Upstairs Downstairs

A quiet, spacious guided meditation with few prompts and no agenda. Using the breath as an anchor, we settle into stillness, open into spaciousness and silence, and rest in the open ground of being, which is also fullness, freedom, and simple presence.There’s no agenda here. No special states to reach and nothing to get right. Find a quiet place where you won’t be disturbed. Please don’t listen while driving.For more meditations, resources, and ways to connect, visit withoutanet.org: https://withoutanet.org

In this meditation, Dori leads us from our everyday state into increasingly subtle layers of awareness. As attention relaxes and broadens, the meditation invites us to loosen our familiar sense of separateness and rest in awareness itself.From there, we gradually return through the vibrant pulse of Shakti into time, place, body, senses, and mind. Rather than leaving ordinary life behind, we rediscover it as a vivid expression of consciousness—and recognize that even restlessness, tension, and scattered thoughts belong to the same sacred movement.A journey from the everyday to the subtle, and gently back again.Go to withoutanet.blog for the script, to comment, and all that the Without a Net program has to offer. See https://www.tantrailluminated.org for more information on the Shaiva Tantric tradition. (Not to be confused with the tantric sex connotation.)

In this guided meditation we’ll begin with simple breath awareness and gentle pauses and gradually expand our attention to experience the breath flowing into the body from every direction. Inspired by yogic teachings on kumbhaka, the sacred pause, this practice invites you to rest in the spacious awareness that surrounds and permeates you. With ample silence between prompts, you'll have time to settle into the subtle rhythm of breath, openness, and vibrant stillness.Go to withoutanet.blog for the script, to comment, and for all that the Without a Net program has to offer.

This guided meditation explores sensing the body as open, empty space. We gradually soften the sense of separation between body, mind, and world—resting in a spacious awareness beyond form. This practice invites a direct experience of presence, peace, and the quiet joy at the heart of being.Go to withoutanet.blog for the script, to comment, and all that the Without a Net program has to offer.The Vijnana Bhairava Tantra is an ancient Sanskrit scripture central to the Trika school of Kashmir Shaivism. Presented as a dialogue between the goddess Bhairavi and the god Bhairava (Shiva), it expounds 112 meditative techniques aimed at direct realization of ultimate consciousness. https://hareesh.org/vbt-blog-posts

In this episode we explore ways to redirect thinking while meditating, being careful not to demonize thought. Then we practice a guided meditation using the senses as a doorway into presence. Go to withoutanet.blog for the script, to comment, and all that the Without a Net program has to offer.

In this guided meditation, we journey from the tangible sensations of the body to increasingly subtle layers of awareness. Beginning with breath and physical grounding, the practice gently expands toward energy and spacious presence. Whether you’re seeking calm, clarity, or a deeper connection with your inner world, this session offers a steady, soothing pathway into quiet stillness and refined attention.Go to withoutanet.blog for the script, to comment, and all that the Without a Net program has to offer.

Like the great British manors of days-gone-by, we too have an upstairs persona and a below-stairs staff of hidden operatives. We can use this analogy to become more accepting of both parts of ourselves. Check our website at withoutanet.blog to comment and more.

Using color, sound, and movement of the breath, this guided meditation practice gives the attention plenty of focus so the mind relaxes sooner. It is one of my favorites. Go to wihtoutanet.blog to comment and see the written version.

Our intuition is like a GPS system that most of us have lost trust in. In this episode we'll talk about how and why we get off track, and what it takes to hear clear guidance again. We'll also be guided through a practice in which we position ourselves using some ways we usually neglect.See notes and comment on withoutanet.blog

In this episode I give the same talk I gave the night before at the opening reception of my solo exhiibit at Canary Gallery. It's a little about my paintings and a lot about the inner process of rendering my mind states on canvas. See the paintings mentioned in the episode on withoutanet.blog.