Samia lives and works in Dhaka. She is happiest when she is dreaming, writing, composing poems, peace coaching, cooking, napping after some reading, traveling (+ planning travels) and being with family and friends.
Daniel Matallana is an award-winning Colombian philosopher, dancer, traveler, intuitive musician and human being. He has received teachings from spiritual masters of Africa, Asia and Latin America, who have enlightened his path as a wellness entrepreneur.
Besides being a certified instructor by the Yoga Alliance of India,
he has been trained to guide meditation by Theravada Buddhist monks
and has also been certified as a massage therapist by Thailand's Ministry of Public Health. Among other creative activities, he works as an On-line Coach for the global meditation project Peace Revolution.
Psychologist, meditation trainer, peace coach and mindfulness lover. I enjoy the rain and I am a fan of geography.
Molinge Henry Nyoki is a Peace Activist, Coach and freelance writer from Cameroon. He won his first writing Prize at the age of 13 certifying himself as an essayist. Throughout his leadership as North, Central and West Africa coordinator of World Peace Initiative Foundation, he has impacted over ten thousand youths from more than half of Africa who have been trained on inner peace and self development. Being a frequent traveller and public speaker, his main goal is always to leave people feeling better than he met them. Contact Molinge Henry: molingehenry@gmail.com
Luciana Duarte is a PhD researcher in Production Engineering (Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil), Master in Production Engineering (Federal University of Minas Gerais), and Bachelor in Product Design (University of the Estate of Minas Gerais). Since 2007, she has contributed to the ethical fashion system, providing online research, acting as a professor at universities, lecturer and consultant in Design and Engineering for various clothing, footwear, accessories and jewelry companies.
She is an expert in ecotextiles, reverse engineering, cleaner production, factory design, ergonomics and complex development processes. She is a leader in charitable projects of high impact and social recognition in Belo Horizonte, such as The Street Store BH and Pimp My Carroça – Pimpex BH, besides being Peace Architect (mindfulness meditation) of the Thai NGO World Peace Initiative.
Find out more: http://ethicalfashionbrazil.com/
"The world is not in your books and maps, it's out there". Gandalf.
With this quote of the great J.R.R Tolkien I live my life.
I travel around the world discovering the diversity of the human beings, always trying to find the best in each experience and always striving to teach, to learn and to enjoy each day of my life.
I like to share my thoughts in how to live a better life, from a perspective of an apprentice of the world's richness and diversity.
People think I'm crazy because I have never followed a traditional path, but my own, visiting 18 countries in 3 years and with experience living in Colombia, Germany, Thailand, U.S and India.
I have wrote a book and like to write a lot.
I have always meditated. In a manner, sometimes on a song, sometimes on a photograph or a quote. But in 2010, I took a formal class with the art of living in Sahaj Samadhi. We were asked to meditate a minimum of 20 minutes a day, twice a day. The transformation I saw in myself that year confirmed for me, what I had always known--meditation connects us to the vast ocean of our being that remains untapped unless we learn to quiet our mind from daily distractions--which we have been told are very important. In 2011, I was awarded Peace Revolution's meditation scholarship to a meditation retreat in Chiang Mai, Thailand. That gave me the opportunity to meditate for several hours a day for two continuos weeks. That experience, combined with meeting other Peace Revolution agents, changed me forever. I have incorporated meditation in my life on several levels--knowing fully well that our hectic lives do not always allow us time to be still. I have not shied away from only 2 minute meditation when I am short on time. I have tried one minute meditation every hour. However, I try to stick to 20 minutes, two times a day, as often as I can. But most importantly, being an educator, I have tried to start all my classes with a two minute silence--to initiate the students into this simple, effortless way of letting go and connecting with the vastness that we all are. Because I know that this connection reflects itself in all aspect of our lives.