Deep Rest for the Holidays
UPCOMING COURSE
Building Rest Capacity Through the Holidays: A 5-Week Course
We're using the holidays as live practice for building genuine rest capacity. All those family dynamics and social obligations that usually leave you exhausted become chances to test what genuine rest actually feels like in your body. The stress of the season becomes useful data about your nervous system patterns.
Think of it as field research where every holiday gathering teaches you something about how you lose your center and how to find it again. By January, you'll have real evidence about what works for you, not from practicing in perfect conditions, but from learning to rest while life stays messy.
10% of all course revenue supports Crisis Text Line, providing free mental health crisis support to young people. Your enrollment helps fund mental health resources while you learn to support your own nervous system
10% of all course revenue supports Crisis Text Line, providing free mental health crisis support to young people. Your enrollment helps fund mental health resources while you learn to support your own nervous system
10% of all course revenue supports Crisis Text Line, providing free mental health crisis support to young people. Your enrollment helps fund mental health resources while you learn to support your own nervous system
The course draws on multiple lineages and disciplines, each chosen for measurable results rather than theoretical appeal. Several sessions work directly with the pithy instructions of Mahamudra and Dzogchen, where you learn to rest in immediate, unstructured experience without elaborate technique. Chandra Easton teaches from the dynamic devotional methods of tantric yoga, using rhythm, sound, and bhakti practices to regulate the nervous system through engagement rather than withdrawal. Other teachers approach rest through polyvagal theory, somatic therapy, and nervous system literacy, translating physiological research into practical protocols. What connects these approaches is practical overlap: each approach trains your actual nervous system to handle stress as it arrives, using methods you can verify through direct experience. → Event Calendar
Deep Rest for the Holidays
UPCOMING COURSE
Building Rest Capacity Through the Holidays: A 5-Week Course
Deep Rest for the Holidays
UPCOMING COURSE
Building Rest Capacity Through the Holidays: A 5-Week Course
We're using the holidays as live practice for building genuine rest capacity. All those family dynamics and social obligations that usually leave you exhausted become chances to recognize what genuine rest actually feels like. The stress of the season becomes useful data about your nervous system patterns.
Deep Rest Instructors
Seven practitioners who know the mechanics of genuine rest, from contemplative practice to nervous system regulation.
Lopön Chandra Easton
Vajrayana Buddhism
Vajra teacher (Dorje Lopön) and author of Embodying Tara. Brings the embodiment, movement, and the feminine back to the center of contemplative practice.
Bruce Tift
Therapist
Psychotherapist since 1979 and Vajrayana practitioner who wrote Already Free. Explores how Buddhism's fruitional approach and psychotherapy's developmental approach complement each other.
Andrew Holocek
Vajrayana Buddhism
Andrew Holecek is an interdisciplinary scholar-practitioner in Tibetan Buddhism and other nondual wisdom traditions. His work involves studies on dream yoga and the practice of dark retreat. He has completed the Tibetan Buddhist three-year retreat and is a frequent subject in scientific studies on meditation and lucid dreaming.
Jonny Miller
Nervous System Regulation
Founded Nervous System Mastery to teach evidence-based protocols for nervous system regulation. Has taught over 1000 students practical, body-based methods for cultivating calm and rewiring stress responses.
Emma Treharne
Yoga Nidra
Specializes in somatic work with women through yoga nidra and nervous system regulation. Teaches how to find inner refuge where genuine rest becomes possible.
Lama Karma Justin Wall
Vajrayana Buddhism
Teaches Mahamudra and Dzogchen meditation, making esoteric practices accessible without dilution. Columbia graduate who completed traditional three-year retreats.
Stephen Zerfas
Jhourney.io
Co-founder of Jhourney who stumbled into jhana states during a personal crisis. Has since guided over 400 people into these profound states of meditative bliss.
Michael Taft
Meditation
Michael W. Taft is a meditation teacher, author, and podcaster. Michael has been meditating for over thirty five years and has extensive experience in both Buddhist and Hindu Tantric practice. Michael is also a co-founder of the groundbreaking Alembic center in Berkeley.
Deep Rest Instructors
Seven practitioners who know the mechanics of genuine rest, from contemplative practice to nervous system regulation.
Lopön Chandra Easton
Vajrayana Buddhism
Vajra teacher (Dorje Lopön) and author of Embodying Tara. Brings the embodiment, movement, and the feminine back to the center of contemplative practice.
Bruce Tift
Therapist
Psychotherapist since 1979 and Vajrayana practitioner who wrote Already Free. Explores how Buddhism's fruitional approach and psychotherapy's developmental approach complement each other.
Andrew Holocek
Vajrayana Buddhism
Andrew Holecek is an interdisciplinary scholar-practitioner in Tibetan Buddhism and other nondual wisdom traditions. His work involves studies on dream yoga and the practice of dark retreat. He has completed the Tibetan Buddhist three-year retreat and is a frequent subject in scientific studies on meditation and lucid dreaming.
Jonny Miller
Nervous System Regulation
Founded Nervous System Mastery to teach evidence-based protocols for nervous system regulation. Has taught over 1000 students practical, body-based methods for cultivating calm and rewiring stress responses.
Emma Treharne
Yoga Nidra
Specializes in somatic work with women through yoga nidra and nervous system regulation. Teaches how to find inner refuge where genuine rest becomes possible.
Lama Karma Justin Wall
Vajrayana Buddhism
Teaches Mahamudra and Dzogchen meditation, making esoteric practices accessible without dilution. Columbia graduate who completed traditional three-year retreats.
Stephen Zerfas
Jhourney.io
Co-founder of Jhourney who stumbled into jhana states during a personal crisis. Has since guided over 400 people into these profound states of meditative bliss.
Michael Taft
Meditation
Michael W. Taft is a meditation teacher, author, and podcaster. Michael has been meditating for over thirty five years and has extensive experience in both Buddhist and Hindu Tantric practice. Michael is also a co-founder of the groundbreaking Alembic center in Berkeley.
Deep Rest Instructors
Seven practitioners who know the mechanics of genuine rest, from contemplative practice to nervous system regulation.
Lopön Chandra Easton
Vajrayana Buddhism
Vajra teacher (Dorje Lopön) and author of Embodying Tara. Brings the embodiment, movement, and the feminine back to the center of contemplative practice.
Bruce Tift
Therapist
Psychotherapist since 1979 and Vajrayana practitioner who wrote Already Free. Explores how Buddhism's fruitional approach and psychotherapy's developmental approach complement each other.
Andrew Holocek
Vajrayana Buddhism
Andrew Holecek is an interdisciplinary scholar-practitioner in Tibetan Buddhism and other nondual wisdom traditions. His work involves studies on dream yoga and the practice of dark retreat. He has completed the Tibetan Buddhist three-year retreat and is a frequent subject in scientific studies on meditation and lucid dreaming.
Jonny Miller
Nervous System Regulation
Founded Nervous System Mastery to teach evidence-based protocols for nervous system regulation. Has taught over 1000 students practical, body-based methods for cultivating calm and rewiring stress responses.
Emma Treharne
Yoga Nidra
Specializes in somatic work with women through yoga nidra and nervous system regulation. Teaches how to find inner refuge where genuine rest becomes possible.
Lama Karma Justin Wall
Vajrayana Buddhism
Teaches Mahamudra and Dzogchen meditation, making esoteric practices accessible without dilution. Columbia graduate who completed traditional three-year retreats.
Stephen Zerfas
Jhourney.io
Co-founder of Jhourney who stumbled into jhana states during a personal crisis. Has since guided over 400 people into these profound states of meditative bliss.
Michael Taft
Meditation
Michael W. Taft is a meditation teacher, author, and podcaster. Michael has been meditating for over thirty five years and has extensive experience in both Buddhist and Hindu Tantric practice. Michael is also a co-founder of the groundbreaking Alembic center in Berkeley.
Most nervous system training happens in perfect conditions: quiet rooms, controlled environments, carefully managed schedules. Then the holiday season arrives and everything you've learned falls apart. This course takes a different approach. We use the holidays as a live testing ground for building genuine rest capacity. You know those family dynamics that usually drain you by day two? This year they become useful information about how your nervous system actually works. The social obligations that normally feel endless become chances to practice finding your center. All that holiday stress becomes the material you work with to build real regulation skills.
Over five weeks, seven teachers will show you how to pay off what nervous system expert Jonny Miller calls “emotional debt,” the accumulated activation your body carries, while the holidays are actively happening around you. You’ll learn the difference between managing symptoms, forcing yourself to relax, and building actual capacity, teaching your nervous system what safety feels like. You’ll develop interoceptive awareness, the ability to track your internal state in real time, so you know when you're actually resting rather than reaching for self-care strategies that leave you more activated than before.
Think of it as field research. Every holiday dinner becomes data. Every overwhelming moment becomes an opportunity to practice. By January, you won't just survive the season. You'll have evidence-based protocols that work when life refuses to cooperate. Event Calendar
Most nervous system training happens in perfect conditions: quiet rooms, controlled environments, carefully managed schedules. Then the holiday season arrives and everything you've learned falls apart. This course takes a different approach. We use the holidays as a live testing ground for building genuine rest capacity. You know those family dynamics that usually drain you by day two? This year they become useful information about how your nervous system actually works. The social obligations that normally feel endless become chances to practice finding your center. All that holiday stress becomes the material you work with to build real regulation skills.
Over five weeks, seven teachers will show you how to pay off what nervous system expert Jonny Miller calls “emotional debt,” the accumulated activation your body carries, while the holidays are actively happening around you. You’ll learn the difference between managing symptoms, forcing yourself to relax, and building actual capacity, teaching your nervous system what safety feels like. You’ll develop interoceptive awareness, the ability to track your internal state in real time, so you know when you're actually resting rather than reaching for self-care strategies that leave you more activated than before.
Think of it as field research. Every holiday dinner becomes data. Every overwhelming moment becomes an opportunity to practice. By January, you won't just survive the season. You'll have evidence-based protocols that work when life refuses to cooperate. Event Calendar
Recent Media
Deconstructing Yourself Podcast
I recently enjoyed a lively discussion with my esteemed colleague Michael Taft on his podcast, "Deconstructing Yourself." Many of you know Michael through his extensive activity in the meditation training and podcasting space.
We explored various topics, including embodied immediacy, navigating disturbing experiences, cultivating open awareness, and how the traditional Tibetan Buddhist practice of Tummo helps us to be more familiar with any refusal to go into experiential intensity. I hope you have time to tune in to this fun discussion!
Over 60 meditators participated in the Winter Tummo Course. Tummo offers an opportunity to examine the origins of emotional unrest and apply healthful interventions that can breed confidence that our distress is workable. The confluence of posture, breath retention, and visualization is an arena where we can challenge habitual ways of framing our experience. Tummo will not help us transcend our messy human lives. Instead, we aim to dissolve the apparent conflict between messy and transcendent.
I joined Michael Taft on Deconstructing Yourself to discuss devotion in meditation practice, the need for stability in groundlessness, and the ontological status of deities in Vajrayana practice. We explored common failure modes of practice, how to handle formless panic, and the magical matrix of the Guhyagarbha tantra that illustrates bardo meditation and the union of emptiness and vivid appearance.
The conversation touched on why deity yoga continues to hold such lasting power and beauty within the Vajrayana tradition, examining that diaphanous intersection where visualization, somatic experience, and mystery converge. We went deep into the mechanics of transformation, the necessity of paradox, and why these practices remain particularly relevant for contemporary practitioners. The Vajrayana tradition continues to offer something irreplaceable in our contemporary spiritual landscape.
For Men's Health Awareness Month, Michael A. Tennant and I co-created a space for men to discuss mental health. My contribution focused on the practice of embodied immediacy and working with disturbance. According to Mental Health America, 10% of men live with anxiety or depression, 20% develop severe depression, and half of those develop alcohol dependency during their adult lives. Men's mental health is often overlooked, and we do our best to bring attention to the looming men's mental health crisis.
For Men's Health Awareness Month, Michael A. Tennant and I co-created a space for men to discuss mental health. My contribution focused on the practice of embodied immediacy and working with disturbance. According to Mental Health America, 10% of men live with anxiety or depression, 20% develop severe depression, and half of those develop alcohol dependency during their adult lives. Men's mental health is often overlooked, and we do our best to bring attention to the looming men's mental health crisis.
Nervous System Regulation BSW '24
Renowned nervous system regulation expert Jonny Miller and I co-facilitated an event at Boulder Startup Week focused on embodied presence and nervous system balance.
It was thrilling to work alongside Jonny and experience his gentle, pragmatic, and inclusive teaching style. We focused the event through the practical lens that the more we stay in touch with what is most alive within us, the better we can manage the negative consequences of disembodiment, such as burnout, numbness, and relational bypassing.
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Integrative Family Medicine of Asheville
"One of the most insightful, germane, and potent Vajrayana teachings I've ever received, 10/10 recommend. Peter is beyond based."
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Senior Cloud Engineer
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Long-time Yogin
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Biomedical Engineer
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Hospice Nurse
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Jenny Burkhardt
Biomedical Engineer
"Peter has a kind and generous teaching style. He has studied with traditional teachers, and manages to translate the practices for Westerners while preserving their essence."
Brian Lewis, MD, MPH
Integrative Family Medicine of Asheville
"One of the most insightful, germane, and potent Vajrayana teachings I've ever received, 10/10 recommend. Peter is beyond based."
Matthew T Phillips
Senior Cloud Engineer
"He's the real deal, a solid practitioner, very pragmatic and has a personable approachable teaching style."
Andrew Graham
Long-time Yogin
"Peter has succeeded in making a very complex and rich subject accessible. He is a thoughtful and approachable teacher. Highly recommended."
Jenny Burkhardt
Biomedical Engineer
"Peter is a humorous, knowledgeable, and creative teacher. He knows the whole path and can guide you beautifully, blending tradition with modernity."
Manuel Franz
Hospice Nurse
"Peter has succeeded in making a very complex and rich subject accessible. He is a thoughtful and approachable teacher. Highly recommended."
Jenny Burkhardt
Biomedical Engineer
"Peter has a kind and generous teaching style. He has studied with traditional teachers, and manages to translate the practices for Westerners while preserving their essence."
Brian Lewis, MD, MPH
Integrative Family Medicine of Asheville
"One of the most insightful, germane, and potent Vajrayana teachings I've ever received, 10/10 recommend. Peter is beyond based."
Matthew T Phillips
Senior Cloud Engineer
"He's the real deal, a solid practitioner, very pragmatic and has a personable approachable teaching style."
Andrew Graham
Long-time Yogin
"Peter has succeeded in making a very complex and rich subject accessible. He is a thoughtful and approachable teacher. Highly recommended."
Jenny Burkhardt
Biomedical Engineer
"Peter is a humorous, knowledgeable, and creative teacher. He knows the whole path and can guide you beautifully, blending tradition with modernity."
Manuel Franz
Hospice Nurse
"Peter has succeeded in making a very complex and rich subject accessible. He is a thoughtful and approachable teacher. Highly recommended."
Jenny Burkhardt
Biomedical Engineer
"Peter has a kind and generous teaching style. He has studied with traditional teachers, and manages to translate the practices for Westerners while preserving their essence."
Brian Lewis, MD, MPH
Integrative Family Medicine of Asheville
"One of the most insightful, germane, and potent Vajrayana teachings I've ever received, 10/10 recommend. Peter is beyond based."
Matthew T Phillips
Senior Cloud Engineer
"He's the real deal, a solid practitioner, very pragmatic and has a personable approachable teaching style."
Andrew Graham
Long-time Yogin
"Peter has succeeded in making a very complex and rich subject accessible. He is a thoughtful and approachable teacher. Highly recommended."
Jenny Burkhardt
Biomedical Engineer
"Peter is a humorous, knowledgeable, and creative teacher. He knows the whole path and can guide you beautifully, blending tradition with modernity."
Manuel Franz
Hospice Nurse
"Peter has succeeded in making a very complex and rich subject accessible. He is a thoughtful and approachable teacher. Highly recommended."
Jenny Burkhardt
Biomedical Engineer
"Peter has a kind and generous teaching style. He has studied with traditional teachers, and manages to translate the practices for Westerners while preserving their essence."
Brian Lewis, MD, MPH
Integrative Family Medicine of Asheville
"One of the most insightful, germane, and potent Vajrayana teachings I've ever received, 10/10 recommend. Peter is beyond based."
Matthew T Phillips
Senior Cloud Engineer
"He's the real deal, a solid practitioner, very pragmatic and has a personable approachable teaching style."
Andrew Graham
Long-time Yogin
"Peter has succeeded in making a very complex and rich subject accessible. He is a thoughtful and approachable teacher. Highly recommended."
Jenny Burkhardt
Biomedical Engineer
"Peter is a humorous, knowledgeable, and creative teacher. He knows the whole path and can guide you beautifully, blending tradition with modernity."
Manuel Franz
Hospice Nurse
"Peter has succeeded in making a very complex and rich subject accessible. He is a thoughtful and approachable teacher. Highly recommended."
Jenny Burkhardt
Biomedical Engineer
"Peter has a kind and generous teaching style. He has studied with traditional teachers, and manages to translate the practices for Westerners while preserving their essence."
Brian Lewis, MD, MPH
Integrative Family Medicine of Asheville
"One of the most insightful, germane, and potent Vajrayana teachings I've ever received, 10/10 recommend. Peter is beyond based."
Matthew T Phillips
Senior Cloud Engineer
"He's the real deal, a solid practitioner, very pragmatic and has a personable approachable teaching style."
Andrew Graham
Long-time Yogin
"Peter has succeeded in making a very complex and rich subject accessible. He is a thoughtful and approachable teacher. Highly recommended."
Jenny Burkhardt
Biomedical Engineer
"Peter is a humorous, knowledgeable, and creative teacher. He knows the whole path and can guide you beautifully, blending tradition with modernity."
Manuel Franz
Hospice Nurse
"Peter has succeeded in making a very complex and rich subject accessible. He is a thoughtful and approachable teacher. Highly recommended."
Jenny Burkhardt
Biomedical Engineer
"Peter has a kind and generous teaching style. He has studied with traditional teachers, and manages to translate the practices for Westerners while preserving their essence."
Brian Lewis, MD, MPH
Integrative Family Medicine of Asheville
"One of the most insightful, germane, and potent Vajrayana teachings I've ever received, 10/10 recommend. Peter is beyond based."
Matthew T Phillips
Senior Cloud Engineer
"He's the real deal, a solid practitioner, very pragmatic and has a personable approachable teaching style."
Andrew Graham
Long-time Yogin
"Peter has succeeded in making a very complex and rich subject accessible. He is a thoughtful and approachable teacher. Highly recommended."
Jenny Burkhardt
Biomedical Engineer
"Peter is a humorous, knowledgeable, and creative teacher. He knows the whole path and can guide you beautifully, blending tradition with modernity."
Manuel Franz
Hospice Nurse
"Peter has succeeded in making a very complex and rich subject accessible. He is a thoughtful and approachable teacher. Highly recommended."
Jenny Burkhardt
Biomedical Engineer
"Peter has a kind and generous teaching style. He has studied with traditional teachers, and manages to translate the practices for Westerners while preserving their essence."
Brian Lewis, MD, MPH
Integrative Family Medicine of Asheville
"One of the most insightful, germane, and potent Vajrayana teachings I've ever received, 10/10 recommend. Peter is beyond based."
Matthew T Phillips
Senior Cloud Engineer
"He's the real deal, a solid practitioner, very pragmatic and has a personable approachable teaching style."
Andrew Graham
Long-time Yogin
"Peter has succeeded in making a very complex and rich subject accessible. He is a thoughtful and approachable teacher. Highly recommended."
Jenny Burkhardt
Biomedical Engineer
"Peter is a humorous, knowledgeable, and creative teacher. He knows the whole path and can guide you beautifully, blending tradition with modernity."
Manuel Franz
Hospice Nurse
"Peter has succeeded in making a very complex and rich subject accessible. He is a thoughtful and approachable teacher. Highly recommended."
Jenny Burkhardt
Biomedical Engineer
Human Practices
Being human is the only requirement to practice meditation with The Field. Outdated cultural and sectarian distortions sometimes deter people from meditation practice. We aspire to encourage the simple practice of honoring embodiment and stillness
What Do We Offer
We provide modern methods that promote awareness, kindness, and mindful living. We tailor the practice to your specific needs. There are a range of methods that promote stress reduction, enhanced sleeping patterns, and the reduction of healthcare costs.
Who Are We?
We are veteran meditation practitioners committed to propagating mind-training methods that ease unnecessary suffering. Our focus is to provide instruction and support for meditation practitioners that are balancing the dizzying array of work and family commitments that modern life demands.
Meditation is an opportunity to recognize that we have all the necessary tools. We can choose to fully engage with our human hurt and fragility. We work with what arises. We do not need to court a fantasy of 'resolving' our lives.
Meditation is an opportunity to recognize that we have all the necessary tools. We can choose to fully engage with our human hurt and fragility. We work with what arises. We do not need to court a fantasy of 'resolving' our lives.
Heart-Centered Practice
Meditation honors our connection to the natural world as well as our connection to the human community. Practicing with other humans provides a rich and dynamic experience.
Heart-Centered Practice
Meditation honors our connection to the natural world as well as our connection to the human community. Practicing with other humans provides a rich and dynamic experience.
Heart-Centered Practice
Meditation honors our connection to the natural world as well as our connection to the human community. Practicing with other humans provides a rich and dynamic experience.
How We Work With You
How We Work With You
How We Work With You
Stress Inoculation & Nervous System Dexterity
Stress Inoculation & Nervous System Dexterity
Stress Inoculation & Nervous System Dexterity
Give it a rest!
Give it a rest!
Give it a rest!
There is no time like the present. Start a meditation practice today!
Instruction is structured for practitioners who want a daily practice that supports open-hearted awareness and unconditional embodiment.
There is no time like the present. Start a meditation practice today!
Instruction is structured for practitioners who want a daily practice that supports open-hearted awareness and unconditional embodiment.
There is no time like the present.
Start your meditation practice today.
Instruction is structured for practitioners who want a daily practice that supports open-hearted awareness and unconditional embodiment.
There is no time like the present.
Start your meditation practice today.
Instruction is structured for practitioners who want a daily practice that supports open-hearted awareness and unconditional embodiment.