Sophie Zhang had been working for over ten years as lawyer, qualified in China and the state of New York, USA, till she had the chance to meet mindfulness in 2015. Since then, the path of learning, sharing and teaching MBCT nurtured her, inspired her how vivid, authentic and wise life can be and led her to a full-time mindfulness teacher eventually.

She is currently teaching various mindfulness-based programmes and also facilitating mindful leadership courses in China. Besides, she has been serving tailored mindfulness programmes to the police and the inmates of many prisons for over 7 years.

She has put her heart into training and supervising teachers in Chinese speaking community with the Oxford Mindfulness Foundation since 2021. She has also been learning and facilitating retreat guidance with senior retreat teachers.

The mindfulness institution 慧舍WisDorm she founded 5 years ago also become a mindfulness oasis in Shenzhen to cultivate mindfulness in general public and also to nurture the trained teachers in the Great Bay area.

Being part of the ICM 2025 is a privilege to her, to learn the broad perspectives with people internationally.

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