Welcoming Awareness

6 Week- Focusing Informed Meditation Course

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18th Nov- 23d Dec Wednesday 10am-12.30pm AEDT

Online on Zoom

What if meditation could be less about effort and trying and more about opening to goodness and peace thats already here in presence.

This course is the first of its kind, introducing Focusing Informed Meditation a practice that brings together meditation, embodied awareness and the wisdom of the felt sense. Rather than trying to change or overcome difficult thoughts and feelings, we learn to pause, turn inward and listen with curiosity and kindness to what is arising in the body, allowing for more freshness and trust in our practice. We will also explore how a Focusing attitude can apply within the context of samatha and vipassana (Insight) practices, as well as working with hindrances in meditation.

The ancient practice of Metta Bhavana (Loving Kindness Meditation) will be our focus and through guided meditations and partnered Focusing, we will bring Focusing skills like refreshing presence and acceptance, curiosity and creating inner safety to help you deepen in both practices so you can really making it your own.

Suitable to those who have some Focusing and meditation experience.

What can you will receive in this course:

Weekly input on deepening the Mettā Bhāvanā practice, with an exploration of working with the inner critic, letting go of resentment and other difficult emotions, as well as opening to the goodness that is already present here and now.

We will also go over the classic formulation of hindrances to meditation, through a Focusing lens.

Accompanying reading materials and new exercise cards will be provided as well as optional opportunities to meet for group meditation.

15 hours of class recordings you can keep coming back to, including guided meditations and Focusing exercises.

Weekly Focusing partnerships to help you build an ongoing practice.

❋ Comprehensive Curriculum

The course will emphasise putting what we learn into practice, both during class and through weekly Focusing sessions.

Students are encouraged to keep a meditation journal for the duration of the course.

❋ Embodied and practice forward teaching
❋  Build Confidence in both Practices

We will apply a Focusing lens to both the Samatha (concentration) and Vipassana (insight) dimensions of the Mettā Bhāvanā practice, allowing you to explore the subtleties of how Focusing can deepen and enrich meditation. Through this integration, you will develop greater confidence in both Focusing and meditation.

This course is limited to just 8 participants, creating an intimate cohort with plenty of opportunity for personal exploration of the material and for establishing the conditions for a lifelong practice.

❋ Small Cohort
Sunset over a river with trees on the horizon and clouds reflecting on the water.
Sunset over a river with trees on the horizon and clouds reflecting on the water.

“Experience is a myriad richness. We think more than we can say. We feel more than we can think. We live more than we can feel… …And there is still much more.”

Gene Gendlin

When: Over 6 Weeks

17th Nov- 22nd Dec Tuesdays, 10am-12.30pm AEST

Where: Online on Zoom

How much: $600 introductory offer, payment plans and some concessions available.

Who: Meditators, facilitators, therapists, social workers, artists, or anyone interested in deepening their capacity to access presence, both on and off the cushion, and to support others in discovering this for themselves.

  • Move away from trying to make something happen in meditation, to allowing whats happening to unfold in its own way and meeting it with care and friendliness.

    This course is particularly suitable for people who want to reengage with meditation or Focusing.

  • Practice the Metta Bhavana practice in its traditional 5 stages, with the emphasis on tuning into and embodying loving kindness.

    While we will focus on the Metta Bhavana, the skills you pick up here can be applied to any meditative context.

  • We will introduce ways to work with the inner and outer criticising parts to cultivate a more peaceful way of relating to self and others.

  • We will build a caring capacity to look into the nature of mind and its loving qualities.

  • By the end of the course you will have made connections with other Focusers and will be invited and encouraged to participate in the wider Felt Sense Collective that is an alive, and ongoing Focusing space held by Varadhi.

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  • "I sense when Varadhi is teaching that she is attuned to the resonance of her own words; that she is creating new ways to describe the experience of the concept or practice as she is felt-sensing it. This gives great aliveness to what she's saying. I find myself totally engaged."

    Alice (Focusing II)

  • "Varadhi’s expertise in guiding the practice is extraordinary. She not only teaches the skills at depth, but also holds the group with remarkable care, creating a heart-opening, safe space that invites authenticity, exploration and genuine development. I felt supported to explore challenging and subtle aspects of my inner experience, and in turn, to develop greater capacity to support others."

    Bron (Focusing II)