The Yoga Of Listening: An Eight-Gate Path - by Monk Mode Society

COURSE

The Yoga Of Listening: An Eight-Gate Path

With Monk Mode Society

Listening can be a full practice—not background, not distraction, not “just sound.” In this 8-lesson course, you’ll train listening the way a yogi trains the body: step-by-step, gate-by-gate, until the mind steadies and the heart softens. Each lesson is a guided listening-meditation with spacious practice time inside the audio. You’ll learn how to use pulse, tone, resonance, and near-silence as anchors—so attention stops chasing and starts settling. What you’ll practice across the eight gates: • Gate 1: The Drum — establishing rhythm as a steadying foundation • Gate 2: The Breath Tone — breath-awareness through sound cycles • Gate 3: Turning Inward — shifting from outer sound to inner presence • Gate 4: The Single Tone — sustained tone for deep focus and release • Gate 5: The Heard Heart — emotional listening without spiraling • Gate 6: Silence Training — guided quiet with structure and safety • Gate 7: Applied Listening — staying present through “disruptions” • Gate 8: The Dojo Within — a full closing practice that seals the path Best used with headphones in a safe, comfortable space. Come as you are—this is training for real life, not perfection.


Meet your Teacher

Juan is a Buddhist lay practitioner, veteran, and meditation teacher. He offers grounded, trauma-aware practices for people living in loud, demanding worlds. His teaching emphasizes listening as a path—using breath, sound, silence, and emotional awareness to train attention and develop steadiness from the inside out.

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8 Days

13 students

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13 min / day

Awakening

English


Lesson 1

Gate 1: The Drum

In Gate 1, we begin with rhythm—because attention needs a foundation. You’ll use a steady pulse as your anchor and learn how to return without force. This Gate trains the first skill of the path: coming back on purpose, again and again, until the mind starts to trust you.

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Lesson 2

I Struggled, but I Stayed With It and Didn’t Quit

In Gate 2, we train the breath like a bridge—so you can cross from noise into presence. You’re not trying to breathe “perfect.” You’re learning how to use one steady inhale and one steady exhale to gather yourself. This Gate is about building a clean return point—something you can trust when your mind starts running.

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Lesson 3

Gate 3: Turning Inward

Gate 3 is where we stop listening out there and start listening in here. We narrow the field. We let the outside fade a little, and we practice staying with the inner room—breath, feeling, presence. This is the Gate where your attention learns to settle, not by force, but by returning again and again.

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Lesson 4

Gate 4: The Single Tone

Gate 4 is where one sound becomes your whole world. A single tone trains the mind to stay. You’re not chasing the next thing—you’re practicing devotion to one vibration, one thread. This Gate builds steadiness, patience, and deep listening, where the tone keeps teaching even after it fades.

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Lesson 5

Gate 5: The Hurt Heart

Gate 5 is where listening turns emotional. You don’t fix the feeling—you learn to stay with it without spiraling, without shutting down. This Gate trains the “heard heart”: the part of you that can witness pain with steadiness and still keep its compassion.

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Lesson 6

Gate 6: The Silence Gate

Gate 6 is where you stop chasing sound and start hearing space. Not “perfect silence”—but the quiet underneath the noise. This Gate trains steadiness. You learn how to sit with less… and not panic. How to let the mind settle without needing a distraction.

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Lesson 7

Gate 7: Applied Listening

Gate 7 is where the practice leaves the “perfect session” and meets real life. Sounds come in fast. Thoughts come in fast. This Gate trains you to stay steady anyway—to notice the disruption, feel it pass, and return without fighting. Not numb. Not overwhelmed. Just present.

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Lesson 8

Gate 8: The Dojo Within

This is the seal. Not a “final lesson”—a final landing. You’ve trained rhythm, breath, inwardness, focus, resonance, silence, and disruption. Now you practice from the inside out. The Dojo Within means you can enter listening on purpose—anytime—without needing the world to cooperate. This Gate is where listening becomes your home.

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