I help people get past the point where their practice stalls, and keep going towards awakening.

I worked as an engineer for twenty years. In 1993, at 22, I spent time as a Buddhist monk in the rainforests of Thailand, and since then I have sat many long retreats, some of them up to nine months in solitary meditation. Alongside the meditation I studied modern psychology and NLP, and I became a certified NLP trainer.

I started teaching small groups in 2004 and left the corporate world in 2009 to teach full time. Today I run Skillful MIND: a free online meditation group every Sunday morning, silent retreats in South Australia and Thailand, the Meditation Leaders program, and a year-long mentoring group for people serious about awakening.

My teaching is practical. I use the clarity of meditation and the tools of coaching together, because in my experience you need both to see through the habits that keep us stuck.

I live on the Fleurieu Peninsula, an hour south of Adelaide. I am a father of three.