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A Space to Be course · ten people maximum

Beyond Belief.

Thirty-five days of sitting, six weekly meetings, and a group of other people doing it with you. No experience needed, and nothing you have to believe.

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The art of trusting yourselfNext dates to be arranged · online · course fees from £250

Commitment35 days

We gatherSix meetings

ScheduleTo be arranged

PlacesTen max

Course fee£250–£750

What it is for

Make friends with experience.

Trusting yourself is not confidence that things will always go perfectly, and it is not certainty about who you are. It is closer to a friendship, with yourself and life.

Meditation, or sitting, is a way of turning towards our experience and befriending it. Over time, a sitting practice can shift the atmosphere of experience towards the qualities of friendship: gentleness, precision and humour.

Beyond Belief is a guided exploration into befriending your direct experience. You are invited to come along and see what you discover.

Why this long

Enough time for it to become yours.

Over thirty-five days there is time to grow in confidence with sitting and find your own ways of making the practice yours.

Ten people maximum. Small enough to go deep and get into what meditation really is.

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The shape of it

Five ways of approaching, in an order that matters.

These are not five topics. They are how a friendship gets built: one quality at a time, each week making the next one possible.

Curiosity

Opening toward what is actually here, and discovering it.

Care

Gentleness and warmth, turned toward yourself first, then outwards.

Responsibility

The ability to respond to what arises and meet need.

Play

Giving yourself the generosity of “no wrong way to do it”.

Rest

Pausing every striving, and recognising space uncontrived and open.

The closing

We look back over the thirty-five days together, and close.

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In their words

What it is like to learn with John.

“John brings a friendly, quiet confidence. I feel like I'm learning that just by spending time with him and will carry it forward with me.”

JT · Product designer

“John has this rare capacity to make you feel at ease, accepted, and guided.”

Laura F · Writer and teacher

“John's words are clear, lucid, and deeply supportive.”

Manansh S · Founder

“John's spiritual friendship changed how I experience life itself.”

Sean P · Founder

Course fee

One course. Four ways to pay.

Everyone receives the same course. Choose the price that best reflects your circumstances.

Reduced

£250

If paying the standard price would create financial strain or insecurity in your life, you are welcome to choose the reduced price.

Standard

£400

This is the price of the course. If the other options do not apply, this is the one for you.

Supporter

£550

If you have financial security and would like to pay it forward for someone who needs the reduced price, you are welcome to choose this option.

Benefactor

£750

If you have financial abundance and would like to support my work, you are welcome to choose this option. I would be extremely grateful.

Joining the waitlist is free and does not commit you to the course. You can choose your price when dates are confirmed and booking opens.

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