Who am I
My Story
My first encounter with meditation was at a very young age when a family friend introduced me to a feature of Nichiren Buddhism which involved chanting a mantra over and over. Even at 6 or 7 years old I felt deep connected to something and although I didn’t continue this particular practice, it introduced me to a new way of living.
It would be a long time before I engaged in anything like meditation again and after many bumpsin the road and up fumbling through various systems and practices, never being quite content and always questioning, looking for something more concrete or sound.
After coming across the mbsr course online, I quickly signed up and dived in to the 8 week in person program. This was a revelation in mindfulness practice with an amazing teacher and a fantastic group of people, which can make all the difference to practice. The processes being taught included mindfulness of breathing and movement in the form of yoga practice all designed to invoke present awareness into your everyday living. It is a cliche but I can say beyond doubt that it was a life altering experience.
“Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.”
Ali is a qualfied mindfulness teacher and coach having completed this mbsr teacher training with Mindfulness UK.
His formal education and work experience was centred around technology and various areas of creative work. He now takes his creativity and passion to teaching mindfulness with compassion and a positive atttitude.
A proud husband and father of two girls, Ali believes that life will always provide the gifts we need to become happier and more aligned with who we really are.
Be deliberate in what you do with integrity. Becoming the best version of who we are can help others see that ‘possible’ has no limits.
Time to wake up!
Make the choice to create a better you.