Curated Video
President Hu Jintao arrives, Falun Gong protest
1. Falun Gong practitioners protesting in front of National Museum of Anthropology and History
2. Various of protesters holding banner depicting alleged human rights abuses by Chinese government
3. Exterior of museum
4. Protesters...
AFP News Agency
CLEAN: 'Friends of Libya' to meet in Paris
CLEAN: 'Friends of Libya' to meet in Paris
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : Nepal's Kung Fu nuns teach schoolgirls martial arts
On International Women's Day AFPTV looks at a series of portraits of women working in male dominated professions
Curated Video
Inside A Gym For Your Mind And Mental Health
A different type of gym is popping up that offers a variety of mindfulness options or ways to train your brain.
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Supporting Emotional Wellbeing in Children: Calming Your Mind
Follow along with a quick video to learn the skill, Mindfulness 5-4-3-2-1. Young learners practice mindfulness to focus on themselves and their surroundings and calm their nerves. A narrator takes viewers through each step.
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Supporting Emotional Wellbeing in Children: Belly Breathing
A brief video shows young scholars how to belly breathe. The video introduces the viewer to a young child who experiences strong emotions. The narrator calmly talks the child through the steps to belly breath to feel better.
Transforming Education
Student and Parent Perspectives on Mindfulness
Turn a breakdown into a breakthrough. In a short video, scholars and a parent share what they have learned about mindfulness and how developing the skills inherent in this competency can help in school and at home.
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Talks: Pico Iyer: The Art of Stillness
The place that travel writer Pico Iyer would most like to go? Nowhere. In a counterintuitive and lyrical meditation, Iyer takes a look at the incredible insight that comes with taking time for stillness. In our world of constant movement...
PBS
Pbs: This Emotional Life: Meditation
Explains what meditation is, how it is done, the benefits it offers, and how it relates to spirituality. Has links to a collection of videos discussing different aspects of meditation.
Buddha Dharma Education Association
Buddha Net: Audio: Buddhist Chanting
A collection of audio clips of Buddhist chants, which are a traditional means of preparing the mind for meditation.
Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: Be Here Now: Meditation for the Body and Brain
Oxford University clinical psychologist Mark Williams talks about his new book Mindfulness.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Strategies for Coping With Stress
This lesson will explain the cognitive techniques for managing stress and coping statements used in reaction to fear and anxiety.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Zen Buddhism
This video [3:21] is an introduction to Zen, a form of Buddhism that emphasizes seeking one's own Buddha nature through meditation. Learn more about Buddhism in Japan on the education.asianart.org
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Core Spiritual Ideas of Buddhism
This video explores the core spiritual ideas of Buddhism by way of comparison with ideas from the Hindu Upanishads. [4:23]
Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: Meditation and the Brain
New research looks at the effects of studying a form of meditation on brain connectivity.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Mysticism: Lesson 3
This lesson explores a variety of practices relating to the belief in the existence of realities beyond perceptual or intellectual apprehension that are present within various religions.central to being and directly accessible by...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Mysticism: Lesson 1
This lesson explores a variety of practices relating to the belief in the existence of realities beyond perceptual or intellectual apprehension that are present within various religions.central to being and directly accessible by...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Silence: Lesson 3
This lesson explores how a variety of religious traditions have understood silence as a an important spiritual practice. . It is 3 of 3 in the series titled "Silence."
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Silence: Lesson 1
This lesson explores how a variety of religious traditions have understood silence as a an important spiritual practice. . It is 1 of 3 in the series titled "Silence."