John is approved as a teacher of Mindful Self-Compassion through UCSD Center for Mindfulness. He has studied in the Vipassana, Tibetan and Zen Schools of Mindfulness, with both Asian and Western Teachers, since 1997. John has directly experienced how the core practices of Mindfulness and Compassion have been reliable allies in his life’s journey.

He has trained extensively in the fields of Psychology, Early Development, Neurobiology, Physical Therapies and in the Clinical Applications of Mindfulness and Compassion John is a Somatically-Oriented Counselor in private practice and a Mindfulness-Based Health Care Educator. His passion is to assist the natural capacity within each of us to experience a more fulfilling life with self-appreciation, connection and self-empowerment.