Richard Lang was just a teenager searching for truth when he found himself in a quiet room with Douglas Harding in 1970. Harding, author of On Having No Head, didn’t hand him a philosophy. He offered experiments and direct experiences in self-inquiry—simple gestures that redirected attention to the invisible, aware space that is always here, always now. In a moment, Richard saw for himself what mystics and sages have pointed toward across time: the one looking has no form. “I saw my true nature,” he says, “and everything changed.”

More than fifty years later, Richard is still pointing—not to a guru, but to Seeing. Not just glimpsing our essence, but learning to live from it. As the Coordinator of the Shollond Trust, he has spent decades making the Headless Way freely accessible: through books, YouTube videos, a phone application, online gatherings, and peer-to-peer workshops across the globe. The Way, as he teaches it, is simple, direct, and democratic. It is accessible to anyone regardless of background or beliefs. It emphasizes direct experience and encourages participants to explore their own perceptions, rather than relying on dogma or intellectual understanding. There are no students, only friends. “You are the authority on who you are,” he affirms. “Don’t take my word for it—look for yourself.”

Richard’s life, though quiet in outer drama, has been marked by steady inner revolution. Trained as a therapist and teacher of Tai Chi and dance, he understands the body as a gateway to presence. Yet, what he offers is not a practice of effort, but one of relaxation into truth. The Headless Way begins with experiments—pointing, turning attention around, becoming aware of awareness itself—and unfolds into everyday seeing: cooking, walking, meeting another, from the spaciousness that has no name.

This Seeing is not meant to float above life but to meet it, tenderly. It changes relationships, quiets inner chatter, and softens the illusion of separation. “What I am depends on who I am with,” Richard often says. “For others, I am a face. For myself, I am space. From this view, everything and everyone flows out of me.”

In an age of self-construction and constant performance, Richard Lang invites us back to the source—to the silent, boundless openness that was never lost, only overlooked. His work integrates inner transformation with outer compassion, offering practices that strip away division and return us to the common ground of being. The Way incorporates humour and anecdotes, making the exploration of profound concepts more approachable and relatable.

Join us in conversation with this humble, humorous teacher and luminous guide, who lives not from a head full of ideas, but from the open clarity of being space for the world.