My purpose is to help spread mindfulness to the world.

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My purpose is to help spread mindfulness to the world.
Mindfulness, Stress-Reduction and Leadership Workshops and Programs
Helping individuals and organisations live with clarity, resilience, and purpose.
About Manish
Manish Parikh was born in Mumbai, India, and is a dual-degree graduate in Business and Political Science from the University of Michigan. He holds the distinction of being the first Indian elected as Student Body President, representing 43,000 students.
Driven by a calling towards mindfulness, Manish has completed over 10 years of intensive mindfulness training in the tradition of Thich Nhat Hanh — known as the "Father of Mindfulness." He has lived over 100 days in top monasteries across continents and facilitated 1,000+ mindfulness sessions.
Manish combines his deep mindfulness practice with a passion for ESG, climate, education and healthcare — shaping a broader vision of human wellbeing, leadership and positive impact at scale.
10+
Years
Mindfulness Training
100+
Days
In Monasteries & Centres
1,000+
Sessions
Facilitated
Why Mindfulness Matters to Organisations
The benefits of mindfulness extend beyond individual wellbeing. Mindfulness supports capabilities that are central to how organisations and their people perform.
Focus & Attention
Concentrate more effectively, manage distraction and bring greater attention to the task or person in front of us.
Performance Under Pressure
Maintain composure and clarity in demanding situations, high-stakes conversations and intense workloads.
Stress & Burnout Prevention
Recognise stress earlier and develop healthier ways of responding before pressure becomes overwhelming.
Emotional Regulation
Navigate difficult emotions, conflict, setbacks and uncertainty without immediately being controlled by them.
Better Decision-Making
Create greater space between stimulus and response and move towards more considered choices.
Resilience
Navigate change, disappointment and uncertainty and recover more effectively from difficult periods.
Mindfulness is not simply about helping people feel better. It helps people perform better.
What We Offer
Our programs are experiential, practical and customised. Participants do not simply hear about mindfulness — they experience practices and learn techniques that can be applied immediately.
01 — Mindfulness for Senior Leaders
Flagship leadership workshops and multi-session journeys focused on presence, performance under pressure, emotional regulation, decision-making, resilience, deep listening and mindful communication.
02 — Organisation-Wide Workshops
Accessible, engaging mindfulness experiences for different levels and functions across the organisation.
03 — Stress, Resilience & Burnout Prevention
Practical tools to understand stress, recognise pressure and develop healthier responses.
04 — Mindful Communication & Deep Listening
Listening, empathy, difficult conversations, compassionate communication and healthier relationships.
05 — High-Pressure Teams
Customised programs for teams working in high-pressure environments, designed around the specific demands, challenges and pressures they encounter in their work.
06 — Multi-Week Programs
Structured journeys that progressively develop mindfulness as a skill and practice.
07 — Guided Mindfulness & Meditation
Regular virtual or in-person opportunities to pause, practise together and sustain momentum.
08 — Custom Mindfulness Programs
Designed with leadership, HR and L&D around specific audiences, challenges and objectives.
09 — Organisation-Wide Mindfulness Partnerships
We design longer-term mindfulness programs that can reach different levels and functions across the organisation — creating continuity and supporting leadership, performance, wellbeing and culture.
Client Example
Building Mindfulness at a Leading Healthcare & Med-Tech Company
17,000+
Employees
150+
Countries
Broadened Reach
Senior Leaders → Organisation-Wide
A leading global medical technology company headquartered in India. Manish is developing and facilitating custom mindfulness workshops and programs for senior leaders as well as people across the organisation — with the larger vision of making practical mindfulness accessible across its 17,000+ person workforce.
Senior Leaders
Leadership presence
Stress
Performance
Self-awareness
Emotional regulation
Resilience
High-Pressure Functions
Sales
Pressure
Uncertainty
Setbacks
Emotional wellbeing
Maintaining perspective
Across the Organisation
Custom workshops
Practical mindfulness
Wellbeing
Resilience
Culture
"The ambition: To build a sustained mindfulness initiative supporting leadership, performance, resilience, employee wellbeing and organisational culture across a leading global healthcare & medical technology company."
Bring Mindfulness to Your Organisation.
Whether you are looking to develop mindfulness programs for your senior leadership team, bring practical mindfulness across your workforce or create a longer-term organisation-wide initiative — we would be delighted to explore what could be designed for you.
📧 mrp.umich@gmail.com
📞 +91 82910 04848
📍 Available Worldwide · In-Person & Virtual