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Mindfulness, Loving-Kindness, and the Art of Just Sitting
This course is currently in development. Rooted in over twenty-five years of personal practice across Buddhist and yogic traditions, it offers a clear, down-to-earth introduction to foundational meditation forms — mindfulness, loving-kindness, concentration practices, and the simple, spacious discipline of just sitting.
It is not an academic exploration or a definitive presentation of Buddhist meditation. Rather, it distills the practices that have proven most supportive, steadying, and workable in real life. The focus is on helping you build a grounded, sustainable meditation practice that strengthens presence, compassion, and your capacity to rest more fully in embodied awareness.
If you'd like early updates and a quiet notification when enrollment opens, you're invited to join the waitlist below.
This course teaches meditation not as a mystical pursuit, but as a trainable, embodied skill that supports emotional steadiness, clarity, and compassion.
Establish a grounded, sustainable posture: explore multiple seated options (floor and chair), understand alignment principles for comfort and stability, and learn to work with the body instead of struggling against it.
Find balance through the Middle Way: practice meditating with neither strain nor collapse — not too tight, not too loose — and learn to recognize the subtle patterns of striving, resistance, or disengagement in your practice.
Develop concentration and mindfulness: use breath counting and other foundational concentration methods to stabilize attention, and learn how the “two wings of the bird” — concentration and mindfulness — work together to support clarity and presence.
Explore foundational Buddhist meditation forms: learn the core practices of Shamatha (calm abiding), Vipassana (insight), Metta (loving-kindness), and Shikantaza (just sitting), and understand how each supports steadiness and compassionate awareness in a different way.
Bring meditation into daily life: cultivate awareness beyond the cushion through simple walking meditation, everyday micro-practices, and mindful transitions that help you stay connected to presence throughout your day.
Navigate challenges with clarity and compassion: work skillfully with restlessness, sleepiness, discomfort, frustration, wandering thoughts, expectations, and self-judgment — and learn why long stretches of “ordinary” practice are both normal and necessary.
Set up a supportive environment: create a practice space (sacred or intentionally ordinary), develop consistency without rigidity, and build a steady rhythm that fits your actual life.
The emphasis throughout is on patience, gentleness, and embodied presence — not perfection.
This course is a supportive fit if you:
Ideal for anyone who wants to build a meditation practice that feels sustainable, compassionate, and rooted in embodied awareness.
“Sit Like a Buddha, Become Like a Buddha” is part of the Meditation & Contemplative Practices pathway within the Zenyasa Wellness Embodied Wisdom system. It complements the other pathways by providing:
Together, these practices strengthen your ability to show up with clarity, patience, and presence — on the cushion and in daily life.
Add your name below if you’d like gentle updates, early details about the curriculum, and a quiet heads-up when enrollment opens.
Thank you for your interest in this work. Each course in the Zenyasa Wellness educational pathway is carefully developed to offer a meaningful learning experience — one that supports you in navigating your life with greater steadiness, resilience, and ease, guided by your own higher, embodied wisdom. More updates will be shared as the course continues to take shape.