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Writes hard meditation fiction 🦎

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John Miedema

Writes hard meditation fiction 🦎

    Meditation Community

    Meditation Community is an online meditation offering, facilitated by me, John Miedema, a lifetime student of meditation and cognitive psychology. My approach is informed by vipassana and neuroscience. I facilitated a meditation group at my workplace for the past several years and am now offering it publicly. It is a combination of guided and silent meditation.

    The next series begins on Sunday January 4, 2026.
    Sittings start at 10 am EST and go for 30 minutes.
    The series is on Google Meet:
    https://meet.google.com/ogf-dnbs-ved
    This series continues for 6 weeks.
    See the program.

    To join and stay informed, subscribe to the Substack newsletter. Alternatively, you can visit this page which maintains the latest updates. The newsletter will be sent about twice per week. The first is a reminder sent before the sitting, with notes on the week’s focus. The second follows up with essays, book recommendations, and related resources.

    It is recommended to join at the beginning of a series. There will be new offerings in 2026 and 2027.

    The program is free.

    You can contact me anytime through the newsletter or my About page.

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