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About the founder
Huan Minh Vuong, dharma practitioner and founder of Restful Awareness
Restful Awareness grew out of more than 30 years of meditation and study of the Dharma. Here is the short story of the person behind the app, in his own words.
My journey
I never set out to create a method or to become a teacher. From an early age I was curious about the nature of life and about who we really are, and that curiosity became a journey of more than 30 years: Buddhist monasteries and teachings, meditation, retreats, and years of studying and living the Dharma.
Through those years I recognised the true nature of awareness, the unchanging essence beneath the shifting patterns of thought, emotion and personality. From my own experience I developed a sequence of meditation techniques. I have also looked at their effect with a Muse brainwave device, as my own observation and not as a clinical study.
My understanding of mindfulness and of Restful Awareness comes from the teaching of several teachers, each showing me a different side of the same path. I was trained in mindfulness and in Restful Awareness, in recognising awareness itself and having it pointed out to me directly. That is how I came to recognise the inner presence within myself that I know so well today.
People around me noticed a change and began to ask what I was doing. At first I said no, more than once. Then I agreed to share my experience in small guided sessions, and that grew into many years of sessions and courses, among others in Glostrup, Denmark. Many described rediscovering a peace and clarity they had long believed was lost. In recent years I have also written a series of reflective articles.
That is the paradigm shift: it is not about learning something new, but about returning to what we have forgotten in the busyness of life, ourselves. Peace and clarity are not something we have to create or achieve. They are qualities we already carry, and the app gently helps you recognise what time and life may have made you forget. I do not see myself as a teacher with the answers, only as someone who has walked the path and can show where it begins.
I share this for the benefit of everyone: to help people reduce stress, anxiety and anger, grow inner trust in themselves, and become calmer and more stable in everyday life.
Written by Huan Minh Vuong, founder of Restful Awareness
“I cannot walk the journey for anyone else, but I can show where it begins. The rest of the journey belongs to each individual.”Huan Minh Vuong
Courses and sessions
Meditation courses and sessions have been held in Glostrup, Denmark, where participants practise together.
Questions people ask
Who founded Restful Awareness?
Restful Awareness was founded by Huan Minh Vuong, a dharma practitioner with more than 30 years of meditation practice.
Who is Huan Minh Vuong?
He is a dharma practitioner who developed a sequence of meditation techniques from his own experience, helps others find inner peace and has written a series of reflective articles.