Transform Heartminds is a meditation and contemplative community with its idea seeded in 2015 providing high quality mindfulness, compassion, and embodiment practices. Previously a solo effort, it is now made up by sincere practitioners, teachers, and advisors from both ancient wisdom traditions and contemporary mindfulness field, to reconcile the need to respect both its rich and profound cultural origins from Asia and the modern-day Western scientific applications. Transform Heartminds offers classes, courses, retreats and special events catering to beginning meditators and those looking to deepen and sustain their practice. We are one of the first organizations in Asia offering non-sectarian, evidenced-based mindfulness and yoga training, and traditional Buddhist teachings within the Vipassana or Insight tradition.
OUR STORY
We envision a world where humans access their innate wisdom, heal from the harmful consequences of the industrial revolution, fulfil their true potential, and adopt a way of life rooted in kindness, compassion and respect for one another, diverse cultures, the Earth, and collectively build a harmonious world for all beings in the generations to come.
OUR VISION
What are some of the harmful consequences of the industrial revolution?
Exploitation of labour including child labour in less developed countries
Environmental harm
Stressful, unsatisfying lifestyle contributing to loss of agency and wellbeing
Gender inequality
Appropriation of cultures and civil rights
We offer high-quality contemplative education in mindfulness, wisdom, compassion, and embodiment, rooted in ancient wisdom and informed by modern insights. Our programs empower individuals, leaders, and organizations to realize their true potential. Together, we embrace the world’s beauty and suffering with joy, love, and compassion, serving those in need while balancing with our resources, to inspire personal and collective transformation.
We aim to create an inclusive and safe community to help people find their true belonging, healing, and to uplift one another’s spirits.
OUR MISSION
We value integrity, honesty, service, compassion, autonomy, and interdependence, in our lives and the work we do.
We walk the talk to train our hearts and minds in wisdom and compassion and courageously take a stand against all forms of violence and systemic oppression and walking away from influences that propagate it.
As imperfect beings, we continue to navigate our moral compass in the complex modern application of mindfulness, which is not without its influences from commercialization that often dilute the true essence of the practice and propagate cultural appropriation. We strive to balance this by
OUR VALUES
Honouring the cultural origins of the modern contemplative practices.
Balancing scientific evidence with the understanding that research is not free from limitations and bias, and the profound effects of wisdom practices are often beyond logical measures.
Courageously amplifying our marginalized (Asian and Asian-based) voices in the Western-dominated international mindfulness scene.
Seeking advice from wise elders.