Radiance Sutras Meditation Teacher Training

We have discovered that meditation is the most natural thing in the world, a relief, a time to be with yourself and everything you love about life. We are inspired by The Radiance Sutras, a modern version of the classic yoga meditation text, the Vijnana Bhairava Tantra, which presents 112 different approaches to meditation. In this way, each of us can find the style that suits our individuality.

Human beings are naturally good at meditation. We each have our own favorite ways. Because meditation is so personal and intimate, it is good to begin with being friendly toward your inner self. Welcome all your thoughts and desires. In essence, meditation practice are ways of falling in love with the flow of prana in and around you. Meditation is the practice of being in love with life itself, what is called pranashakti, the life force.

Our training is on 50 years of scientific research into the benefits of meditation and experimentation with the best ways to learn meditation.

Physiological research indicates that meditation is a way of accessing what is called parasympathetic functioning, the opposite of the stress response. The research indicates that doing even a simple meditation practice allows the body to enter a kind of rest that is deeper than sleep, and this happens in about 3 minutes, even with beginners.

To fit your life, a meditation practice has to be in tune with your physical, emotional and mental nature - your prakriti. In tune with your body, your heart, your soul, your daily life. When you do this - when you meditate in accord with your nature, meditation can be something you look forward to, as you would a bath and a good meal. It can be something you crave, like time to listen to your favorite music.

The Radiance Sutras approach is based in honoring individuality, that we have the right to customize the practices so that they are suitable for us and for our daily life. We honor the instincts and allow them to guide us in our inner life. There is a set of internal skills one needs to thrive in meditation day after day and year after years, and these are a bit different for those of us on the Path of Intimacy - in other words, we have jobs, lovers, families, and passions. By contrast, meditation systems that are offered by monks are colored with renunciation, detachment, and withdrawal from life. Meditation is antar, or inner yoga (antaryoga, antar=interior, yoga=connection).

There are simple principles you need to know to develop a meditation practice based on your essential nature. These are learnable and teachable. Most of the intricacy of meditation is not the technique per se, but rather the challenge of accepting all your emotions, sensations, and instinctive wisdom. The different styles of meditation are like different styles of cooking. Meditation is infinitely customizable.