Introduction to Meditation

Several times a year Gil Fronsdal offers a 5 or 6 week instructional series for beginning meditators. These classes provide a good overview of insight meditation practice as well as many guided meditation sessions which help the student learn how to establish and sustain a daily meditation practice.

This course is also available in:

• Chinese (transcripts available).
• Spanish:
  • A similar course by Andrea Castillo is available in Spanish.
  • Transcripts of this course in Spanish

For further instruction, see the Intermediate Mindfulness series.

• Postures for Meditation (PDF)

Introduction to Mindfulness Meditation (series used in the 2021 online course)
Introduction to Mindfulness Meditation (1 of 9): Mindfulness of Breathing	Gil Fronsdal	2020-03-30	58:15	DownloadStreamVideo
Introduction to Mindfulness Meditation (2 of 9): Mindfulness of Breathing	Gil Fronsdal	2020-03-31	58:47	DownloadStreamVideo
Introduction to Mindfulness Meditation (3 of 9)	Gil Fronsdal	2020-04-01	54:24	DownloadStreamVideo
Introduction to Mindfulness Meditation (4 of 9)	Gil Fronsdal	2020-04-02	59:39	DownloadStreamVideo
Introduction to Mindfulness Meditation (5 of 9)	Gil Fronsdal	2020-04-03	62:44	DownloadStreamVideo
Introduction to Mindfulness Meditation (6 of 9)	Gil Fronsdal	2020-04-06	57:11	DownloadStreamVideo
Introduction to Mindfulness Meditation (7 of 9)	Gil Fronsdal	2020-04-07	62:13	DownloadStreamVideo
Introduction to Mindfulness Meditation (8 of 9)	Gil Fronsdal	2020-04-08	69:40	DownloadStreamVideo
Introduction to Mindfulness Meditation (9 of 9)	Gil Fronsdal	2020-04-09	1:14:11	DownloadStreamVideo
Foundations of Mindfulness   a 15 part series
Foundations of Mindfulness Part 1 - Intro	Gil Fronsdal	2019-01-07	43:59	DownloadStream
Foundations of Mindfulness Part 2 - Breathing	Gil Fronsdal	2019-01-21	47:08	DownloadStream
Foundations of Mindfulness Part 3 - Refrain	Gil Fronsdal	2019-02-04	45:06	DownloadStream
Foundations of Mindfulness Part 4 - Mindfulness of Posture and Activities	Gil Fronsdal	2019-02-11	43:01	DownloadStreamVideo
Foundations of Mindfulness Part 5 - Mindfulness of Body Parts	Gil Fronsdal	2019-02-18	40:46	DownloadStreamVideo
Foundations of Mindfulness Part 6 - The Four Elements	Gil Fronsdal	2019-03-04	42:36	DownloadStream
Foundations of Mindfulness Part 7 - Contemplating Death	Gil Fronsdal	2019-03-18	40:16	DownloadStream
Foundations of Mindfulness Part 8 - Mindfulness of Feeling Tones	Gil Fronsdal	2019-03-25	45:21	DownloadStreamVideo
Foundations of Mindfulness Part 9 - Mindfulness of Mind	Gil Fronsdal	2019-04-08	46:02	DownloadStream
Foundations of Mindfulness Part 10 - The Five Hinderances	Gil Fronsdal	2019-04-15	42:12	DownloadStream
Foundations of Mindfulness Part 11 - Five Aggregates	Gil Fronsdal	2019-04-22	40:29	DownloadStream
Foundations of Mindfulness Part 12 - The Six Sense Spheres	Gil Fronsdal	2019-05-06	43:58	DownloadStream
Foundations of Mindfulness Part 13 - The Seven Factors of Awakening	Gil Fronsdal	2019-05-20	44:10	DownloadStreamVideo
Foundations of Mindfulness Part 14 - Constant Change	Gil Fronsdal	2019-05-27	43:37	DownloadStream
Foundations of Mindfulness Part 15 - Mindfulness and Liberation	Gil Fronsdal	2019-06-03	49:11	DownloadStream
Introduction to Meditation (Talks for online course prior to 2020)
Introduction to Meditation - Breath (Part 1) • Talk Transcript | Homework	Gil Fronsdal	2007-10-03	1:11:56	DownloadStream
Introduction to Meditation - Body (Part 2) • Talk Transcript | Homework	Gil Fronsdal	2007-10-10	1:21:27	DownloadStream
Introduction to Meditation - Emotions (Part 3) • Talk Transcript | Homework	Gil Fronsdal	2007-10-17	1:23:28	DownloadStream
Introduction to Meditation - Thinking (Part 4) • Talk Transcript | Homework	Gil Fronsdal	2008-01-30	1:25:40	DownloadStream
Introduction to Meditation - Mind (Part 5) • Talk Transcript | Homework	Gil Fronsdal	2008-10-29	1:25:46	DownloadStream
Introduction to Meditation - Daily Life (Part 6) • Talk Transcript | Homework	Gil Fronsdal	2008-02-13	1:35:00	DownloadStream
Meditation Instructions
Brief Instructions for Sitting Meditation		2001-01-01	5:13	DownloadStream
Instructions for Walking Meditation		2001-01-01	6:46	DownloadStream
Mindfulness Meditation as a Buddhist Practice		2001-01-01	6:16	DownloadStream
Other Meditation Instructions
Introduction to Mindfulness Meditation	Gil Fronsdal	2005-10-02	44:12	DownloadStream
Mental Noting • Transcription	Gil Fronsdal	2008-07-20	46:15	DownloadStream
Guided Body Scan	Gil Fronsdal	2003-07-17	25:04	DownloadStream
Guided Metta	Gil Fronsdal	2001-09-06	28:03	DownloadStream
Other Meditation Instructions
Introduction to Mindfulness Meditation	Gil Fronsdal	2005-10-02	44:12	DownloadStream
Mental Noting • Transcription	Gil Fronsdal	2008-07-20	46:15	DownloadStream
Guided Body Scan	Gil Fronsdal	2003-07-17	25:04	DownloadStream
Guided Metta	Gil Fronsdal	2001-09-06	28:03	DownloadStream

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