THE SIT COMMIT January 2022
30 day meditation commitment
January 2022
Sit. Just for a little bit. But do it every day.
Spending the first moon cycle of the year committed in this humble but unwavering way has some powerful ramifications.
It makes space for releasing and clearing what is best left to rest in 2021.
It grants time for receiving guiding insights and supportive skills we’ll need to thrive through 2022.
Returning to your sacred home sanctuary, again and again, as steady as the sunrise, overtime realigns “your rhythms with the rhythms of nature.”
Meditation happens when you let yourself be fully in the present—and let the present be fully in you. This releases you from the limitations projected by the mind. It frees you from the past and frees you for the future.
Our meditation community has been doing some version of this ritual since 2017. We return to it, we honor it, we trust it and we love it because it works.
I’m really ready for it this year. Are you?
Your job is just to show up every single day in a simple, sincere way.
Mine is to guide you through the lessons in a steady, gentle, consistent way. I offer bites and bowl-fulls of content that are foundational and perennial, well-informed and humbly presented, personally resonant and immediately applicable.
And we all get to hang out with one other! The community is oh-so warm, authentic, welcoming and insightful.
The course offers:
Daily live meditations on Zoom
Guided meditation recordings of varying lengths
Practical tools for establishing a consistent, effective and satisfying practice
Support for the common obstacles to meditation in particular, and healthy daily habits in general
Personal support from a seasoned guide
Resonant teachings for returning to your own inner wisdom
Powerful self-inquiry prompts for eliciting new, life-changing insights
Belonging and connection, being seen and heard by our sincere and caring community
Sliding-Scale or Payment Plans are options for anyone who can't afford the full price right now. Direct message me or email aaron@nowherevillage.org with an offer that works for you in current circumstances.
Gifting to a Friend? Direct message me their name and email address I'll start the process and send you more information.
Full refund if you haven't experienced any helpful insights or positive inner experiences by January 31, 2022.
Contact aaron@nowherevillage.org
“If you are seeking a practice that will fortify you for life seek out Aaron.”
- Saije B., Creative + Operations + Production, Jersey City NJ
The Sit Commit works best for these 2 types of seeker:
Experienced meditation practitioners who want a chance to re-kindle a sincere passion for their daily home practice, and to re-establish the habit in a solid, lasting way.
Beginners who are curious about the incredible benefits of meditation, but wisely cautious about the big pitfalls that prevent most new meditators from truly experiencing these benefits first-hand.
Scroll down for more testimonials, details, and FAQ
a journey
of a thousand miles
begins with
1-2-3
A-B-C
In years of spiritual study and immersion I never discovered the single “best” way to practice meditation.
Instead I discovered a handful of qualities which were present in every style or tradition that reliably produced healing, awakening and/or empowering meditative experiences.
I looked more deeply into each of these qualities and read up on what various trusted sources had to say about them. I continued to teach meditation and learn what modern-day lay meditators struggled with the most—and what really helped.
This led to the creation of the ABCs, which we follow as steps when we meditate.
It offers the meditator some confidence, clarity and structure. But does not ask that she subscribe to any additional beliefs, dogmas or worldviews, gods, gurus or cultural heritages in order to walk the simple path.
The ABCs will mark our steps along the path through this 30 day journey.
We will be meeting and mastering each step slowly over the month, through an unfolding series of guided meditations, self-inquiry prompts, and concise lectures which blend practical, philosophical, and poetic inspiration.
There will also be ample opportunities to ask questions, process your own experiences, receive personalized support, and mark the twists, turns, ups and downs of the journey in a warm, bright circle of peers.
You'll receive a notification every time that a new lesson is released, with a simple link to take you to your latest assignment.
Live Zoom Sessions
It is not necessary to attend any live sessions.
All content will be posted as we go. And you can have personal interactions with your guide and journey-mates via comments and posts in our private course space.
Every year about 50% of participants choose to take the journey without ever entering one of the Zoom sessions. And they get a whole lot out of it.
The other 50% of participants feel more connected, accountable and inspired when they sync their practice schedule with me and/or other course members and attend some Zoom sessions.
I will personally host 4 weekly Zoom sessions throughout January, plus one follow-up session a month after the course wraps.
Member hosts will be providing 20 minute silent gatherings which are opportunities to catch up on course content and/or self-guide your own practice while in fellowship.
Aaron Hosts Live Sessions
::: ARRIVAL CIRCLE ::: SAT 1 JAN 11:30am-1pmET
5 minutes. ARRIVAL meditation.
10 minutes. How to ARRIVE. Insights, tools and inquiry prompts to help you approach the first step of meditation, to ARRIVE into your practice space and time.
30 minutes. INTRODUCTION to the course and the members.
5 minutes. Q&A.
5 minutes. meditation.
Then we hit this steady rhythm til the end of January:
::: MONDAYS ::: 7:30-8amET
10-20 minutes. MEDITATION to help you master the step of the week, and to experience the meditative state in general. (They get longer in duration over the month.)
10 minutes. INTRO to the step of the week: I share insights, tools and inquiry questions to help you approach this step and its accompanying themes.
BREATH 1/3
CARE 1/10
DIRECTION 1/17
EMPTINESS 1/24
::: WEDNESDAYS ::: 7:30amET
10-20 minutes. MEDITATION to help you master the step of the week, and to experience the meditative state in general.
5 minutes chanting
30-40 minutes. Wisdom Wednesday TALK: We go deeper into understanding the theme and work of the week.
5-10 minutes. Q&A
::: FRIDAYS ::: 7:30amET
1 minute. Shard of INSIGHT. I will offer a bite sized piece of inspiration based on the step of the week.
10-20 minutes. SILENT STILLNESS. Unguided meditation session. I ring a singing bowl, measure out the allotted time for the week the ring it again and bow to you.
This is your chance to practice tools introduced earlier in the week, growing more skillful and confident in self-guidance.
::: SATURDAYS ::: 11:30amET
Guided meditation + haring circle. Opportunity to connect with other course members, to share about your personal experience to and hear the stories of others.
*The first and last Saturdays are special Circles.
**If there is enough interest, I will add another sharing circle to the schedule.
::: FINISHING CIRCLE ::: SAT 29 JAN 11:30amET
Guided meditation followed by our Closing Circle. This is a beautiful opportunity to fully honor the journey and consciously step forth carrying the gifts.
::: GOING FORTH CIRCLE ::: SAT 26 FEB 11:30amET
Guided meditation + a Going Forth Circle where we follow-up on how it's been working in application outside of the course. An opportunity to re-connect and re-align and re-commit.
Members Host Live Sessions
Some Nowhere Village members are stepping up to host a greater variety of weekly sessions.
These humble, generous friends will not be guiding" you through the practice, the way I do on Saturdays, Mondays and Wednesdays.
They’ll just be holding the space for you and others to show up, chiming a sound at the beginning and the end of the session, and doing their own self-guided practice in between. (Usually 15-20 minutes; the Event listing will specify.)
Right now we have the following member-led sessions:
Tuesday 7:30amET with Pamela Ferner
Tuesday 10:30amET with Michael Kingsbaker
Thursday 7:30amET with Holly Messitt
Thursday 10:30amET with Michael Kingsbaker
Sunday 8:30amET with John (Samuel) Miller
More sessions can be added. To request a time, or offer to host a session reach out to aaron@nowherevillage.org.
FAQ
Q: What if I can’t join the live Zoom sessions?
A: No problem! You can take in the recordings at your convenience. At this point over half of the group will be participating on delay.
Q: What if I'm a beginner?
A: This is the course that I wish I had when I was first starting. You will have all the support you need to build your practice on solid ground and move forward without all the false starts that so many of us have experienced.
Q: What if I already have a meditation practice?
A: The meditation practice has to evolve along with the practitioner. This course will teach you how to discover what is really working and enhance it, and how to lovingly release whatever isn't serving anymore.
Q: What kind of time commitment is this?
A: Plan on meditating every single day, building up from 5 minutes to 20 minute sessions. You’ll be taking in my guided meditations and practicing the self-guidance tools I give you then.
Additionally set aside about 1.5 hour per week to watch the videos (or attend live sessions instead) and another 1-2 hours to contemplate the inquiry prompts, journal or make art or or share about it with the group in the live Circles or ongoing comments.
Q: What if I have to start after January 1st?
A: No problem! The first week we start simple and small and it will be easy to catch up. Registration closes January 8th.
If something inside is nodding, tingling or urging, sign on up!
If something inside is curious, confused or wondering, reach out to aaron@forevermarvel.com, and ask away.
Testimonials
During this course I woke up and found my voice. I recommend studying with Aaron if you want to learn and grow, and be treated with loving kindness.
- Janet W. Grateful Gardner + Explorer + Learner, Huntsville, Canada
It really started my day off right. I lived for this daily morning ritual and I really appreciated the experience very very much. Aaron's personal attention to everyone's feedback. The kind and open hearted approach to mediation and her students. Her sense of humor, her deep connection to the practice, her honor for the lineages she's past through, and the way she teaches. I never felt looked down upon, I truly felt like she was sharing with us from a place neither above us or below us, which makes it much easier for me to receive what she has to offer.
- Nami S. Teacher/Healer/Artist, Brooklyn NY
Aaron is wise, practical, and level-headed about instruction. She's always pushing for depth in practice, moving beyond surface level understandings, but she does it in a way that is completely authentic and accessible.- Jenny K., Theatre Artist and Educator, Queens NY
I came into this looking for tools and knowledge in order to develop my own independent practice, and I definitely got those. What I wasn't expecting, because of the seemingly impersonal online format, was the sense of togetherness and communion that I felt.
Aaron is incredibly knowledgeable about the traditions and practices she teaches. She is personable and lovingly welcoming of what participants bring and share. She does an excellent job of actively listening and insightfully responding to participant needs and questions. She is also willing to be vulnerable and open about her own process and progress, which is very reassuring to participants who may be struggling, whether it be with the practice itself or obstacles to the practice.
- Austin C., High School English Teacher, Ft. Worth TX
I've been so moved by the course. I've been talking about it a lot to friends and applying some of the framework to how I think about my path. It's helped me realize that I actually really care about what I do, and that I've already organized my life around a sense of care, so the work is getting out of my own way and not letting other people or obstacles obscure what I already know.
- Naveen, Writer, Manhattan NY