Biet Simkin Biet is a musician, an artist and a meditation leader. She teaches for The Path and runs her own meditation company, Center of the Cyclone. She teaches in a very modern way—she moves locations, like we do, and like us she attracts a young, modern, dare I say sexy community. She engages them by being herself—very fun and cool. I think of her as the Rock ’N Roll star of meditation in NY. Biet makes it sexy to meditate. She is so authentic, it makes her shine from the inside in a beguiling way. Her meditations are like events. There are always great people, and she makes it entertaining and lively. I’m inspired by Biet’s ability to stay grounded in her feminine energy even while running a business, and I love how she embodies her motto of radical kindness — she is the real deal.
Light Watkins Light is an incredibly gifted Vedic (we call it “mantra”) meditation teacher. He’s also the author of The Inner Gym, a workout book to strengthen your “inner” muscles to make you happier. Light launched an event series called The Shine, an evening of meditation, music and storytelling by super talented performers. It’s a hot ticket in L.A. and everywhere else he brings it. He could do this for profit, and it would do really well. Light has decided not to earn a dollar from it, all the money goes to support good causes that someone in the audience chooses. Light inspires me because he is such a gifted teacher, because he runs The Shine as a nonprofit, but mostly because he walks the talk. He is incredibly generous not just on a macro level but in small moments throughout the day. He is one of the most kind, thoughtful and humble people I know - and has so many reasons not to be.
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