Arjuna Who?
I'm an Ishaya monk, author and teacher of tools to master your mind and live supremely well.
I used to be an outdoor instructor in New Zealand until I discovered something that gave me what I truly wanted:
A way to have freedom from my own mind – a means to be able to choose to have a calm, content, clear and joy-filled inner foundation for all the adventures I wanted in life.
A way of:
Controlling the negativity, judgement, doubt, and fear of my mind
To get some kind of sense of meaning and purpose to what I was doing
Stopping worrying about the past and trying to predict the future, and instead be alive to what was in front of me
Having the ability to just be happy, no matter what, more often ...
Being centred and calm, whenever and wherever.
I found it, and dived right in – I sold up shop, and travelled the world teaching. I ended up here in North Yorkshire, UK because I met a wonderful girl and we decided to settle down in her home town.
I’m in the perfect location to indulge my love for whitewater kayaking and running in the hills – the North East has got so much.
Allergic?
Image courtesy of David Turnbull Photography
I’m a bit allergic to the terms meditation and mindfulness but they serve a purpose to point you in the general direction of what I teach and practice.
What I and the other Bright Path Ishayas do is so much more than meditation and mindfulness as you might know it, from that app, from that lunchtime workshop, from that podcast.
“I was amazed at the depth of your meditation and the help it can give. It’s opened up a whole new world to me.”
— Chris Sheehan
I know everyone says that about their thing, but that’s my promise:
You will have:
the simple tools so that your life truly makes sense
a way of connecting with your own source of wisdom and clarity and peace so that you can live a life you’re proud of, and excited by
all the support and community you want and need so you will feel like you’re constantly growing in self-mastery and enjoyment of life.
It means you can live 200% of life, and can:
make peace with your mind and be the best version of yourself
have a tool to leave behind being grumpy and overwhelmed and snappy and depressed for being centred, clear, calm, focussed and simply happy – for no reason
enjoy such a simple, practical and enjoyable tool for you to leave stress and struggle and self-sabotage behind ...
and be a really great parent, a great partner, great at work and great at your play.
It is the tool that means you can be truly Alive.
Life’s too short for anything else.
Going inward is not enough ...
As a Bright Path Ishaya monk I've practiced the Ishayas’ Ascension every day since 2003. I love it, but I've found it's not enough just to practice it.
You need to live it.
Your inner practice gives you the rock-solid inner foundation for more, but then you need to take action, you need to follow through in life. It’s a different kind of living – one based in wisdom, joy and possibility, with zero fear, struggle and stress.
Bringing the two worlds of practice and living together is the art of being truly Alive and living 200% of life.
It's what my book, my mentoring, my whole mission is all about.