Beni Bio

My name is Beni, and I would say my two dominant traits are insightfulness and humor. I like to speak, write, and facilitate transformative practices. I deeply value spending nourishing time in nature, cultivating intentional relationships, and staying silly throughout the process. I hold a vision for humanity of what Marc Gafni calls the “unique self symphony.” This is a collective state where we all find our optimal personal expression in a way that harmonizes with everyone else’s. Everyone fully alive and deeply committed to what is theirs to do in such a way that is interdependent.

My path toward helping others came from my own bouts of suffering. After a challenging transition in my teenage years, moving to a new town and a new school, I faced struggles with loneliness and the desire to fit in. Sensing not only into my own social struggles, but to the overarching failure of our culture to guide us toward a meaningful life left a painful emptiness in my core. A condition I call “something’s missing syndrome.” This search for deeper meaning, along with the synchronicity of life, led me to my first meditation retreat, which dramatically transformed me. I came in contact with something primordial and profoundly sacred within and all around my being. Feelings I had never felt before. Feelings I suspected most people go their entire lives without experiencing.

This transformative retreat inspired me to learn more about the higher human potentials as well as why the world seems to be so corrupt. Through continuous learning, I found my passion lies somewhere at the intersection between repairing the loneliness epidemic, learning to connect deeper than ever before, and cultivating a wise relationship with our technology. Our technology poses massive threats to our capacity to develop soul-nourishing relationships with one another. Learning to navigate this is critical for our collective well-being.

My exploration has led me to explore a diverse range of wellness modalities that include relational practices such as circling and authentic relating, then inward practices like meditation and qigong, then rewilding by exploring deeper intimacy with the natural world. Through these practices, I have found realms of wholeness, love, and connection that I never knew were possible. They have taught me that we are far more powerful than we know. They have invigorated my hope for humanity to make it through our global crises.

When working with people, I am driven to help them eliminate unhealthy habits by replacing them with meaningful occupations. Occupations that obsolete destructive patterns. My hope is to guide others to discover what is most meaningful to them. To do what Socrates did — to be a midwife to another’s soul. To assist them in connecting with their hearts and discover what David Whyte calls “the truth at the center of the image you were born with.” I fully believe that if the needs of our souls can be met, then we are naturally less seduced by addiction. With all that said, I find the simplicity of getting to know someone and truly seeing them to be healing beyond measure.