India, Sept. 17 -- My journey into spirituality did not begin with the intention of becoming a spiritual teacher. It began with a question that had been troubling me for years: why do we teach children so much about the world around them, but so little about themselves?

While working in education, educational films and documentaries, I began to notice how deeply our thoughts influence the way we experience life. The mind is constantly interpreting our experiences, creating thoughts and shaping our responses. Yet, we rarely receive any structured education on how to cope with our own minds. We learn to react to situations rather than respond to them, and this often becomes the source of stress, strained relationships and unnecessary suffe...