Blake
Guss
Meditation Guide / Co-Director
Who We Are
Helping People Discover Lasting Change From Within
OME Meditation is a nonprofit community dedicated to helping people better understand their minds, let go of what weighs them down, and discover greater peace, clarity, and freedom within themselves.
Through live guided meditation, a systematic method, experienced guides, and a supportive community, we help people move beyond temporary relief toward meaningful transformation in everyday life.
Our Mission
A Clearer Mind. A Happier Life. A More Harmonious World.
Our purpose is to help people live with greater freedom from the stress, anxiety, and accumulated thoughts that can weigh on the mind.
We believe that as people discover their true nature and experience greater peace within themselves, that change naturally extends into their relationships, communities, and the way they live.
Our hope is simple: happier people creating a more harmonious world together.
Our Story
From a Moment of Need to a Global Online Community
OME Meditation began in 2020, during a time when people around the world were experiencing unprecedented isolation, uncertainty, and stress.
As meditation centers transitioned their classes online, something meaningful happened.
People connected.
They joined from their homes to meditate together, reflect together, and find support during an uncertain time.
The response inspired the creation of Online Meditation Events (OME), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization committed to making high-quality live guided meditation more accessible.
As new needs emerged, our volunteers responded by creating programs supporting sleep, emotional wellness, older adults, children, essential workers, physical well-being, and personal growth.
What began as a response to an extraordinary moment has grown into a diverse online meditation community.
And as OME has grown, so has our understanding of how we can best support people.
Today, we're building upon those years of experience with a clearer meditation journey designed to help people move from exploring meditation to developing a consistent practice and experiencing deeper transformation.
OME Today
What began as an effort to bring meditation and connection to people during a difficult time has grown into a global online community supported by people who sincerely want to help others.
Dedicated Volunteers
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Live Classes Offered
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People Reached
What We Believe
Meditation Can Go Beyond Temporary Relief
Taking a few quiet moments can help us slow down and feel better.
But we believe meditation can go much deeper.
Throughout our lives, we accumulate memories, thoughts, emotions, expectations, judgments, and experiences. Without realizing it, these can shape how we see ourselves, other people, and the world around us.
Our meditation practice helps us look inward, recognize what we have accumulated in the mind, and gradually let it go.
As the mind becomes clearer, we can begin experiencing life from a wider, freer perspective.
The goal isn't simply to feel peaceful during meditation. It's to live with a clearer mind.
How Thoughts, Emotions, and Experiences Affect Us
They can influence:
How we think.
How we react.
How we relate to others.
How we experience life.
Our Meditation Method
Understand. Release. Grow.
OME Meditation teaches a systematic, step-by-step meditation method designed to help people understand the mind and practice letting go of the thoughts, emotions, memories, and attachments they have accumulated throughout life.
Understand
Become aware of the thoughts, emotions, experiences, and patterns shaping your perspective.
Release
Learn and practice a guided method for letting go of the accumulated mind.
Grow
As the mind becomes clearer, bring that change into everyday life through greater acceptance, gratitude, connection, and freedom.
Why We Look Within
Our Experiences Shape the Way We See the World
From birth, we experience the world through our senses and store those experiences in our minds.
Over time, memories of people, places, experiences, emotions, and events accumulate.
Together, they form our individual perspective — the internal lens through which we interpret ourselves and the world.
This helps explain why two people can experience the same situation very differently.
Through meditation, we learn to recognize this accumulated mind and practice releasing it.
As we let go, we can begin seeing ourselves, other people, and life with greater clarity.
More Than Understanding
Transformation Shows Up in How We Live
For us, meditation isn't only about what happens while our eyes are closed.
The practice becomes meaningful when change begins appearing in everyday life.
Perhaps we become less reactive during a difficult conversation.
We stop replaying something that happened yesterday.
We understand another person's perspective more easily.
We let go of an old resentment.
We become more grateful.
We respond instead of automatically reacting.
We feel lighter.
This is why consistent practice matters.
Awareness begins the journey.
Practice deepens it.
Life reveals the change.
A Guided Journey
Start Where You Are. Continue When You're Ready.
Everyone comes to meditation for a different reason, and everyone begins in a different place.
OME offers a pathway that allows people to begin gently and deepen their practice over time.
Explore
Free Meditation Classes
Experience live guided meditation, reflection, and foundational meditation principles.
Deepen
Inner Clarity
Build greater understanding and consistency through a structured three-week guided experience.
Continue Growing
OME Membership
Continue practicing the full meditation method with ongoing guidance and community.
Personal Guidance is also available for those who would benefit from additional individual support.
The People Behind OME
Guided by People Who Have Walked the Journey
OME is supported by a dedicated community of meditation guides and volunteers who bring years of meditation experience and a sincere desire to help others.
Our guides don't simply teach meditation concepts. They practice the method themselves and understand the questions, challenges, and discoveries that can arise along the way.
We strive to create an environment that feels human, welcoming, and supportive — whether someone is attending their very first meditation or has been practicing for years.
Dr.
Yu
Meditation Guide
Cecilia
Nam
Meditation Guide / Research Specialist
Chris
Wellness & Meditation Guide
CJ
Lee
Meditation Guide / Full-Time Instructor
Deb
Matus
Meditation Guide / Support Specialist
Dr. Jessenia
De Leon
Meditation Guide & Mental Health Advocate
Evan
Meditation Guide
Jin Hajeong
Noh
Meditation Guide
Kara
Nichols
Meditation Guide / Speech-Language Pathologist
Maria
Klein
Meditation Guide / Director
Neal
Meditation Guide
Nicte
Gonzalez
Meditation Guide
Ting
Meditation Guide
Community & Service
Inner Change That Extends Outward
We believe greater peace within ourselves can influence the way we treat the people and world around us.
That spirit of service has been part of OME from the beginning.
Our volunteers have supported community initiatives ranging from food service and local outreach to environmental cleanups and other charitable activities.
For us, meditation and service share the same foundation:
Living not only for ourselves, but with care for others.
A Nonprofit Built Around Service
Committed to Serve Our Community
OME Meditation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization supported by volunteers who believe meditation should be accessible and that meaningful inner change can contribute to healthier individuals and communities.
Since 2020, people from different backgrounds, ages, and locations have come together through OME to meditate, learn, connect, and grow.
And we're continuing to evolve.
Our next chapter is focused on creating an even clearer path from a person's first meditation experience to consistent practice and lasting transformation.
Wherever you are beginning, you're welcome here.