Andy Puddicombe

Andy Puddicombe (born 23 September 1972) is a British author, public speaker and meditation and mindfulness teacher. He co-founded Headspace, a digital health company providing guided meditation and mindfulness training, alongside Richard Pierson. Originally from London but raised in Bristol, he studied Sports Science at De Montfort University before transitioning to meditation training in Asia during the mid-1990s. He spent approximately ten years as a Buddhist monk in India, Nepal, Myanmar, Thailand, Australia and Russia before ordaining at a Tibetan monastery in India.