What do I teach?

I teach from experience training in the Buddhist lineages of Theravada, Soto, Rinzai, Kagyu,and Nyingma, as well as the systematic secular approach of Shinzen Young.

My path has been focused on liberating wisdom and its function as compassion: awakening. Supporting you in the same in a pragmatic manner is my motivation for teaching.

If we don't fit or I know someone better able to help you, I'll be delighted to refer you to my own teachers and colleagues.

I can also provide help in discerning appropriate intensive retreat options, both short and long-term.

What’s the process?

Beginning, it’s clarifying to identify what your aspiration is. On that basis we can discern together which methods may best accomplish it. I encourage everyone to develop fluency with satipatthana, brahmavihara, and jhana as foundations, but everyone is different.

In early sessions there will probably be plenty to discuss. As and if we see more of each other more of our time will likely be devoted to interactive, real-time guidance.

Everything is a response to context, but that's the rhythm.

What’s the cost?

In gratitude for all the freely offered instruction, hospitality, and kindness I’ve received along the Way I likewise teach as freely as possible in accord with my own vows.

Events and retreats I run have flat fees to cover costs, with donations above such supporting my personal livelihood.

A helpful conservative perspective:

No Strings Attached: The Buddha’s Culture of Generosity