Workshop Leaders
Mark Davis
Mark Davis has been teaching meditation, grounding, relaxation and personal self-care to a variety of community and professional groups for nearly 20 years. He is a medical specialist (psychiatry), a Reiki Master and Teacher in the Usui/Tibetan system, a Practitioner of Urban Mysticism (a practical form of spirituality suited to the modern world) and is training to become Master of Urban Mysticism with Ken and Elizabeth Mellor of Biame Network.
George Packard
George was first introduced to meditation by Ken and Elizabeth Mellor in 1982. Since then he has been an active member of Biame Network Inc. He is a qualified Practitioner of Urban Mysticism, which is a practical form of spirituality suited to the modern world. George works as a musician, a music teacher at Whitireia Community Polytechnic and has run meditation courses from his own home and at Victoria University for the last 12 years. He is also a Reiki Master.
Jenny Packard
Jenny works as a counsellor and psychotherapist in private practice. She also supervises and mentors people working as health professionals. She has been meditating with Ken and Elizabeth Mellor since 1982 and is in the Biame Network Master Practitioner Training group. Jenny leads meditation courses and a weekly meditation class with her husband, George Packard.
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Sara Parsons
Sara Parsons works as a qualified Transactional Analysis counsellor and psychotherapist in Wellington, New Zealand. She is a registered psychotherapist in New Zealand. Sara was initiated into meditation by Ken Elizabeth Mellor in 1984. In the Biame Network Master Practitioner Training program, she is a Practitioner of Urban Mysticism.
Nicky Riddiford
Nicky Riddiford teaches communication skills, English language and teacher training courses at Victoria University, Wellington, New Zealand. She has run parent education courses for many years. Nicky started meditating with Ken and Elizabeth Mellor in 1989 and is now qualified as a Master Practitioner of Urban Mysticism, a practical form of spirituality suited to the modern world. A member of the Wellington Biame Network committee, in recent years she has helped to run several retreats and workshops.