hans kirchner

in 2011, i started meditating and it was embarrassing. i was a typical black-and-white, logic-based engineer. yoga, meditation, mindfulness - it always struck me as a waste of time. until a close friend, whose career drive and results i admired greatly, told me that his meditation practice was a key part of his success. i was floored. he took me to a seminar with one of the teachers he respected, and my life changed on every level. back then, meditation was still such a weird esoteric thing. we didn’t really have the science to explain how it produced results and influenced the brain. i was torn between two worlds: working in the logic-based world of an engineer by day, and doing this “weird” thing in my personal life that i couldn't tell anyone about. my worst fear: that is was all a placebo effect, and i’d been a fool to invest in it. today, the science is clear: meditation and yoga drive business results. opening up creativity and innovation reduces stress and absenteeism supporting employee retention improving communication & collaboration skills and so much more ... now instead of hiding my meditation practice, i became an engineer who is happy to pass on these amazing science-backed mindfulness tools to other engineers and (technology) leaders, so they can access their full potential too.