Founder, Coach

Hello & Welcome! My name is Sean Phillips, I am the founder and

coach here at Rounding Edges. Teaching, coaching, and

discussing meditation is my passion and I look forward to our

sessions together. First, let me tell you a little bit about myself and

how I ended up here: 

 

I was first introduced to meditation in 2012 by one of my high school teachers, but it wasn't until my freshman year at the University of Wisconsin Madison - after a friend lent me a book titled "Search Inside Yourself" by Chade-Meng Tan - that I started my own practice. I was fascinated by the mind and meditation became a nice break in my days.

During my junior year of college, as schooling became more difficult, I began to struggle with anxiety. I remembered the states of peace I had experienced through meditation practice and started following guided meditations before bed every night to help fall asleep. In time, it worked! This felt like a miraculous discovery - almost a superpower - but eventually school got easier, my anxiety lessened, and I stopped my daily practices.

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I graduated with my neurobiology degree and went straight into medical school. Covid hit, school went virtual, and my mental health plummeted to an all time low. I decided to take a year away from school and began independently studying the mind, philosophy, religion, spirituality, consciousness, and meditation with the vigor and intensity of a medical student used to long days in the library. I was again putting into practice all that I learned and cultivating a deep sense of inner peace, happiness, and mental wellness that I couldn't fully explain nor previously thought possible for myself. Having personally experienced and witnessed the prevalent states of poor mental health amongst my classmates and colleagues, I understood the significance of finding ways to heal. I was determined to further understand my experience and dropped out of school to continue the new journey I found myself on.

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I spent the next three years traveling, exploring, meeting with different meditation and spiritual teachers, and continuing my studies and practice. I published a book of poetry inspired by my experiences and created many blogs, videos, and pieces of art sharing what I was learning. In time, my searching was laid more and more to rest as I found stability in the underlying principles that ran like a thread through all the different forms. The understandings and practices that were now more engrained in my life brought peace and comfort - even in the face of relatively much greater challenges. In time, the meditative state of alert, peaceful presence began to integrate with everyday life; although life's challenges never cease and therefore neither does the practice. 

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It has been a long and winding journey that is ever-evolving. I am happy to now share what I currently understand with others and walk the path beside you.

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- Sean