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Radiant Forms, Empty Reflections

Radiant Forms, Empty Reflections

UPCOMING COURSE

A Contemporary Approach to Deity Yoga and the Play of Identity


Rooted in the tantric lineages of Tibet, Bhutan, and Nepal, deity yoga loosens our fixation on identity's apparent solidity, revealing its luminous and fluid nature without abandoning it.
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Taught in a modern, pragmatic style, this course guides you through a progressive series of practices that work with breath, visualization, and the always-available field of open awareness. Whether you’re new to these methods or a seasoned practitioner, you’ll learn to integrate them into daily life in ways that support greater presence, authenticity, and compassion across your relationships, work, and sense of purpose.

At the heart of deity yoga is a radical reframing: generating a luminous form in place of the familiar self. Through embodied practice, we learn to encounter our hangups and neurosis as expressions of open, loving awareness.

This course is for those who have tasted awakening, or at least glimpsed the view, but still feel subtly exiled inside the body. You may know yourself as open, luminous awareness, yet feel bound by a localized sense of self. Meditation may offer perspective, but your mind and body continue to echo old scripts. Deity yoga targets this felt discrepancy. These aren’t visualizations for escape. They are precision mthods for dissolving the illusion of fixity.

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Recent Events

Deconstructing Yourself Podcast

I recently enjoyed a lively discussion with my esteemed colleague Michael Taft on his podcast, "Deconstructing Yourself." Many of you know Michael through his extensive activity in the meditation training and podcasting space.

We explored various topics, including embodied immediacy, navigating disturbing experiences, cultivating open awareness, and how the traditional Tibetan Buddhist practice of Tummo helps us to be more familiar with any refusal to go into experiential intensity. I hope you have time to tune in to this fun discussion!

Over 60 meditators participated in the Winter Tummo Course. Tummo offers an opportunity to examine the origins of emotional unrest and apply healthful interventions that can breed confidence that our distress is workable. The confluence of posture, breath retention, and visualization is an arena where we can challenge habitual ways of framing our experience. Tummo will not help us transcend our messy human lives. Instead, we aim to dissolve the apparent conflict between messy and transcendent.

Natural Awakening Podcast

I recently appeared on Wystan Bryant-Scott's podcast, Natural Awakening. Wystan teaches Unified Mindfulness, a secular system of meditation designed by Shinzen Young. He has hosted some exciting guests in the past, including Stephen Zerfas, who was recently featured in The Atlantic for his work in creating practical access to the jhanas—a tough act to follow!

During the interview, we discussed tummo, Mahasandhi, and my work in using embodied presence to help people find more freedom, manage anxious feelings, and improve their relationships.

For Men's Health Awareness Month, Michael A. Tennant and I co-created a space for men to discuss mental health. My contribution focused on the practice of embodied immediacy and working with disturbance. According to Mental Health America, 10% of men live with anxiety or depression, 20% develop severe depression, and half of those develop alcohol dependency during their adult lives. Men's mental health is often overlooked, and we do our best to bring attention to the looming men's mental health crisis.

a safe + brave space for men

For Men's Health Awareness Month, Michael A. Tennant and I co-created a space for men to discuss mental health. My contribution focused on the practice of embodied immediacy and working with disturbance. According to Mental Health America, 10% of men live with anxiety or depression, 20% develop severe depression, and half of those develop alcohol dependency during their adult lives. Men's mental health is often overlooked, and we do our best to bring attention to the looming men's mental health crisis.


For Men's Health Awareness Month, Michael A. Tennant and I co-created a space for men to discuss mental health. My contribution focused on the practice of embodied immediacy and working with disturbance. According to Mental Health America, 10% of men live with anxiety or depression, 20% develop severe depression, and half of those develop alcohol dependency during their adult lives. Men's mental health is often overlooked, and we do our best to bring attention to the looming men's mental health crisis.

Nervous System Regulation BSW '24

Renowned nervous system regulation expert Jonny Miller and I co-facilitated an event at Boulder Startup Week focused on embodied presence and nervous system balance.

It was thrilling to work alongside Jonny and experience his gentle, pragmatic, and inclusive teaching style. We focused the event through the practical lens that the more we stay in touch with what is most alive within us, the better we can manage the negative consequences of disembodiment, such as burnout, numbness, and relational bypassing.

Over 60 meditators participated in the Winter Tummo Course. Tummo offers an opportunity to examine the origins of emotional unrest and apply healthful interventions that can breed confidence that our distress is workable. The confluence of posture, breath retention, and visualization is an arena where we can challenge habitual ways of framing our experience. Tummo will not help us transcend our messy human lives. Instead, we aim to dissolve the apparent conflict between messy and transcendent.

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"Strong recommendation for Peter, he's based, and a highly accomplished practitioner."

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Founder of Evolving Ground

Chat w/ Linkedin on Tech & Meditation

Lauren Camera-Murray and Peter McEwen discuss tech & meditation, working with vulnerable feelings in the workplace, and the value LinkedIn places on accessibility and trust.

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What Rumors Are Spreading

  • "Peter has a kind and generous teaching style. He has studied with traditional teachers, and manages to translate the practices for Westerners while preserving their essence."

    Brian Lewis, MD, MPH

    Integrative Family Medicine of Asheville

  • "One of the most insightful, germane, and potent Vajrayana teachings I've ever received, 10/10 recommend. Peter is beyond based."

    Matthew T Phillips

    Senior Cloud Engineer

  • "He's the real deal, a solid practitioner, very pragmatic and has a personable approachable teaching style."

    Andrew Graham

    Long-time Yogin

  • "Peter has succeeded in making a very complex and rich subject accessible. He is a thoughtful and approachable teacher. Highly recommended."

    Jenny Burkhardt

    Biomedical Engineer

  • "Peter is a humorous, knowledgeable, and creative teacher. He knows the whole path and can guide you beautifully, blending tradition with modernity."

    Manuel Franz

    Hospice Nurse

  • "Peter has succeeded in making a very complex and rich subject accessible. He is a thoughtful and approachable teacher. Highly recommended."

    Jenny Burkhardt

    Biomedical Engineer

  • "Peter has a kind and generous teaching style. He has studied with traditional teachers, and manages to translate the practices for Westerners while preserving their essence."

    Brian Lewis, MD, MPH

    Integrative Family Medicine of Asheville

  • "One of the most insightful, germane, and potent Vajrayana teachings I've ever received, 10/10 recommend. Peter is beyond based."

    Matthew T Phillips

    Senior Cloud Engineer

  • "He's the real deal, a solid practitioner, very pragmatic and has a personable approachable teaching style."

    Andrew Graham

    Long-time Yogin

  • "Peter has succeeded in making a very complex and rich subject accessible. He is a thoughtful and approachable teacher. Highly recommended."

    Jenny Burkhardt

    Biomedical Engineer

  • "Peter is a humorous, knowledgeable, and creative teacher. He knows the whole path and can guide you beautifully, blending tradition with modernity."

    Manuel Franz

    Hospice Nurse

  • "Peter has succeeded in making a very complex and rich subject accessible. He is a thoughtful and approachable teacher. Highly recommended."

    Jenny Burkhardt

    Biomedical Engineer

😊 Human Practices

Being human is the only requirement to practice meditation with The Field. Outdated cultural and sectarian distortions sometimes deter people from meditation practice. We aspire to encourage the simple practice of honoring embodiment and stillness

🫶🏼 What Do We Offer

We provide modern methods that promote awareness, kindness, and mindful living. We tailor the practice to your specific needs. There are a range of methods that promote stress reduction, enhanced sleeping patterns, and the reduction of healthcare costs.

🌈 Who Are We?

We are veteran meditation practitioners committed to propagating mind-training methods that ease unnecessary suffering. Our focus is to provide instruction and support for meditation practitioners that are balancing the dizzying array of work and family commitments that modern life demands.

Meditation is an opportunity to recognize that we have all the necessary tools. We can choose to fully engage with our human hurt and fragility. We work with what arises. We do not need to court a fantasy of 'resolving' our lives.

Meditation is an opportunity to recognize that we have all the necessary tools. We can choose to fully engage with our human hurt and fragility. We work with what arises. We do not need to court a fantasy of 'resolving' our lives.

Heart-Centered Practice

Meditation honors our connection to the natural world as well as our connection to the human community. Practicing with other humans provides a rich and dynamic experience.

How We Work With You

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Instruction is structured for practitioners who want a daily practice that supports open-hearted awareness and unconditional embodiment.

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Start your meditation practice today.

Instruction is structured for practitioners who want a daily practice that supports open-hearted awareness and unconditional embodiment.

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There is no time like the present. Start a meditation practice today!

Instruction is structured for practitioners who want a daily practice that supports open-hearted awareness and unconditional embodiment.

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