Dharmachari Ananta
Ananta is a certified Mindfulness teacher with Brown University and ordained Buddhist within the Triratna tradition. He has taught meditation and dharma for over twenty years, is a guide and mentor to people training for ordination in his tradition, and cumulatively spent three years on retreat. He has taught mindfulness to under-served communities as part of a Fellowship with the Interfaith Center of New York. He is a firm believer in the power of collaborative efforts of individuals to change in their communities, nations and the world. Through working with the United Nations and others he has helped build global and national coalitions with and for marginalised peoples, emphasising empowerment, elevating voices and influencing for positive change.