Let’s fill the wisdom gap.
Solving the meaning crisis through contemplative K-12 education.

Hi. I’m Sasha.

I’m a teacher, writer, and contemplative practitioner based in New York City, currently helping to build a middle school as the Founding Science and Mathematics teacher.

Scaling Transformative Pedagogy.

  • Medium Day 2025

    Delivered a talk at Medium Day, an online conference that attracted over 19,000 participants. I spoke on “The Art of Interdisciplinary Thinking” - providing frameworks to think divergently accross disciplinary lines.

    Watch the talk here.

  • Cordell Hull Foundation for International Education 2025

    Invited to speak at the orientation event for a group of international educators arriving in New York City on the power of AI for differentiated resource creation.

  • Contemplative Studies Course 2025

    My third time teaching a 6-week course on Buddhist theory and practice.

  • International Society for Contemplative Research 2025

    Upcoming presentation on Contemplative Education at the 3rd Annual Conference for the ISCR

  • Bhutan Conference on Science, Mindfulness, and Meditation 2025

    Presented a set of Contemplative Standards for integration into educational systems to international scholars and monastics.

    Watch the talk here.

  • National Science Teaching Association (NSTA) Annual Conference 2025

    Presented to faculty and administrators ways to integrate Generative AI authentically into the science classroom.

    View the slides here.

  • Portrait of a Learner with the Common Ground Collaborative 2025

    Collaborative designer of a holistic framework of human development deployed in schools in 20+ countries.

    Read the portrait here.

  • Contemplative Studies Course 2024

    Scaled, refined, and taught a 6 week in-person course on Buddhist theory and practice in New York City, partnering with startup university FractalU.

    Explore the online course here.

  • Contemplative Studies Course 2023

    Created and taught a 6 week in-person course on Buddhist theory and practice in Peterborough, partnering with a local wellness studio.

  • Sustainability in Schools 2022

    Through my work as Deputy Sustainability Coordinator at the Chinese International School, I contributed to an international report on sustainability best practices.

    Read the report here.

  • CreativeMornings Hong Kong 2021

    Led a group meditation practice and explored the relevance of focus and concentration in modernity.

  • Soho House Hong Kong 2020

    Presented meditation and breathwork techniques in the context of recovery, presence, and performance.

  • Contemplative Workshop 2020

    Designed and led a one-day seminar on the effects of modulating posture, breath, and attention on wellbeing.

  • Apsis Newsletter 2019

    Started publishing an interdisciplinary newsletter integrating science and contemplative practices.

    Read the newsletter here.

  • Physics and Philosophy Debate @ UofT 2019

    Cofounded the inaugural Physics and Philosophy student group and moderated a dialogue between philosophers and physicists.

    Read the review here.

  • https://buddhiststudies.utoronto.ca/2018/02/01/days-began-sunrise/

    Living in a Zen Monastery in China 2018

    Article written on my time living in a Zen monastery for the UofT Dept. Buddhist Studies.

    View the article here.

Featured Writing.

Writings
Commune with Correctness.
Commune with Correctness.

When the world was wild, our minds were tame.

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Two People Sitting.
Two People Sitting.

The fruit falls suddenly, but the ripening takes time

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Visions of an Educated Person.
Visions of an Educated Person.

Two monks were travelling together and came across a beautiful young woman standing by the side of a puddle.

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Freedom from nonsense.
Freedom from nonsense.

Eradicating delusive beliefs involves two key steps.

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A habit is an ecosystem.
A habit is an ecosystem.

At the evening discourse on a silent meditation retreat, I was introduced to the story of Swimology. A young professor was aboard a ship with an old sailor.

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Virtue is Intolerant.
Virtue is Intolerant.

Is happiness the ability to fulfill desires without any obstruction? Is a good life one that is free from impediments? Should we seek to actualize every whim?

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Technology is Repetition.
Technology is Repetition.

"We become what we behold. We shape our tools, and thereafter our tools shape us."

Marshall McLuhan

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Expectation of Enchantment.
Expectation of Enchantment.

“People say what we’re all seeking is a meaning for life. I don’t think that’s what we’re really seeking. I think what we’re seeking is an experience of being alive…so that we actually feel the rapture of being alive”.

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Stop Running and See.
Stop Running and See.

My Buddhism and Psychotherapy course was coming to an end, and the Professor left us with one final piece of advice.

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When time became history: Physics, Zen, and Cosmic Archetypes
When time became history: Physics, Zen, and Cosmic Archetypes

Is history a human construct? A conceptual imposition of key notions onto bare reality? Are time and history even separable ideas?

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