Jim Torbert, BArch, MHSA, director of the Atlantic Contemplative Centre (ACC), has been teaching and facilitating applied mindfulness for over 40 years. He has facilitated mindfulness sessions for businesses, healthcare providers, public programs, and educational institutions. For the past six years with the ACC he has facilitated compassion training programs, annual conferences, open mindfulness groups in Dartmouth and Halifax, and mindfulness education sessions at Dalhousie University, Central Library and RBC. He is also the co-director of the Waves of Compassion Association dedicated to bringing compassion into all sectors in Nova Scotia. In his professional career he has over 45 years of architecture, health care planning and business administration experience.