John Ooi / meditation teacher

I genuinely want you to win.

I work with a small number of people, making time and space for depth and care. I listen, respond to what is happening, offer what I can, and stay open to what becomes possible.

Practice since 2017Enter the main Space to Be experience

How I work

Primarily centred on the other person.

The approach is flexible because a life is not a method. I create conditions, pay attention and allow the meeting to take shape from what is actually happening.

John Ooi sitting beside a river beneath a tree

I keep the number of people I work with small so I can bring depth and care to each person. I listen closely, respond to what is happening, offer what I can and stay open to what becomes possible.

Meditation can help us notice when we are lost in thought, stuck in an old identity or reactive. From there, it may become possible to enter more direct contact with experience, respond mindfully and act from values and desires that have become clearer.

Training, practice + influences

Rooted in practice, belonging to this age.

I have practised meditation since 2017 and continue to work personally with teachers.

My teacher training includes Jack Kornfield and Tara Brach’s Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Certification Program and Dharma Moon’s Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Training with David Nichtern.

My practice draws most deeply from Plum Village and the Karma Kagyu lineages, alongside an interfaith upbringing and respect for many more contemplative traditions.

I think of my work as secular in the root sense of the word, belonging to this age.

The relationship

Truth, offered kindly.

Meditation teaching happens here. So does spiritual friendship, a broader and more mutual quality of attention.

For me, spiritual friendship means good friendship. It supports you to be yourself, tells the truth with heart and remains humble before what neither of us can fully know.

Trust is not something you need to give immediately. It is built over time and exposure, like trust in any real relationship. We may disagree or find places that need more attention.

“John helped me understand what I was looking for.”

Daniel G, artist and musician

Meet the work.

Read how the six weekly meetings work, who they may be for, and what it means to begin.

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