A quieter place to be.

Books. A quieter place to be.

This is where my work is heading. In 2012, I am finding a slow (which is good, as slow is sustainable) change in myself, from reading online, to reading offline. Reading eBooks and books. Writing books instead of blogging. 

As we head towards Summer, I plan to take meditation to the beaches of Europe. I'm going to be meditating and teaching outdoors, at beaches, in the mountains, even, perhaps in urban environments. 

I want to work in a small, quiet, sustainable way.

Wherever people are, you will find me. I want to teach people whose eyes I can look into, who I can talk to. Who can talk to me. But most of all, I want to give them silence and focus. 

Yes, I'll develop something for my online friends and contacts. Maybe courses, but better, would be books, maybe eletters delivering courses. 

The best way to learn meditation? In person, with a teacher. On your mat, or simpler, on your butt, wherever you seat it. 

Meditation is not here, in pixels, bits and bytes. It is the antithesis of this.

I'm planning to spend three one month periods of each year on retreat. For me, and for you… I'm working to become the best human being I can possibly become.

Places will be Tarifa, Spain; Lisbon, Portugal; Peniche, Portugal; and perhaps another Southern European location. Maybe an island. Still thinking on it.

Mountain areas might include the Spanish Pyrenees, Sierra Nevada (Spain) and perhaps in 2013, the Atlas Mountains, Morocco. 

Next year, I would perhaps like to lead desert retreats too.