Boaz B. Feldman is a Dharma teacher, researcher and clinician whose work integrates deep contemplative practice with education and mental health. In his early twenties he ordained as a Buddhist monk in Thailand (with Ajahn Tong) and spent many years in intensive silent retreat across monasteries and meditation centres in Thailand and Myanmar (with U Tejaniya), as well as at Gaia House (with Rob Burbea) and the Insight Meditation Society (with Joseph Goldstein). He was authorized to teach Dharma as he graduated from the Bodhi College Teacher Training with Martine and Stephen Batchelor as mentors, and brings an emphasis on trauma, relational practice and systems change.
Boaz was a Research Scholar at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and an Education Ambassador at the Harvard Catalyst Clinical and Translational Science Center. He holds degrees in Buddhism, psychology and business, and has led numerous psychological first aid and staff-care missions as a humanitarian psychologist with the United Nations, the World Health Organization and Doctors Without Borders in war zones (Afghanistan, Burkina Faso, Myanmar).
Currently, Boaz is a Doctoral Candidate at the University of Cambridge’s Faculty of Education and the European Director for the Harvard Alumni for Education. He founded and leads NeuroSystemics, a Geneva-based NGO offering community-based somatic trainings. His current work focuses on supporting the necessary transition towards flourishing and awakening in education and Western civilizations.
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