{"id":40969,"date":"2016-05-03T20:31:09","date_gmt":"2016-05-04T04:31:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pickthebrain.com\/?p=40969"},"modified":"2017-05-27T08:50:28","modified_gmt":"2017-05-27T16:50:28","slug":"top-3-teachers-that-will-help-you-live-with-more-joy-and-awaken-the-heart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pickthebrain.com\/blog\/top-3-teachers-that-will-help-you-live-with-more-joy-and-awaken-the-heart\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 3 Teachers That Will Help You Live With More Joy and Awaken the Heart"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There is a set of stereotypical images surrounding mindfulness and meditation in most of the mainstream media that we are looking to break so we can help more people successfully navigate thru their journey into achieving their goals: images of monks meditating for hours to achieve peace of mind or images of experiencing a cathartic experience while visiting a guru or foreign land \u00e1 la &#8220;Eat Pray Love&#8221; <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How can the rest of us achieve more joy, self-love and abundance without having to spend thousands of dollars going to remote Asian monasteries or spend hours in meditation?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>If I&#8217;ve said it once, I&#8217;ve said it a thousand time &#8211; continuing your education is the key to real self growth, self confidence and happiness. The greatest teachers and thinkers are on a constant quest for more knowledge and understanding of not only the world around them, but who they are in that world.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you are keen to learn more about mindfulness and achieve more joy in your everyday life, <a href=\"http:\/\/&lt;a href=&quot;http:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/click?id=Jzr\/Je721Fs&amp;offerid=323057.4818&amp;type=3&amp;subid=0&quot; &gt;Pick The Brain-30percent&lt;\/a&gt;&lt;IMG border=0 width=1 height=1 src=&quot;http:\/\/ad.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/show?id=Jzr\/Je721Fs&amp;bids=323057.4818&amp;type=3&amp;subid=0&quot; &gt;\">Udemy has 3 courses I&#8217;ve handpicked for you<\/a>. These are online courses you can finish in about 3hrs and include the condensed teachings of <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Buddhist masters Pema Ch\u00f6dr\u00f6n, Jack Kornfield and Th\u00edch Nh\u1ea5t H\u1ea1nh who have dedicated their lives to bringing Eastern Buddhist philosophies to the West.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These courses are<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> a way for these teachers to help more people who don&#8217;t have time to dedicate 4-5hrs daily to meditation and study of Buddhist philosophy (who does!). Their live seminars are few and expensive but these online courses who range at about $30 are now for a limited time with 30{54c12dad2cc2b53ae830e39915b1a3e70288dbcbbeb8bbf8395437c5dc3c512c} off using the special coupon <a href=\"http:\/\/&lt;a href=&quot;http:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/click?id=Jzr\/Je721Fs&amp;offerid=323057.4818&amp;type=3&amp;subid=0&quot; &gt;Pick The Brain-30percent&lt;\/a&gt;&lt;IMG border=0 width=1 height=1 src=&quot;http:\/\/ad.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/show?id=Jzr\/Je721Fs&amp;bids=323057.4818&amp;type=3&amp;subid=0&quot; &gt;\">PICKTHEBRAIN30<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cli.linksynergy.com\/cli\/publisher\/links\/link_detail.php?creative[]=4819~text\/email~39197\">Mindfulness Practice for Joy &amp; Compassion by <strong>Th\u00edch Nh\u1ea5t H\u1ea1nh<\/strong><\/a> &#8211; $28<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/&lt;a href=&quot;http:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/click?id=Jzr\/Je721Fs&amp;offerid=323057.4820&amp;type=3&amp;subid=0&quot; &gt;Pick The Brain-30percentGood Medicine by Pema Chodorn&lt;\/a&gt;&lt;IMG border=0 width=1 height=1 src=&quot;http:\/\/ad.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/show?id=Jzr\/Je721Fs&amp;bids=323057.4820&amp;type=3&amp;subid=0&quot; &gt;\">Good Medicine<\/a> by <strong>Pema Ch\u00f6dr\u00f6n<\/strong> &#8211; $35<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/&lt;a href=&quot;http:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/click?id=Jzr\/Je721Fs&amp;offerid=323057.4821&amp;type=3&amp;subid=0&quot; &gt;Pick The Brain-30percentAwakening a Joyful Heart with Meditation by Jack Kornfield&lt;\/a&gt;&lt;IMG border=0 width=1 height=1 src=&quot;http:\/\/ad.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/show?id=Jzr\/Je721Fs&amp;bids=323057.4821&amp;type=3&amp;subid=0&quot; &gt;\">Awakening a Joyful Heart with Meditation<\/a> by <strong>Jack Kornfield<\/strong> &#8211; $35<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jack Kornfield has taught meditation for over 30 years and has organized teacher training and led international gatherings of Buddhist teachers including the Dalai Lama and has worked as a peacemaker and activist. 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