I have been practicing concentration meditation three to four hours a day for years and I do occasional home retreats for insight practice. I have also worked as a teacher in other fields (mostly art education), which, I believe, makes me suited for dharma coaching.

I base my coaching on Buddhism’s Noble Eightfold Path divided in three practices: morality, concentration and insight. I don’t consider myself a Buddhist, nor am I particularly religious. However, I do follow the Buddhist methods of practice and I also happen to be an idealist (which I was prior to discovering Buddhism). This tradition is commonly referred to as Pragmatic Buddhism.

In the context of our future conversations, the definition of enlightenment will be the following: Enlightenment is the ability to see that reality is only made of sensations that aren’t experienced by a self. If we are to talk about enlightenment, we must agree on a definition, even if it only applies to our conversations. That way you know what I talk about and I know you won’t expect anything I can’t deliver. I’m not asking you to drop your values, your beliefs or to distrust what you’ve read about enlightenment before. I’m asking you to leave anything that doesn’t fit my definition aside for as long as we work together. That way, we both know you won’t get distracted. This is the only prerequisite for my services.

If you need to know where I am on the path myself (which I understand), I can only give you my best guess. I believe I am a once-returner, but in the eventuality that I’m wrong, then, I am a stream entrer. Of course, there is always the possibility that I’m neither, but this is my best guess at the moment and it will have to do. If you have any doubt about my aptitude, please refrain from contacting me.