Tap Into Mindfulness - Teachers

A course designed to help you become more mindful in your use of your smartphone and other technology.

Teach your students to gain control of your smartphone use and learn mindfulness exercises to be more focused, productive, and creative in their use of technology, starting today with the 4-week Tap into Mindfulness course.

The exercises I’ll guide you through in the audio recordings and interactive workbooks have empowered many people to overcome their smartphone addiction and they can empower you to do it, too. In fact, almost everyone has said the exercises have had a positive impact on how they relate to their smartphone.

I’m Robert Plotkin, the Founder of Technology for Mindfulness, a leading blog and podcast on science, technology, and mindfulness. My background led me to apply mindfulness to overcoming smartphone addiction. I’m an MIT-educated computer scientist, with training in Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction, or MBSR.I’ve also written seven books on the social impact of computer technology and a co-founder of the Hack Your Mind program at MIT.

These exercises are intended to empower you to modify how you engage with your smartphone and empower you overcome your addiction to it. The workbooks included in the course provide additional resources to support teaching the mindfulness practices.

Short but effective exercises that can be performed or taught anywhere.

You’ll have all the tools you need to master your smartphone use.

  • You’ll overcome your addiction through mindfulness
  • Learn how to practice the exercises yourself to reinforce your newfound power
  • Know how to teach other people how to overcome their smartphone addiction

You and your students will enjoy benefits that can transform your life

  • Gain back no less than the freedom of your mind
  • Free your mind from over-engagement with immediate tasks
  • Reactivate your ability to develop the overall vision that leads to prudent decision-making and creative insights
  • Get back to more quality time in your personal relationships.



Your Instructor


Robert Plotkin
Robert Plotkin

Robert Plotkin, the founder of Technology for Mindfulness, is both an engineer and a long-time mindfulness practitioner. His background in computer science and engineering dates back over thirty years to his days programming an Atari 800 personal computer, through a degree in Computer Science and Engineering at MIT, and nearly two decades as a patent attorney specializing in patent protection for computer technology. His relationship to Zen Buddhism stems primarily from his study of Japanese martial arts for more than three decades. His fascination with the relationship and interactions between computer technology and the mind is reflected in his book on the automation of creativity in the field of inventing, The Genie in the Machine: How Computer-Automated Inventing is Revolutionizing Law and Business (Stanford, 2009).


Frequently Asked Questions


When does the course start and finish?
The course starts now and never ends! It is a completely self-paced online course - you decide when you start and when you finish.
How long do I have access to the course?
How does lifetime access sound? After enrolling, you have unlimited access to this course for as long as you like - across any and all devices you own.
What if I am unhappy with the course?
We would never want you to be unhappy! If you are unsatisfied with your purchase, contact us in the first 30 days and we will give you a full refund.

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