Our Founding Board Members

One of the most renown mindfulness and vipassana teachers in Thailand, Ajahn Krit is funny, relatable and a very powerful instructor and has been for 25 years. He has authored over 30 titles, appeared on numerous T.V. and radio shows, lectures around Thailand and teaches regularly in the Thai Language via Livestream.

Meditation and Mindfulness Teacher, Author

After a short stint as an Actuarial Analyst, Jess moved to Thailand in 2001 to pursue spiritual endeavors where he has lived on and off over the last 20 years, seeking and learning from some of the world’s greatest masters. Through many years of devotion to intuitive and healing modalities and mindfulness for calmness and insight practice, Jess has become a premier mindfulness teacher, author and advocate in Canada, leading a community of some of the most talented and devoted practitioners in the country.

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Reiki Master Teacher and Mindfulness Instructor

With a nonprofit background with global health organizations, major hospitals and international NGOs, Salima has spent the last ten years building a thriving community of talented and open hearted-healers and masters. She helps people  around the world improve their health and their lives, through private, group and corporate Reiki, meditation and mindfulness programs. Since 2010, Salima has hosted a free, live monthly Online Meditation broadcast: OM Sunday Online Meditation, to make meditation and mindfulness accessible to all. Find out more about her courses and events at www.salimapirani.com

Teacher, Writer, Lecturer

Rhoda is a Lecturer, Writer and Teacher currently residing in Thailand. She presently works as a PYP Teacher and Adjunct Lecturer, and continues to publish papers regarding her mindfulness research, notably in Cultural Studies of Science Education. Her master’s degree was in psychology at University College London, UK. In 2009, Rhoda took a deep interest in meditation practices. Since then, she has spent an extended time at Plum Village, lead mindfulness research projects and provides meditation and mindfulness training to her fellow teachers, students and parents. Her Ph.D. is in Science Education, Kasetsart University, with a specialty in Mindfulness, authentic inquiry, and wellbeing, especially in children.

Danielle is a recent graduate of the Dalla Lana School of Public Health and is currently a post-doctoral fellow at Women’s College Hospital and sessional lecturer at the University of Toronto Scarborough. She researches in the field of violence against women and is an advocate for health care equity for women in Canada at varying intersections of identity. Danielle had dabbled on and off with mindfulness practice since 2014, but began as a committed practitioner in 2019. She is currently a mindfulness instructor in training, a reiki level II, and makes a top-notch spelt banana bread.