In 1986, at the bottom of a ten-year spiral into depression and self-loathing, Byron Katie woke up one morning in a state of joy. She realized that when she believed her stressful thoughts, she suffered, but that when she questioned them, she didn’t suffer, and that this is true for every human b...

Danny Grieco has been in the world of tech sales for 16+ years selling SAAS, hardware, and custom applications across almost every industry. He’s worked for small startups and Fortune 500 companies, securing accounts with SMB to Fortune 100 clients.

He has spent the past 5 years training and coa...

Dr. Larry Ward is the co-founder and Executive Director of The Lotus Institute, a senior teacher in Buddhist Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh's Plum Village tradition, and the author of America's Racial Karma: An Invitation to Heal and co-author with his wife, Peggy, of Love's Garden: A Guide To Mindfu...

Dr. Shelly Harrell has been a licensed psychologist in the state of California since 1990 and a tenured Full Professor at Pepperdine University’s Graduate School of Education and Psychology since 1999. She graduated Magna Cum Laude with Highest Honors from Harvard University in 1982 and received ...

In Patanjali’s Yoga Sutra we find mention of the most important practice for minimizing harmful emotional reactivity. And no, it’s not asana, or the physical postures of yoga. He refers instead to the Brahmaviharas, otherwise known as the four immeasurable thoughts. The four are loving-kindness, ...

Alejandra has devoted her life to the study and exploration of language and communication. 

At first, she was convinced she could crack the code through academia. She studied linguistics, psycholinguistics, sociolinguistics, language acquisition, translation, and interpreting.

She came to reali...

Explore the rich origins of mindfulness by delving into the historical, cultural, and spiritual roots of Buddhism. This workshop offers teacher trainees a foundational understanding of the Buddha-Dhamma, tracing the practices and teachings that have shaped mindfulness for over 2,500 years. By gro...

Vidyamala Burch is a mindfulness and compassion teacher, coach, inspirational speaker, award-winning author and co-founder of the leading mindfulness and health charity Breathworks.

Vidyamala developed the world’s first Mindfulness-based Pain & Illness Management (MBPM) program. 

At age 17, she...