Harald began practicing 1982 with Joseph Goldstein in Bodhgaya, India, and was a long-term student of Ajahn Runjuan in the tradition of Ajahn Buddhadāsa, Wat Suan Mokkh, Thailand. Since 2010 he has been mentored by Gregory Kramer. Harald has taught calm and insight meditation since 1991 and began offering Insight Dialogue in 2008. His doctoral research explored correspondences between early Buddhist meditation theory and the psychotherapy of Carl Rogers. Harald is a psychotherapist, MBSR and MBCT teacher, psychotherapy scientist and lecturer at the Sigmund Freud Private University in Vienna. There he founded and directs the two-year program “Mindfulness for medical, psychosocial, and educational professionals” (in German). He lives in Vienna. For more information, please visit Harald’s website.