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Who we are

Rasmus Hougaard – Copenhagen, Denmark

Rasmus has a background as scientific researcher and organisational consultant in personal and organisational development. He has more than 15 years of experience in practicing and teaching Mindfulness training.

 

Sally Muir – Weybridge, United Kingdom

Sally has over 20 years of experience as a corporate trainer. Her clients include British Petroleum, BBC, British Airways, BMW, Nestle and many other large corporations. She has been practicing and teaching Mindfulness training for over 20 years.

 

Tine Norup Lauridsen – Copenhagen, Denmark

Tine is a psychologist by profession. She has many years of experience in training professionals using the skills of mindfulness at work and in everyday life. She has been implementing mindfulness-based interventions in the Danish Health Care System.

 

Stephan Wormland – Copenhagen, Denmark

Stephan is clinical psychologist by profession and has worked as so in different settings. He has been practicing and teaching mindfulness training for 25 years. He has been in mindfulness retreats in total for for more than 4 years and has with that experience functioned as the director of Nalanda, a meditation center in France.

 

Martin Horning – Malmo, Sweden

Martin has more than 10 years of experience as manager in consumer electronics corporations. He has been practicing Mindfulness training for 10 years.

 
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Jane Grafton  – Singapore

With a background as a Major in the British Army, Jane’s career has taken her around the globe for two decades. She has been working as a leadership coach, senior HR advisor and corporate trainer in large corporations in Asia, USA, and Europe. Jane has been involved with mind training since 1992 with a specific focus on mindfulness and professional developmen.

 
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John Karuna Cayton – San Francisco, California, USA

With a background in clinical psychology including a clinical internship at Stanford University, Karuna has trained executives and employees from larger companies such as Nortel Networks, 3Com, OnStor, Alteon Web Systems and others since 1994. Karuna has practiced and taught mind training for over 30 years.

 
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Roy Sutherwood – London, United Kingdom

Roy has been working in the field of strategic communications, marketing communications and media relations for a range of clients in the healthcare, government and economic sector at national and European levels. He has been practicing and teaching mindfulness for more than 20 years.

 
 

Øivind Weingaarde –Copenhagen, Denmark & Oslo, Norway

After his studies of philosophy at the University of Aarhus, Denmark, Øivind has worked in the multimedia industry for 15 years. He has 18 years of personal experience with mindfulness training, supplemented with education and courses in personal development. He is a certified trainer and teaches philosophy and Mindfulness in Copenhagen.

 
 

Martin S. Lyngby-Nielsen –Copenhagen, Denmark

Martin is studying work-life studies at university and has participated in several research projects on psycho-social work environment and the implementation of mindfulness in corporate life. He has been practising mindfulness for 5 years and has completed several mindfulness retreats. For the past couple of years he has also been teaching mindfulness in different settings.

 
 

Linda Ambrose – Bangkok, Thailand

Linda has worked in the pharmaceutical industry for over 35 years including Director level positions in both Quality Assurance and Operations. She holds a BSc in Chemistry & Biology , post-graduate qualifications in Psychology and Change Management and an EMBA from Chulalonghorn University in Bangkok. Linda has been working as a consultant and trainer since 1997 and has been practicing mindfulness since 1995.

 
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Sascha Steinfeldt – The Netherlands

Building on a strong commercial background Sascha has been working in Top Management positions in Germany, Middle-East and BeNeLux for almost a decade. One of his main interests is the promotion and development of “Corporate Social Responsibility” in the business world. Sascha has been practicing Mindfulness for 9 years and trains in Dutch as well as in German.

 
 Judith Meiling

Judith Meiling

With a Bachelor´s degree in physical education and a Master in pedagogic, Judith has been working as a trainer and business coach in corporations for more than 20 years. She has written about personal growth and has been practicing and training Mindfulness for 5 and 3 years respectively.

 
 Martin Ström

Martin Ström, – Stockholm, Sweden.

Martin holds a Master of Science degree from Linköping Institute of Technology and is currently studying at Stockholm University to become a licensed psychologist. Martin facilitates workshops and lectures in Swedish and English and has been practicing Mindfulness Training for almost a decade.

 
 Esther Asensi

Esther Asensi Herranz – Barcelona, Spain

Esther holds a Master in Public and Social Politics from Pompeu Fabra University in Barcelona and studied NGO's management at ESADE in Barcelona. She is a member of Universal Education and has facilitated mindfulness workshops - also with children - since 2007.

 
 Patrick Madden

Patrick Madden – Cape Town, South Africa

Patrick holds a degree in Business Science (Hons) from the University of Cape Town. Patrick has facilitated training workshops since 2009. He has more than 6 years' experience of daily mindfulness practice and has completed several mindfulness retreats. His passion is equipping people with the training to work skilfully with themselves, others and the world around them.

 
 Jens Nasstrom

Jens Nasstrom – Sweden

Jens has lived and worked both in Sweden and the US. Educated as a psychologist his main interest and great expertise lies with the application of Mind Trainings in the stressful environment of especially lawyers and law firms. Jens has been practicing Mindfulness Training for 7 years and trains in both Swedish and English.

 
 Aysin Berkman Agca

Aysin Berkman Agca – Istanbul, Turkey

Equipped with a degree in Business Administration and after a successful sales career of more than a decade with a big Multinational, Aysin has been a professional trainer for several years. She has moved from running sales, performance and communication workshops to training Mindfulness as this is where she found her real passion.

 
 Amy Pletsch

Amy Pletsch – Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA

Amy holds a BA in biology and a PhD in neuroscience and has researched the interface of genetic differences in the stress system and environmental influences and their interaction with emotional salience, coping abilities, and cognitive function. Amy has taught in various settings for over 10 years, holds a graduate certificate in "Teaching and Learning Scholarship", and has been involved in mindfulness practice since 2005.

 
 Viggo Johansen

Viggo Johansen – Oslo, Norway

Viggo combines a Master in Philosophy and 3 years education in Cognitive Therapy with 18 years of experience with mindfulness training. He works for The Potential Project's licensed partner company "Intui - centre for mind training" in Oslo, Norway, where he teaches mindfulness individually and in groups.

 
 Pierluca Ruzzier

Pierluca Ruzzier – Verona, Italy

Pierluca holds a Masters Degree of Educational Psychology and Clinical Pedagogy and is the founder of the Psycho-pedagogical Center which is based on the studies of humanistic psychology and clinical pedagogy. He is an experienced trainer of Mindfulness Techniques, both with adults as well as with children.