Chelsea Meditation currently offers three options for continuing study:
- Internet Coursework
- The Two Year Program
- Individual Coaching

Internet Coursework (Always available)

The Internet class provides the opportunity to go as deeply into practice as one wants.  The student will have specific assignments, will provide feedback regularly, and they decide when to move on.  They will have regular contact with the teacher to encourage them and to help them stay focused, but without pressure. 

The Two Year Program (Currently accepting applications)

The Invitation:
Based principally on the Buddha’s teachings, this Two Year Training Program is an intense training filled with teachings and practices. Its challenge to the student is to see through his/ her existing beliefs and views. What’s left is an open heart.

The Course:
During the first year of the Two Year Training Program there are weekly email contemplations that cover topics ranging from resolving issues from our past that prevent us from living in the present moment; cultivating skillful mind states such as gratitude, generosity, patience, and compassion; working effectively with fear and other afflictive emotions; and developing equanimity with the process of aging, illness, and death.

The training for the second year is based on the practice of insight meditation with sections of the emailed instructions and practices covering mindful awareness of the body, feelings, states of consciousness, and cognitive processes. We also spend time with contemplations that open the heart, supporting the experience of deep intimacy in our lives. The final segment is about Non-Duality and Freedom.

Course Format:
The instructions are emailed about once a week. Students provide e-mail feedback based upon them on a monthly basis. There are monthly phone conferences as well. Attendance at three formal week-long retreats is required. The retreats will be held near Richmond, Va.

Course Cost:
The Two Year Training is dana (donation) based. Dana is requested to be sent to the teacher at the beginning of each month. As with any event that is based upon the generous hearts of those involved, there are no specific requirements or expectations as to how much dana should be offered.

Application Process:
To apply, please contact Carol (see Teacher tab)

Individual Coaching: Please contact Carol.