Description of a simple meditation technique derived from a method described by Athenodorus combined with the psychological processes defined by Marcus Aurelius.
Tag: meditation
The Emperor Meditates Before Battle
Short vignette based on events in the life of the Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius, incorporating a description of a Stoic contemplative exercise.
Video: Stoic Attitudes Meditation Recording
New audio recording for Stoic Mindfulness and Resilience Training online course.
Stoic Attitudes Script
Script for a Stoic meditation exercise, which is being recorded for the forthcoming e-learning course: Stoic Mindfulness and Resilience Training.
Audio Recording: Stoic Mindfulness Exercise
Audio recording of Stoic mindfulness exercise.
Script for a Stoic Mindfulness Exercise
This is a draft version of a modified CBT mindfulness script, for an audio recording, that’s been adapted to incorporate Stoic maxims, based on the exercise known as premeditation of adversity.
The View from Above (Audio Recording)
Downloadable audio recording of ancient philosophical meditation exercise called “The View from Above” by modern scholars.
Stoic Meditation in The Earl of Shaftesbury’s Philosophical Regimen
Some quotes from the Earl of Shaftesbury’s Philosophical Regimen, in which he describes a Stoic contemplative exercise.
Ancient Healthcare and Modern Wellbeing Blog
Ancient Healthcare & Modern Wellbeing “After reading a passage in which Marcus advocates this approach to himself, Patrick played a pre-recorded ‘View from Above’ meditation. The text for this meditation was adapted slightly from D. Robertson’s The Philosophy of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT): Stoic Philosophy as Rational and Cognitive Psychotherapy. […] This visualization was well-received… Continue reading Ancient Healthcare and Modern Wellbeing Blog
The View from Above (Stoic Meditation Script)
Script for the Stoic meditation exercise known as “the view from above.”