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Dalai Lama
1. The Dalai Lama has lived in India as a refugee since the 1959 Tibetan uprising.
2. He has traveled all over the globe, speaking on a wide variety of topics including, for example: the welfare and well-being of Tibetans, nonviolence, economics, women’s rights, the environment, Buddhism and science, women’s rights, interfaith dialogue, astronomy, physics, reproductive health, sexuality, and cognitive neuroscience.
3. He speaks on subjects directly related to the teachings of Mahayana and Vajrayana Buddhism.
4. As a mindfulness keynote speaker, the Dalai Lama has traveled the world passionately spreading his message on the importance of developing inner peace through meditation.
Eckhart Tolle
1. Eckhart Tolle is a world-renowned spiritual teacher, as well as a bestselling author.
2. He is an alumnus of the University of London and Cambridge in the United Kingdom.
3. Tolle experienced what he describes as a significant transformation of his inner world when he was 29 years old. This experience has affected him for the rest of his life.
4. He authored The Power of Now, a book that has reached #1 on the New York Times list of bestselling books, as well as A New Earth.
5. As a mindfulness conference speaker, Eckhart is passionate about sharing his philosophy on how to quiet the mind and practice authentic presence.
Dr. Deepak Chopra
1. Deepak Chopra is the author of more than 75 books on spirituality, health, meditation, and consciousness.
2. The Wall Street Journal nominated The Soul of Leadership as among the top five books you need to read for career success.
3. Chopra writes columns for the Washington Post and the San Francisco Chronicle. He regularly contributes to The Huffington Post, Intent.com, and Oprah.com
4. He has won the Mandala Award for Humanitarian Achievement and the Einstein Humanitarian Award.
5. As a mindfulness guest speaker, he has committed his life to helping people learn the power of meditation and how to quiet the mind.
Thich Nhat Hanh
1. A Buddhist monk, Thich Nhat Hanh is Vietnamese and the founder of the Plum Village Tradition (a school of Buddhist).
2. Thich Nhat Hanh is a peace activist, advocating for nonviolence in the face of conflict.
3. He has published at least 100 books. 70 of these were written in English.
4. Thich Nhat Hanh is a vegetarian. He sees refraining from consuming animal products as a way to show nonviolence towards animals.
Jon Kabat-Zinn
1. Jon Kabat-Zinn is known all over the world for his accomplishments in the areas of meditation, writing, and science.
2. He works tirelessly to promote the importance of mindfulness in society and medicine.
3. Kabat-Zinn holds a position at the University of Massachusetts Medical School as Professor of Medical emeritus.
4. In 1979, he founded the Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Clinic. The founding of his Center of Mindfulness in Medicine, Health Care, and Society occurred in 1995.
Gregg Braden
1. Gregg Braden is an educator, researcher, author, and lecturer. He is recognized throughout the world for his work in bringing together spirituality, science, and human potential.
2. Watkins Journal in the United Kingdom has recognized Braden as one of the top 100 “most spiritually influential living people” in the world.
3. Five of Braden’s books have been New York Times best-sellers.
4. Braden is involved with organizations such as The Arlington Initiative and the HeartMath Global Coherence Initiative. These organizations are noted for their visionary impact.
Dr. Dan Siegel
1. Dr. Dan Siegel worked with UCLA’s National Institute of Mental Health as a Research Fellow. In this position, he studied family interactions, focusing on how experiences related to attachment can impact how people feel and behave, as well as memory and narrative storytelling of one’s life.
2. He holds a position as clinical professor of psychiatry at the UCLA School of Medicine.
3. Siegel is a founder and co-director of UCLA’s Mindful Awareness Center.
Dawa Tarchin Phillips
1. Dawa Tarchin Phillips is recognized as a visionary in his work as a spiritual teacher, researcher, author and entrepreneur all around the world.
2. He is the CEO/President of Empowerment Holdings, LLC, an international firm focused on consulting and training. It trains leaders of organizations and businesses in mindful approaches to leadership and prosperity.
3. Phillips serves the International Mindful Teachers Association as Founding Board Member and Executive Director. This association is one of first professional organization for professionals and teachers in the area of mindfulness.
Byron Katie
1. Byron Katie is author of the book, A Mind at Home with Itself.
2. After many years of intense depression, she experienced a sort of epiphany in which she understood the true source of joy. The system she has created, called The Work, is one in which one questions his or her anxiety-inducing thoughts rather than just accepting them. Byron Katie believes that this is the key to happiness.
3. For over thirty years, she has given invaluable help to millions of people all around the world in gaining freedom from sadness, anger, stress, and frustration.
Dr. Jud Brewer
1. Dr. Jud Brewer works tirelessly to fully understand habit change and the process of self-discipline.
2. He has two decades of experience in the mindfulness field, providing training.
3. Brewer has had an impressive career in scientific research.
4. One of Brewer’s primary goals is to reduce suffering all around the world. He hopes to do this by assisting people in permanently changing their lives.
5. Dr. Jud Brewer serves the Mindfulness Center at Brown University as Director of Research and Innovation. He is also associate professor in psychiatry at Brown University’s School of Medicine.
Mirabai Bush
1. Mirabai Bush is a teacher of completive practices. She creates programs by way of applying the values and principles of contemplation to organizational functions.
2. She works with organizations and individuals in areas such as networking, communication, public relations, organizational leadership, the practice of compassion in staff-board relations, project management for entrepreneurs, and strategic relationship building.
3. Bush spent two years in India, studying under Neemkaroli Baba, a Hindu teacher. She has also done meditation with Buddhist teachers in monasteries.
Tara Brach
1. Tara Brach combines the approaches of Eastern spiritual practices and Western psychology in her teachings.
2. She focuses a great deal on inner life, promoting the positive impact of mindfulness and engaging with the world in a compassionate way.
3. Brach lived in an ashram (a spiritual community) for a decade after graduating from college. While there, she became a teacher of concentrative meditation and yoga.
4. She successfully completed a Buddhist teacher training program over five years at the Spirit Meditation Center.
Michael Chaskalson
1. Michael Chaskalson has done pioneering work in how mindfulness can be applied to workplace contexts, including leadership.
2. He authored The Mindful Workplace (published in 2011), as well as Mindfulness in Eight Weeks, which was a bestseller.
3. Chaskalson is co-author of Mindfulness for Coaches (published in 2017) and Mind Time (published in 2018).
4. He has practiced mindfulness and related pursuits for more than four decades.
5. Chaskalson is a mindfulness conference speaker, as well as a teacher, consultant, and coach.
Kaira Jewel Lingo
1. Kaira Jewel Lingo is a teacher of mindfulness and meditation in the Buddhist tradition. He promotes compassion, working with youth, families, activists, educators, artists, and people of color.
2. She has been an ordained nun in Thich Nhat Hanh’s Order of Interbeing for the last 15 years.
3. Kaira is currently based in Washington DC, working as a lay Dharma teacher.
4. She edited Planting Seeds: Practicing Mindfulness with Children, a book by Thich Nhat Hanh.
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