Deepak is a mindfulness practitioner and coach from Bangalore in the South of India, with over 25 years experience in the practice of mindfulness.
Deepak’s exposure into mindfulness practices started at an early age of 13 years when he underwent the Upanayanam ceremony (in his community in India) where, as part of the rituals, he was groomed into regular practices of daily mantra meditation. In his late teens, he underwent training and certification as an Usui Reiki Master. While serving in the military, Deepak started his formal training in mindfulness through Vipassana Meditation, and since last couple of years, he has also been practicing Heartfulness Meditation.
Unbeknown to himself, Deepak has witnessed the unconscious application and impact of mindfulness across multiple experiences: during intense combat in Kashmir as a Special Forces operator, during high corporate drama at McKinsey, during the rollercoaster rides of entrepreneurship, during tense oft-violent family tussles, and now inside enabling individual and collective behavioral transformation as a coach.
However, it was only through his training in Unified Mindfulness where he began to see, through Shinzen’s lens, how mindfulness was linked to and directly impacted almost all aspects of human living and happiness. That inspired him to get on the path of being a Unified Mindfulness coach.
Deepak today blends Unified Mindfulness, Somatic Experiencing and Non Violent (or Compassionate) Communication to offer programs that range from individual coaching and therapy to organizational leadership development and team building. He finds his purpose and joy in supporting people to find deep, safe spaces within themselves that allow for experiences of self-love, healing, courage and full self-expression.
Deepak’s education includes a BA in Economics from National Defence Academy, an MBA from Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, and a leadership program at Columbia University. He runs his own firm Talent North and is also on the global panel of coaches of Aberkyn, McKinsey’s leadership development and cultural transformation partner. Deepak is also a TED-X speaker and is often invited by organizations as a keynote speaker on the topic of leadership.
He stays in Bangalore, with his wife Sharmila and two wonderful children (six-year old Surya and one-year old Shivaay, both of who he regards as his role-models in mindfulness, compassion and embodied presence).
You can reach him for any support or collaboration (or simply just to say hi!) at [email protected]
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.