Awaris Team

Toby Ouvry

Facilitator and coach

Toby has over twenty-five years of experience in practicing, teaching, and facilitating mindfulness meditation, including spending five years as a Buddhist monk in the Tibetan tradition. He specializes in executive mindfulness programs for sustainable high performance in the workplace as well as stress transformation.

Why am I working for Awaris?
 The way in which mindfulness is presented in a corporate context by Awaris aligns very well with my own values. The warmth of the community and the rigor of the ongoing research being done at Awaris is a compelling combination. Toby joined the Awaris team in 2019.

Toby Ouvry,
Facilitator and coach

Education

  • BA Hons in Fine Art (Specializing in Sculpture) University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK
  • Buddhist Monk within the Tibetan tradition (5 years as a monk, 4 years preparing)
  • Graduate of the Newfield Program in Ontological Coaching

Expertise

Toby´s experience in practicing, teaching and facilitating mindfulness meditation includes five years as a Buddhist monk in the Tibetan tradition. In particular he specializes in executive mindfulness programs for sustainable high performance in the workplace and stress transformation (meaning how to transform existing negative stressors into causes of growth, creativity and innovation). He runs the year-round mindfulness program for MBA’s, staff and faculty at the INSEAD school of business, Singapore branch. As the founder of my company, Integral Meditation Asia, he has facilitated mindful leadership and performance programs for companies including Visa, Thompson Reuters, Ubisoft, Skyscaner, Spotify, Burberry, Aviva, Finexis and ABN Amro. As a former artist and current business owner Toby’s mindfulness methodology reflects a strong interest in:

  • How it can be linked to work performance/engagement
  • How it can enhance mental, emotional and physical resilience
  • Its potential to stimulate more deeply the innate capacity for creative intelligence found within both individuals and groups.

He is the author of the Book ‘Engaged Mindfulness’, and the creator of the Integral Mindfulness Program for coaches, trainers and therapists.

Languages

  • English

My passion

Sources of my passion include: The world’s great wisdom traditions / The path of the artist and creative / Cutting edge practices currently emerging from contemporary philosophy, psychology and neuropsychology / My own ongoing practical and creative experience as a mindfulness practitioner, business owner and entrepreneur

My inner purpose: Helping individuals and companies evolve and thrive through mindfulness and meditation focused training and coaching.

Toby Ouvry,
Facilitator and coach

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