ZHASSULAN 'JAZZ' ABISHEV

Author. Researcher and Philosopher. Certified MBSR Teacher, trainer of MBSR trainers, meditation instructor, co-founder of School of ME, founder MAP (Mindful Academy Project) .

Hi Jazz! What is so special about your approach?

Well, it includes western and eastern philosophy, psychology, and mindfulness. My holistic and secular personal development expertise helps me during course planning and preparation. I am still researching some study approaches in the process of self-determined learning: all for delivering the most innovative form of Mindful Education.

Tell us more about your experience.

Within the last 14 years, I developed my competencies during traveling the world. I am passionate about exploring different cultural layers of human consciousness. So my personal interest lies in finding parallels and making connections between known secular and traditional methodologies of self-development.

Within five years of an intensive full-time job in the research institute, I have attended 10 different international personal development conferences as a participant. At the same time, I worked on a number of international personal development-related initiatives. In 2015 and 2016 in the framework of a scientific research project I visited Myanmar, Japan, South Korea, Malaysia, Nepal, China, Thailand, India. There I took part in conferences, silent retreats, intensive meditation programs of main eastern philosophies (Taoism, Buddhism, Hinduism). At the same time, I continued to publish my conclusions regarding efficacy and similarity between all the eastern traditional practices I attended.

Oh, that's a lot! When did you start the lecturer's practice?

Being an alumnus of Solterreno Mindful Academy's MBSR Teacher Training Program, within 2016-2025, I started running online and offline public talks, interviews, workshops, lectures, trainings, retreats, teacher trainings and 8-week MBSR programs in Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Russia, Europe, and the USA.

What are your future plans?

Nowadays I'm the mentor for mindful entrepreneurs in the School of ME and Mindful Academy Project. With international partners, I launched the Teacher Training MBSR Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction program on behalf of Mindful Academy Solterreno (Spain). At the same time, I am doing research and creating new simple self-educational programs for everyone.

What is the mindfulness experience that drives you on?

Life is always unpredictable and unknown, by trusting it, we open up to what is really happening and it is not always pleasant… By Recognizing, Exploring, Allowing, and Letting any experience come and go we feel fulfilled and One with Flow.