With so many self-help books and gurus in the world, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed when you want to make a change.
Bodhi Heart in NYC, born on a mountain 7,000 ft. above sea level, helps people thrive in an increasingly complex world.
Rev. Soken Graf, the founder of Bodhi Heart, is a Buddhist monk with over 15 years of experience helping spiritual seekers, creators, executives, and organizations to transform themselves and to create healthy, positive cultures at work, in the world at large, and at home.
we've helped hundreds of people find their way in a complex world.
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rev. soken graf
Soken gained his Executive Coaching Certificate from New York University, and he’s a member of ICF; the International Coaching Federation.
Soken works with individuals, creators, professionals and organizations as a Certified Executive Coach including Alo Yoga, Michael Kors, and others, specializing in Organizational Health and Wisdom-based Human Development.
Soken’s advanced study and practice of the healing arts includes Rolfing, energy medicine, Visceral Manipulation, Craniosacral Therapy, SourcePoint Therapy®, and Cold-Laser Therapy.
He obtained a degree as a Certified Rolfer™ in 2006 at the Dr. Ida Rolf Institute in Boulder, Colorado, and In 2010, he attained a second degree as a Certified Advanced Rolfer™ in Vienna and Berlin.
Living and working between New York and North Carolina, Soken runs Bodhi Heart in New York, a Buddhist Temple in the foothills of Asheville, North Carolina, and is renovating a Temple in Kyoto, Japan. Soken founded Bodhi Heart, a center for Holistic Wellness after completing years of intensive Zen training near the summit of Mt. Baldy.
Currently Soken is a chief consultant to Umeå University Medical School in Sweden where he helps to guide research with Dr. Jens Bowman on the relationship between narrative therapy, self-compassion, anxiety, and the debilitating effects of imposter syndrome.
Soken also writes and publishes essays on life, literature, and Buddhism in magazines such as, The Millions. He was a contributing consultant on the award-winning American Management Association course, Mindful Leadership, as well as the author of the Wiki-How course, How to Meditate.
