One-to-One
Vipassana Mentorship
One-to-one guidance for practitioners who already practice daily and want to go deeper.
We work with the subtleties of technique, see more clearly what's actually happening in your experience, and move through the layers of insight.
From solidity, tightness and fixed ideas to openness, awakeness and freedom.
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Reimar Wen Shen
Teacher - Vipassana at Home
Vipassana Meditation
Vipassana meditation is a skill, a practice, an art and a way of being. Sometimes an active practice, sometimes a conscious letting go, and it helps to learn it from someone who has a deep practice and is experienced in working with others.
What actually pulls you to sit each day shapes what's useful to work on here - connecting with something deeper, becoming a clearer presence for the people in your life, deepening self-knowledge, or finding steadiness regardless of circumstance. We start from where you actually are and how you are already practicing.
From there, we refine technique, work with the right attitude and keep coming back to the right understanding of what it is we are doing and how we go about it. Vipassana Meditation is an iterative feedback cycle between teacher and student, practice and life, understanding and experience. Getting this cycle going makes results happen by themselves.
Is this for you?
One-to-one mentorship works best - and is only offered - to practitioners with an established daily sitting practice of at least thirty minutes, working with a technique of their own. This isn't a service for building the habit of meditating, and I don't check in to keep you accountable to the cushion - that discipline needs to already be yours.
If you're just starting out, or you're looking for structure to establish a regular sitting practice, the free practical guide, the 30-Day Foundations Course, or the free Sunday community sit are much better places to begin. Come back to one-to-one mentorship once your own practice has some real continuity behind it.
If that's already true for you and you want to go further - working with the subtleties of a technique, understanding what's actually happening in your practice, or moving into deeper layers of insight - that's exactly what this is for.
Words from the Community
“I’m less reactive and more present in my body and my life.”
Working with Reimar and the Vipassana practice itself have changed me and how I am in the world. I’m less reactive and more present in my body and my life.
Things no longer have to go well because I’m better at being with what is.
Stephanie
New York
“Unhurried, reflective, valuing words and silence.”
I admire Reimar’s ability to be open to learn from his students, to be in a listening posture with deep respect.
I enjoy the pace of our time together — unhurried, reflective, valuing words and silence.
Francine
Canada
“More of a space for self-discovery than a direction.”
Reimar is a clear and welcoming guide, fluid and patient — a guide who is more of a space for self-discovery than a direction.
Each time we meet I feel he is truly there for me with kindness and calmness, creating the conditions for my progress.
Andrea
Italy
How we work together
We meet every two weeks for a one-hour video call, where we look closely at what's actually happening in your practice and work out where to take it next - both on the cushion and in how mindfulness shows up in the rest of your life.
My role as a guide is to help you move through the layers of insight - from thinking about your experience toward sensing it more directly, and gradually toward more open, less constructed ways of experiencing yourself and the world.
I work within the three core skills that run through all Vipassanā practice - stability, clarity and equanimity - alongside the four foundations of mindfulness, a complementary framework for what we're actually paying attention to in practice. Together these help me see which part of your experience, and which skill, actually needs attention at your current stage.
We generally work with whatever technique you're already practising, rather than replacing it with mine. Where it's useful, I might introduce noting, body scanning, open awareness, or non-dual approaches - not as a fixed curriculum, but depending on what would actually serve you at this point.
A typical session holds three things:
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some meditation together, so we can look closely at what's actually happening on the cushion;
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some theory that speaks to where you are right now
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something to continue with between sessions - usually in practice, and sometimes in how you're carrying it into daily life.
We also leave room for whatever questions, difficulties or new directions come up as you go.
What qualifies me as a mentor?
A lifelong commitment to meditation.
Since a decade, I have maintained an unbroken daily practice.
I have spent over 7 months in intensive silent retreats (Goenka and Mahasi traditions), including a continuous 3-month stay at Wat Sopharam monastery in Northern Thailand.
Currently, I maintain a daily practice of 1-2 hours and regularly attend retreats to deepen my own journey.
Passionate about guiding others.
Since my early days - from guiding meditation in university groups, yoga classes, and even corporate lunch breaks - I have loved sharing the fruits of practice.
Today, I regularly teach Somatics and movement improvisation, host long-format containers for artistic research and embodied inquiry and guide others online through vipassanaathome.org
Through these varied modalities, I have learned to convey mindfulness through embodied presence, not just words.
Experienced teacher and guide.
Since 2021, I have taught through Vipassana at Home, mentoring long-term students one-to-one and teaching group courses.
I am also a trained Embodiment Coach and am currently taking a 5-year long training in Non-Dual Approaches to Vipassana meditation with master teacher Michael Taft from Deconstructing Yourself.
Living a fully engaged life.
Having lived monastically, I know how to go deep.
But I choose to live fully in the world - in relationship, in work, in family life.
I believe true freedom manifests across all areas of being: mind, body, and heart.
Through my experience as a father, partner, community-builder and performing artist I bring a diverse life experience that helps inform the way I approach the practice as something integrated into a rich experience of life.
Above all, I am committed to a never-ending journey of learning.
What it costs
One-to-one mentorship is a paid service offered in different ways
One-Off
Single Session
One-off deep dive into a specific question or sticking point
90 EUR
Focused Practice
6 Sessions
A series of six intensive weekly sessions where we work through and get you deeper in your Vipassana meditation practice
6 x 80 EUR
Ongoing Mentorship
every 2 weeks
A regular meeting every that helps you cultivate the core skills, move you down the layers of insight, integrate the practice into your life over the long-term.
Price: to be agreed
One-to-one work also takes a different kind of energy than teaching a course or a group sit - it's sustained, personal attention, and as a father with limited time, I need this particular offering to be properly paid. Because of that, I don't offer scholarships or reduced rates for one-to-one mentorship, the way I can for the other courses. The ongoing mentorship rate itself isn't fixed, though - we can talk about what's workable for you when we speak.
Because the right package depends on where you are and what you're looking for, we work this out together on the discovery call below, once we've actually had a chance to talk about your practice.
Are you ready?
Working together one-to-one is a real commitment of time, energy and money, on both sides.
If that's you, and you'd like to explore whether we're a good fit, you're welcome to book a free discovery call. Come with a sense of your current practice - what you're working with, how long you've been sitting, and what's drawing you to look for guidance now.
If it feels like a good fit on both sides, we'll talk through which involvement makes sense for you and go from there.
Schedule your discovery call
Book a free call to talk about your practice and whether one-to-one mentorship is the right fit.
Check availability and choose a time that works for you.
If you just want a single session, this booking time can serve as that but feel free to email me directly if none of the times suit you.