Our Team
Kerry Crofton, PhD
Kerry is a nature-loving grandmother and public health educator. She has worked as a psychologist; stress and wellness in the workplace consultant; mindfulness meditation teacher and contemplative arts instructor. She is founder and CEO of the Canadian nonprofit Global Health Alliance and the consulting company WellBeing International Ltd. As “Momma Zen,” she led the meditation at the first Camp Grounded digital detox camp in the redwood forests of California. She is the author of Less Screen More Green. She is honoured to be a "Fellow Traveler" with Harvard's Digital Wellness Lab, Boston Children's Hospital. Her background includes: consulting in the aviation industry; a counselling practice; heart health education; stress management and mindfulness training programs.
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Charles was a Chi Gong instructor and professional photographer for many years before embarking on the practice of contemplative arts and Forest Bathing. At university his focus was on the humanities and environmental studies, including forest ecology. About this time he embarked on a mindfulness practice and discovered that wakefulness and perception are key to understanding our world. Visual images and the creative process have long been a passion for him, from the days of darkrooms to lightrooms.
He studied contemplative photography with various teachers and mentors in the Buddhist and Taoist traditions. For many years he has taught independently with my Mindful Eye program and through Nalanda Miksang where he has expanded his explorations and practice in the contemplative traditions.
Charles Blackhall
Jimena, a clinical psychologist from Chile, brings over 18 years of experience in traditional psychotherapy. She incorporates yoga, meditation, and Ayurvedic healing into her work, blending these mind-body practices with her clinical expertise to support holistic wellbeing. As a certified Kundalini Yoga instructor and Shambhala meditation practitioner, she helps individuals address anxiety, depression, and stress while cultivating mindfulness, connecting with their own innate capacity for healing, and recognizing their inherent basic goodness. Through personalized therapy and wellness programs, Jimena guides clients in reconnecting with their body’s wisdom and nature’s restorative power, fostering profound inner transformation, self-awareness, and a sense of balance in everyday life.
Jimena Huenchullán Sagristá
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Kat is a developmental psychologist and wellness counsellor who integrates psychological insight with mindfulness to support holistic wellbeing. Her work is informed by her experience living and working in a Shambhala Buddhist meditation centre, where she cultivated mindful awareness, presence, and compassionate practice. For over two decades, Kat has taught courses in eco-psychology and personal growth, exploring the connection between human wellbeing and the natural world. Kat’s integrated approach helps individuals build emotional resilience, ease stress, and reconnect with nature as a grounding and restorative force, supporting them in living with greater balance, authenticity, and harmony with their surroundings.
Kat Caldwell, PhD
Media
We were fortunate to have a personal connection with the truly wonderful Dr. Jane Goodall who encouraged us in our work in nature-based wellness programs to support the physical and mental wellbeing of all ages, and kindly wrote a brief foreword for our book Less Screen More Green.
Kerry Crofton's recent podcast with Take Me Outside on Digital Wellness talking about the support we have received from Dr. Jane Goodall, with stories about my nature-based Montessori schooling, and the birth of our program Less Screen More Green and our Wellness in the Workplace and resort-based Digital Detox Retreats.
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