The Threefold Path · the third course
Contemplative Mastery
A course in four volumes and four stages, from the first sitting posture to the teaching of others, closing on a synthesis of the whole. Its postures, breaths and seven centres are illustrated, and every practice carries its cautions.
Every practice here carries its cautions. If you have a health condition, consult your doctor before you begin. Safety and contraindications →
The four stages
Four stages of development, read as a line of progress and as a spiral: each is deepened, never left behind.
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The course
- Volume 1: FoundationsThe four stages, the three constitutions, the first meditation, breath and postures, and the day they fit in.
- Volume 2: Core PracticesThe postures stage by stage, pranayama and the holds, contemplative prayer, visualisation and the seed sounds.
- Volume 3: IntegrationThe five sheaths, the seven centres and their twelve-week cycle, the ethical foundation, and practice carried into daily life.
- Volume 4: TransmissionTeaching, institutions and the wider network, advanced states, and what is left to those who come after.
- Synthesis and Future VisionThe four volumes as one system, the recognition beyond technique, and the endless beginning.
- ReferenceThe constitutional matrix, safety and contraindications, the schedules, the assessment, the glossary and the sources.
The capstone
Synthesis and Future Vision
The course closes on one sitting that gathers the four volumes: the stages, the seat and the breath, the seven centres and their seed sounds, prayer, and service.