Cheetah House Courses
Resources for understanding and navigating meditation-related adverse effects
Featured Courses
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Behind the Scenes at The Retreat with Madison Marriage
CourseMadison discusses the podcast series, The Retreat, which examined a popular global network of silent meditation retreats & the impact they had on some participants. Hear about the response to the podcast from fans of the network, insiders, & more.
$30
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Beyond The Extended Mind
CourseDr. Krueger takes a deep dive into the philosophical underpinnings of scaffolding, rooted in “externalism” or how our senses-of-self are co-created (or “scaffolded”) through objects in the world, including AI-based technologies. ✅ 1 CE Credit
$40
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Buddhist Modernism and Meditation-Related Difficulties
CourseDr. Nathan Fisher explores how Evan Thompson's recent scholarship illuminates "Buddhist modernism" and how cognitive science can help make sense of meditation-related difficulties.
$75
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Causes and Effects of Unusual Experiences in Face-Gazing Meditations
CourseFace gazing can induce unusual experiences such as perceptual distortions, as well as audio and visual hallucinations. We explore why these experiences happen to practitioners and what are their personal and social consequences. ✅ 1 CE Credit
$40
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Coercion and Control: Who Is Responsible and Why?
CourseDeveloped by Dr. Lalich, the bounded choice framework explains how high-control groups create "self-sealing" systems through charismatic authority, transcendent beliefs, and rigorous systems of control and influence.✅ 1 CE Credit
$40
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Considerations of Help & Harm - Van Dam
CourseGiven the prominence of meditation in society, what do we know about for whom it works, how well it works, and for whom it doesn’t work? ✅ 1 CE Credit
$40
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Cultic Dynamics in Meditation Spaces
CourseMatthew Remski draws upon his rich personal and professional experience to elucidate the sometimes obvious and sometimes subtle ways in which meditation spaces are susceptible to cultic dynamics, such as somatic dominance.
$40
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David Treleaven and Willoughby Britton In Conversation: A Cheetah House Fundraising Event
CourseDrs. David Treleaven and Willoughby Britton discuss young meditators in distress, the issues they face, and how best to help them.
$35
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Diet & Meditation-Related Challenges
CourseThis talk presents secondary findings of the Varieties of Contemplative Experiences study and offers biological and psychological hypothesizes regarding how and why dietary changes can impact meditation-related experiences. ✅ 1 CE Credit
$40
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Fear and Terror in Buddhist Meditation
CourseFear states like panic and anxiety some of the most common meditation-related challenges. This reading-based course unpacks Buddhist views and neurobiological mechanisms of meditation-induced fear and hyperarousal ✅ 1 CE Credit
$35
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First Do No Harm - All Access Levels 1 & 2
BundleFirst Do No Harm Levels 1 + 2, all required courses, electives, and live Q & As included. Over 45 hours of content and 25+ hours of APA credit available. Valued at over $1500.
$1,000
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First Do No Harm - Level 1
BundleMeditation challenge essentials: research overview and survivor stories. These workshops cover adverse effects, mechanisms, and mitigation/trauma strategies with a focus on mindfulness-based programs.
$200
Main instructors
Regular contributors to Cheetah House courses
Willoughby Britton, Ph.D.
Dr. Willoughby Britton is founder of Cheetah House and director of the Clinical and Affective Neuroscience Lab at Brown University.
Jared Lindahl, PhD
Dr. Jared Lindahl has been leading the data collection, analysis, and writing of papers for the Varieties of Contemplative Experience study since 2014.
David Cooper
David Cooper has been a research associate and project coordinator on the Varieties of Contemplative Experience study since 2014. His contributions include recruitment, interviews, data analysis, and both lead and co-authorship on nearly every project publication.
Guest instructors
Nicholas Canby, PhD
Dr. Canby holds a PhD in Clinical Psychology and specializes in the assessment of self-boundary phenomenology across various contexts, including meditation, psychedelics, and psychopathology.
Sarah Strohmaier, PhD
Dr. Sarah Strohmaier is a Psychology lecturer at Canterbury Christ Church University, UK. Her PhD in Psychology explored the role of dose in mindfulness-based programs and practices to improve wellbeing.
Annie Murphy Paul
Annie Murphy Paul is an acclaimed science writer whose work has appeared in the New York Times, the Boston Globe, Scientific American, Slate, Time magazine, and The Best American Science Writing, among many other publications. She is the author of The Extended Mind: The Power of Thinking Outside the Brain and two other books.