Meditation x Attachment
Learn to live a meaningful life.
Evidence-based meditation and attachment repair designed to end the dysfunctional patterns and help you gain more access to your vibrant and authentic self.
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Learn about the main signs of attachment disturbance, what attachment theory is, and how to end the dysfunctional patterns in your life (for good). It’s time to get on the path of true meaning, purpose, intimacy, and clarity. Join thousands of others who are already benefitting from this approach and embracing their vitality.
Nothing else working?
You’re in the right place.
Founded by George Haas in 2003 and named the ‘Best Online Buddhist Meditation’ by Los Angeles Magazine in 2011, Mettagroup uses Vipassanā, or insight meditation, as a way to help students live a meaningful life. Drawing from 2500-year-old Buddhist teachings and John Bowlby's Attachment Theory, the Mettagroup techniques serve as a model of how to connect with other people, and how to be completely yourself in relationships with others and with work. In other words, we offer a blueprint for living a meaningful life.
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People who’ve learned and practiced our method of meditation for attachment repair.
189,000
Total downloads of the ‘I Love You Keep Going’ podcast with George Haas.
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Studies show that this is the average number of years it takes to earn secure attachment. Think about the months, years or even decades you’ve spent going in circles with other interventions.
There’s hope.
And it lives at the intersection of attachment theory and meditation. Let us explain.
It begins with understanding attachment theory (and how this framework literally defines your sense of self and the way you connect with other people, your sense of purpose and everything you end up experiencing in this one, precious life).
Once you’ve gained an understanding of the concepts and differences between attachment strategies, the difficulties you have in past relationships all start to make sense.
Here at Mettagroup, we combine the two ingredients of attachment and meditation to help you fully live your meaningful life.
With meditation, we offer specific types of practices that guide in the attachment repair process. We then pair that with a psycho-educational approach to attachment theory. This winning combination is what has helped hundreds of our students (including myself) earn secure attachment and end so many of the patterns that once held us back.
Oftentimes, our students can’t believe they’ve waited so long to make these connections.
But the good news is, it’s not too late.
Meet George Haas,
Founding Teacher
Welcome! I’m glad you’re here. I’m George Haas, Founding Teacher of Mettagroup, an organization committed to helping people heal their attachment injury, be more secure and live a truly meaningful life.
I had a lot of difficulties in my early life, and there was no way to get people to help me with them.
Today, my main drive in offering the Meditation x Attachment program series is simple…
It’s payback. Not the revenge-type. My mission today is to pay it forward, honoring the people who helped me save my life.
Over the last 40 years, I have accumulated this knowledge about how to heal attachment injury (through both learning and experience). My mission in this program (and at Metttagroup at large) is to share this blueprint in a distilled, manageable way so that people don’t need to go through years of confusion and suffering like I did.
Within just 150 sessions, studies show that you can go from insecure attachment to securely attached. That’s profound, swift results (we’re talking ~ 3 years). I spent most of my life (5 decades) exhaustively exploring all the wrong paths, so it’s my true honor to share what’s worked for me and hundreds of my clients, with long-lasting and life-enhancing effects.
The seemingly unchangeable conditions that many people experience in their lives are actually changeable.
Healing is possible, and 90% of our clients see radical shifts within 3 years (or less).
Even if you’ve tried other modalities or healing systems that have failed or gave you temporary relief, we invite you to embrace the potential and hope within our meditation and attachment repair approach.
“I'm better than I've ever been.”
“I just want to share, that it's been six years, a big journey, a big journey. But guess what? I've earned secure. Today I found out that I've earned secure. I know a lot of you won't know what that means, but some of you might. I got my attachment assessment inventory back today and I'm secure. I'm better than I've ever been.”
-Sia, Pop Star
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Our Programs
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Fundamentals of Attachment Theory and the 3 Pillar Approach
In this live 4-part virtual group program, you’ll learn the fundamentals of our approach to a meaningful life. This includes instruction in Buddhist theory, an introduction to Attachment Theory, and in-depth meditation techniques, all designed to help you get your needs met, pursue your authentic passions, and emotionally regulate along the way.
The Level One program is an overview of attachment theory, examining the attachment mechanism, the exploration mechanism and the collaborative relationship systems that are necessary for secure functioning. We set the groundwork for deeper work at level two and beyond.
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Mentalizing and collaborative relationships
After completing Level One, we invite you to go deeper in this 6 month container. You’ll learn about secure, insecure and disorganized functioning so that you can be fully equipped to skillfully navigate relationships and self-manage with awareness. You’ll also learn the different paths of repair, depending on attachment conditioning.
In level two, you also receive 1.1 meditation mentoring or IPF sessions. Our Metta-Vipassana meditation approach, designed to support attachment repair, is only available through Mettagroup.
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Private, Custom Support
Meditation x Attachment | Level Three
How to earn security for insecure or disorganized peopleMeditation x Attachment | Level Four
How earned secure people can develop their relationship and exploration skillsMeditation x Attachment | Level Five
Renegotiating relationships (romantic, professional, familial or platonic)
“Working through the Ideal Parent Figure Protocol with George Haas earned me attachment security and changed my life. The effect has been both subtle and profound. Things are just easier having Ideal Parent Figures at my back - I like myself more, I'm not so afraid to make mistakes, the world seems interesting instead of daunting. I can't say enough good things about George as a IPF facilitator and as a human being. He has walked this walk and offers his guidance out of integrity and love.”
-Heather Clague, MD
“Your teaching style is the perfect balance of profound insight, fascinating science, and extra dry martini humor.”
Scotty Atkinson
