Module 2: Refining Your Meditation

Module 2: Refining Your Meditation

The Four Foundations of Mindfulness • Fall 2025

“The basic work of mindfulness is to be present with our bodies.” — Chögyam Trungpa

This module focuses on deepening the stability and clarity of meditation. We turn to the Four Foundations of Mindfulness as practical ways to relate with body, life, effort, and mind. These teachings help us stay with experience as it is, without judgment or distraction.

As our practice deepens, we also explore the traditional map of the Nine Stages of Shamatha. Rather than seeing them as milestones to achieve, we study them as a guide to becoming more grounded and relaxed within awareness.

Each session includes meditation, readings from The Profound Treasury of the Ocean of Dharma, discussion, and direct guidance in practice. This module helps us refine our approach so meditation becomes more natural and sustainable over time.

What We’ll Explore

• The Four Foundations of Mindfulness
• Mindfulness of body, life, effort, and mind
• The Nine Stages of Shamatha
• Settling the mind through consistent practice
• Recognizing distraction and returning to presence
• Working with restlessness, dullness, and fatigue
• Letting meditation become a way of being

Course Format

• Duration: 6 weeks
• Live sessions: Weekly, 90 minutes on Zoom
• Structure: Meditation, teaching, group discussion
• Access: Recordings available after each session

Open to all. You may join one module or continue through the full course sequence.