With a total work experience spanning over 21 years, Satya has worked with leading corporate houses in India and overseas in the areas of talent management and development for mid and senior levels of leadership.
Running away from situations, people and even self was a theme that he says played out for him – right from his growing up years to his corporate stints. Till the time, he actually decided to pause and notice the pattern that was unconsciously emerging, and that for him was the tipping point of immersing into the divine journey of discovering self.
It’s been a fantastic journey since then where the discovery of self and past patterns has actually served as a powerful beacon of light not just for him but for thousands of others who have benefitted from his coaching interventions.
Advaita or non-dualism is another subject that fascinates him and he immerses himself deeply in that study. This practice of direct self-inquiry and the practice of vipassana has contributed tremendously in creating a strong centering for him in tough and challenging times.
He combines the techniques of transactional analysis, ontological concepts along with mindfulness while coaching his clients who have come back with encouraging feedback on the same.
An area of interest that Satya shares along with his wife Minal is the area of developing emotional wellness for teenagers as well as for pre-teens. This is what they believe is their way of contributing to the future of the world and creating a better tomorrow. They jointly are founders of life mantra as – an organization which is committed towards working on that front.
Blessed with two wonderful kids – daughter Ishwari and son Shivam, aged 9 and 5 years respectively, and watching them grow is one of the greatest joys that life has given and he enjoys reliving his childhood with them.
Julianna received her BA in psychology from Duke University. As founder, president, and head trainer of Unified Mindfulness, she is dedicated to disseminating Shinzen Young’s comprehensive mindfulness meditation system through the creation and presentation of educational programs and teacher-training certification programs.
Dr. Hunter serves as associate professor of practice and is the founding director of the Executive Mind Leadership Institute at the Peter F. Drucker Graduate School of Management, Claremont Graduate University. He also serves as visiting professor at the University of Virginia Darden School of Business, where he developed and co-teaches the Leading Mindfully executive education program..
Dr. Eisendrath serves as chief psychologist and president of the Institute for Dialogue Therapy, P.C., where, as a Jungian analyst, she offers psychotherapy with individuals and couples, psychoanalysis, supervision, and training.
Dr. Vago serves as the research director of the Osher Center for Integrative Medicine and the director of the Contemplative Neuroscience and Integrative Medicine (CNIM) Laboratory at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. He is an associate professor in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and the Department of Psychiatry.
Stella is a psychologist, professor, and Zen practitioner. She became a formal student in 2008 in the Soto Zen tradition. She teaches courses in mindfulness based psychotherapies and the psychology of compassion at the Union Institute & University. She also co-facilitates a family program and young adult program at Shao Shan Temple, in Woodbury Vermont.
Dr. Creswell serves as a tenured associate professor in the Department of Psychology at Carnegie Mellon University. He is also the director of the Health & Human Performance Laboratory at Carnegie Mellon University.
Dr. McCormick currently serves as director of education at Unified Mindfulness. In 1975, he received a B.A. in psychology from the University of California Santa Cruz, where he was part of Dr. Elliot Aronson’s research team that examined cooperative approaches to reducing interracial conflict and academic performance problems in newly integrated school, and made Honors in Psychology, College Honors, and Thesis Honors.
UnifiedMindfulness.com is the official teacher training platform for Shinzen and the Unified Mindfulness System.
Created over 50 years of research and testing by Shinzen Young, Unified Mindfulness is a system of meditation that’s easily researchable by science, with clear terminology and rigorous precision around concepts and procedures.
The Unified Mindfulness system is a comprehensive, robust and refined support structure that any individual at any stage of meditation practice can rely on to go deeper in their insight and their ability to share it with others. It is also a secular form of meditation, which means it’s not religious in any way so anyone, of any faith, can do it.