Fearless Stillness: Finding Peace In A Noisy World - by Monk Mode Society

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Fearless Stillness: Finding Peace In A Noisy World

With Monk Mode Society

Fearless Stillness is for people who didn’t grow up in quiet rooms. It’s for the ones who know fear, overthinking, old arguments in their chest, and the grind of a life that never lets up. Across seven guided sessions you’ll learn how to sit with fear instead of running from it, how to move through busy streets without losing yourself, and how to listen to the old scars that still light up in your body. We’ll talk honestly about hustle, purpose, and the pressure to keep going when your nervous system is already tired. Each lesson blends grounded Buddhist wisdom, street-level storytelling, breathwork, and trauma-aware nervous system tools. You’ll practice building an inner temple — a shelter within — so that even when the outside world is loud, you have a place inside that stays steady. By the end of the course you will: • Understand fear as a passing state, not your identity • Have simple breath and body tools to meet panic and stress in real time • Learn how to notice triggers in your body and listen to what old wounds are asking for • Clarify the difference between empty hustle and purpose-driven work • Build a personal “inner room” practice you can return to whenever life gets loud Course outline: 1. Fear Is the Gate – meeting fear in the body with breath and compassion 2. Stillness in the Streets – learning to stay grounded while you move through the world 3. The Art of Not Flinching – training your system not to collapse or bolt 4. The Hustle and the Dharma – bringing Buddhist wisdom into work, money, and purpose 5. The Scar That Listens – working with old hurts that still react in the present 6. The Shelter Within – discovering and strengthening your inner temple 7. Crown of Fearless Stillness – integrating the tools and stepping back into your life with new armor This course is trauma-aware, plain-spoken, and rooted in compassion. It’s not about never feeling fear again. It’s about learning how to stay with yourself, breathe, and remember that peace is within — even when the world is loud.


Meet your Teacher

Juan is a meditation teacher and writer who grew up inside chaos—addiction, violence, and long stretches of fear. His path into practice didn’t start in temples; it started on streets, in barracks, and in loud rooms where the nervous system never really rested. He founded Monk Mode Society and the American Lotus Sangha to offer “street Dharma”: trauma-aware, science-informed practices for people who carry real stress, old wounds, and responsibility, but still want a clear, honest path. His teaching style is direct, compassionate, and grounded in both Buddhist wisdom and lived experience. On Insight Timer, Juan’s work focuses on nervous system regulation, shadow work, and accessible meditation for everyday people. Fearless Stillness was born from his own training in sitting with fear, grief, and survival mode without abandoning himself. This course is his way of handing that training to others who are ready to meet their fear, protect their heart, and discover a steady, unshakable stillness within.

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7 Days

10 students

No ratings

11 min / day

Awakening

English


Lesson 1

Fear Is The Gate

In this first lesson we stop running from fear and turn to face it. I walk you through a trauma-aware practice where you name one specific fear, feel where it lives in your body, and stay with it for a few steady breaths instead of abandoning yourself. You’ll learn to see fear as a nervous-system signal, not your identity, and to meet it with a simple line of respect: “This is fear. Thank you for trying to protect me.” This is your first taste of fearless stillness—staying present with yourself, even when the old panic rises.

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Lesson 2

Stillness In The Streets

In this lesson, you practice carrying meditation into real life — buses, sidewalks, noisy rooms, parking lots. Instead of waiting for the perfect quiet space, you learn how to use your feet, your breath, and one simple sound as anchors so you can move through the day without losing yourself. This is a street-level walking meditation: small, repeatable moves that help you feel calmer, clearer, and more present even when the world around you is loud.

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Lesson 3

The Art Of Not Flinching

In this lesson, you work with that first inner jolt — the text that stings, the sharp tone, the memory that punches your chest. Instead of letting the nervous system run the show, you learn how to notice the flinch, soften your body, take one honest breath, and choose your next move. We’ll practice a simple three-step pause you can use in arguments, at work, or alone with your thoughts, so you don’t have to keep living at the mercy of every trigger.

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Lesson 4

The Hustle And The Dharma

This lesson is for the part of you that’s always grinding. The job you’re not sure you can leave, the side-hustle that never rests, the pressure to keep producing even when your body is tired. Together we’ll look at your hustle through a Dharma lens: what it costs, what it feeds, and where your real purpose lives inside all that noise. You’ll be guided through a short reflection practice to map your current hustle, feel what it’s doing to your nervous system, and name one small, honest shift toward work that doesn’t destroy your peace from the inside out.

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Lesson 5

The Scar That Listens

This lesson is for the part of you that still flinches when old pain gets close. The raised voice in the hallway. The sound of an argument. A certain tone, word, or silence that lights up something you thought you buried a long time ago. Here we walk straight toward that inner scar—not to rip it open, but to listen. You’ll be guided to notice how old wounds speak through your body now, how your nervous system jumps before your mind can catch up, and how to stay with yourself instead of shutting down or exploding. We’ll practice a simple, trauma-aware “listening to the scar” meditation so you can: • recognize a trigger as a signal, not a failure, • offer yourself a steady, grounded presence in the middle of it, • and take one small step toward healing instead of repeating the same old pattern. You don’t have to fix your whole history tonight. You just have to stay with one honest feeling, for a few more breaths than you usually do.

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Lesson 6

The Shelter Within

This lesson is about building the one place they can’t take from you. Out here, life pulls at you from every angle—work, family, money, memories, fear of what’s next. You get stretched so thin that it feels like there’s nowhere safe to land. In this session, we turn all the way inward and start to shape an inner temple: a steady room inside your own chest where you can sit down for a moment and not be under attack. You’ll be guided to: • feel your body as a doorway to safety, not just stress, • sense a quiet inner room that stays untouched, even when life is loud, • and use breath and gratitude as keys that open that space on purpose. This isn’t about escaping your life. It’s about discovering a shelter that travels with you—on the bus, in bed, at work, in the middle of a hard day—so you don’t have to wait for perfect conditions to feel a little bit of peace within.

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Lesson 7

Crown Of Fearless Stillness

This final lesson pulls everything together. You’ve faced fear, walked through noise, listened to your scars, and learned how to build a shelter inside your own chest. Here, we slow down and look at who you’ve become because of that work—someone who can stand in the dark without abandoning themselves. In this session, you’ll: • revisit the Lotus Trinity—stillness as rebellion, compassion as a weapon, peace as within, • sense how these three now live in your body as real choices, not slogans, • and make a quiet, personal vow about how you want to move through your life from here. This is not about being perfect or never afraid again. It’s about walking out of this course a little straighter, a little softer, and knowing you carry a crown of fearless stillness that no one can see but you can always feel.

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