Mark Winwood
Academic Support / Meditation Instructor
MA in Clinical Mental Health Counseling, Buddhism-Informed Contemplative Counseling Concentration
EDUCATION:
ACADEMIC PROGRAMS:
COURSES TAUGHT:
– Founder of the Mahayana study/practice group The Chenrezig Project in 2005, still active.
– Adjunct professor of Tibetan Buddhism in the University of Central Florida system.
– Adjunct professor at Hindu University of America (Florida), sharing Buddhist perspectives and practices with students pursuing advanced degrees in Vedic studies.
– Group and one-on-one volunteer and volunteer coordinator at the Monroe Correctional Complex, a four-prison penitentiary for male inmates in the Seattle (WA) area.
– Podcaster of “The Elegant Mind” — an ongoing series of short, Buddhist-inspired perspectives.
– Formerly a newspaper writer, art director and editor — and then legal profession information entrepreneur — in New York City.
PUBLICATIONS:
- Author, Am Stopping My Finger Now: Tibetan Buddhist Musings for Western Life