Session Topic: Toward Global Standards in Mindfulness: Past Lessons, Present Practices Future Pathways

Dawa Tarchin Phillips is President Emeritus and Chairman of the International Mindfulness Teachers Association, a professional organization for Mindfulness teachers from over 30 countries who teach in thirteen languages. Dawa completed two 3-year meditation retreats and teaches mindfulness and meditation, awakened leadership and conscious business around the world. He is founder/CEO of TAIWA.com and contributing author for Mindful magazine, Tricycle magazine, and Lion’s Roar, his work has been featured in the New York Times, Huffington Post, Forbes and Fast Company.