“Let everything happen to you
Beauty and terror
Just keep going
No feeling is final.”
Level 3: The Gradual Path to Sudden Awakening
Your journey of developing as a coach deepens profoundly with the Advanced Coaching Program Level 3. Level 1 introduced the foundations of the Aletheia approach to unfolding through Parts Work, Process Work, and Presence Work. In Level 1 you learned how to guide and facilitate unfoldment through coaching conversations. In Level 2 you learned how to practice unfoldment somatically with your clients using Aletheia Breathwork. In Level 3, you will learn how to teach, guide, and coach Aletheia Meditation, a progressive meditation practice that skillfully drops the practitioner through the Depths of Parts, Process, Presence, and lands them in a Nondual state of consciousness. This offers clients a profound homecoming to their True Nature.
“Level 3 was very powerful for me. It made the last 15 years of personal and spiritual development suddenly all make sense. I wish I’d taken this course years ago. Level 3 offers the best integrated map for development I have ever seen. Before Aletheia, the years of personal transformation, deep healing/shadow integration, and spiritual work felt like separate journeys, often with conflicting teachings. What I understand now is that each of those teachings was partial, and not always tailored for my level. With Aletheia, I can now see how it all fits together into a comprehensive and integrated path.”
“Level 3 has felt like a homecoming … the meditations feel familiar and yet it all feels fresh and mysterious.”
Nondual Work
In Level 3 you will be introduced to Nondual Work through three different styles of Nondual meditation and inquiry. There are many Nondual wisdom traditions, both Eastern and Western, each with their own approach. Some approach the journey through depth, some through the mind, others through the body, and still others through the heart. In Aletheia, you learn how to integrate all four approaches into a single unfolding path.
Unfolding into the Depth of Nondual Absorption
You unfold into the depth of Nondual absorption through practicing a style of transformation called transmutation. Through transmutation, concentration deepens into profound absorption into the boundlessness, timelessness, and identitylessness of Nonduality.
This follows the path of Gradual Unfoldment.
Awakening the nondual mind of pristine spaciousness
You unfold and awaken the pristine spaciousness of Nondual Mind through practicing a style of transformation called transparency. Through transparency, you are able to see and see through self-constructions to the underlying unconstructed Nondual reality.
This follows the path of Sudden Awakening.
Realizing the nondual body of total stillness
You unfold and realize the Nondual Body through practicing a style of transformation called transfiguration. Through transfiguration you integrate the historical divide between Spirit and matter. You shift the basis of functioning into Nonduality and embody a way of being in the world but not of the world, living in the relative dualistic world as Nondual Presence.
This follows the path of Embodied Realization.
In Level 4, you will learn a fourth style of Nondual meditation and inquiry which illuminates the Nondual Heart and follows the path of Profound Illumination, which is sometimes also called the Path of No Path. Here you practice a style of transformation called transcendence.
The intricate dance of work and grace
No part of the unfolding journey, neither the Journey of Individuation nor the Journey of Spiritual Realization is undertaken by work alone. Grace accompanies you with every step. Your work is to be ever more receptive to Grace. Aletheia Meditation offers a progressive path of practice for activating this dance, opening more and more to the effortlessness of Grace. A mature practice of meditation is an expression of sheer effortlessness.
What is the structure of Level 3?
Level 3 is composed of twelve 2-hour sessions that occur approximately every 3 weeks for eight to nine months. Each session will include teaching, practice, and discussion to help you integrate and apply Aletheia Coaching with your clients. You will work with practice partners between sessions and share experience reports and questions in an online workspace.
WHAT IS THE COST OF LEVEL 3?
The fee for Level 3 is $3,599 USD. This fee includes tuition for the course + two 50-minute private coaching supervision sessions with course faculty to support integration and application. Additional coaching sessions with faculty are available for a fee. Contact your course faculty directly if you are interested.
WHEN DOES THE NEXT LEVEL 3 COHORT START?
Please look at the schedule page on this website to find out the application deadline for the next cohort as well as all session dates.
WHAT TIME OF DAY ARE THE SESSIONS HELD?
Each cohort is offered in two sections (10 AM-Noon and 4-6 PM Pacific time) allowing participation from around the world in different time zones. A typical cohort will include people from Asia, Australia, North America, and Europe.
HOW LARGE ARE THE COHORTS?
The cohorts are typically 10-15 people. Because the sessions are held in two sections, a typical session is attended by fewer than 10 people.
WHO TEACHES THE LEVEL 3 COURSES?
The primary leader for this course is our founder Steve March, the creator of Aletheia Coaching. Steve has been coaching since 2000. He started mentoring coaches in 2003 and started teaching coach training programs in 2006. He has held senior faculty positions since 2009. Steve launched Aletheia in 2013 as a platform for creating and offering a next generation approach to coaching and development. Often Steve is joined by a co-leader and a teaching assistant.
Steve’s 35 year (and counting) spiritual journey started with Zen meditation in the mid-90s. Currently, he practices in the Tibetan Buddhist Mahamudra and Kalachakra traditions. In the interim, he was a student of A. H. Almaas’ Diamond Approach for 14 years. He has studied with masters in the Kashmir Shaivist, Daoist, and Sufi traditions and has a tremendous appreciation and respect for all wisdom traditions. In 2009 he completed a Nondual Teacher Training program with Peter Fenner and in 2017 he qualified as a Realization Process Spiritual Psychotherapy Practitioner with Judith Blackstone.
Steve is among the many contemporary Nondual teachers who hold that Nondual states of consciousness are open and available to everyone rather than being rarified states only realized by very few.
Does the practice of Aletheia Meditation require adherence to any religious doctrine?
No. Aletheia Meditation is a practice that cultivates the mind, body, and heart in an integrated way that helps you awaken to and realize your True Nature. No particular belief system is required. True Nature is not defined by this teaching. It is our belief and experience that these practices can complement and support anyone on any spiritual path.
WHAT IS THE TIME COMMITMENT OF LEVEL 3?
The typical time commitment is ~5-6 hours per week during the duration of the course. This time is spent participating in the online sessions, practicing meditation daily, practicing with your partner, and studying materials.
WHAT IF I NEED TO MISS A SESSION?
We ask that you do your best to attend each session. However, sometimes you may need to miss a session. All sessions are video recorded. If you can’t attend in-person, you can catch up on your own time by watching the video.