to maintain and sustain a daily mindfulness practice. Students deepen their meditation practice by learning how to develop more concentration and bring more wisdom and compassion to their practice. Students also learn additional techniques to bring mindfulness into their daily life. The class format is similar to Maps I and includes a combination of lecture, practice, group feedback, and discussion. The class, which meets once a week for two hours, is taught in a supportive, community environment.

Pre-requisite: Attendance in a Maps II class requires students to take an introductory MAPs I class. 

Maps II: Cultivating Positive Emotions Overview:

In this follow-up class to MAPs I, participants learn how to cultivate positive mental states and emotions such as equanimity, loving-kindness, generosity, compassion, joy, and gratitude.

Through new practices and perspectives, participants learn how to deepen mindfulness skills and cultivate positive qualities. Participants also learn the science behind positive emotions and how to cultivate positive states when mentally or emotionally stuck.

Cultivating Positive Emotions is a helpful addition to any foundation mindfulness practice. Here’s a brief look at the course curriculum:

Cultivating Positive Emotions:                                                    

Week One: Course Overview and Equanimity

Week Two: Loving-Kindness

Week Three: Generosity

Week Four: Compassion

Week Five: Joy

Week Six: Gratitude, Series Review, and Carrying Positive

 

Emotions Forward Positivity Practices include:

Sitting meditation

Daily life meditations

Relational mindfulness

Walking meditation

Movement meditation