Kelly Boys is a pioneering mindfulness teacher specializing in trauma-sensitive mindfulness, emotional intelligence and body awareness. She was the Director of Teacher Training at the Search Inside Yourself Leadership Institute (based on Google's emotional intelligence and mindfulness program), and co-created a pioneering mindfulness program for UN humanitarian aid workers in the Middle East. She has worked extensively in the field of trauma-sensitive mindfulness and has taught meditation to incarcerated US veterans at San Quentin State Prison suffering with post-traumatic stress disorder and traumatic brain injuries.

Kelly is the author of The Blind Spot Effect (2018), holds a degree in Intercultural Religious Studies and is a certified iRest® meditation teacher and Search Inside Yourself teacher. Her work is deeply influenced by the work of clinical psychologist Richard Miller and psychotherapist John Prendergast.

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Kelly is the co-creator of the mindfulness program for the United Nations and the author of The Blind Spot Effect (2018).

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