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Everyday Awakening
The simultaneity of awareness and appearance
A small, renewing cohort for people who have practiced for years and still feel the distance between understanding and felt experience. We train in recognizing the Dzogchen view without abandoning honest personal work — until ordinary life and awakened mind are seen as seamless and inseparable.
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Approaching
the Dark
Three scholar-practitioners map, across the Kālacakra and Dzogchen systems, the historical lineages, the phenomenological terrain, and the preparation that responsible engagement with dark retreat requires.
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“We live in a society where convenings, virtual and otherwise, for practitioners, scholars, and scientists are critical. To see The Field pulling together this kind of community is exciting, and I'm glad to be part of it. It's an exciting endeavor, and I'm eager to see how it blossoms and grows.”
“Peter has a kind and generous teaching style. He has studied with traditional teachers, and manages to translate the practices for Westerners while preserving their essence.”
“Strong recommendation for Peter — he's based, and a highly accomplished practitioner.”
“Connecting with Peter has opened new doors and enriched my 35 year practice. His love and respect for the Vajrayana is magnetizing.”
“Peter McEwen helps those who are new to Vajrayana practices understand the ancient practice through an accessible modern lens, without diluting the teachings. A rare and precious gift!”
“The world needs more people like Peter — broadly and deeply trained, able to present esoteric knowledge in a practical way, and teaching from a perspective of compassionate presence. Thank you for your work!”
“He has succeeded in making a very complex and rich subject accessible. A thoughtful and approachable teacher. Highly recommended.”
“A humorous, knowledgeable, and creative teacher. He knows the whole path and can guide you beautifully, blending tradition with modernity.”
“This practice has expedited my capacity to perceive, produce, and circulate energy in my system, and improved my ability to see through the discursive veil of my thoughts and the raw impulses of my emotions … to a great openness which is also intimately present, where my troubled mind can rest — and I am better able to practice compassion, in peace.”
“My first real touch with the wildness of Vajrayana — my biggest impression is the teacher rather than the teachings! Peter is open and direct about staying on the level of the individual student, and also kind and generous with his time.”
“A solid practitioner — very pragmatic, with a personable, approachable teaching style. He's the real deal.”
“One of the most insightful, germane, and potent Vajrayana teachings I've ever received. Peter is the real deal — pragmatic, with a personable, approachable style.”
The practice
Outdated cultural habits and sectarian politics keep a lot of thoughtful people from ever learning the methods of Buddhist practice. The practice itself is simple: embodiment, kindness, and curiosity. We point to the ordinary knowing underneath, without importing the distortions of authority and culture that have built up around tantra.
Human practices
Being human is the only requirement to practice meditation with The Field. The work begins with honoring embodiment and stillness — nothing exotic, nothing to qualify for.
What we offer
Lineage-based methods that build awareness, kindness, and an intimate relationship with your own experience. These methods settle attention and soften reactivity, which is helpful. But they point toward capacities more durable than temporary relief.
Who we are
Veteran meditation practitioners committed to propagating mind-training methods that ease unnecessary suffering, with support for those balancing work and family commitments.
On method
Practice is growing the capacity to stay with whatever is already present. States pass, but the capacity for intimate, present contact with your own aliveness is what remains.
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The Mirror of Darkness
Andrew Holecek on how the phenomenology of darkness shares territory with the bardos and the dream state — why the Tibetan tradition treats these as deeply related methods.
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The View from the Dark
David Germano places dark retreat within the larger world of Dzogchen scholarship and practice. Drawing on decades of work on the Nyingma and Bön lineages, he brings the historical, textual, and philosophical context that makes darkness practice intelligible without flattening its complexity.
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Preparing for the Dark
Michael Sheehy on the Jonang Kālacakra tradition's distinctive practices of dark retreat. Drawing on his lifetime of work with the Jonang and research across historical scholarship, phenomenology, and cognitive science, he discusses the contemplative exercises used to prepare Kālacakra practitioners for darkness.
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Practicing Tummo
On Deconstructing Yourself with Michael Taft — embodied immediacy, navigating disturbing experiences, and cultivating open awareness.
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Talking Deity Yoga
Devotion, stability in groundlessness, and the ontological status of deities in the Vajrayana tradition — the union of emptiness and vivid appearance.
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Tech & Meditation, at LinkedIn
Lauren Camera-Murray and Peter McEwen on working with vulnerable feelings in the workplace, and the value of accessibility and trust.
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