Meditation x Attachment™ Level One
Enrollment now open for the January 2025 cohort
A meditative approach to a more meaningful life.
Live Virtual Group Program
Led by George Haas, Founding Teacher of Mettagroup
Four Saturdays | 9am-1pm PT / 12-4pm ET
January 4th, 11th, 18th and 25th
2025
End the cycle of dysfunction,
once and for all.
Do dysfunctional cycles follow you around (no matter how much help you’ve sought out, and no matter how many hours of meditation you’ve clocked on the cushion)?
Ever feel like you’re caught in one challenging relationship after another (from romantic, to family, platonic and even work)?
Or that life just feels deeply dissatisfying (like no one understands you, or can truly meet your needs)? You’ve been stuck in a disappointing reality of feeling abandoned, or being painfully self-sufficient (and you’re tired of it).
If you’re like me (George Haas) and my Mettagroup students, then you’ve tried getting help, only to find yourself stuck in the same deeply-engrained patterns. You’ve tried the mental health route. You’ve tried the meditation route. You’ve read the books, and you’ve filled your brain with the podcasts. What gives?
You’re hoping there’s a path forward, a life filled with healthy relationships, self-clarity and acceptance, and an enduring congruence with who you’re truly meant to be. A life no longer burdened with one bad relationship after another, or the relentless people-pleasing behavior. An end to the ruptures that don’t really get repaired, or the confusion about who you are and what you’re truly meant to be doing with your time and energy.
You’re holding out for a more meaningful life.
If that’s you, then you’re in the right place.
Meditation x Attachment Level One program offers you the keys to lasting change for how you see yourself, how you see the world, and how you LIVE your life. True healing that you can feel and embody. More access to your authentic self.
What are the ingredients for lasting change? How is this any different from the other self-help or mental health approaches out there?
Get ready for the easiest mind blow on the planet.
Where Attachment Theory and Meditation Meet
Understanding attachment theory is the easiest mind blow, and here’s why.
Once you’ve gained an understanding of the concepts and differences between attachment styles, the difficulties you have in past relationships all start to make sense.
We combine the two ingredients of attachment and meditation. 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, my students can’t believe they’ve waited so long to make these connections.
But the good news is, it’s not too late!
Introducing
Meditation x Attachment
Level One
This live group program offers instruction in Buddhist theory, 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. In this program, you’ll learn how to develop secure relationships, uproot past attachment conditioning, as well as work through conflict resolution strategies. This program introduces Daniel P. Brown's Ideal Parent-Figure (IPF) Attachment Protocol, and offers you space to develop empowering, reparative mental and somatic skills, while also tapping into a supportive community of people on the shared path of cultivating a meaningful life.
The Level One is the first of five within the Meditation x Attachment track. You’ll learn an overview of attachment theory, examining the attachment mechanism, the exploration mechanism and the collaborative relationship systems that are necessary for secure functioning.
What’s Included
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Four Live Immersive Virtual Group Sessions
4 Live Sessions | 4 hours/session | Replays Provided
We offer a blend of learning, practice and connection to help you engage the concepts and get on the path of healing.
In each session, you’ll learn the psychological and meditative philosophy to support you in living a meaningful life. You’ll also receive live guided meditation to help you experientially integrate the framework, where we explore IPF (Idealized Parent-figure Protocol) as well as other techniques in real-time. You’ll get to share, connect, ask questions and integrate in a community setting, with facilitator guidance.
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The Attachment Repair Meditation Library
Healing and skill development requires consistent meditation practice (especially if you desire lasting impact).
That’s why we offer a course library which includes the targeted guided meditations to support you in earning secure attachment, repairing old patterns, and cultivating greater compassion, equanimity and loving kindness.
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Peer-to-Peer Practice Opportunities
Collaboration skillfully is trainable.
Throughout this group program, you’ll have the opportunity to participate in dyads with fellow students. This is designed to help you get a sense of how your attachment strategy is functioning. Not only that, but this type of connection gives you an opportunity to practice skillful collaboration.
You’ll also receive a Mindful Map
Map #1
Learn how to read people’s responses based on attachment.
Are you confused and frustrated when you talk to your partner, family members, friends or colleagues, boggled by their responses?
Are you tired of feeling misunderstood? Is being protective or defensive starting to feel old?
This Mindful Map will teach you:
How to take people’s responses less personally and understand people better.
By understanding attachment strategies and the common communication patterns associated with each attachment style, you can participate in relationship with more compassion, openness, and equanimity. You can engage with more patience, self-awareness and influence.
How to manage your expectations, and to assess alignment EARLY on in a relationship, so that you don’t make a decision too soon or get too involved too fast. (If you typically rush into intimacy, you’ll LOVE this resource.
Rest assured: it’s not personal. It’s attachment. I’ll walk you through the guide so that you can start to apply this knowledge in your relationships across all areas of your life - both personal and professional.
Meet Your Teacher
I’m George Haas, and I’m glad you’re here.
I’m 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 Mettagroup 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 40 to 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.
What is attachment theory?
How does it support you in living a more meaningful life?
Attachment theory is an understanding of the instinctual drive to seek closeness to a caregiver who will provide protection and love, as well as support the development of your natural abilities.
Our 3 Pillar Approach
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With this pillar, we educate about attachment theory, and support our clients with installing a secure functioning model.
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Exploration is the pursuit of anything that one finds authentically meaningful to them. As part of this pillar, we teach mentalizing and emotional regulation skills, which are rooted in a meditative approach.
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Are you interested in truly being collaborative, committed, and reliable in relationships? With this pillar, we teach the skills for skillful collaboration in any type of relationship - familial, platonic, romantic and professional. When you can collaborative skillfully, you can receive the support needed in order to fully explore in life.
“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
Quote Source
“I found that your teaching provided me with essential tools in my meditation practice: namely the development of sensory clarity, dismantling of self-generated anger, and the development of an equanimity practice.”
“Your teaching style is the perfect balance of profound insight, fascinating science, and extra dry martini humor.”
Scotty Atkinson
Walk away with
✔️ An understanding of the 5 main attachment categories
✔️ Hope: For your future, and for your potential to live a meaningful life
✔️ An understanding of how people with different attachment conditioning can optimally interact with each other.
✔️ Understanding the pattern of relationships that form around attachment combinations. This helps you recognize your own attachment conditioning and relationship patterns, and move them in the direction of more secure, satisfying relationships. (No, you don’t have to only date secure people in order to be satisfied!)
✔️ Understanding the distinction between primary (pursuit of meaning) and secondary exploration (pursuit of resources to support primary exploration). This provides the answer to how to create a fulfilling life. This will help you understand where you’ve been putting your resources, and how to redirect resources of time and energy as needed.
✔️ Understanding the dynamics of collaborative relationship systems, where you’re taken care of in a way that you want to be taken care, and where you can take care other someone else in a way that they want to be taken care of.
✔️ Access to all class recordings and meditations, so that you can continue learn and developing well beyond the intensive.
✔️ Community space wherein you can ask questions, integrate your experience, hear from fellow travelers and receive spot mentoring from George Haas. This learning environment fosters a greater sense of belonging on your path of development and healing, as well as an opportunity to deepen your practice.
What our clients are reporting
Clarity (and a lot of it)
Clients report having a deeper clarity of self, which offers relief, acceptance and feeling understood. Not only that, but they also report having clarity of their attachment disturbances and what triggers them, which allows them to navigate life more intentionally and discontinue the harmful patterns that once ran the show.
Higher Self-Acceptance + Confidence
The capacity to accept oneself for one’s full humanity begins more and more available. This allows for the releasing of perfectionism, seeking validation from others, and proximity seeking behavior that oftentimes holds many people back who are insecurely attached.
More Empowered
With clarity and the tools to skillfully live and relate to others, our clients feel more empowered in their life, relationships and career. They know what situations may trip them up, or what types of behaviors activate their attachment strategies. This results in higher self-agency to make choices that support one’s wellbeing, and meet one’s needs more (all needed in order to live that meaningful life).
More Authentic Self-Expression + Access to Purpose
Our clients feel free to express themselves authentically (and find their own portal of expression). An ALIVENESS is untapped, along with greater energy, inspiration and motivation. They tap into their unique sense of purpose, courageously pursuing it (for some, it’s the first time in their lives!)
Courageously set boundaries
Our clients report that they can now set boundaries, stemming from the self-clarity, self-agency and empowerment they now embody. Saying an aligned ‘no’ is easier to do (without being overcome by guilt, shame, or self-abandoning behavior). They start to choose aligned opportunities more and more, whether that’s a roadtrip that’s been calling out to them, or the new job that truly meets their vision and needs.
Connection + Relationships Thrive
Collaboration becomes easier and more manageable, whether they’re engaging with their team, colleagues, clients, or even family, friends, and romantic partner. Our clients report a sense of ‘belonging’ that becomes available (no longer feeling ‘other’ or outside in relationships). Whether you’re desiring a deeper connection, to be more heart-open, or to be more influential or impact at work, all of these elements enhance.
Exploring Alignment
This program is for you if…
We invite you to explore alignment! Below, we share some indicators that this program and our approach is designed for you.
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Whether you’re a beginner, intermediate or advanced meditator, this program is for you. If you’re brand new to meditation, we provide you with a foundational self-paced training to support you in jumpstarting your meditation practice and learning the fundamentals, so that you can hit the ground running. That training is included in Meditation x Attachment Level One.
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You’re not on the verge of trying to make relationships work (or you’ve already given up), because the disappointment has accumulated so much due to not knowing how to have workable relationships.
You may be a high functioning working professional who struggles with relationships at work or in your personal life.
You’re ready for a new approach, so that you can have satisfying, healthy and mutually supportive relationships.
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A meaningful life isn’t prescriptive, but rather includes the endeavors that spark YOUR authentic curiosity and interest.
You’re interested in having a meaningful life, and want to feel free to explore things that are meaningful to you. But, it’s hard or unfamiliar (and maybe you never learned how to do it, so you don’t know where to begin). We’ll give you the roadmap to discern what your meaningful life encompasses (and how to pursue it without feeling overwhelmed or overcome by fear).
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It’s all sort of working, but not well enough. You’re constantly anxious about pretty much everything, and holding on tight.
Life is going well, but nothing really matters. You’re succeeding, but it doesn’t mean anything to you.
You want to feel ALIVE again. Inspired. On purpose.
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You’re constantly dissatisfied in relationships because you think that that’s where the meaning should come from.
You don’t explore anything. You put your focus on getting into the right relationship, and believe that the aliveness of life will be found in that relationship.
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You’re afraid to do anything because you can’t make a mistake. The consequences of making a mistake are so catastrophic, which then leads you to being alone. Taking risks is just too upsetting or distressing, so it’s better to not take the chance.
FAQs
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No problem! While we do strongly recommend that you attend as many live sessions as you can, we understand that life happens. You will have access to all 4 session replays for life. These will be sent to you within 48 hours of the live group session, via email.
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Meditation x Attachment Level One program does not include 1.1 sessions. However, at Mettagroup, we do offer private sessions with George Haas and other practitioners.
In 1.1 sessions, you have the opportunity to receive custom support with your meditation practice and attachment repair journey. These are typically offered on a weekly basis. To learn more and apply, please click here to book a brief consult with our team.
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FAQ answer
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Commonly referred to as "mindfulness," Vipassanā meditation is focused on living more peacefully, compassionately and wisely. Derived from the Theravada school of Buddhism, the techniques are widely acknowledged as effective ways to manage pain, stress, compulsiveness and are often used in conjunction with psychotherapy.
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Many of our clients feel this way when they arrive. We invite you to explore the possibilities that live in the Mettagroup approach. If you’re open to practicing meditation and exploring attachment theory more fully, then this is a good fit for you.
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No. We cannot tell you what your attachment strategy is without an Adult Attachment Interview.
This is not included in Meditation x Attachment Level One program, but is available for purchase separately. Click here to reach out and sign up for an Adult Attachment Interview.
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No. This is a meditation-based program, so it will not work unless you’re willing to practice.
