Nat Heidler
Nat Heidler is a lifelong consciousness explorer, and from an early age was always looking for answers to life, the universe and everything else. Having practiced various mediation paths including Dzogchen and Vipassana, but not seeing the results he wanted, he kept looking.
In early 2014, he discovered Dhamma Sukha on YouTube and took his first retreat that summer. That first retreat revealed to him that there was more to be found using TWIM and studying the original teachings of the Buddha.
That first meditation retreat in the summer of 2014 at Dhamma Sukha led to many 10-day retreats with Doug Kraft and Bhante Vimeralamsi in California and at Dhamma Sukha. Early retreat experiences created an intense interest in studying the Suttas and the original teachings of the Buddha.
During the day he works for a Silicon Valley software company as a cloud architect. At night he can be found supporting TWIM teachers and the community via learntwim.org.
He is passionate about giving others the opportunity he’s found in the Dhamma and has a particular desire to help beginning or new to TWIM meditators.
He invites people to “Come and See” – referring to the words of the Buddha urging people to come and see for themselves the truth of his teachings – to test them in the fires of their own experience. He believes that direct experience is the best teacher.
- NAT HEIDLER, Meditation Guide
- INSTRUCTION: Zoom retreats, Online Retreats, One On One guidance
- LOCATION: Kansas City, Missouri
- CONTACT: https://www.learntwim.org
VIDEOS
Doug’s events are ideal for beginners or advanced meditators who wish to deepen their practice. His workshops and classes is oriented to people who have practiced Vipassana, Zen, Raja Yoga, and similar wisdom traditions. Doug emphasizes the natural development of jhanas or sublime state of awakening in meditation along with the practice of loving-kindness as a path of insight.
BOOKS
Doug Kraft began meditation training in 1975 and is just as enthusiastic about meditating today as he was then. He is a senior student of Bhante Vimalaramsi. He has also studied with other Theravada teachers including John Travis, Ajahn Tong, Larry Rosenberg, Corrado Pensa, Jack Kornfield, Joseph Goldstein, Sharon Salzberg, Christopher Titum, Joanna Macy, and Andy Olendski to name a few. Doug has also trained with Korean Zen Master, Sahn Seung, Tibetan Mingur Rinpoche, and Siddha Yoga guru Muktananda, and (back in the day) Ram Dass, Pir Vilat Khan, Salvador Rouchet, Emmanuel, and Jean Houston.
Behind it all, Doug loves delving into human nature and teaching meditation. He conducts meditation classes and daylong retreats in the greater Sacramento area. Doug is also a counselor, therapist, and retired Unitarian Universalist Minister who lives with his wife, son, and two cats.