Meditation teaching and mentoring

I work virtually with a small number of meditators directly for 1:1 teaching and mentoring. Meetings are typically 1 hour long.

If you are new to working with me in this capacity, my suggestion for getting started is that we meet once a week for the first month. This will help to establish a relationship and will allow me to better understand your practice.

I try my best to stay rooted in the ancient practice of dāna (the Pali word for generosity), which means that, for now and for as long as I am able, I don't attach fees to any of my "dharma work." Instead, I offer my services purely on a donation basis. If you feel moved to donate for our sessions, you can find me on Venmo: @Doug-Kremm-1.

To schedule a session, click here.

More on dāna:

The Buddha famously said that one should not make a business of the dharma (Ud 2.6). There are various reasons for this, but the one I find most inspiring is simply that the dharma is priceless. It is very, very hard to keep one’s practice pure when it is bound up with the logic of buying and selling. And yet, one has to make a living. What to do?

Since ancient times, many followers of the Buddhist path have striven to offer their dharma work without demanding a price. If one feels inclined to give– wonderful! If not– also wonderful! Trust in the practice and let it bring what it brings.

This is a fundamentally different model from the mode of economic exchange we are used to in the West. In fact the very ideas of transaction and exchange are out of place here. Dāna (pronounced “DAH-nuh”) is not about buying or selling, nor is it really about “donating.” It is about giving freely from a deep sense of fullness and gratitude. When one feels moved to give in this way, one does so not out of a sense of debt or obligation, but as a natural expression of the generous heart.

I find it deeply moving to reflect on the staying power of this practice. It has survived for thousands of years, and this tells us something beautiful about the nature of generosity and the nature of the dharma. I offer my services with a deep sense of trust and faith in this path.

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