Today, on 5th of January, starts a new EdX course prepared by teachers from University of Berkeley and The Greater Good Science Center titled “The Science of Happiness”. It’s going to explore with scientific and experimental evidence some of the most important factors and practices of happiness. The course will cover the power of social connection, the role of compassion and kindness in leading a happy life. It will teach the importance of mindfulness, mental habits of happiness, happiness-promoting techniques of cooperation and reconciliation, importance of positive thoughts, and “the benefits of awe and feeling of being in the presence of something bigger than yourself, and beauty”. Being yoga, tai chi, and generally healthy lifestyle teachers, Tom and I are engaged into this pursuit of happiness. All our search is aimed toward uncovering, exploring and cultivating practice of being happy and helping other people to get happy. Therefore this course is particularly interesting for me as it looks at the same topic from the scientific point of view, citing some documented and properly examined evidences, and definitely providing some broader set of tools and techniques of cultivating happiness.
So let’s take this course together and share our experiences at how implementing tips from this course affects our happiness 
It’s free and online
https://www.edx.org/course/science-happiness-uc-berkeleyx-gg101x-2
