Har-Prakash has been teaching and practicing meditation since 1984. Starting at a Korean Chogye Zen temple with Samu Sunim in Toronto, his further practices include Kundalini Yoga,
the Goenka Vipassana method, the Mahasi Sayadaw Burmese Noting technique with Philip Starkman, the Jhanas with Leigh Brasington, Rinzai Zen with Sasaki Roshi, Hakomi (mindfulness - centered somatic psychotherapy) with Dyrian Benz, Voice Dialogue with Hal and Sidra Stone, and Native American Inipi Ceremonies with Vern Harper and other native elders.
Over the last 25 years, he has studied intensively with Shinzen Young.
Har-Prakash is the producer of 200+ Shinzen video teachings available on YouTube at expandcontract and is the main admin and contributor on the private Shinzen Young Mindfulness Community group on Facebook.
He is editing The Essential Shinzen Young book and writing the Cultivating the Jewel of Mindfulness Practitioner Training Program and Retreat Guide.
Left: Shinzen's inscription to Har-Prakash, May 2006.
He has participated in several neuroscience studies, including as an adept meditator in the 2012 Harvard Mindfulness study by David Vago and Shinzen Young as part of the Mapping the Meditative Mind project—more about his experience in this project here.
Har-Prakash offers group retreats twice a year, private mindfulness coaching, and supervises solo retreatants at his off-grid farm near Owen Sound, Ontario. He has been married for 35 years to Sat Dharam Kaur and lives close to his three children, two grandchildren, and Cowboy, their farm dog.
Har-Prakash's art is inspired by neuroscience, nature, beauty, human intimacy, behavior, the world's mystical traditions, and four decades of meditation practice.
