THE DEEP SITTING
A live encounter held in silence.
The Form
A single field of attention, held together in silence.
The Deep Sitting is a live spiritual and contemplative encounter entered by a small group at one time.
The form is deliberately restrained. Across six contemplative movements, a brief orientation is offered and the room returns to silence. The movements become progressively more distilled, but there is no teaching sequence to master, no group processing and no requirement to produce, demonstrate or explain an experience.
The work is not to perform the Sitting. It is to remain with yourself.
The shared field is held with clarity and restraint. Participation remains voluntary throughout, and each person retains their own discernment, bodily autonomy and decision whether to continue.
Nothing particular has to happen.
The Structure
Six contemplative movements, held within one continuous field.
Each movement begins with a sparse contemplative invitation and is followed by silence.
The progression is intentional, but it is not a test and it does not prescribe what a participant should feel, see, understand or experience. No stage represents an achievement and no particular inner state is promised.
Brief silent intervals allow for water, standing, physical ease, a change of posture or the restroom where needed. The contemplative form continues through these intervals without conversation or ordinary digital distraction.
ONLINE
Approximately 3 hours.
IN PERSON
Approximately 6 hours, including a silent interval for rest and nourishment.
The live rhythm may adjust slightly while the essential form remains unchanged.
The Environment
The outer setting is kept simple so attention may remain inward.
ONLINE
Enter from a private, undisturbed space. Have water nearby, place unnecessary devices away and allow enough room to sit comfortably and make quiet physical adjustments when needed.
IN PERSON
The Sitting takes place in carefully selected settings chosen for quiet, privacy and sustained contemplation. Exact venue and arrival details are provided privately to confirmed participants.
Nothing ceremonial is required.
Participation
The form is quiet, serious and spacious.
Each Sitting is limited to a maximum of eight confirmed participants.
Silence and inward orientation are maintained throughout the active Sitting periods. Necessary bodily adjustments are permitted and should simply remain quiet and brief.
Unnecessary conversation, whispering, digital distraction, deliberate interruption and repeated conduct likely to draw the attention of other participants away from the Sitting are not part of the form.
Quiet authentic emotion requires no explanation, interpretation or response from the group.
There is no participant conversation, group processing or compulsory sharing.
You may change posture, open your eyes, drink water, stand, stretch quietly, use the restroom, step away or leave when genuinely needed.
For Online Sittings, microphones remain muted through the silent periods. Participation is personal: no additional unconfirmed person may watch or listen. Cameras are used for arrival and closing where indicated in the private joining information.
Recording, photography, screenshots and screen recording are not permitted.
THE NATURE OF THE WORK
THE DEEP SITTING is a spiritual and contemplative encounter.
Spiritual language such as field, shared presence or energetic field describes the contemplative and spiritual language of the work. It is not presented as a scientific mechanism, medical effect or guaranteed result.
THE DEEP SITTING is not healthcare, psychotherapy, psychological treatment, diagnosis, trauma work, coaching, consultation, medical treatment, bodywork or a conventional psychic reading.
No healing, transformation, revelation, awakening, release, message, spiritual attainment or other particular result is promised or guaranteed.
The Closing
The Sitting ends quietly.
There is no compulsory reflection, interpretation or account of what took place.
No particular feeling, insight or experience is expected at the end.
What occurred may remain entirely private.
Where possible, remain quietly with yourself for a few moments before returning to ordinary activity.
ONLINE
A live approximately three-hour Deep Sitting held in a private digital room.
Private access and technical information are provided to confirmed participants.
Please enter approximately ten minutes before the stated beginning time and use a stable internet connection and suitable device.
Maximum eight confirmed participants.
Participation by request.
IN PERSON
A live approximately six-hour Deep Sitting held in a carefully selected physical setting.
The day includes a silent interval for rest and nourishment.
Exact venue, arrival and practical information are provided privately to confirmed participants.
Maximum eight confirmed participants.
Participation by request.
Practical Information
TWO FORMS OF THE DEEP SITTING
The Deep Sitting may be entered in two distinct forms. Each is a complete live immersion held within the same contemplative principle. The difference lies in the form of meeting: one is entered through a private digital room, the other in physical presence. Neither is presented as a lesser or greater version of the other.
THE DEEP SITTING — ONLINE
THE DEEP SITTING — IN PERSON
A live three-hour Deep Sitting entered through a private digital room. Maximum eight confirmed participants. Participation is by request.
€2,222 gross per participant, including applicable VAT and mandatory price components. Includes the live Sitting and private digital room.
Minimum four confirmed participants. Confirmation that the Sitting will proceed is given 30 days before its date. If the minimum is not reached by that deadline, the Sitting is cancelled and paid participation fees are refunded in full.
A six-hour Deep Sitting entered in physical presence in a carefully selected setting. Maximum eight confirmed participants. Participation is by request.
€4,444 gross per participant, including applicable VAT and mandatory price components. Includes the Sitting, private venue, silent venue-catered lunch, water and tea.
Minimum four confirmed participants. Confirmation that the Sitting will proceed is given 60 days before its date. If the minimum is not reached by that deadline, the Sitting is cancelled and paid participation fees are refunded in full.
Accommodation, flights and transport are separate third-party arrangements and are not included. Please do not make non-refundable travel arrangements before confirmation that the Sitting will proceed.
PROPOSED IN-PERSON LOCATION
MADEIRA, PORTUGAL
Santana is the preferred first setting. No event date or venue is confirmed. Exact location, date and arrival information are provided privately for each confirmed Sitting.
The Codex
The principles that shape and hold The Deep Sitting.
1. The field is held by one.
The form is held firmly and with clear responsibility. Its purpose is containment, not possession.
2. Presence over speech.
Silence is not an absence from the work. It is part of the work itself. Words, when needed, remain sparse.
3. A homecoming, never an attraction.
No thrill, novelty or escalation is required. Constancy over spectacle. Being over doing. The deepest point may be the stillest.
4. The authority ends at the edge of the room.
Complete within the field; silent outside it. It never reaches into a person’s outside life — their choices, body, money, or beliefs remain their own.
5. Yielding to the field, never surrender of discernment.
A real yielding may be asked of attention — to the silence and to the form — but never the surrender of personal discernment or the freedom to leave.
6. Leaving is clean and honoured.
Anyone may stop or leave and be met without guilt, coldness or pursuit.
7. The exchange is firm, fixed and disclosed.
The commercial exchange is stated clearly. Closeness, spiritual significance or access are never used as pressure.
8. Nothing is promised.
The work is observational, never promissory. It may create a space for encounter, but never a guaranteed cure, result or outcome.
9. The one who holds remains accountable.
The person holding the Sitting is not beyond question, not beyond error and not above the form.
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