Barnaby Willett is a Garrison Fellow, contemplative educator, futurist, and mindfulness teacher. He helped grow the nonprofit Peace in Schools to be a national leader in mindfulness education. He is one of the most experienced school-based mindfulness teachers in the US, and is a teacher for iBme teen retreats. Barnaby has collaborated with leaders in the health sciences, education, and politics to advance adolescent well-being through evidence-based research and practice—including a groundbreaking research study on mindfulness and childhood trauma with Johns Hopkins University.
Barnaby is a speaker at educational and contemplative conferences and has offered practice for adults through Presence Collective in Portland, Oregon. Originally from the UK, his polymathic studies include Buddhist practice, Islamic mysticism, Indigneous epistemologies, and Chinese tea. Barnaby began contemplative practice in 1994 and has a bachelor’s degree in English from Pomona College.