Often people try to read about mindfulness or follow some apps or some guided meditations, or listen to teachers on Youtube. Of course all of it is helpful. However, a well-designed mindfulness meditation course has important benefits over self-learning: There is a systematic introduction of mindfulness and meditation concepts so that the concepts of one week are built upon the knowledge of the previous one. The concepts and practices are presented in an ascending order of difficulty, and particpant’s have a week’s time to get used to and apply the concepts and practices provided in each week.  Practices are given that are closely associated with concepts taught so that there is space to build a meditation practice slowly and systematically, addressing challenges. A live facilitator ensures that concepts are applicable to people. In webinars this applicability to each person’s life is most discussed. The facilitator also helps people vary the pace according to the participants’ abilities.  A sense of community and sharing is established as there is a group of people undergoing the course together. There is also a lot of opprtunity to learn from the insights and challenges of others.      A regular webinar with a live facilitator instills accountability and helps you keep up with the practice.   In fact a lot of our participants repeat our courses and retreats several times because of the value they find in being supported by the facilitator and the group throughout the modules.