Vocational path of meditation practice


Since participating in the Shamatha Project in 2007, I've dedicated my life to full-immersion meditation retreats, in an effort to understand the mind from a first person perspective. My motivation is to explore our potential to grow, evolve, and work with the first-person phenomena that most directly influence factors like our quality of life, happiness, and our capacity to function at our best.In my experience, this essentially boils down to one phrase: Stream the Mind. If we stream our minds without grasping or contraction (rather than getting too caught up in streaming services like hulu or netflix) we have the potential to gain progressively more freedom, perspective, conscious influence, and access to our own awareness of what we truly are. And, as a result, we can gain an ability to make changes in our minds and lives that are unprecedented.It's my hope that, by learning these skills myself, I'll be able to help others make use of them as well.

Path


Professional meditators, in collaboration with modern researchers, have been altering our understanding of well-being, the brain, reality, altruism, and human potential. They are some of the most exceptional people to ever be measured in rigorous laboratories. I'd like to dedicate my life to becoming like them – and I'd love to have your help.

Story


I earned a B.S. and M.S., with a focus on understanding methods for training the mind – both in modern psychology, and in traditional contemplative frameworks. I have been very fortunate to study under some of the world's most qualified contemplatives, researchers, and sport/performance psychologists.

Resources


Here are some of the most helpful, inspiring meditation resources I've come across, in case they might be useful to you as well.

Cabin


I constructed a Passive-House-box-style mobile retreat cabin, simple but suited to the acoustic and spacial requirements of a serious shamatha retreat.

If there's anything I can do

I currently offer one-on-one consultations in a wide variety of areas, based on a sliding scale. I've survived life-threatening illnesses through practice. I've been very fortunate to have the opportunity to navigate major blockages in various forms of skill development (whether in the context of spiritual practice, sport and performance, or academia) by working with mind training. If you feel I might be able to help you, I hope you'll please reach out using the button below.


Thank you so much for your support

If you would like to make a secure monthly donation to help support my basic expenses, in a life dedicated to first-person exploration, please use the button below (you can also select a one-time donation, if you prefer.)

It's wonderful to have you here.


© All Photographs taken at or near places that have been helpful for my meditation, copyright Terran Palmer-Angell, Jarred LaValley, Tim Palmer. Text copyright Terran Palmer-Angell. Artwork copyright Brendon Palmer-Angell. All rights reserved.