Entering Jhana during your meditation session may be elusive for many of you. Maybe all of you. It’s something that occurs naturally, but sometimes we fight it, we fear it, we question what we’re supposed to be doing and Jhana remains just out of reach. When we question the good process we already have – … Read more
This was a question I received the other day during a coaching call, and to be honest I wasn’t sure what to say. A meditation practice of focusing on the breath can be harmful in rare instances where someone has trauma they’ve not dealt with and it brings up murderous or suicidal intentions. But can … Read more
I have been speaking to some of my students about the difficulty in reaching Jhana – the Visuddhimagga Jhanas – and I’ve been trying to figure out different ways to help people enter Jhana. Trying to figure out different ways to teach entering the Jhanas, using different words that might resonate with people better than … Read more
I love poetry, but I think it often comes out bland and tacky. I don’t like the rhyming scheme so much, but sometimes it adds to a poem. I try it here, feeling only a fraction creative this morning. I’ll try for another more heartfelt rendition soon. I’ve never written a Jhana poem before, but … Read more
Deep Jhana Meditation Retreats in Krabi This is a brand new 3 Day meditation retreat in Krabi, Thailand for foreigners (in English) to potentially be held in 2026. If interested, let me know with the Register here link below. This retreat is for 3 days (2 nights) and is held at a wilderness resort at … Read more
I’ve been working off and on to create a Deep Jhana Meditation Course at Udemy. I think the value I can give through hours of video in a course like this is worth more than an hour meditation coaching call. I can also reach more people. There will also be less ambiguity. I notice that … Read more
This is a post I’ve been thinking of writing for a long time. I am constantly telling students I coach to be aware of the changes that happen as they meditate, but I’ve never really gone in depth into the changes that I experienced over the course of my meditative journey. Deep Jhana meditation changes … Read more
Jhana has been portrayed as some almost mythical place that resides in the human mind and is expressed only through a relentless pursuit of it, without pursuing it. Some Jhana teachers will tell you that if you seek it, you won’t find it. If you do anything to get there you won’t get there. Jhana … Read more