Sailing Dharma

This meetup helps provide the proof of concept activities for an upcoming show exploring how being on the water can accelerate the benefits of meditation. Aboard Dharma, a 58-foot sailing yacht in Marina del Rey, we’ll blend mindfulness and motion through short, practical practices—“breath-as-ballast,” “wave-matching,” “label-locate-loosen,” and “tacking through conflict.” Each sail includes moments of reflection, light journaling, and group dialogue designed to cultivate awareness, consciousness, and clarity. The guiding idea is that while the Buddha may have found enlightenment after 49 days beneath the Bodhi tree, the movement and immediacy of sailing can bring many of those same insights to the surface much more quickly.
This project is fully funded and supported by two key investors, one with deep backgrounds in both sailing and meditation (CEO/Lawyer) and the other with a serial tech entrepreneur with deep roots and history in the entertainment industry. Potential distribution partners, in addition to traditional sales channels, include large health and wellness entities focusing on meditation.
The purpose of the Meetup is to practice some of the activities that will occur in the show. We’ll generally sail either on Tuesday or Sunday afternoons, head up towards Malibu and then return. The sail out will be focused on sailing, but the sail back will be more about the meditation exercises.
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You can be a beginner in both, but you’ll need to have a strong love of the ocean and open mind.