The Foundation

A complete beginner's guide to meditation โ€” starting from zero.

TWENTY-FOUR SHORT LESSONS ยท SELF-PACED ยท NO MYSTICISM REQUIRED

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WHAT THIS IS

Most meditation courses promise transformation. This one promises something smaller and more honest: that in six weeks, you'll have an actual meditation practice. Five minutes on day one. Around fifteen to twenty by the end. A sustainable daily sit that you'll still have a year from now.

That's the whole offer.

If you've tried meditation before and bounced off โ€” because it felt boring, or self-helpy, or you weren't sure you were doing it right โ€” this is the course I wish I'd had on my first day. It's the foundation. Nothing more, nothing less.

WHO IT'S FOR

Is this you?

This course is for you ifโ€ฆ
  • You've heard meditation might help with stress, sleep, focus, or just feeling less reactive โ€” and you want to find out for yourself.
  • You've tried it before and given up. Probably more than once.
  • You're skeptical of woo and want someone to explain what's actually happening in plain language.
  • You can spare ten to twenty minutes a day for six weeks.
ย It's not for you ifโ€ฆ
  • You already have a settled daily practice. This is foundations.
  • You want a quick fix. Meditation works, but slowly.
  • You want to be told what to believe. I'm not going to tell you.

YOUR TEACHER

I'M NOT A MONK.

I'm someone who tried to meditate and quit many times before anything stuck.My wife Danielle and I started this journey together. We were both curious about something underneath the surface of ordinary life โ€” what we now call intuition, what we then would have called something else going on. Meditation was where it began for both of us. It is the foundation that everything we've done since has been built on.

But it also did all the ordinary things along the way. It made me sleep better. It helped with anxiety. It made me less reactive. It quieted a head that had been loud for as long as I could remember. You do not need any interest in the deeper end of the pool for that to be true. The plain, secular benefits are real, and they are reason enough.

I really did try and fail at this many times before it took. Apps, books, podcasts โ€” bits and pieces from a lot of different sources, all pieced together over time. A handful of starts and stops. What finally worked wasn't any of those โ€” it was being met where I was and walked through it patiently, without being made to feel like I should already know how. I built this course because I wish someone had handed it to me at the beginning.

If you find, as Danielle and I did, that this practice eventually opens a door to something deeper, that is what our Embodied Intuitive Academy is for. But you do not need to go anywhere near it to get everything this course is for.

WHAT'S INSIDE

Six modules. Twenty-four lessons.

Each lesson has a short teaching video (4 to 8 minutes), an audio meditation that grows from five minutes to twenty-five across the course, and a reflection prompt.

Module 1 โ€” Foundations

What meditation actually is (and the myths that get in the way). How to set up a practice that fits your life. Your first sit.

Module 2 โ€” The Breath

Why the breath is the anchor. What to do when your mind wanders. Building from five minutes to twelve.

Module 3 โ€” The Body

Body scan practice. Working with discomfort. Settling a busy nervous system.

Module 4 โ€” Working with Mind

Thoughts are not the enemy. Noting and labeling. Sitting with difficult emotions without being run over by them.

Module 5 โ€” Heart Practices

Self-compassion and loving-kindness โ€” trainable, secular, surprisingly powerful.

Module 6 โ€” Bringing It Into Life

Informal practice. Building the habit. Common obstacles and where to go next.

THE COMMITMENT

What it asks of you

Around ten minutes a day in the first weeks, building to about twenty by the end. The course's longest meditation, a single closing session at the end of Week 6, is twenty-five minutes โ€” a stretch goal, not a daily ask. You can move slower if life gets in the way. The course is yours for good once you have it.

You don't need anything to start except a place to sit. A chair is fine.

WHAT YOU GET

Included in the course

  • 24 short teaching videos
  • 24 audio meditations (mostly 5 to 20 minutes, with one longer closing session)
  • A downloadable workbook with all reflection prompts
  • A "when you miss a day" mini-lesson for getting back on the cushion
  • Lifetime access

QUESTIONS

Frequently asked

It changes more than you'd expect.

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You don't need to become a different person. You don't need to believe anything new. You need ten minutes a day to start, and a willingness to keep coming back when your mind wanders โ€” which it will.

That's the whole practice.

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