Loch Kelly, M.Div., LCSW is the author of the best-selling The Way of Effortless Mindfulness. He is a licensed psychotherapist and recognized leader in the field of meditation. Loch is the founder of the non-profit, Open-Hearted Awareness Institute and has worked in community mental health, established homeless shelters and counseled family members of 9/11. Loch graduated from Columbia University where he received a traveling fellowship to Sri Lanka, India and Nepal. Loch collaborates with neuroscientists at Yale, UPenn and NYU in the study of how awareness training can enhance compassion and wellbeing.

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