On this page, you will find resources for meditation courses like audio instructions or course manuals.

Please note: The use of this material is only permitted for participants in my meditation courses. Any liability is excluded for any damage caused by the use of the accompanying materials without expert guidance.

There are also video about several meditation topics on my Youtube channel.

You will find scientific online surveys for comparison of stress level and a number of other parameters before and after a meditation course under https://zenways.org/practical-zen-health-survey/survey-reg.php

Please choose “Learning method – Part of a taught course with a live teacher.”

You will get teacher and course references as a course participant from me.

Resources for Meditation Courses – Audio

The audio guides can be helpful for beginners to be guided through a meditation session. If the meditation technique is known and your own concentration is sufficient, there is no need for audio instructions. Then you can just control the duration of the meditation with a timer or, if desired, with a meditation app (among many others, e.g. Insight Timer)

Bodyscan audio instruction

About us – Who we are

The address of our website is: https://lernemeditieren.de (also available at https://lernemeditation.de)

Responsible within the meaning of the Telemedia Act:

Thomas Pressel
Bingerbrücker Str. 4
55411 Bingen
Germany

For our General Terms and Booking Conditions, see separate document.

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The course instructor is Dr. Thomas Pressel, he is a specialist physician in orthopaedics. He has undergone training as a meditation teacher, which he uses in addition for medical purposes like pain reduction.

Meditation training

Dr. Pressel has been involved with meditation for many years and has experienced the positive effects himself. He got to know different meditation techniques and has been practicing meditation every day for over six years. He is a student of Zen Master Julian Daizan Skinner, a teacher of the Rinzai school of Zen and founder of Zenways. Julian Daizan Skinner has over 30 years of experience as a teacher and course leader in mindfulness meditation and Zen, which is reflected in the well-structured course design, which is tailored to the needs of the participants.

Qualification as a meditation teacher

Like his teacher, Pressel is very interested in enabling many people to learn about meditation techniques. That’s why Dr. Pressel completed further training as a “Mindfulness Meditation Teacher” in order to be able to teach qualified meditation in his courses. In addition, Dr. Pressel draws on his long experience as a Zen student for those participants who want to delve deeper into Zen Buddhism.

In order to make meditation techniques easily accessible to as many people as possible, he offers Courses online as a video conference, but also partly on site in Bingen am Rhein.

Meditation Course online – based on Mindfulness and Zen buddhism

My meditation courses online are designed to teach meditation techniques for focus, pain or stress management, and well-being. The meditation classes use mindfulness meditation techniques. Since I am a specialist in orthopedics, my medical experience ensures that health aspects of meditation can be conveyed competently. The courses mainly give instructions for your own meditation practice, the effects of the meditation techniques can only be achieved through your own practice.

The courses follow the guidelines of the International Mindfulness Teachers Association and were taught by Zen Master Julian Daizan Skinner (Zenways) who has experience with meditation courses for about 30 years.

The meditation courses take place once a week in the evening for eight weeks, but other course formats are also available. Depending on the number of participants, they last between 1 and 1 1/2 hours. With this course participants can learn basic techniques with which they can start their own safe meditation practice. During the course, participants should practice meditation techniques from the course on a daily basis. In this way they can achieve success with meditation and gain sufficient experience with the techniques. The time commitment per day is about 30 minutes, for most participants this was a very worthwhile investment.

• Course 1: Introduction, Basic Questions, Bodyscan Meditation
• Course 2: Stress Management, Bodyscan Meditation
• Course 3: Help with Physical Pain, Introduction to Sitting Meditation (Basic Breathing Meditation)
• Course 4: Emotional Stress and Anxiety, Sitting Meditation (Basic Breathing Meditation)
• Course 5: Role Stress and Time Pressure, Sitting Meditation (Breathing Meditation)
• Course 6: Taking Care of Yourself, Sitting Meditation (Breathing Meditation)
• Course 7: Performance and Function, Sitting Meditation (Presence)
• Course 8: Change Your Life, Sitting Meditation (Presence)

The courses are conducted online via Zoom video conferences. For this you need a computer or smartphone with internet access and a camera and microphone. I also offer courses personally in Bingen am Rhein, so far no beginner courses are planned for 2025.

There is a course in preparation on the meditation platform InsightTimer. There you will be able to do the course in your own pace and ask questions.