The Third Turning

Next Cohort:
July 7th, 2025

“One must transcend the ego’s strategies—aggression, passion, and ignorance—and become completely one with those energies. We do not try to remove or destroy them, but we transmute their basic nature. This is the approach of the vajrayana, the tantric or yogic path.”
— Chögyam Trungpa

📖 Training material

  • Basic Goodness

    We’ll explore Chögyam Trungpa’s teachings on our self-existing Buddha-nature.

  • Buddhahood in this Lifetime

    The goal of the 3rd Turning is to experience perfect enlightenment in this very lifetime.

  • Tantra as This Too

    Both Hindu & Buddhist tantric traditions are marked by the radical inclusion of all phenomena.

  • Guru Yoga

    Learn about the tantric devotional practice of uniting with the mindstream of an enlightened being.

  • Ground, Path, & Fruition

    A fuller framework for understanding the non-dual path of spiritual awakening.

  • Embodiment Meditation

    The practice of inhabiting the body, the result of which is presence.

  • Imaginal Meditation

    The practice of incorporating subtle imagery & energy, the result of which is wholeness.

  • Five Buddha Families

    Five basic energetic patterns that can manifest in either a deluded or awakened form.

  • Buddha Magic

    What is the relationship between the enlightened mind and consensual reality?

  • Loving Meanness

    What does it mean to love our delusions to death?

  • Mahamudra

    The great gesture is to turn toward that which doesn’t exist.

  • Dzogchen

    A direct path to the innate wisdom & compassion of mind.

👥 The Teachers

Vince Fakhoury Horn
Buddhist Geeks Guiding Teacher

Vince Fakhoury Horn is part of a new generation of teachers bringing dharma, meditation, & mindfulness to life in the 21st century. A computer engineering dropout turned full-time meditator, Vince spent his 20s co-founding the ground-breaking project, Buddhist Geeks, while simultaneously doing a full year, in total, of silent retreat practice. Vince began teaching in 2010 and has since been authorized in both the Pragmatic Dharma lineage of Kenneth Folk, and by Trudy Goodman (InsightLA) & Jack Kornfield of (Spirit Rock Meditation Center) in the Insight Meditation tradition.

Vince has been called a “power player of the mindfulness movement” by Wired magazine and was featured in Wired UK’s “Smart List: 50 people who will change the world.” In 2022 he co-founded a new venture, focused on improving the mental health & well-being of all humans using Multiplayer Meditation, called Interbeing Inc. Vince is rooted in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina, with his partner Emily and their son Zander.

Emily West Horn
Buddhist Geeks Guiding Teacher

Emily West Horn is a Certified Mindfulness Teacher via the International Mindfulness Teachers Association. She is also authorized to teach meditation, dharma, and long retreats by Spirit Rock Meditation Center, Insight Meditation Society, and InsightLA.

Emily has been called a “power player of the mindfulness movement" by Wired Magazine. Her work is featured in 10% Happier,  Boston Children's Hospital's Comfort Ability Project, Buddhist Geeks, and apps such as Brightmind and buddhify.  She's also been mentoring mindfulness teachers in a certification led by Jack Kornfield, Ph.D and Tara Brach Ph.D for over 7 years. 

For her, a mindful life is simply learning to dance with all of this human experience: from transcendence to dirty dishes, evolutionary edges to ancient roots, solitary practice to deepening relationships. She lives the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina with her husband, Vince, and son, Zander.

The Four Turnings

A brief overview of the fours turnings of the wheel of dharma by Vince Fakhoury Horn.

✺ Frequently asked questions

  • The next time The Third Turning will be offered is on the week of July 9th, 2024. It will run for 10 consecutive weeks.

  • There are 2 live cohorts for this training, one which meets on Tuesdays at 7:00pm Eastern Time and the other on Wednesdays at 2:00pm Eastern Time. All cohorts meet for 75 minutes, for 10 consecutive weeks.

  • This training is offered on a transparent generosity basis, meaning that if after attending an introduction session, both you and the teacher think this is a good fit, you’ll be invited to set-up a recurring monthly donation over the 3 months of this training, in order to support it. There is a suggested donation of $108/month, but it’s up to attendees to decide exactly how much to give.

  • During the 20-minute introduction session with either Vince or Emily you’ll be invited to share a bit about your practice history & aims, and ask any questions you have about the training–we recommend you read through this FAQ first.

  • In order to join this training you must first speak with one of the teachers, during a 20-minute introduction session. If you’ve worked with either Vince or Emily prior to this, you can simply contact either of them directly and let him know that you’re interested in attending.

  • Neither cohort is capped, in terms of participation, but we anticipate around 10-25 people per cohort.

  • There will be opportunities to practice many different forms of meditation during this training, though in The Third Turning we’ll be focused primarily on Imaginal & Embodiment style practice.

  • During the course of this training we’ll be doing a combination of Silent, Guided, & Multiplayer Meditation. Multiplayer Meditation involves practicing out-loud with other people in a social context–often in breakout groups of 3-4 people. This method is especially good for extending meditative awareness into our relationships.

  • Though there will be learning material recommended throughout this training, all of it is optional, none is required in order to participate in the live meetings.

  • Some parts of sessions will be recorded and shared back with the group. In addition, some learning material from previous trainings will be shared, for those that want to go deeper into the material.