Three Months of Monday Meetings
Sept. 15 through Dec. 8 (not Nov. 24) | 7:00 – 9:00PM | East Boulder
Group Retreat to Be Announced
One-on-Ones with Johann

Once we start to realize we are love, the ego’s sense of lack and unworthiness begins to dissipate. While most people contact love towards others, finding it for ourselves is more difficult, as the limited self/ego we believe we are is never worthy enough. But who we are, our being, is not just worthy of love, it is love.

This group will deepen meditation and catalyze your personal and spiritual growth. Our regular meetings are safe and enjoyable spaces for creating intimate connections with our self and others. This naturally progresses into spiritual realization, which is much more a letting go of what blocks us than a result of seeking.
 
During the group meetings and retreat as well as in your own daily meditation, you will learn to use precise and skillful mindfulness (Insight) meditation techniques to develop increased sensitivity to and understanding of emotions and thought patterns, fostering more skillful ways of feeling, communicating and relating. When we bring awareness and acceptance to our unconscious wounds and unmet needs, they heal, allowing us to more appropriately meet the stresses, challenges and opportunities of life. 
 
This newfound tendency towards greater peace and equanimity allows us to then open our awareness to simply being, rather than having to do something or be someone. We will support this process with Direct Path and Non-Dual approaches to being and opening the heart, and transcending the personal into the spiritual. When life starts to flow, the heart naturally opens. We realize that love is not something we have to learn, earn, practice, or do; but that love is what we are.
 
All of this will be fostered in community, using the power of our small, open and supportive group. Our meetings will include sharing and listening, talks, instruction, meditation, questions and discussion. They are informal, relaxed, and enjoyable; yet honor your most serious intentions for personal and spiritual growth. The group is not for someone just starting out, but is for those who have a basic practical grounding in some form of meditation, and wanting to delve much deeper.
 
Some people will be continuing from prior groups, and it is a lovely sangha, so you will feel safe and welcomed. If you are unsure whether the group is for you, I am happy to talk with you about it. Please email me to set that up. 
 
Structured Donation/Dana: The group is offered on a structured donation or Dana (donation) basis. This is so you can attend within your financial means, and everyone is totally welcome regardless of the Dana amount. Really. I am grateful for and rely on your generosity and support. If you would like a guideline, a suggested amount is $600-$900 for the entire group (three months of weekly meetings, the three-day retreat, and one-on-ones with me; room and board for the retreat is separate), but that is not a requirement or a limit, and whatever you choose to give is received with gratitude. 

Unless arranged otherwise, $100 is due with your application as a non-refundable deposit, and the rest of your Dana pledge is due by the first meeting.  
 
We will plan to be in person for this group, in East Boulder, but the group will switch to Zoom if safety requires.

If you have been in past groups with me, no application is necessary, simply email me with your dana pledge amount and send a deposit.
 
Otherwise, to apply, please download and complete the application and email it to me at johannrobbins@comcast.net.
 
Johann Robbins has been practicing meditation since the 1970’s, and teaching for the past 16 years. His teachers included Shinzen Young, Eric Kolvig, Joseph Goldstein, Adyashanti, Rupert Spira and Stephen Bodian. His approach is clear, direct, informal, and non-dogmatic.