Lou Redmond

Lou Redmond is a meditation guide and purpose coach based in Eugene, Oregon. In his mid-twenties a sudden spiritual opening led him to leave a corporate career, and he describes the years that followed as a long search through doubt and several dark nights of the soul before his work took shape. He went on to found One Mindful Education, which brought meditation, yoga and mindfulness into schools, and later trained as a coach with the Coach Training Institute, Aletheia and EVRYMAN. He calls himself a friend on the journey rather than a guru.

His guided meditations, many of them morning practices built around surrender, trust, gratitude and prayer, have been played millions of times on Insight Timer, where he also teaches courses on mantras, paradox and the Prayer of St Francis. In one-to-one sessions he helps people bring a creative calling, offering or project into the world, treating the inner work and the practical work as one. He also speaks to schools and companies about staying grounded through change, wrote the memoir Find Your Truth, and teaches other meditation teachers how to write original scripts and build courses, through a free script-writing course, a paid academy, a podcast and a YouTube channel.