Gerry Rickard

Gerry is a Masters trained mindfulness teacher and the founder of MindWise (www.mindwise.me) in Vilanculos, Mozambique. Originally from Ireland, Gerry spent three decades in senior international corporate roles before stepping away to retrain fully in mindfulness. He holds a Master’s degree in Mindfulness Based Teaching from the Centre for Mindfulness Research and Practice at Bangor University, Wales, one of the world’s leading academic centres for mindfulness training. He now teaches, leads retreats and gives online sessions in Mozambique and beyond, and is qualified to teach Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction. A practicing Zen Buddhist, he received his precepts from Roshi Joan Halifax from the Upaya Zen Centre in the US. He writes regularly for the online platform, The Tattooed Buddha.