Mentoring Presence with Jason and Marika

Sensing, Relating, and Living from the Ground of Your Being

“I love that Jason and Marika are leading it!” — Judith Blackstone, Realization Process Founder

Part One of the Nondual Embodiment Mentoring Program
for Realization Process teachers with one or more certifications or experienced RP practitioners.

Ten Sessions • Tuesdays, 9:00 AM–11 AM Pacific
Sep 15, 29, Oct 13, 27 • Jan 12, 26, Feb 9 • Mar 2, 16, 30
Autumn Collaborative Inquiry Phase | October 28 – January 11
Winter Collaborative Inquiry Phase | February 10 – March 1

A note from Jason and Marika:

As we prepare for our time together, we’re met again and again by the simplicity of what is. We’ve been sitting together, landing in ourselves, and gently allowing our very human vulnerability. The more of ourselves that we bring, the clearer it becomes that this field of presence welcomes it all.

When we can welcome our whole human experience – the shiny and the not-so-shiny – and when others are there to receive us in our fullness, long forgotten places in us begin to remember what it’s like to feel safe, to belong, and to come alive.

A living thread seems to guide us—one that we sometimes lose our sense of, and yet find again through self-contact and shared presence. For us, the Realization Process and the Mentoring programs have been profound supports as we gradually learn to meet life with our whole being.

We’d love to walk a little way with you.

Jason von Halle

Ashland, Oregon
jason@wholeness-embodied.com

Jason brings a rare steadiness, grounded warmth, and a sensitivity—shaped by lived experience—to the complexities of life, love, relationships, and self-discovery. He helps people feel less alone and more able to meet themselves and others with honesty, ease, and heart.

Marika Baxter

Fairfield, Connecticut
marika@mb1wellness.com

Marika brings a highly attuned sensitivity to the body and to subtle layers of emotion, energy, and consciousness, along with a grounded joy in expressing what is alive and true for you. Her warmth makes it easier to be deeply human—messy, tender, and still arriving—and to feel at home in her presence and in yourself.

The Invitation

Mentoring Presence is an immersive journey into the insubstantial transparency of empty space and, at the same time, the tangible quality of being or presence.

As you make deep contact with the internal space of your body, you cultivate a more stable sense of yourself. You come alive within your own skin, even as you experience yourself as open and unified with everything around you.

Through Realization Process meditations, somatic inquiry, truth-speaking, study groups, collaborative inquiry, and personalized mentoring, you become more present and authentic at the same time as you become more permeable and transparent.

Together, we explore how the unified relational field of fundamental consciousness transforms us. When there is enough depth, openness, and contact, your whole body can begin to live from this ground. You begin to sense subtle shifts in energy, emotion, and perception — in yourself and in others — and respond from a deeper source of love, insight, strength, and clarity.

This is the heart of Mentoring Presence:

  • To cultivate a more stable sense of self.
  • To uncover an authentic sense of your own voice.
  • To become more intimately attuned to yourself, to others, and to your environment.
  • To deepen contact with the felt sense of what is alive in you, what truly matters, and what is true — in yourself, in your relationships, and in your life.

Throughout this journey, you are companioned by mentors who have each lived deeply with these practices over many years. They know what it is to lose the thread and find it again — to stay close to what is here, even when it is difficult.

In their presence, and in the presence of your cohort, you may find yourself known in ways that quietly change how you experience yourself, others, and life.

Is Mentoring Presence for You?

Fundamental consciousness becomes palpable when we attune to the inseparable unity of presence and emptiness. It is an experience of being made of empty, luminous space while simultaneously feeling completely substantial and real.

Mentoring Presence is designed for Realization Process practitioners who want to deepen this attunement—not simply as a meditation experience, but as a way of living.

The Realization Process practitioners who flourish in Mentoring Presence are curious, sincere, and willing to be touched by reality directly. They are receptive to what is emerging, willing to be changed by relationship, drawn to speak from lived experience, and committed to living the questions that matter most.

They sense that realization is not separate from relationship, and that what matters most becomes known through contact, inquiry, and being in touch with their own and others’ lived experiences.

Session 1 | September 15: The Arrival

You arrive. You meet your cohort and Study Group. Something begins to stir as the field comes alive—a gentle yet fierce sense of belonging to one another, and to something larger than any one person brings alone.

Session 2 | September 29: The Defensive Organization

You begin to notice where you pull back—the subtle ways you leave yourself or limit contact. These patterns once protected you; now they shape your life. And yet, your body can soften; something deeper than the defensive organization is already alive underneath.

Session 3 | October 13: Direct Contact

You begin sensing what becomes possible when direct contact deepens in relationship. Sensing from the subtle core and remaining in contact, relationship itself becomes more transparent, immediate, and alive. A question already living in you begins to be felt in the body, revealing what matters most and organizing your path from within.

Session 4 | October 27: The Truth Talk

From the depth of contact with yourself, what matters most begins to clarify—what is actually alive and true in you. You share a short truth talk drawn from lived experience, then Study Groups begin to support a lived inquiry into the burning question most alive in you.

Autumn Collaborative Inquiry Phase | October 28 – January 11

Your Study Group finds its own collaborative somatic inquiry rhythm. You meet independently, sit with your mentor, and let the inquiry deepen. Something begins to take shape—not just an idea, but a living understanding becoming embodied.

Sessions 5–7 | January 12, January 26, February 9: Living Realization

Each Study Group offers what has emerged to the whole cohort. Relationship becomes the place where realization is lived. Together, we move through what matters most: healing our fragmented self, embodying the essential self, and relating as our essential self.

Winter Collaborative Inquiry Phase | February 10 – March 1

You reflect with your Study Group on what is unfolding in each of you. You support each other in preparing personal talks—invitations for each person to stand in what has become most real, to speak from within your own lived experience, and to let what remains unresolved stay open and alive.

Sessions 8–10 | March 2, March 16, March 30: The Deep Beginning

Through personal talks and dialogue, we turn together toward the questions that run beneath everything:

  • What is healing? What is being healed?
  • What is awakening? What is being awakened?
  • What is living nondually?

We honor all that has unfolded—not as an ending, but a threshold. A deep beginning.

Your personal mentor accompanies you throughout the journey—helping you discover what is most alive in you, supporting your inquiry as it deepens, and meeting you where the work becomes most personal.

Note: A minimum of three sessions is required, billed directly to your mentor at $150 per session. You are always welcome to schedule additional sessions with your personal mentor or to explore the unique presence and perspective of the other mentor.

Each session in your private portal includes dedicated folders to help you seamlessly prepare, practice, and integrate the work:

  • Prepare: A brief orientation to the upcoming session, with clear guidance for reading, journaling, and reflection.

  • Read: Selected passages from Judith Blackstone’s books, paired with suggestions on how to read for inspiration, for understanding, and to further your own deeper inquiry.

  • Meditate: Downloadable Realization Process meditations chosen specifically to deepen your attunement for each session.

  • Connect: Guidance for connecting with spiritual friends, navigating Study Groups, and engaging with your Affinity Group between sessions.

  • Resources: Articles and support materials for Somatic Journaling, Courageous Acts, Burning Questions, Collaborative Teaching Sessions, and model talks from previous years.

  • Breakout Rooms: Previews and supportive guidance to help you ground yourself before entering breakout room explorations.

1. Technology & Environment

  • Zoom: Please ensure your Zoom application is kept updated to the latest version.

  • Hardware: A reliable camera and microphone are important. Built-in laptop devices are perfectly fine, though external equipment can improve audio clarity.

  • Environment: We ask that you set up your physical space so that your presence comfortably fills the screen, and your lighting, colors, and background cultivate a shared sense of safety, warmth, and connection.

  • For personalized help choosing technical equipment, you are welcome to contact Abraham Sanchez at Sweetwater: abraham_sanchez@sweetwater.com | +1 800 222 4700 x1645

2. Core Texts

Please acquire the following books by Judith Blackstone. We highly encourage having both a Kindle and a hard copy of each. The digital version is invaluable for quick keyword searches, while the physical copy allows you to highlight, take notes, and map your unfolding inquiry:

  • The Enlightenment Process: A Guide to Embodied Spiritual Awakening

  • Trauma and the Unbound Body: The Healing Power of Fundamental Consciousness

  • Belonging Here: A Guide for the Spiritually Sensitive Person

3. A Dedicated Journal

Choose a physical notebook that feels good to write in—a dedicated, private space for your insights, dreams, confusions, and discoveries.

What You Will Receive

Over the course of this seven-month journey, you will receive:

  • 20 hours of experiential cohort sessions facilitated by two senior mentors who bring their own deep, lived experience of this path.

  • One-on-one mentorship to accompany your inquiry through private sessions.

  • Ongoing community support via regular Study Group meetings between sessions.

  • Small-group mentor guidance specifically tailored for your collaborative teaching sessions.

  • A structured relationship with Judith Blackstone’s core texts, supported by specific meditations and inquiry-based practices.

  • A permanent digital library of 100+ downloadable guided meditations to keep and revisit forever.

  • Complete video recordings of every cohort session.

  • A dedicated community of global practitioners committed to depth, relational intimacy, and living truth.

Tuition

  • Program Tuition: $1,450

    Includes all ten cohort sessions, complete session recordings, structured group guidance, and lifetime access to the practice library.

    Scholarships available.

  • Mentorship Investment: A minimum of 3 private sessions ($150/each, billed directly to your mentor).

    This brings the foundational investment to $1,900.

Note: You are always welcome to schedule additional sessions with your personal mentor, or to explore sessions with the other  mentor to experience their unique presence.

Returning Students: With permission of the mentors, this course may be repeated for a discounted tuition of $1,250 (plus the required minimum of three private mentor sessions).

Spontaneous Reflections

“I feel cracked open in a deeper way.”

“It feels like more patterns are just shedding, and in a very gentle way.”

“I can feel that everything that happened here is going to continue to unfold.”

“This process has impacted the way I’m living my life tremendously.”

“Presence itself, as it is, is the way… this empty, clear presence is actually the path to connection.”

“Thank you for letting me sit quietly and matter so much.”

Reflections from the Field

“By pure grace I found Jason online and recognized the wisdom in his writings. Working with him has shown me how expansive and inclusive that wisdom is. Jason provided me with a precious place of solace, a soft resting spot, and a still place where I could finally relax and allow myself to grow and evolve through the stormy seas of radical change and upheaval that were taking place in both my inner and outer worlds. The generosity of his spirit provided me with a heartfelt home where I could rest and gather strength for a genuine return to my body and my true self. I am forever grateful.”

P. E.

“Jason was impressively heart-centric and empathetically guided me into my deepest places I’ve worked with a lot of coaches and therapists, and can say that Jason felt especially present. He will be right by your side every step of the way, and creates a very safe container for you to go into the untraveled pockets of your consciousness to find healing and freedom. If you are seeking a more loving relationship with yourself, a sense of healing, or to feel more embodied, then Jason is your guide.”

Mike M. Coach, Podcaster, Writer

“Working with Jason has been very uplifting. His experience with the Realization Process and his ability to connect the process to the relational and pragmatic facets of daily life facilitates a very enriching experience. While facilitating, his attention to my experience provided a learning environment that helped me deepen my practice.”

Dave B. Nature Connection Guide

“I sought out Marika Baxter because she is trained as a physical therapist. As I’d hoped, her multi-faceted understanding of the body has informed her teaching as she shows me how to move within my limitations. ​Unexpectedly, she has given me more. She has shared her wisdom about how to discover myself through the medium of my body—which is, after all, my “self.” Marika is calm, kind, and generous with her knowledge. I feel lucky to work with her.”

C. S.

“Marika’s Realization Process practices came at the perfect time for me. During the “stay-at-home” time I looked forward to Sunday evening to settle down my nervous system.  Both the practice of the Realization Process and Marika’s voice took me on an inner journey.  Marika’s approach is gentle, warm and accessible. She has done the work herself and is gifted at guiding others through the process.  I highly recommend working with her.”

EL, Certified Visionary Craniosacral Work (VCSW®) practitioner,

“Marika’s offering of subtle energy work has been so beneficial to me especially during the Covid-19. Tuning in to my inner core being helps me to maintain my rhythm and true potential, letting go of blockages and old belief systems. I’m very grateful for all her work, generosity of spirit and soothing voice. Thank you Marika!”

MC, Carmel, NY