Dane Jacka

Dane has been a meditator since 1995 and he has a deep love for these practices. Attending numerous long, silent meditation retreats in several different traditions and in both groups and solo retreat formats, has allowed Dane to gain experience in the many diverse approaches to meditation and mindfulness. Dane has been a secular meditation teacher and mindfulness coach since 2014 and is particularly interested in embedding mindfulness practice and approaches into everyday life to enable people to reclaim their focus, expand their awareness and deepen their compassion.

Dane is the founder of Pauseful, a company designed to develop the mindful leaders and purposeful companies of the future. Pauseful primarily delivers workplace mindfulness workshops, leadership development and strategy consulting. He is certified to teach mindfulness as a graduate of the Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Certification Program delivered in conjunction with the University of California at Berkley. Additionally, he holds an MBA with additional qualifications in management and project management. He has held executive roles in human services and consulting firms and, in addition to running Pauseful, he continues to work as a consultant and board member for purposeful organisations.