Meditation Instruction
It’s easier than you might think.
Meditation Instruction
It’s easier than you might think.
I can teach you how to meditate.
Don’t give up! Anyone can become a skillful meditator with the right instruction.
I am a meditation teacher-in-training. I am qualified to teach meditation to most beginners and have been authorized to do so in my teacher’s authentic tradition. Even long-term meditators have gained benefit from the techniques I can offer.
I teach about meditation and mindfulness in the following ways:
I speak about the Three Key Benefits of Mindfulness in Agile Environments at conferences. Depending on the session length, I can also provide meditation instruction. Here’s an article I wrote about the topic, and here’s a video of me presenting a 30-minute version of this talk.
I offer secular and workplace-appropriate introductory meditation instruction for organizations and businesses. I offer everything from brief 1-hour classes to in-depth 6-8 week practice courses.
For those wishing to explore a bit deeper, I offer a free Pragmatic Buddhism and meditation study group at my home in San Francisco, CA every Monday night.
Meditation Styles
I teach four styles of meditation in The Mind Illuminated tradition, a complete system integrating Buddhist wisdom and brain science.
The Mind Illuminated is not a religious or faith-based practice and no conversion of faith is discussed or expected, but I can adapt my teaching for organizations that are particularly sensitive.
Tranquility and Calm Abiding
I teach śamatha meditation, which is similar to the typical breath-concentration meditation many people are familiar with. Practicing this technique develops stable attention, powerful mindfulness, joy, tranquility, and equanimity.
Insight
I teach vipassanā meditation, a form of body-scanning mediation similar to that taught at many popular 10-day retreats. It can lead to powerful insights into the true nature of reality that transform our understanding of ourselves and our relationship to the world.
I teach a loving-kindness meditation, otherwise known as mettā. This technique conditions our minds to readily enter a state of ease, peace, love, and happiness. I offer a free, 30-minute guided mettā meditation on SoundCloud.
Analytical
I teach a form of analytical meditation that can help solve difficult challenges through an indirect approach.
My Meditation Tradition
I am studying with John Yates, PhD. (Upasaka Culadasa), a neuroscientist, scholar, and meditation master with over 4 decades of experience. He is the author of “The Mind Illuminated,” an acclaimed and highly-detailed textbook of meditation. I teach exclusively in his style, but offer my own personal experiences and findings to round out what I offer. Like Culadasa, I teach mediation from a progressive and scientific perspective. Although the instruction draws from an authentic lineage of Buddhist wisdom and philosophy, it is firmly grounded in modern cognitive psychology and neuroscience.
I also study with Dr. Tucker Peck, a meditation teacher and clinical psychologist, who studied with Sharon Salzberg and Upasaka Culadasa.
I have dedicated my life to teaching others how they can increase their well-being through this and similar practices.
