Meditation AMA: Troubleshooting the Transition from Dojo to Arena

​The calm and clarity we find in the quiet moments of meditation often vanish the instant a high-stakes meeting or difficult conversation hits. This live AMA is for anyone who wants to close that gap.

​I invite you to bring your toughest questions about maintaining steadiness when the pressure is on—whether you are a complete beginner wondering why you "can't" quiet your mind, a founder managing burnout, or a seasoned practitioner navigating the subtleties of deep practice.

​I have spent 30 years in contemplative practice (logging roughly 30,000 hours) and two decades as a psychotherapist. While I teach the full depth of meditation—accessing the source code of human awareness itself—my particular specialisation is Integration. I wrote my book, Get Off Your Cushion, to address a critical architectural problem: why wisdom so often crashes under pressure.

​In this session, I will answer your questions through the lens of the Off-Cushion System. This is a practical framework designed to debug the human operating system by targeting two layers:

​The Hardware: Stabilising the nervous system against biological stress.

​The Software: Upgrading the cognitive patterns—from deep identity scripts to immediate reactivity.

​Join me to explore how to function with clarity, poise, and wisdom—not just on the cushion, but when it truly counts.​

​All levels of experience are welcome.