Matthew Bellows

I am an entrepreneur, a husband, a dad, and a long-time meditator.

I was introduced to sitting meditation in 1990 at the Naropa Institute. Since then, I’ve done many months of solo and group retreat practice, mostly in the Shambhala tradition, which I left in 2019. While there, I served on the Board of the Boston Shambhala Center (twice) and the Karme Choling board (2001-2004).

I began teaching meditation in 2004. I’ve had the honor of sharing mindfulness practices at The Business of Software conference,  Harvard Business School, MIT and many other institutions. Currently, I co-teach a free bi-weekly meditation class with the Mindful Aware Meditation Group. Here’s a sample session. Feel free to drop in!

The mission of NDF, the inspiring teachings of the lamas, WonderWell, and the overall sanity with which you have built this organization is the most wonderful gift to the world. I am honored to serve it and you as a board member.