Meditation Principles

Why Now

What we do today becomes the ground we stand on tomorrow. We live with the fruits of seeds planted long before, and we are continually shaped by the impact of ongoing, cumulative practice. History in recent years has made one thing very clear: we need a long-term view when choosing our actions.

Meditation is a challenging process—an active engagement with “non-doing.” The more you build your capacity to include stillness, silence, and “nothing,” the deeper, richer, and more spacious your life becomes.

Inspiration

“Meditation requires no mythology, simply a clear understanding of what you are doing and why. Your heart and mind include spirit and lead you to all you envision, willing to stand for and capable of." Nili Suhami

Foundation

Over six weeks, we will explore the principles beneath the practice—attitudes, motivation and limiting factors, that turn meditation from a helpful activity into a lived way of being. This course is an invitation into that deeper, long-term path.

What You’ll Gain

A holistic understanding of meditation beyond stress-relief
A practice that fits you and evolves with you
Confidence in navigating difficult emotions and internal uncertainty
A relationship with breath that supports both mind and body
Tools for grounding in the body—not just thinking about it
Insight into the gut–mind connection and embodied intelligence
A more stable, conscious, and welcoming presence in daily life

Whether you are new to meditation or already stable in your practice, this is for you

To meet the world with clarity, steadiness, and joy
To trust yourself as a living, evolving being, educated and conscious
To embody presence that is clearly of a positive impact

Week 1 – Why Meditate?

Week 2 – The Best Practice Is The One That Works For You

The Purpose Beneath the Practice
• Benefits (focus, calm, clarity) and why they are only the beginning
• The long-term aim: a silent mind, a weightless body, grounded breath
• Why people stop too early—and how to continue deeper
• Understanding meditation as a lifelong orientation

Week 2 – The Best Practice Is The One That Works For You

Choosing, Exploring & Evolving*
• An overview of meditation styles
• How to find what resonates with you
• Letting your practice change as you change
• Developing curiosity, flexibility, and confidence in your path

Week 3 – Principles & Things to Look for

Week 2 – The Best Practice Is The One That Works For You

**Week 4 – Is There A Deeper, Slower Breath?

Humor, “Weirdness,” Growth & Integration**
Inspired by JunPo: “If you lose your sense of humor, you lose your way.”
• The importance of keeping things light
• Why practice often feels “weird” as you grow
• Meditation as association—not escaping
• Integrating awareness into daily life
• Patience, dedication, and the long-game of inner work
• Remembering: This is your life.

**Week 4 – Is There A Deeper, Slower Breath?

The Biology & Practice of Healthy Breathing**
• The difference between chest breathing and belly breathing
• How deeper breath affects stress, health, digestion, and mood
• Breath exercises and developmental progression
• The long-term effects of deepening breath

**Week 5 – Body

**Week 4 – Is There A Deeper, Slower Breath?

**Week 5 – Body

Stored History, Awareness & Inner Signals**
• Why grounding happens in the body—not the mind
• The body as record, communicator, and guide
• Pain, tension, and sensation as early signals
• Learning to read what lives beneath the surface
• Building somatic awareness gradually and safely

**Week 6 – Mind

**Week 4 – Is There A Deeper, Slower Breath?

**Week 5 – Body

Ancient Wisdom, Modern Science & Embodied Intelligence**
• Understanding the gut–mind axis
• Buddhist and martial arts focus on hara / dantian
• Why intuition arises from the gut, not thought
• How to listen to the body’s second mind
• Practices for strengthening gut awareness.

A six-week foundation course

Meditation Principles

Why Now

Inspiration

Foundation

What You’ll Gain

Whether you are new to meditation or already stable in your practice, this is for you

How the Course Works

Individuals: $150 per class

Course Curriculum

Week 1 – Why Meditate?

Week 2 – The Best Practice Is The One That Works For You

Week 2 – The Best Practice Is The One That Works For You

Week 2 – The Best Practice Is The One That Works For You

Week 2 – The Best Practice Is The One That Works For You

Week 2 – The Best Practice Is The One That Works For You

Week 3 – Principles & Things to Look for

Week 2 – The Best Practice Is The One That Works For You

**Week 4 – Is There A Deeper, Slower Breath?

**Week 4 – Is There A Deeper, Slower Breath?

**Week 4 – Is There A Deeper, Slower Breath?

**Week 4 – Is There A Deeper, Slower Breath?

**Week 5 – Body

**Week 4 – Is There A Deeper, Slower Breath?

**Week 5 – Body

**Week 6 – Mind

**Week 4 – Is There A Deeper, Slower Breath?

**Week 5 – Body

Questions?

A six-week foundation course

Meditation Principles

Why Now

Inspiration

Foundation

What You’ll Gain

Whether you are new to meditation or already stable in your practice, this is for you

How the Course Works

Individuals: $150 per class

Course Curriculum

Week 1 – Why Meditate?

Week 2 – The Best Practice Is The One That Works For You

Week 2 – The Best Practice Is The One That Works For You

Week 2 – The Best Practice Is The One That Works For You

Week 2 – The Best Practice Is The One That Works For You

Week 2 – The Best Practice Is The One That Works For You

Week 3 – Principles & Things to Look for

Week 2 – The Best Practice Is The One That Works For You

**Week 4 – Is There A Deeper, Slower Breath?

**Week 4 – Is There A Deeper, Slower Breath?

**Week 4 – Is There A Deeper, Slower Breath?

**Week 4 – Is There A Deeper, Slower Breath?

**Week 5 – Body

**Week 4 – Is There A Deeper, Slower Breath?

**Week 5 – Body

**Week 6 – Mind

**Week 4 – Is There A Deeper, Slower Breath?

**Week 5 – Body

Questions?

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