We are Cristof Ensslin and Sophia Ojha Ensslin. This is our Third Person Bio!

Sophia and Cristof each have more than 10 years of meditation practice in different types of meditation. They have given several talks about the topic at the Senior Center of Boone, NC, between 2018 and 2019, and led over 90 meditation sessions between 2018 and 2021 (in-person and via Zoom).

Sophia has participated in two 10-day in-person Vipassana meditation retreats in Georgia, USA, two one-week meditation-related programs in Dharamsala, India, and one 10-day Zoom meditation retreat with a loving kindness retreat center in Missouri, USA. 

Cristof has participated in three 10-day in-person Vipassana meditation retreats in Georgia, USA. He has done three 10-day retreats in loving kindness meditation with a retreat center in Missouri, USA (one via Zoom and two on-site ones). In one of these retreats, he was temporarily ordained as a novice monk. Cristof has also spent one month as a lay participant in a Buddhist monastery in Australia. 

Currently, Cristof and Sophia lead a daily morning meditation group online via Zoom where they guide people through loving kindness meditation. They also offer uplifting content for a healthy mind on CreateUpliftingThoughts.com and YouTube. Together, they want to make meditation easily accessible for everyone so participants can experience the benefits of meditation first-hand. Cristof and Sophia’s vision is to help people create a more peaceful life one moment at a time.