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Cultivate Presence, Clarity, and Meaning in Your Life

Explore the Theravāda tradition in a grounded, accessible way—open to beginners and experienced practitioners alike.

Three Ways to Practice:

Monthly Class

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✦ Monthly gathering
✦ Group meditation
✦ Explore Dharma topics
✦ Receive Mentioning

A monthly gathering featuring meditation, Dharma topics, and discussion of applying teachings in daily life.

Meditation Courses

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✦ Structured path for growth
✦ Developing inner balance
✦ Opening the heart practices
✦ Deeper states & wisdom

1:1 Coaching

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A structured path for steady growth—building stability, opening the heart, and developing liberating wisdom.

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✦ Personalized guidance
✦ Deepening greater awareness
✦ Explore your practice
✦ Integrate into daily life

Personalized guidance to support your meditation practice, deepen understanding, and integrate the Dharma into daily life.

Stillness

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Letting Go

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Awareness

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Kindness

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Insight

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Compassion

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Equanimity

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Wisdom

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Presence

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Simplicity

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Stillness • Letting Go • Awareness • Kindness • Insight • Compassion • Equanimity • Wisdom • Presence • Simplicity •

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Take a journey through the progressive stages of practice.

Select a class to strengthen your practice. Sign up for the newsletter for upcoming class announcements and course schedules.

Level 1: Foundations: The Stable Ground

Build a strong foundation of practice through developing inner balance, mental clarity, and the recognition of awareness. Learn to carry mindfulness into daily life with greater ease and continuity.

Level 2: The Open Heart: A Heart-Centered Journey

Open and awaken the heart through the cultivation of the Four Divine Abodes: loving-kindness, compassion, empathetic joy, and equanimity. Develop these qualities through meditation and bring them into everyday life.

Level 3: Wisdom in Motion: Integrated Practice

As awareness becomes clearer and more refined, this practice supports a more direct experience of the teachings in daily life. The next steps involve deepening awareness and cultivating greater mental unification (jhana), which further supports insight (vipassana) practice.


More questions? Sign up for a free intro call or email the teacher at dawn@luminousminddharma.com

Class topics may include:

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Embody the teachings in relationships and everyday life.

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Gain insight into core Dharma teachings
through meditation and lived experience.

Gain insight into core Dharma teachings through meditation and lived experience.

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Deepen mindfulness, steadiness, and contemplative practice.

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Develop skills for greater unification of mind and inner clarity.

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Integrate meditative skills into daily life.

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Expand your practice toolkit within the Theravada tradition.

Previous Classes & Retreats

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