Happiness is closer than our breath. Awareness at Play podcast hosts the practices and principles of the Without a Net program by artist and teacher Dori DeCamillis. WAN is a down-to-Earth program that integrates spiritual practice and psychological inquiry, using our everyday lives and relationships as our laboratory.
Beginning with the ordinary sensations of breath, body, and sound, this guided meditation gradually moves toward the spacious awareness in which all experience arises. Then it retraces the journey, returning to the body, mind, senses, and everyday world with renewed appreciation.
9 Jun 2026
Brilliance From All Sides
In this guided meditation we’ll begin with simple breath awareness and gentle pauses and gradually expand our attention to experience the breath flowing into the body from every direction. Inspired by yogic teachings on kumbhaka, the sacred pause, this practice invites you to rest in the spacious awareness that surrounds and permeates you. With ample silence between prompts, you'll have time to settle into the subtle rhythm of breath, openness, and vibrant stillness.
24 May 2026
Empty Body, Endless Space
This guided meditation explores sensing the body as open, empty space. We gradually soften the sense of separation between body, mind, and world—resting in a spacious awareness beyond form. This practice invites a direct experience of presence, peace, and the quiet joy at the heart of being.
18 May 2026
Portal into the Infinite
Explore ways to redirect thinking while meditating without demonizing thought. Then practice a guided meditation using the senses as a doorway into presence.
25 Nov 2025
Descent into Subtlety
In this guided meditation, we journey from the tangible sensations of the body to increasingly subtle layers of awareness. Beginning with breath and physical grounding, the practice gently expands toward energy and spacious presence. Whether you’re seeking calm, clarity, or a deeper connection with your inner world, this session offers a steady, soothing pathway into quiet stillness and refined attention.
3 Nov 2025
Upstairs Downstairs
Like the great British manors of days-gone-by, we too have an upstairs persona and a below-stairs staff of hidden operatives. We can use this analogy to become more accepting of both parts of ourselves.
7 Oct 2025
The Three Centers
Using color, sound, and movement of the breath, this guided meditation practice gives the attention plenty of focus so the mind relaxes sooner. It is one of my favorites.
27 Sept 2025
Trusting our Inner GPS
Our intuition is like a GPS system that most of us have lost trust in. In this episode we'll talk about how and why we get off track, and what it takes to hear clear guidance again. We'll also be guided through a practice in which we position ourselves using some ways we usually neglect.
19 Sept 2025
Sing Like a Canary
In this episode I give the same talk I gave the night before at the opening reception of my solo exhiibit at Canary Gallery. It's a little about my paintings and a lot about the inner process of rendering my mind states on canvas.
13 Sept 2025
Live Like a King
Like a fairy tale about mistaken identity, we can forget our royally divine nature and act like beggars. But we can rediscover ourselves.
5 Sept 2025
Take a Seat
An upright seated posture can carry with it a mental attitude of dignity and repose. Follow along to experience the richness in outlook brought on by the way we hold ourselves.
29 Aug 2025
Art, and then some
The basic skills learned in a painting class can be bring the same creative joy and transformation when applied to all of life.
23 Aug 2025
What does Without a Net mean?
A net can be something that traps you or catches you when you fall. Try to look through it, and it clouds your vision. Here we look at what it means in the context of our Without a Net program.
18 Aug 2025
Sensational! (Long Version)
A wandering mind can be frustrating during meditation. This guided practice has several means of renewing our take on thoughts as disruptors of meditation, and instead see them as a welcome part of practice. Our focus is on the felt sensations of the body as they mingle with the field of awareness.
16 Aug 2025
Sensational!
This short guided meditation rests awareness on the felt sense of the body, with special attention on a few methods for shifting awareness away from thought in a gentle manner.
12 Aug 2025
Measuring Up
This episode highlights one of our Without a Net Gatherings, with the topic "Measuring Up." We compare the paradigm of living up to societal expectations to the freedom of living "without a net."
7 Jul 2025
Creative Impulse to Manifestation
This episode covers the capacities we use to bring our ideas to life or carry out any action. We can increase our gumption and enjoyment of the process when we look closer at the chain reaction of sparks that happen behind the scene.
29 Jun 2025
Introducing Awareness at Play
Our very first podcast episode will highlight the history, inspiration, and focus of Dori DeCamillis's Without a Net program. What started as an artistic inner investigation turned into a refreshing program of self-illumination. Here's a preview of how the program helps wisdom seekers seek new depths of discovery and heights of experience.
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