• Meditation as an Orientation, Not a Technique

In this training, meditation is not taught as a method for self-improvement, but as an orientation to life—a way of meeting what is with intimacy and presence. Rather than trying to attain a particular state, we listen, we soften, we let ourselves be touched by the mystery that is already here. Meditation in this sense becomes less of a doing and more of a remembering.

• The Direct Path: What You Are Is Already Here

This is a direct-path training. We are not building toward awakening as a future achievement. Rather, we are resting into the truth, recognizing that what we seek is already here. That does not mean practice is irrelevant. It means practice becomes a gentle invitation to pause, turn inward, and notice the stillness beneath movement, the awareness beneath thought.

• Awakening Is the Beginning, Not the Goal

Awakening is not the endpoint of the path; it is the beginning of a life lived in truth. It opens the door to a different way of being. What happens after that is what truly matters: how we live, how we love, how we serve.

• Love Is the View

Nonduality is not dry or abstract. At its heart, it is the view of love itself — a love that dissolves the boundaries between self and other, inner and outer, human and more-than-human. This kind of love does not exclude difficulty or sorrow. It meets life exactly as it is and says, Yes, even this.

• The Role of Meditative Self-Inquiry

Meditative self-inquiry is a central focus of the training. This Inquiry invites our attention to gently rest in the question itself, without rushing toward an answer, and allowing our deepest knowing to spontaneously arise. Our Inquiry can be about our true nature (“Who or what am I?) or our core limiting beliefs (“What is my deepest knowing about this belief? What is true now?”) that obstruct access to our true nature.

• The Paradox of Practice

There is a paradox at the heart of all of this: our “practice” is to carefully investigate the apparent practitioner. We see through various illusions and attune with a field of presence and inner knowing that supports a spontaneous and natural letting go. While this training will offer robust structures, you will be constantly invited to loosen your grip, to trust, and to listen.

• Meeting Life, Not Escaping It

Sometimes nonduality is misunderstood as a kind of detachment or bypass, a way of declaring that “everything is fine” while turning away from suffering. But to rest in presence is not to turn away. It is to turn toward life with our whole being. To awaken into nonduality is to awaken into interbeing and, with that, into a natural sense of care and responsibility.

• Transmission Beyond Method

To teach meditation, especially in a nondual context, is to facilitate a field of welcoming — a presence that helps others remember who they are. It is not to offer fixed techniques or answers. This sharing or transmission is not limited to the words. It lives in the quality of being we inhabit.

… You want to offer Meditation as an Invitation into Non-Separation

• You feel called to offer your presence in service to others’ awakening

• You long to guide others in recognizing the ground of being that is already within them

• You are ready to hold space for others with attunement, humility, and love.

 … You are longing for Spiritual Community & Support

• You are seeking a sincere spiritual community rooted in humility, depth, and shared presence

• You long for a held and attuned space where meditation is not goal-driven, but a return to what one is

• You are looking for a retreat rhythm integrated into the midst of daily life.

… You are ready to Deepen Your Own Practice

• You are ready to live as an embodiment of stillness, not just as a practitioner. As a finder, rather than as a seeker.

• You have been on a spiritual path and feel ready to soften the habits of self-contraction

• You want to explore non-duality as a lived, relational, embodied orientation.

Twice-Monthly Live Virtual Gatherings

The twice-monthly gatherings with the whole cohort are the backbone of the training. 

The lead-teacher, Jonathan, leads about 50% of the full cohort meetings, with the other 50% of the (twice-monthly) meetings being taught by the training faculty. We will engage through:

• Guided & silent meditations

• Talks and Q&A

• Group discussion

• Taking turns offering guided meditation and feedback in break-out groups

• Deep community building with a diverse cohort from around the world

• Sessions are recorded for later reference or for those in inconvenient time zones. 

There will be three virtual ½ day retreats over the course of the 2-year program, offering us the opportunity to immerse ourselves in the non-dual arts in a more concentrated manner.

Treat yourself to an “at home” 2-year meditation retreat!

We’ll discuss this notion in depth at the beginning of the program. For now, you are invited to consider holding this training, in part, as a self-designed 2-year retreat. This is entirely up to you and is not a requirement of the training.

Each trainee will be invited to gift themselves a deep dive into the non-dual spiritual arts. Each student will have the opportunity to offer their personal meditation journey a more prominent place in their day-to-day life. Unlike a traditional 3-year Tibetan meditation retreat in a monastery, this retreat is performed in the midst of work, relationships, family, etc. In your own way, you can choose to use these 2 years as an opportunity for slowing down to discover and integrate.

Imagine being on retreat, in a committed community for two years. There is a reason many seekers have selected the the life of a monastic - choosing a deep dive with the support of sangha is often key. In this 2-year retreat, you have the opportunity be part of a 2-year sacred container. This is likely to be one of the strongest aspects of our two years together.

Small Group Mentorship

Each month you will have the opportunity to engage with a group of up to 10 trainees, to receive mentorship. You will have the space to ask personal questions regarding your own meditation experiences and the skillset of sharing meditation with others.

Additionally, each month, you will have the opportunity to engage with this same small group, without the mentor.  We call these monthly meetings Peer Group Meetings.

Practicum

During your 2nd year in the program, you will have the opportunity to lead a meditation circle in your own locale or online, utilizing the learnings from year one. You will be supported during our training gatherings so that you feel ready to begin guiding others in the craft of meditation. 

Business Jump Start

Toward the end of the program, you will receive a special 4-6 session training in the business side of designing, marketing and implementing a meditation group of your own.