Learn to Meditate Effortlessly
Join This 4-Week Course
Create Your Instinctive Meditation Practice
with Dr. Lorin Roche, author of The Radiance Sutras, co-founder of the Radiance Sutras School of Meditation, and co-creator of Instinctive Meditation®
Learn a Natural and Effortless Approach to Meditation
Instinctive Meditation® is a way of learning and practicing meditation so that it becomes the most natural thing in the world for you – a chance to rest deeply, release tension, reclaim your love of life, and emerge refreshed. This approach to meditation is grounded in the ancient yoga tradition and in the last 50 years of scientific research on the physiology of meditation.
The secret to effortless meditation is this: you need to find practices and techniques that fit who you are!
Dr. Lorin Roche has been researching and teaching this approach since 1970 and has worked with tens of thousands of people to develop a meditation practice that helps them to thrive in their daily lives.
This training will provide you with the skills, knowledge, and framework to create your own nourishing meditation practices that you look forward to every day.
Rigid rules in meditation can prevent access to deep relaxation and joy
Meditation is now mainstream and is recommended by many health professionals to alleviate stress, overwhelm, exhaustion, feeling disconnected from life, etc.
The problem is most people don’t know how to create a meditation practice that works for them. There are rules to follow that don’t always make sense – sit still in uncomfortable positions, stop your thoughts, focus on just one thing, block out your emotions, don’t be so attached!
People try meditating with all of these rules but without receiving skillful guidance that honors their individuality, they often give up. “Oh I tried meditation and it didn’t work. I had lots of thoughts. My legs fell asleep and I was so uncomfortable that I couldn’t focus. I just can’t make my mind blank!”
This means that a wonderful source of relaxation, nourishment, and restoration can easily get lost.
Find Meditation Practices That You Love
The good news is we don’t have to abide by restrictive rules and limited definitions of meditation.
There are an unlimited number of ways to meditate and through Instinctive Meditation we open to these possibilities. Enjoying a beautiful sunset, luxuriating in a warm bath, feeling the thrill of riding a wave, relishing a delicious meal with dear friends – all of these are potential doorways into our meditation practice.
This training will provide you with a comprehensive framework and core guiding principles that will help you to:
- Discover your natural ways into meditation
- Navigate your inner experience skillfully and tenderly
- Bring the benefits of meditation into your everyday life.
Immerse yourself in a life-affirming meditation approach with core principles that will nourish and set you free
Enjoy Meditation That Is Effortless
Getting through the day is effort enough without meditation being another draining to-do. Effective meditation is rejuvenating, healing, and enlivening. By experiencing these qualities, you don’t have to ‘should’ your way to your practice. You love it so much you want to come back for more.
Discover Meditation That Is Natural
Your being already knows how to meditate – it is an innate response to the body and soul’s need to restore. Learning to meditate isn’t a process of adding something new but instead a process of removing the blockages to your natural meditative states.
Embrace Meditation That Is Welcoming
We often spend our day in conflict with ourselves. Meditative rules and values aren’t meant to further divide us. By welcoming all of our thoughts and feelings, we begin to heal inner division and discover unity and peace.
Course Overview
An Embodied 4-Week Meditation Journey
August 12 - September 6, 2023
Dr Lorin Roche has created a comprehensive model of meditation which identifies 8 foundational elements of a meditation practice. These 8 elements come together in a seamless flow that you will learn over the course of 4 weeks.
Each week we will practice the 8-part flow in its entirety, allowing you to experience the practice in your body. Then we will dive into two of these elements to have a deeper experience of each. You will learn how to weave them into your own personal Instinctive Meditation practice.
Here are some of the ways we will explore these elements:
Live Classes: We meet live each Saturday at 12pm PT for a 90-minute class with Dr Lorin Roche and Michael McDowall. You will be guided in the creation of your own meditation practice and explore two elements of that practice each week. You will be meditating from the first class – following your own desire and learning what works for you.
Guided Practice Sessions: Each Sunday at 4pm PT and Wednesday at 5pm PT, you can join a 1-hour practice session with Michael. This guided meditation time is an opportunity for you to immerse yourself in this style of practice and get direct experience of each week’s key themes. Each class will also have Q&A and discussion time.
The live classes are recorded and available for you to revisit the following day.
Additional Class Resources: You will have access to recorded audio meditations and written articles for each of these elements through our private online platform.
The 8 Elements of Your Meditation Practice
Each Week We Explore 2 Elements
Week 1: Welcoming Desire and Saluting the Senses
Aug 12, 2023 at 12pm PT
Setting your intention: We begin by asking ourselves, what is the doorway for our practice today? It may be a quality we want to be infused with, engaging with an activity we love, or recalling a timeless moment. We develop a feast of possibilities to explore in our practice.
Honoring your senses: We engage with the world through our senses. A rich meditation practice explores our experience of both inner and outer worlds through all of our senses.
Week 2: Blessing This Body and Cherishing the Breath
Aug 19, 2023 at 12pm PT
Embracing embodiment: Meditation is not just a mental experience, it’s a fully embodied one. By learning to bring a sense of gratitude for the gift of embodiment to our practice, we open ourselves to a fuller integration of our lived experience.
Honoring our breath: Breathing connects us to all of life. It’s a nourishing rhythm of giving and receiving with all of the plants and trees around us. Honoring our breath awakens and enlivens the prana energy flowing through us.
Week 3: Embracing Movement and Attending to Tension
Aug 26, 2023 at 12pm PT
Being free to move: Having a meditation practice does not mean we need to sit still. In our practice we will let our inner wisdom move us as we explore parts of ourselves that are otherwise hidden in the confines of stillness.
Attuning to tension: When we enter a restful state, our inner wisdom presents us with what needs to be healed. Difficulties in our lives, emotions, and complicated relationships all come to our awareness through feelings of tension in our body and emotions. We learn to attune to that tension, treat ourselves tenderly, and welcome all of our experience.
Week 4: Soothing Mantra and Luxurious Return
Sept 2, 2023 at 12pm PT
Use of a mantra: Learn to use a word or two, derived from our desires or intentions, as a doorway into our practice and as a soothing balm for places that hold tension. We enter into the energy of the mantra instead of engaging in rote repetition.
The importance of transition: Meditation is a sacred time that requires a conscious integration into our day. Learning the art of transition brings the benefits of our practice into our lives and also ensures we are ready to relate to the world again.
Also Get Bonus Access to the Radiance Sutras School of Meditation!
Included in your course is 3-months tuition in our world renowned meditation school, where you get access to:
- 2x Monthly Live Meditation Events With Lorin, Camille, and Community
- LIVE Community Meditation Classes Every Week
- An Audio Meditation Library With 50+ Practices
- Our Foundational Instinctive Meditation® Course
- A Course on the Meditation Secrets for Love, Intimacy, and Relationships
- A Beautiful Community of Fellow Meditators
- Discounts on Retreats and Trainings
The Radiance Sutras School of Meditation is the perfect place for you to learn, grow, and discover.
If you are already a member of The Radiance Sutras School of Meditation, find your coupon code for the course discount in the community (or email us at support@radiancesutras.com). Meet Your Teachers
Lorin Roche, PhD
Founder of RSSM
For 54 years Dr Lorin Roche has been exploring the Ancient Yoga Meditation traditions as described in the Vijnana Bhairava Tantra. He is a pioneer in developing personalized meditation practices, designing the techniques around an individual’s unique inner nature. He was awarded a PhD from the University of California, Irvine, where he has done extensive research on meditation and meditative experiences.
He is the author of six books on meditation including The Radiance Sutras, Meditation Made Easy, and with Camille Maurine, Meditation Secrets for Women.
Lorin’s teachings help students feel that meditation is more like an innate skill that you are remembering than a technique that you are learning. This work is aimed at activating an individual’s internal guidance systems and bringing forth your instinctive knowing, so that you can safely practice meditation without being dependent upon gurus, systems, or external authorities.
Michael McDowall
Senior RSSM Teacher
Yoga and meditation have always been part of Michael’s life thanks to his mum. He began meditating as a teenager listening to cassettes that had him floating with the clouds while lying on the floor in the sun. His first practices of Yoga Asana were out of a book his mother had lying around in his twenties.
For over 20 years Michael has been studying wellness in one form or another practicing Homeopathy, Bowen Therapy, and Reiki, whilst at the same time working in technical problem solving and people leader roles. He completed a 350 hour Yoga teacher training in 2011, and has been studying with Lorin and Camille since 2016 and now helps develop and teach Instinctive Meditation® teacher training programs.
“I love it when I see people GET IT!!!! That meditation can be a rich sensory, enlivening experience while producing all the benefits of deep rest, relaxation, healing, and clarity.”
Dive In - Register Today!
This 4-Week Live Course Runs From
August 12 to September 6, 2023
Live 90-minute classes every Saturday starting at 12pm PT / 3pm ET
Live 1 hour practice sessions every Sunday starting at 4pm PT / 7pm ET
Live 1 hour practice sessions every Wednesday starting at 5pm PT / 8pm ET
Regular class attendance is recommended but not required and participants will have access to recordings the day after each class finishes.
Create Your Instinctive Meditation Practice
Course Tuition:
We are offering tiered pricing to ensure this course is accessible to all who truly want to join. Please choose the option that best fits your circumstance.
Regular Tuition – $497
Sponsorship Tuition – $547 – support someone else to attend
Discounted Tuition – $350 – if you have financial challenge
Radically Discounted Tuition – $275 – limited spots available
You Receive:
- 4 LIVE 90-Minute Classes w/ Lorin
- 8 LIVE 1-Hour Practice Sessions
- All 14 Hours of Live Class Recordings
- Weekly Support Activities: Readings and Meditations
- Lifetime Access to Course Materials
- 3-Months Tuition in the Radiance Sutras School of Meditation (valued at $299/yr)
If you are already a member of The Radiance Sutras School of Meditation, find your coupon code for the course discount in the community (or email us at support@radiancesutras.com).
Money Back Guarantee
We don’t want your money if you’re not enjoying our Instinctive Meditation approach. If after the first two weeks of classes you’re not satisfied with the course, we will give you a full refund!
Frequently Asked Questions
Nope! This course is designed to support you to be in your own flow and not to be an extra obligation. Daily recordings and meditations will be available so you can tune in as your schedule allows. That being said, we would of course LOVE to have you there live whenever it works and either way please be kind to yourself by making some time each day to prioritize rest and rejuvenation over your other responsibilities.
Don’t worry, there’s absolutely no prior experience required for
this course. The Instinctive Meditation® approach is based on an understanding
that meditation is a natural part of all of us. These meditation techniques
simply emphasize and deepen those innate qualities so you can draw on them more
consciously yourself, especially when it’s time to get some sleep!
We call our approach Instinctive Meditation® – the natural, life-affirming method we have developed over 50 years of practice and teaching. A key textbook of the teachings is The Radiance Sutras by Lorin Roche, PhD – his beautiful version of the Vijnana Bhairava Tantra, an ancient yogic text. You can read more about this freeing approach to mediation here.
We will gather live daily at 5:30pm PT and each class is 30 minutes long.
The recording of each class will be available on our Radiance Sutras School of Meditation Membership Site within 2 hours.
Just come as you are, no other material is required. If you are hungry for more, we highly recommend the books Meditation Made Easy, Meditation Secrets for Women, and The Radiance Sutras.
The materials will be available on our Radiance Sutras School of Meditation Community Site forever, we will provide you with access to the recordings and any handouts after the complimentary 6-months of membership is over.
We don’t want your money if you’re not sleeping better. If you have completed the course and your sleep hasn’t improved by November 19, 2022, we will give you a full refund!
A request for refund must be submitted between November 20, 2022 and November 30, 2022. (You will not retain access to the Bonuses.) No refunds starting December 1, 2022.
Any other questions? Feel free to reach out to us: support@radiancesutras.com
Relax • Rest • Recover
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