Meditation Made Simple
Wisdom from the Himalayas
Adapted for the Modern World
Adapted for the Modern World
Westerners face a unique set of obstacles when walking the path of meditation. Our fast‐paced, high‐pressure lifestyle carries over into the way we approach meditation practice, and we often have difficulty achieving genuine relaxation of body and mind. Deep, sustained relaxation is not only the basis for mental and physical health and well-being, but the foundation for spiritual awakening.
Adapted for the Modern World
Adapted for the Modern World
Adapted for the Modern World
Our approach equips students and clients with the skills, resources and tools required to develop authentic calm, clarity, and wisdom, and to achieve deep, sustained states of relaxation. Our approach has been adapted from the profound techniques of the Eastern spiritual traditions, as well as modern secular evidenced-based approaches.
Progressive Approach
Integrating Body, Breath, Energy and Mind
To begin our meditative journey, we learn the theory behind yogic and Buddhist approaches to meditation. We explore practices to bring the body, breath, energy and mind into relaxation in preparation for calm abiding meditation.
Calm Abiding Meditation
Now that we’ve learned to relax and connect with our bodies and energy, we practice calm abiding meditation to cultivate relaxed focus. We work with various objects of meditation to free ourselves from the distraction of thoughts and reach a state of calm.
Developing Insight
As our focus becomes more refined, it also becomes more relaxed and clear. We move beyond the urge to manipulate our experience. Less effort is required to explore the subtle qualities of mind and uncover our true inner nature. As insight develops, we learn to rest in the clarity and inspiration of our innate wisdom, without dullness or agitation.
Opening to Spacious Awareness
We begin to view our internal and external worlds more widely, creating a foundation for the experience of unbiased compassion. Instead of grasping at the duality of self and other, we cultivate boundless equanimity which leads to an experience of wide-open, spacious mind.
Approaching Non-Duality
We discover that the true nature of mind is vast, uncontrived and free of thoughts and worries. We open to the space between dualities, transcend habitual patterns and achieve a deep state of resting wakefulness.
Resting in the Nature of Mind
We are introduced to our profound innermost nature of non-conceptual awareness, the naturally perfect state of primordial purity and spontaneous arising. Mind comes to rest effortlessly beyond fixation and manipulation in our authentic natural condition.