Daily Practice, Real Change

Overview

This 2-hour experiential workshop is designed to help you build a personal meditation practice that’s not only sustainable, but meaningful - rooted in presence, and supportive of your real, everyday life.

Whether you're completely new to meditation or returning to it after a pause, this space will offer clear guidance, supportive structure, and contemplative depth. You’ll explore foundational techniques, gain clarity around what practice actually is, and receive tools to help you navigate resistance, deepen attention, and develop rhythm.

This is not about doing meditation “right” - it’s about finding your way into a practice that feels alive, grounding, and true to your temperament and current life stage.

We’ll gather for tea and informal conversation—for those who wish to linger, ask questions, or simply rest in the warmth of shared presence.

What We’ll Explore

• What meditation is (and isn’t): debunking myths and clarifying purpose
• A brief overview of key meditation styles: breath-based, open awareness, heart-centered, and somatic
• Identifying your natural orientation toward practice
• Working with common obstacles: restlessness, doubt, discomfort, distraction
• Creating a rhythm: how to build a daily practice that nourishes rather than pressures
• How to carry presence beyond the cushion and into daily life
  
  You’ll Walk Away With:
• A clearer understanding of how to meditate and why it matters
• Direct experience of multiple practice styles
• A personal daily rhythm you can begin right away
• Tools to navigate obstacles with tednerness and care
• A deeper connection to yourself, others, and the world
  
  Who It’s For

Anyone looking to begin or re-establish a meditation practice. You don’t need prior experience - just a willingness to pause, listen, and begin

Location:
🧘‍♀️ In-person near Santa Cruz, CA, address is sent upon registration ($25)
💻 Simultaneously offered live online via Zoom (donation-based)

Host
Asyl’s journey spans over a decade of rigorous practice, beginning with the Kriya and Tantra yoga traditions and later deepening through samatha and vipassana practices rooted in Theravada Buddhism. After many retreats and years of dedicated training, he chose to fully devote himself to exploring the nature of the mind, undergoing intensive training in the Rinzai Zen tradition at Korinji - Rinzai Zen Monastery. Today, he continues to practice within the Zen tradition, enriching his path with training in the mystical teachings of Sufism, non-dual meditation teacher programs, and somatic teacher trainings.

His work is rooted in the psycho-spiritual domain, where he practices and teaches direct methods for engaging the whole being - body, mind, subtle energy system, and heart. Asyl’s approach is integrative, blending the rigor of disciplined practice with a deep sensitivity to the unfolding of inner experience and the natural flow of life. He invites practitioners into an embodied path of transformation – one that honors the intelligence of the body-mind, nurtures presence, and expands perception beyond the ordinary as a gateway to the Sacred and Divine.

Website: https://asylb.com/
IG: https://www.instagram.com/asylabc/