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Michael Taft
Meditation teacher offering weekly meditations and online courses
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Pranab Sachithanandan
I've been doing his weekly meditations and have been part of his online courses since ~2020. I'm also his tech support person.
Personal Experience
- •His content integrates awakening, neuroscience, metamodernism, and psychedelics.
- •It's more analytical, exact, and precise compared to a lot of other spiritual podcasts or teachers. That concreteness felt really approachable for me.
- •It's accessible. He's had free weekly meditations since ~2018, and has a podcast.
- •There's a community around Michael Taft. He's part of the Alembic community, which has been a huge part of my journey.
What Resonated
- •I started doing longer sits (40 mins) through Michael Taft's courses, which was nice. There was a lot of drowsiness and hindrances at first, but it was helpful.
- •The open awareness spaciousness practice was a foundation for a lot of what I've done since.
Benefits Gained
- •In his guided meditations, he talks a lot. Michael is more on the technical side than the usual spiritual, soothing sounding meditation teacher.
- •He can be a bit direct, and has a bit of a punk vibe. He'll say 'fuck you' in a meditation, for example. If you're looking for the more sugar and saccharine vibe, maybe you want something different.
- •It can be a bit much for people just getting started. The meditations go deep into Hindu mantra chanting and visualizations, and can point to quite technical concepts of awakeness or enlightenment.
Why It Might Not Resonate