A New Integration: Attachment Repair as Spiritual Practice The Buddha told Ānanda that spiritual friendship is the whole of the holy life. Yet in decades of practicing and teaching within traditional Buddhist frameworks, I've found something missing: explicit practices for healing the attachment wounds and relational patterns that shape how we connect. Traditional meditation assumes you arrive with enough psychological foundation. But if you don't have basic nervous system regulation, if you haven't developed secure enough attachment patterns, the practice often doesn't go as deep as it could. Or worse, it can be destabilizing. This is why the Integrated Meditation Program combines traditional meditation with the Ideal Parent Figure protocol—an evidence-based attachment repair practice. We do this work in community, because attachment wounds were formed in relationship. They heal in relationship. When both paths happen together, they work synergistically. Relational healing opens doors in practice that weren't previously accessible. Deepening practice enriches your capacity for healthy relationship... [Read the full framework →]