He initially worked for Qld Department of Education and then in Corporate Health - within Australia and abroad.  As a strong interest in mindfulness meditation grew, he decided to live and travel (on motorbike) around India and Sri Lanka for a year. Here, he studied and practiced with internationally renowned teachers.

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He then completed a working holiday in Asia and Australia for 2 years, gaining formal qualifications in several mind-based interventions (MBI) and gained membership with the Meditation Association of Australia . He returned to Brisbane and gained employment as a teacher with the Anglican Church Grammar School (ACGS).

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He initially taught mindfulness meditation to his students at the ACGS to help with their focus, self-regulation and wellbeing.

 

As more students, parents and teachers became interested, he created an accredited school resilience program. The program was designed to build social-emotional intelligence and maximise learning outcomes with direct links to the Australian Curriculum.

 

When other organisations and schools became interested, ZenEd was born. Along with his staff, ZenEd now offers age-related and accredited resilience and wellbeing programs to early learning centres, schools and corporates.

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Qualifications:

1. BAppSc(Human Movement Studies and Education) - University of Queensland

2. Registered early childhood, primary and secondary school teacher with the Queensland College of Teachers (QCT)

3. Registered Exercise Scientist with ESSA (Exercise and Sports Science Australia)

4. Registered Teacher with Meditation association of Australia

5. Registered Adult and Children Yoga teacher - with Yoga Australia

6. Anglican Church Grammar School senior teacher for 13 years