Charis Meditation is a two part meditation process that is meant to serve as the foundation of one's spiritual life, especially for those without a specific religious or spiritual affiliation.
Charis (care-iss) is the Greek for 'grace,' and refers here to the receptive openness of the technique in which grace is emphasized over effort.

This guided practice expands on Netanel Miles-Yépez Oct. 26th session titled, From Chauvet Cave to Star Wars: Art, Myth, and a Spiritual Futurism with Netanel Miles-Yépez, D.D. Attendees are welcome to register for one or both sessions.

Netanel Miles-Yépez, DD, is an artist, philosopher, religion scholar, and spiritual teacher. He is co-founder of Charis Foundation for New Monasticism & Interspirituality, which is dedicated to the emergence of a newly conceived contemplative life in dialogue with all of the world's great wisdom traditions. Netanel studied History of Religions at Michigan State University and Contemplative Religion at the Naropa Institute, before pursuing traditional studies with such spiritual luminaries as Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, founder of the Jewish Renewal movement, and Father Thomas Keating, founder of Contemplative Outreach. He is the author of The End of Religion and Other Writings (2023) and the translator of My Love Stands Behind a Wall: A Translation of the Song of Songs and Other Poems (2015). Currently, Netanel lives in Boulder, Colorado, where he is Visiting Professor in the Department of Wisdom Traditions at Naropa University.

CBD 2023: iPause Guided practice #3 Charis Meditation (Charis, Greek for “Grace”), Netanel Miles-Yépez, D.D.. is part of the FREE Contemplation by Design Summit, Oct. 24- Nov. 2, 2023.

The full Summit schedule is posted at: http://contemplation.stanford.edu/summit. All events are FREE and online.

Registration opens September 12, 2023