1. Ground & Trust (Root Chakra)
 Where do we learn to trust life?
 We begin at the base of the ladder, with the body that carries us and the ground beneath us. This is the earliest stage of human growth, where safety and self-preservation shape how we meet the world, and the state of simply being in a body. Through a grounding kriya, mantra, and a meditation for feeling held, we explore what it means to feel at home in yourself.

2. Flow & Belonging (Sacral Chakra)
 What moves through you when you feel you belong?
 The second chakra is the seat of feeling, connection, and flow. In Integral terms, it’s the tribal stage of growth, where belonging shapes who we are, and the home of emotional and psychic states of awareness. Fluid, rhythmic movement, breath, and mantra help whatever is stuck begin to soften and move.

3. Kindle the Fire (Navel Chakra)
 Where does your will live?
 This is the center of energy, confidence, and action. It mirrors the stage of the achieving, individual self, and the felt experience of prana and will. We’ll work with a strong, warming kriya to build inner heat and reflect on what it means to act with courage and clarity. Modifications are offered for all levels.

4. The Widening Circle (Heart Chakra)
 What happens when care grows beyond “my people”?
 The heart is where the ladder turns from me to we. This session explores love and compassion as a stage of growth, where our care extends to all beings, and as a state, the subtle experiences of devotion and archetypal vision that arrive on their own schedule. Breath, devotion, and meditation help us stay present with whatever arises.

5. Sacred Sound (Throat Chakra)
 What is true for you, and how does it want to be said?
 An exploration of voice, truth, and expression, from everyday speech to sacred mantra. Through the Integral lens, this is the integrative stage, where we can hold many perspectives and speak from that wholeness, and the doorway to subtle states of sacred sound and inspired speech. We’ll chant together and work with the breath. You don’t need to be able to sing.

6. Inner Seeing (Third Eye Chakra)
 What becomes clear when you look beyond the ordinary frame?
 This session turns toward intuition, perspective, and inner vision. It marks the early transpersonal stage, where our sense of self begins to reach beyond the personal, along with the subtle and mystical states of inner seeing and higher mind. Expect a slower pace, with breath and meditation that invite stillness and clarity.

7. One Taste (Crown Chakra)
 What’s left when the sense of separateness softens?
 A quiet, spacious afternoon exploring unity and simply being. Here we touch the advanced transpersonal stages and the causal, nondual state of pure awareness, sometimes called “one taste.” We’ll move gently, then settle into a longer meditation.

8. The Radiant Field (Aura)
 What does it feel like to hold it all at once?
 We close the ladder with presence, radiance, and the field that surrounds and holds us inviting a glimpse of integrating all previous stages of consciousness through a state experience.  A lovely place to arrive whether you’ve joined every month or are coming for the first time, finishing with a long, restful relaxation.