Small Group Coaching

you pick the topic from my menu

you gather minimum of 3 friends

we choose the meeting time together

3 - 10 meetings

All make a commitment to regular daily practice of any length with support of short excerpts from the springboard text or audio.

We also commit to deep listening and confidentiality within our group.

zoom meetings

Part 1 = Short presentation, discussion of the text or audio material.

Part 2 = practice period.

Part 3 = coaching dialogues with Chris

Concluding with a final period of silent practice

TOPIC CATEGORIES -- Prayer Buddhist Practices Mixed

PRAYING THE EXAMEN

PRAYING WITH JOHN OF THE CROSS

PRAYING WITH TERESA OF AVILA

PRAYING WITH THOMAS MERTON

THOMAS KEATING & THE GIFTS OF THE SPIRIT

DIVINE LOVE CHAPLET

LECTIO DIVINA

INTRO TO CENTERING PRAYER

PRAYING WITH RICHARD ROHR

BREATH AWARENESS MEDITATION

MEDITATING WITH JOSEPH GOLDSTEIN

MEDITATING WITH LARRY ROSENBERG

DIPPING IN TO THICH NHAT HANH

4 FOUNDATIONS OF MINDFULNESS

FEELING TONES, THE ROOTS OF EMOTIONS

DETECTING BODY EMOTIONS

METTA MEDITATION WITH SHARON SALZBERG

TONGLEN AND LOJONG WITH PEMA CHODRON

UNIFIED MINDFULNESS FOR LIVING LIFE

EMBRACING DON'T KNOW DURING THE PANDEMIC

EQUANIMITY CUES IN YOUR INNER TALK

FRAMING EQUANIMITY, TRICKS OF ATTENTION

NURTURING A POSITIVE MIND

FIXATION & THE 8 WORLDLY WINDS

PRACTICES FROM THE MIRACLE OF MINDFULNESS BY THICH NHAT HANH

STILLNESS & PRESENCE, A METHOD FOR HOME SCALE INTERFAITH PRACTICE GROUPS

READINGS FROM CHRISTIAN ANARCHISTS

PETER MAURIN, PROPHET FOR THE 21ST CENTURY

DAVID ABRAM & THE SPELL OF THE SENSUOUS

LECTIO WITH THE POEMS OF GEORGE HERBERT

LECTIO WITH e.e. cummings

BUDDHISM -- HISTORY & PRACTICE

HEROES FROM THE BUDDHA'S DISCOURSES

THE WORLD IS MADE OF STORIES, DAVID LOY'S ZEN COMMENTARIES ON POPULAR FICTION

FICTION & CONTEMPLATIVE GROWTH IN C. S. LEWIS

FINDING GOD IN ALL THINGS -- IGNATIUS AND THE POEMS OF GERARD MANLEY HOPKINS

FINDING YOURSELF IN SCRIPTURE

CREATING A NEW COSMOLOGY FOR A SUSTAINABLE WORLD

TRADITIONAL METHODS FOR OPENING & CLOSING SILENT PRACTICE SESSIONS

CONTACT CHRIS FOR FULL MENU & DESCRIPTION

Small Group Coaching: Testimonials