Finding Ground
Weekend Home Retreat
A weekend retreat of meditation practice and instruction
with Jeffrey Stevens
Returning Sept. 28-29
Spring+Summer Festival
The authentic path of transformation through meditation.
Finding Ground Weekend Home Retreat
full self-paced video instruction before the live weekend retreat
12 hours of live practice and instruction Saturday & Sunday
post-retreat live Q&A session (week following)
Meet Jeffrey and enjoy practicing meditation with other like-minded Finding Ground Meditators.
Questions naturally arise! This is a living community.
Two days after the weekend retreat join a live Q&A to clear up any questions and start on your way!
Recordings of all sessions and instructions available on our Finding Ground Meditation community platform.
$249
Evelyn McKelvie
“I can't say enough about the retreat and how it has changed things in my meditation. Not to mention, feeling the sense of accomplishment for that many hours of meditation in a couple of days! Wonderful, and as always so well led by Jeffrey and April!.”
Rachel Sun
“I really enjoyed the course. Jeffrey’s teaching is very clear, with important distinctions, and effective methods.”
“Whether you're a beginner or a seasoned meditator, join our Finding Ground Home Retreat, and give yourself the opportunity to start 2024 with your very best. Everyone is ready for Finding Ground Meditation.”
Jeffrey
Lori Fielding
“Thank you for offering these retreats. They are right up my alley. After decades of meditating in different traditions I finally feel like I am understanding what I am doing and why. Jeffrey -- you are explaining the path so clearly. Looking forward to continuing with you on the journey. Till next time.”
Renee H.
“I have been doing my meditation twice a day since the weekend retreat and it has made a big difference. It's only been a couple of days, but I can already feel the difference. I'm much more calm and centered throughout the day, and have more patience and equanimity. It's a game changer, for sure! Thank you for offering these retreats!
Great Meditation Deserves Retreat.
Finding Ground meditation continues with our next home retreat April 20-21.
Dive into the fundamentals of meditation with guidance and support!
With more than 20 years experience leading retreats, we are proud to offer our next dedicated home retreat. Based on our seminar, Finding Ground: the Modern Path of Meditation.
For new and experienced meditators looking to dive into the transformative practice of authentic meditation — no previous meditation training is necessary. If you are inspired to immerse yourself, this is the best way to do it.
Saturday & Sunday Schedule:
2:00pm - 4:30pm MT
continuing instruction & review
20 minute sessions with short breaks in between until final talk..
4:30pm MT (day ends shortly after 5pm)
End of Day Teaching
9:00am MT - Noon:
opening instruction & review
20 minute sessions with short breaks in between until noon.
Wednesday, Oct 2
6:00pm MT: Live question session (Zoom)
Nick DiMascio
“The Finding Ground Home Retreat was incredible. Jeffrey's instructions strike just the right balance between clarity and depth. They are simple, but not simplistic - and certainly effective. I so deeply appreciate Jeffrey's teaching, as well as April's support throughout the retreat. Thank you so much for putting it on.”
Roberta Kruegler
“Jeffrey and April, Thank you so much for these retreats! I have really noticed progress in my meditation practice. Especially this last weekend!! ”
FINDING GROUND: The Modern Path of Meditation
An intelligent modern path
Meditation is a human legacy, it belongs to all of us. It’s been part of our human heritage for more than 3000 years.
We’re still the same people we’ve always been, but our world has changed in ways traditional teachings don’t reach. We need a new articulation of the path, a modern approach.
Modern doesn’t mean compromised, it means effective.
Meditation needs a modern path because we are modern people in a modern world.
More than a technique
Meditation is part of a journey. Not the whole thing.
Meditation needs a combination of ongoing learning and community support. Always has.
Meditation is an important part of the journey, but the journey is far more meaningful than the simple practice itself.
Finding Ground supplies the essentials for the journey: knowledge, meditation instruction, and ongoing support.
Home Retreat FAQs
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Correct. This is a virtual course that can be attended live, meaning “in real time”. We will have people from all over the world. Our meeting ground is virtual, but we’ll do it together.
And for those who cannot attend the sessions, the replays will be available immediately following the talk — within 24 hours.
The entire training can be engaged at your own pace if the live dates are inconvenient. -
No, not beginner only by a long shot.
This will be perfect for you, and you’ll learn more than you ever thought possible.This is for everyone who wants to really dive in. You’ll be a good fit, you yogi you.
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Starting with Finding Ground is starting with the real thing. Solid food, not baby food. This is where people should start.
Any way you look at it, real meditation is an advanced thing to do. That’s why meditators stick together and train across generations. We support each other. It’s a deep and deeply rewarding pursuit. Dive in!
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Yes, we have a platform on Circle, the up-and-coming online community platform that isn’t Facebook. This is a big part of our vision for the future of this meditation community. This is where we will begin to meet each other and find support. I will live in this community and contribute actively, and I hope you will too.
All the replays will be on this platform, with plenty of opportunity for you to post your thoughts and experiences, ask questions, tell people about yourself, and ask people about themselves. If you have been attending the Finding Ground Dharma Talks, the replay links send you to this forum. It’s all yours.
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Bless you and all your relations. We have a patron price structure here.
Your additional payment will secure our salaries and protect our multiyear vision of building an excellent meditation community.
MEDITATION 101: BIG SIX
I break meditation into six big ideas, and deliver them to you over six days.
You become knowledgeable.