Cultivating the Inner Tree of Life
12 Session Online Experience
Starts Sunday, January 18, 2026
Meets every other week

Learn a series of meditation practices for healing, guidance
and for serving in accord with your Soul’s calling

All theory, dear friend, is gray,
but the golden tree of life springs ever green.”
–Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

This will be the second time I am offering this course. Participants in the previous round expressed great appreciation (see a few comments at the bottom of this message) and I learned a great deal myself. I look forward to taking this series even deeper into the fascinating and transformational teachings of the Tree of Life. Please take a few minutes to read the course description below and feel free to contact me with any questions.

Blessings,

Alan

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Cultivating the Inner Tree of Life

We are all facing the same predicament: Our attention is being called and pulled in a myriad of directions while feelings of helplessness, anger, fear and grief are rising up and swirling throughout. How do we stay centered and relate to each other and the world with courage, kindness and love? Where do we find guidance and direction?

In my over fifty years of spiritual practice, I’ve explored a range of pathways. Each has helped me to center, develop greater awareness of my essential nature and grow as a mature human being. Each has helped me to serve more effectively in whatever role I can play in the great work of making the world a more just and compassionate realm.

Several decades ago I began to explore the teachings of the Kabbalistic Tree of Life from the Jewish mystical tradition. I found that this teaching offers more than an abstract symbol for the human mind/body and the nature of Reality. The Tree of Life offers tools and methods for experiencing and integrating the essential qualities that we seek in psychological and spiritual growth. I’ve been working for several years with individuals and small groups bringing these teachings forward and have found they provide answers to the questions we face in these times. This will be the second time I will be offering an online course that brings it all together.

Skills You Will Get From This Course

• Deepen your meditation practice whether you are a beginner or seasoned meditator.

• Enhance the kinesthetic experience of your body.

• Practice working with the healing energies that help resolve pain and increase vitality.

• Access sources within the Tree of Life that are the divine attributes of your nature: creativity, compassion, wisdom, strength and love.

• Heal the conflict between the inner man and woman and your inter-personal relationships.

• Learn to take responsibility for your state of mind – transform “negative” emotions and choose the focus of your attention and awareness.

• Invoke your ancestors and spirit allies to assist in your life journey.

Basically, my hope and intention is that this course will deepen your multi-faceted, spiritual awareness and help you develop a disciplined daily practice that is of benefit to you and all life on Mother Earth.

We will explore and experience together

• Mindfulness practices for clearing the mind chatter and moving beyond the thinking mind.

• The tree as both a cross-cultural symbol for human development, and the inner Tree of Life as a map of divine and human powers and attributes.

• Practices for navigating in consciousness. Journeying deeply into the nature of the Sephiroth and the Tree.

• Balancing experiences of unity and duality. Balancing the poles of yin and yang, male and female, giving and receiving.

• Processes for healing the wounds of the heart, mind and body.

• Walking your visions with strength and opening to the sustaining support of Mother Earth and inner allies.

Why the Tree of Life?

The form and meaning of the Tree of Life were originally developed by Jewish mystics and further adapted by Christian, Sufi and Western esoteric spiritual teachers. Yet, many of the studies involving the Tree remain largely abstract and intellectual. This course will focus on experiential practices using meditations, divinations and invocations that explore the Tree in a way that opens you to the deep healing energies and spiritual guidance within. My approach draws from a range of spiritual lineages that include mindfulness meditation, the light-fire teachings of Agni Yoga, shamanism, alchemy and depth psychology.

The structure of the Tree of Life is similar to the chakra system of the East. There are centers (Sephiroth) that are sources of energy and places in consciousness that serve as emanations of attributes of your Soul and the Divine Source of all-that-is. Different than most depictions of the chakras, the Tree of Life has, in addition to the central column, axes that have centers to the right and left of the human body helping to get in touch with and balance the feminine and masculine, (yin and yang) aspects of your nature. The Tree of Life also brings attention lower in the body to the feet. Rather than a teaching to transcend the body and world, The Tree of Life balances transcendence with embodiment; it calls us to serve life on Earth.

The relationships of the different Sephiroth to each other form triangles and other patterns that express a range of states of consciousness. Each Sephira is related to elements of nature and mythological beings as well as psychological and spiritual qualities. Learning to navigate the Sephiroth and their relationships is a mind expanding and transformational process quite different from simply studying them theoretically or cognitively.

Course structure

• The course will consist of twelve 90-minute, online sessions. All sessions will include experiential meditations, lecture and question and answer periods. All of the sessions will be recorded so participants will have access to them during and after the completion of the course. In addition, all participants will have access to over 10 recorded meditations that can be used for your own ongoing practice. The content and sequence of materials in the course will be flexible and proceed according to the needs of those attending.

• Sessions will be online meeting every other week (except where holidays are involved).

• All sessions will be recorded in case you miss a class.

• Supplemental recorded meditations will be available for practice in between classes.

• Sessions will be on Sundays at 2 PM Eastern Time/11 AM PT and will be 90-minutes.

• Fee for course including all materials is $500

Registration will be available shortly. Feel free to respond to this message if you know you want to register or have questions.

A few comments from students of the previous course

Alan is a wonderfully wise teacher who delivers the teachings and meditations in a way that is easy to follow and fun to practice. His techniques of working with the light have broadened my sense of awareness of my own vessel as a vehicle of light, and strengthened my personal practices of 17 years by offereing things I have not learned elsewhere. I highly recommend any courses led by Alan!
–Mollly Bondellio, yoga teacher and ceremonial guide

Alan presents a wonderful course with concepts, practices, visuals and meditations that bring the wisdom teachings of the Tree of Life into the Light of Understanding. I recommend it highly.
–Dr. Tom Pinkson – author, shamanic ceremonial guide

The class was very interesting and insightful. Alan is a wonderful soul and his devotion to the compassionate care of humanity and the planet shines through him at all times. I was deeply inspired by Alan and the teachings. Alan generously shared all of the content of the course, including the guided meditations. I am excited to continue to study and use the content to deepen my experience and to fully integrate this into my life. Overall, this is an intelligent, well-organized and soulful course that was definitely worth the money!
–Amanda Clark

Studying the Tree of Life with Alan was a  powerful, multi-dimensional, consciousness expanding experience. The way Alan teaches about the Sephiroth/Tree of Life is profound and feels deeply relevant and needed in our world today. He creates and holds a sacred container in which I was able to let go and drop into the deeper level of my heart and soul during the experiential component of the class. As a teacher and wayshower Alan is kind, wise and intuitive. He has a special way of making you feel seen and heard. He listens deeply beyond the words reflecting back heartfelt wisdom and compassion. I highly recommend this class and studying with Alan!
–Kim Clay, psychotherapist

Alan Levin’s “Tree of Life” meditation course is an enlightening and empowering experience. He shares his extensive knowledge of the esoteric wisdom related to the Tree of Life. He connects the teachings of multiple cultural traditions from ancient Egyptian, Hermetic, Agni yoga, Buddhism and the Jewish Kabbalah. He guides us through a deepening appreciation of various spiritual practices. He not only informs, his progressive meditations are an amazing exploration of the light fire of Divine energy within. I recommend his guidance for anyone interested in developing or expanding their meditation practice in the presence of a truly gifted, loving and wise elder.

–Leo Figgs, DO