The Earth Gate
Mindfulness and meditation practices to cultivate inner strength and trauma resiliency. Learning how our capacity for change lies within the body and the nervous system.
Earth Gate is the first in a 4-part series that offers simple practices to understand how lived experiences and trauma are transmitted through your body. Combining mindfulness and meditation with leading research in physiology and trauma-informed teaching, the course explores how we can see our body and its nervous system as a vehicle for awakening. At this moment in history, our capacity to heal and transform ourselves and the planet is crucial. Mindfulness of the body is also mindfulness of the Earth.
In this course, you’ll learn how to:
Gain lifetime access to a library of meditative exercises and resources for practice
Listen deeply to the body and the nervous system so that you can understand what it is communicating to you
Name, accept, and let go of stress and trauma that has been activated in your nervous system
Recognize your connection to the Earth and how it's expressed within and around you
Gain a new sense of joy and appreciation for simply being present and alive
The Earth Gate has 9 lessons. They are pre-recorded so you can learn at your own pace. We recommend one lesson a week. Feel free to take more than one week for each lesson, to pause if needed, or to return to earlier parts of the course. Do not rush yourself to complete things. When you enroll in the course, you receive lifetime access to all the materials.
Lesson 1: Mindfulness of the body
Lesson 2: The nervous system revolution
Lesson 3: The art of resiliency
Lesson 4: Practicing with the nervous system
Lesson 5:The biology of trauma
Lesson 6: The midpoint review and preview
Lesson 7: Self-directed neuroplasticity
Lesson 8: Practicing with resiliency
Lesson 9: The body as a (w)holy vehicle
One of Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh’s most senior, non-monastic Dharma Teachers, Larry has a PhD in Religious Studies with a Buddhism emphasis. His dissertation focused on the intersection of mindfulness and neuroscience. His teaching style, which he calls, “Deep Buddhism,” is interdisciplinary and focused on embodiment of the teachings, integrating Buddhism with neuroscience, trauma/resiliency work, indigenous wisdom and social imagination. His aim is to support the healing and transformation of societal karma at the deepest levels of body and mind. Larry is a knowledgeable, charismatic and inspirational teacher, expressing his insights with personal stories and resounding clarity, expressing his dharma name, “True Great Sound."
Pre-recorded so you can go at your own pace:
A video lesson each week with Dr. Larry Ward
A guided, downloadable meditation to start each class
Optional Journal writing prompts for each lesson
Practice homework and downloadable guided meditation for each week
A video practice tip for each week