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Loch Kelly
Born (1957-01-11) January 11, 1957 (age 68)
💼 Occupation

Author, psychotherapist, meditation teacher

Known forEffortless mindfulness
🌐 Websitewww.lochkelly.org

Loch Kelly, M.Div, LCSW, born Thomas Laughlin Kelly, is an American author, meditation teacher, and licensed psychotherapist. Kelly is known for teaching a form of meditation called effortless mindfulness, which combines contemporary psychology, modern neuroscience and North Indian and Tibetan Buddhist meditation traditions.[1] He is the author of two books and founder of the nonprofit public charity, Natural Wakefulness Center.

Education

Kelly graduated from Colgate University in 1979 with a B.A. in English Literature, where he attended a semester abroad at University of Oxford. In 1986, he graduated Columbia University with a joint Masters Degree in Clinical Social Work and an M.Div in Psychiatry and Religion from Union Theological Seminary.[2][3] He was awarded a Travelling Fellowship to study Insight Meditation and Tibetan Buddhism in Sri Lanka, India, and Nepal from 1981-1982.[2][3]

Kelly studied Theravada Buddhism at the University of Kandy, Sri Lanka, and was introduced to effortless mindfulness in Nepal through Dzogchen and Mahamudra teacher Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche.[2][3]

Career

After returning to New York City in 1982, Kelly established homeless shelters and community lunch programs in New York City. Upon graduation from his joint Master’s degree program, Kelly worked for 5 years[2][3] at the Brooklyn Mental Health Clinic doing outpatient psychotherapy with people who were discharged from psychiatric hospitals and alcohol rehabs. Kelly served on the New York Insight Meditation Teachers Council. In 2001, Kelly was a 9/11 first responder in New York City offering meditation and counselling to families.[2][3][4]

Kelly is known for his thesis, “Awakening is the next natural stage of human development.”[5] His teachings are informed by neuroscience and contemporary psychology, particularly Internal Family Systems (IFS), founded by Richard Schwartz, with whom Kelly co-taught workshops in the United States and Europe.[2][3][6][7][8] Kelly also collaborated with neuroscientists and participated in meditation research studies at Yale University[6] and New York University.[2][9][10]

Published works

In 2015, Kelly’s first book, Shift into Freedom: The Science and Practice of Open-Hearted Awareness, was published by Sounds True Publishing.[11] It was listed among the Best Spiritual Books of 2015 by Spirituality & Practice[12] and named one of the Top 10 Books of 2015 in Spirituality & Health Magazine.[13]

Kelly’s second book, The Way of Effortless Mindfulness: A Revolutionary Guide for Living an Awakened Life, was published by Sounds True Publishing in 2019.[14] It was awarded the Living Now Book Awards’ Gold Medal in Enlightenment/Spirituality[15] and the Silver Nautilus Book Award for Spirituality of Eastern Thought.[16] It was also named one of the Best Spiritual Books of 2019 by Spirituality & Practice.[17]

Personal life

Kelly lives in upstate New York with his wife, Paige.[2]

References

  1. ↑Perry, Emily (2019-09-05). "Episode 51 The Power of Effortless Mindfulness in Your Life with Loch Kelly". Emily Perry. Retrieved 2022-09-20.
  2. ↑ 2.02.12.22.32.42.52.62.7"About Loch Kelly | Awakening Meditations | Nondual Mindfulness". Loch Kelly. Retrieved 2022-09-20.
  3. ↑ 3.03.13.23.33.43.5"Loch Kelly". Evolutionary Leaders: In Service to Conscious Evolution. Retrieved 2022-09-20.
  4. ↑Kelly, Loch (2020-09-20). "A 9/11 First Responder Remembers". Loch Kelly. Retrieved 2022-09-20.
  5. ↑Kelly, Loch (2019-06-04). The Way of Effortless Mindfulness: A Revolutionary Guide for Living an Awakened Life. Sounds True. p. 4. ISBN 978-1-68364-232-9.Search this book on
  6. ↑ 6.06.1Garrison, Kathleen; Santoyo, Juan; Davis, Jake; Thornhill, Thomas; Kerr, Catherine; Brewer, Judson (2013). "Effortless awareness: using real time neurofeedback to investigate correlates of posterior cingulate cortex activity in meditators' self-report". Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. 7. doi:10.3389/fnhum.2013.00440. ISSN 1662-5161.
  7. ↑Schwartz, Richard (2020). Internal Family Systems (2nd ed.). Guilford Press. p. 250. ISBN 9781462541461.Search this book on
  8. ↑Schwartz, Richard (2021). No Bad Parts. Sounds True. p. 104. ISBN 978-1-68364-668-6.Search this book on
  9. ↑Josipovic, Zoran; Dinstein, Ilan; Weber, Jochen; Heeger, David (2012). "Influence of meditation on anti-correlated networks in the brain". Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. 5: 183. doi:10.3389/fnhum.2011.00183. ISSN 1662-5161. PMC 3250078. PMID 22287947.
  10. ↑"Shift Into Freedom: Lessons From A Master Of Mindfulness | Psychology Today". www.psychologytoday.com. Retrieved 2022-09-20.
  11. ↑"Shift into Freedom". Sounds True. Retrieved 2022-09-20.
  12. ↑Kelly, Loch. "Shift into Freedom by Loch Kelly | Review | Spirituality & Practice". www.spiritualityandpractice.com. Retrieved 2022-09-20.
  13. ↑"Our Top 10 of 2015". Spirituality & Health. 2015-12-30. Retrieved 2022-09-20.
  14. ↑"The Way of Effortless Mindfulness". Sounds True. Retrieved 2022-09-20.
  15. ↑"2019 Winners". www.livingnowawards.com. Retrieved 2022-09-20.
  16. ↑"2019 Silver Winners – Page 2018 – Nautilus Book Awards". Retrieved 2022-09-20.
  17. ↑"Best Spiritual Books Awards | Spirituality & Practice". www.spiritualityandpractice.com. Retrieved 2022-09-20.

External links

Official website

References


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