Practicing, studying, and teaching
for all beings’ Benefit
and awakening flourishing
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What do I teach?
I teach drawing on my practice in the Buddhist lineages of Theravada, Vajrayana, Zen, Dzogchen, and teacher-training through Unified Mindfulness, a secular system of meditation designed and refined by Shinzen Young.
My path has been focused on Insight within a Buddhist context: awakening. Supporting you along this axis of development in a pragmatic, metaphysically neutral manner is my motivation for teaching.
If for whatever reason we don't fit or I know someone I believe will be able to help you better than I can, I'll be delighted to refer you out to trusted friends, my own teachers, and respected colleagues.
I can also provide help in discerning appropriate intensive retreat options, both shorter and long-term.
What is working with me like?
To begin with, it’s very clarifying to identify what your aspirations are for practicing. From there, we can select techniques and strategies to best accomplish this with the time available to us.
There is no one-size-fits-all for meditation. Together we can chart a course, and as time goes on adjust to your interests, opportunities, and necessity.
In early sessions there will probably be more to discuss. As and if we see more of each other more of our time will likely be devoted to interactive, real-time guidance.
Periodically, as new territory comes up for you in practice, we'll probably have more to talk about again, and your aspirations may change.
Everything is a response to context, but that's the general rhythm.
What’s the cost?
In gratitude for all the freely offered and heavily discounted instruction, hospitality, and kindness I’ve received along the Way I’ve chosen to teach meditation likewise on a dāna (donations) basis.
In practice, I invite you to donate according to your means to support my ongoing service, training, and livelihood.