Eden’s Bio
It’s been a fun journey…
Yes, I teach meditation and spirituality… and, at this point, I truly and absolutely can’t imagine doing any other kind of work.
I was raised in the deep south in the small college town of Statesboro, GA (with no air conditioning I might add.) I graduated from the University of Georgia in Athens with a degree in journalism/minor in advertising. After working a several years on the account side of the ad industry in Atlanta, I returned to design school at the insanely intense and creative Portfolio Center. From there I eventually went on to become Vice President/Associate Creative Director of an ad agency… then VP/Creative Director at a design firm… then Creative Director on the corporate side… and then (after having two kids) ended up running my own creative recruiting company.
During that 15 year stint I stumbled upon Dr. Neala Peake. I was having dinner with two close friends who were taking her meditation classes. I asked them to tell me more, and they described it as the most important thing they had ever done in their lives. This resonated with me in so many ways, not only because this was such a “big” statement for two young people but because they meant it. I could feel it.
As I soon found out, Dr. Peake and Leong Tan were instrumental in launching a spiritual movement here in the United States, based on the teachings of Wong Loh Sin See – a teacher known throughout parts of Southeast Asia. So, I immersed myself in all she had to offer for I knew I was also searching for something “big” – something that I could not articulate. I ended up finding it and more. The more part continues.
So, I currently live with my husband and two young girls in the snowy Heartland – empowering and sharing so much with people through my company, Just Be Meditation since its founding in 2006.
Specifically, on the meditation spectrum I’ve studied meditation, intuition, energy work and spirituality for over 12 years. I am also Supervising Editor for the internationally-recognized website AllThingsHealing.com (which was started by my teacher, Dr. Peake) as well as Forum Moderator of the ATH meditation page. See my interviews with Dr. Judith Orloff, psychiatrist and NY Times best-selling author of Emotional Freedom; Sona Mehring, Founder and CEO of CaringBridge.org and Fast Company’s “Most Influential Women in Technology” in 2011; and Sarah McLean, the “face of mainstream meditation” and one of the founding directors of the Deepak Chopra Center for Wellbeing.
I am a Reiki Master, ordained minister, I practiced Choi Kwan Do – a branch of Tae Kwan Do, was a certified exercise instructor and now practice yoga (among other things), I served on the board of a holistic center and worked with Hospice.
I am a spiritual warrior here to show the essence of life – the truth of what it is to be human and to live for every moment with passion, openness and with heart. Come share in this journey with me.
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Let me say a bit more about AllThingsHealing.com as it is so wonderful to co-create with Dr. Peake.
The site is creating a worldwide community of genuine and knowledgeable folks and organizations dedicated to educating and inspiring people in topics relating to alternative healing of mind, body, spirit and planet. And, our retreat center in Costa Rica is being created as the physical reality of all of this. See the plans here.
My current role is to seek out practitioners/activists all over the world to be part of our 39 healing modalities (homeopathy, meditation, integrative medicine, naturopathy, shamanism, to name a few), to write, to conducts interviews, to make connections… whatever it takes to help create community/connection.
If you would like to join us on this adventure, please contact me at edenk@allthingshealing.com.
