Eight Live Course Sessions 

These live weekly 90 min. sessions are the heart of your MFA course experience. Together, with the global MFA sangha, we will meet via the Zoom video conference platform for a powerful communal learning experience.

During each class I will personally guide you through the "Mediation For Aikidoka" journey, combining Dharma Talks, guided meditations, Dharma Discussions, breakout sessions, and a clarifying Q&A session with the course participants at the end of each call.

All the live sessions are going to be recorded on video and uploaded to the member’s portal, so can always work at your own pace and catch up later.

After the programs over, you’ll still have access and will be able to go back over the material at your own leisure.

These sessions will be held on Sunday's at 11:00 a.m. PST. , 2:00 p.m. EST, 19:00 BST and Ireland, and 20:00 Central European timezone.

Weekly Personal Practice Worksheets

For each of the eight modules you will receive a PDF worksheet with easy to do exercises to help you carry the course practice into your dojo and daily life. 

These worksheets are great resources outlining the key points from each weekly module and help you integrate the practices and principles of "Meditation For Aikidoka."

Eight Weekly Practice Videos

Each week you will also receive a 20-minute practice video from me, where I will take you on a further exploration of the topic that we had covered in this week’s training.

These videos help you further your understanding what you've learned, how it relates your aikido and in other areas of your life, and give you detailed instructions on how to take the tools that you’re learning and use it in the real world.

Eight Guided Meditation Downloads

I’m also going to give you eight 30-minute guided meditation recordings – one per week – that you can listen to throughout the week, wherever you are.

You can listen to them as you meditate, or whenever you want a relaxing break.

If you've tried meditating in the past and found it challenging to maintain, use these guided meditations as an anchor to help you focus during your meditation. 

These meditations will be available to you for listening to on line, or to download the audio file for listening on your portable device.

They are very helpful, and many of my students still listen to them and enjoy them every day.

Weekly Live Q&A Sessions

Each week I will host a live Q&A session on our members-only Facebook group, where I will answer all of your questions, and you also get to hear questions from your fellow “Meditation For Aikidoka” students – some new to the course, to advanced questions from students who have taken the course once or twice before.

During these sessions you can ask every question and bring up some of the challenges you may have encountered during the week. I will you find-tune and clarify your practice. as well as help you overcome any challenges you may be encountering.

Plus, you’ll get the recording of these calls. This way you can go back through all the questions your fellow students have asked, so you don’t miss a thing.
These sessions cover so much that you’ll want to listen to them over and over again.

Weekly Community Cohort Meetings (via Zoom Video Conference)

Following each weekly session, you will have the opportunity to meet with other members of the MAF community. In these 30-minute meetings you'll be about to connect with community members from around the world to discuss and share about your practice. These cohort meetings a great way to bond with other members of our global sangha and tap into the collective intelligence our group.

Weekly "Dharma Learning Pod" Practice Meet-Ups

An empowering part of the MAF program are the "Dharma Learning Pods". In these learning pods you will be grouped with one or two other members for self-organized live video meetings, where you can practice together, discuss your experience of the weekly modules, and learn from each other’s experience through the course.

We started these learning pods last year immediately saw our students making remarkable progress because they felt the wonderful support of their fellow practitioners.

20 Hours Of Video and Audio Replays For Streaming & Downloading

All of the live weekly classes and Q&A sessions will be recorded, and you can access them from the member’s program.

You will have life-time access to the member's site where you can watch, re-watch, download and study the complete course at your convenience.

You’ll find the ability to review the material as often as you like at your own convenience is simply priceless.

Facebook Community Forum for Discussion and Sharing

As a course participant you will gain access to our exclusive member’s only Facebook group.

This forum is a learning community where you can interact with me and with your fellow course members as you go through your weekly modules and practices. You can get accountability share insights and breakthroughs in the practice and get encouraging words when you need it.

With the MFA members group, you are never alone, and it give you an important supportive and grounding effect to your practice. 

A live course with 4 masterclass sessions, each session will be led by 4 friends of mine, which are some of the top teachers in the world

These master teachers come from the 4 completely different realms of expertise - leadership, mindfulness, psychotherapy, and trauma recovery.  

Dr. Ginny Jiko Whitelaw - Zen Master, Aikido Sensei, Author, & NASA Biophysicist

Paul Linden Sensei - Aikido Sensei, Trauma Healing, & Peace Work Facilitator

Dr. Dominique Cassidy - Aikido Sensei, Meditation Teacher, Psychotherapist

Rob Vincken Sensei - Aikido & Mindfulness Teacher, SeeTrue Mindfulness 

The masterclass sessions are important because they will open your mind to 4 unique perspectives, 4 unique takes on the subject of meditation and Aikido.

The masterclass sessions will take place throughout the main “Meditation For Aikidoka” training program, and I think you’ll find them essential to your development through the course.

$97 VALUE - Free when you join "Meditation For Aikidoka"

9 Dharma Talks & Practice Sessions with Inspiring Teachers From Today's Aikido World

John Stevens, Wendy Palmer, Koichi Barrish, Patrick Cassidy, Teja "Fudomyo" Bell, Dominique Cassidy, Eran "Junryu" Vardi & Rob Vincken. 

 Aikido and the meditation go hand in hand. They inform each other, and one cannot be separated from the other. And because of that, you’ll find that your meditation practice also impacts your practice in the dojo and vice versa.

This is are series of Darmah discussions that I’ve recorded live, with some of the leading teachers in the world, in the realm of Aikido and Meditation. 

These Dharma talks and discussions were recorded live, with some of the leading teachers in the world in the realm of Aikido and Meditation. Together, we guide you into the spiritual core of the art of Aikido.

$97 VALUE - Free when you join "Meditation For Aikidoka"

A 4-Part Journey Into The Spiritual Heart Of Aikido

In this course 4-part, I will take you deep into Aikido's 4 spiritual dimensions, and explore 4 perspectives and practices that lay at the very core of Aikido.

Similar to the previous bonus, these dharma talks and practice sessions were recorded live. You can learn the material at your own pace in the member's portal, and download the course in audio and video format. 

This is a perfect companion course to Meditation For Aikidoka and will awaken Aikido's spiritual potential in your practice, and your life.

These sessions are a powerful addition to Meditation For Aikidoka that you will carry with you on your journey, and I just know you’re going to love them.

A Comprehensive Video Training Program Of The Complete Iwama Aikiken System - Personally Demonstrated By Me

I’m very excited about this program because I’ve never done anything like this before.

This is a purely technical course, with over 100 videos which were shot in the Integral Dojo, in Tel Aviv.

In this tutorial, I teach the complete Iwama Aikiken system. I cover it’s history, the principles of the boken, the Suburi solo exercises, Awase blending practices, Kumi-Tachi partner practice, all the Kumicatchi variations, and most important – that mental training within the Aikido boken.

All the demonstrations are done by me, along with a couple of my students.

I want you to have this course because the weapons training develops meditative states like no other aspect of Aikido training. It is the purest example of the bond between Aikido and Meditation.

If you’ve never experienced Aikido boken, then this course is the perfect way to get started.

If you already practice boken, then this is your chance to have my complete knowledge of my 30 years in the Iwama weapons system, including 8 years of daily training with the system’s founder, Saito Sensei.

Now, this is a very large production and we still haven’t finished shooting all the videos, but as soon as we release it to the public in the spring.

$197 VALUE - Free when you join "Meditation For Aikidoka"

A live, in person, full day Aikido and meditation workshop led by me, with the Meditation For Aikidoka global Sahnga

Now, this training is intensive. We’ll do hot seat meditation interviews, experience the complete spectrum of consciousness through meditation and Aikido practices, and fully embody the meditative state in your Aikido, is the ultimate joining between meditation and Aikido.

It’s also a place where you can finally meet in person other members of the community that you have practiced with through the online program.

This unique training method has never been available outside of my dojo. Until today, Aikidoka from all over the world pay hundreds, sometime thousands of dollars to fly to Tel-Aviv to participate in live workshops or serve as Uchi Deshi in my dojo.

But you won’t have to pay hundreds or thousands of dollars for a flight ticket to Israel to attend this workshop, because for the first time ever, I’m taking “Meditation For Aikidoka” live workshop to Maastricht, The Nederland’s, and to Salt Lake City Utah, in the US.

$197 VALUE - Free when you join "Meditation For Aikidoka"

*There's a limit on the number of people who can attend the event, and priority is going to be given to the people that register for “Meditation For Aikidoka” first.

Diane Musho Hamilton - Zen Roshi, Integral Facilatator, Author Of "The Zen Of You And Me"

“Miles Kessler is a rare kind of teacher. He has cultivated deep meditative discipline, he is a fully embodied Aikido master, and most importantly, his heart is wide open. You can't help but grow in his company."