Welcome to the Meditation Community. I am John Miedema, a lifelong meditation practitioner whose approach has been shaped by vipassana and neuroscience. For years, I facilitated meditation at my workplace. Now I offer it online to the public.
The fall series of the Meditation Community begins Monday, September 21, 2026 at 7 pm EDT. There will be a total of eight sessions. UPDATE There is no session on October 12 due to Thanksgiving, so the last session is now on Monday November 16.
The first session will be an information session with a short meditation. Subsequent sessions are thirty minutes of guided and silent meditation, plus about ten minutes for settling and questions. There is no cost.
Join online at this link
please join no earlier than 6:55 EDT thanks
https://meet.proton.me/join/id-4ZW276M188#pwd-WeMmosQHgnu7
The meditations in this series invite you to create a safe, sacred space in your home. We establish a meditation posture, then guide you in developing focus through the breath and other meditation anchors, continuing in a period of silence. We close with a compassion meditation that supports your return to daily life. Participants are encouraged to practice daily between online sittings.
Please see the dedicated sections on Meditations for Parkinson’s and Counting Distractions.
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Participants are invited to contact me anytime. I am writing about my original fresh language approach to meditation — publishers are invited to inquire. See my About page for contact information. Thank you.