"This course was fantastic. Thank you so much for providing a wonderful program."

"This is the first course on meditation and mindfulness that I've ever taken. I wasn't sure what it would be like and didn't know what to expect. It's exceeding my expectation and I truly enjoyed David's teaching. I love the books recommended for this course, too. Thank you for creating this program. It opened my view of mindfulness meditation and I'm very grateful."

"I really did enjoy the program. Since participating, I have been meditating at least 5x per week, for 20 minutes, which feels like a huge win!"

"Loved the funny, insightful talks and guided practice."

"The segment on “precision" changed my view of meditation. I didn't think precision was an important element for meditation. I look forward to building my strength through it and just keep working on it with gentle efforts."

"I not only enjoyed it but it will have a lasting impact on my practice - for that I am very grateful. Thank you so much for the teachings!"

"It’s the first time I’ve meditated with the intent to just let it be. I’ve always felt like my practice was at odds with the rest of my life. Compassion, surrender, presence; it feels like coming home."

"My ability to sit without crawling out of my skin has improved so much. Thank you!!"

"Meditation has always felt like a struggle. The biggest gift of this course was realizing that letting go wasn’t doing it “wrong”, which was always my experience. I’ve always thought I was a terrible meditator, but I’m realizing I can practice in a space of ease and warmth. I’m always exactly where I’m meant to be and a little gentleness is all I need."

"So happy to learn that meditation doesn’t mean thinking of nothing. My ability to just observe has improved so much."

"THANK YOU! This was a beautiful, concise program and I’m grateful of the work that went into creating it."

"This course was integral in helping me move past reading about meditation and into doing it. So thank you."

David Nichtern

David Nichtern is a senior Buddhist teacher who has been practicing and teaching meditation for over 40 years. He was one of the initial American students of renowned meditation master Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche and studied closely with him soon after his arrival in the United States in 1970.

David is also a business consultant with companies creating a variety of offerings integrating meditation in a larger health and well-being context; including Goldman Sachs, Journey Meditation, Creative Live, True Nature Meditation (Tokyo), Balanced Athlete, The Center for Health & Healing, Om Births, and Kobre & Kim law firm among others.

He has featured in The New York Times, FOX News, Netflix's animated series The Midnight Gospel, The Huffington Post, The Buddhist Geeks podcast, Duncan Trussell Family Hour podcast, You Made it Weird podcast with Pete Holmes, and many others. David also hosts his own Podcast based on his book Creativity, Spirituality & Making a Buck.

David is the author of the critically acclaimed books Awakening From the Daydream: Reimagining The Buddha's Wheel of Life and Creativity, Spirituality & Making a Buck. He mentors individual students both in person and online, and leads meditation teacher training programs around the world.

He is also a four-time Emmy Award winning and two-time Grammy nominated composer, producer and musician. David has recorded and played with Stevie Wonder, Jerry Garcia, Lana Del Rey, Maria Muldaur, Paul Simon and many others. Among his many credits in records, film and TV, he wrote the classic hit song "Midnight at the Oasis" and composed the score for Christopher Guest's film "The Big Picture". In recent years he has produced multiple records for and periodically tours with Grammy nominated kirtan performer Krishna Das.