Dr. Ricardo Tarrasch

Co-founder, Chairman & Director of Research 

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Ricardo is a faculty member at the school of education and school of neuroscience of Tel Aviv University, with 30 years of experience in practicing meditation and yoga. During the last 10 years, he integrates mindfulness education and research in the academic field. Ricardo has been developing a mindfulness teaching program for children and studying  the effects of this program and other teaching programs among children and teachers. Additionally, he studies the effects of mindfulness practice in adults with attention deficit disorders and/or dyslexia on cerebral, cognitive and emotional measures. 

Moriya Rosenberg

Co-founder & CEO

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Moriya is a social entrepreneur and educator, who has been walking the path of meditation for a decade. She is specialized in developing mindfulness, movement and compassion-based educational content, and training educational teams in Social-Emotional Learning programs. Additionally, she is a senior Rhythm Therapy® workshops facilitator. Moriya holds a Master degree in social psychology from Tel Aviv University.

Dr. Rony Berger

Co-founder & Director of Pedagogy

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Clinical psychologist, senior lecturer and faculty member at the international stress and trauma program at the Tel Aviv University. World renowned expert at coping with stress and trauma, and one of the founders of the international association Psychology Beyond Borders, which works with war, terror and nature disaster survivors. He developed resilience kits for coping with traumatic situations, that were translated into 15 languages and implemented in many of the world's most disastrous events. Dr. Berger is also an adviser at the Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education at Stanford University, where he collaborates in designing programs which cultivate mindfulness and compassion. Lately he has worked with the institute founded by the Dalai Lama, Mind and Life Institute, in building pedagogy which praises civilian ethics, and was a partner in writing an appraisal for Call to Care, which he has been studying lately with Dr. Tarrasch.

Maty Lieblich

Co-founder & Director of Professional Training

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Maty Lieblich is a Scholar- Practitioner integrating Mindfulness based practices and theory from  current psychological research and the traditional Buddhist points of view. She is the co-founder and academic director of the Mindfulness Based Therapy program at The School of Social work of Bar Ilan University. Maty has co-developed the two-year course for educators at Tel Aviv University’s School of Education,  and directs school counselor supervisors at Israel’s ministry of education. She has been practicing and studying mindfulness for the past 28 years, and teaching mindfulness practice and theory for the past 17 years. She holds an MA in East-West psychology (1999)  from The California Institute of Integral Studies. Her Book “At the edge of Ego” has been published in 2009 by Keter- Rimon publication and her second book (as Editor and co-writer) “Mindfulness- Here and now, theory and practice” has been published in early 2018 by Keter publication and has been a national best seller since publication.

Ravid Bogaire

Co-founder & Director of Community Relations

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Cognitive and Educational psychologist working at the psychological public services, organizational school consultant at the Research and Development Department of the Ministry of Education specializing in mindful and compassionate school systems. Develops and teaches mindfulness and compassion based social emotional skills programs and workshops for therapists, educators, children and adults to fulfill personal  and social growth and wellbeing. Established the Mindfulness Forum for educational psychologist to enhance the  integration of mindfulness and 3rd wave therapy in the education psychology services. In the last decade Ravid has been practicing yoga and learning Buddhism as a way of life. These, along with her rich background in dance in Israel and France, influence her professional work as a psychotherapist, school psychologist and organizational school consultant.  

Nurit Yirmiya

Director of Mindful Parenting

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Professor of Clinical and Developmental Psychology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.  practices and teaches Mindfulness and Compassion at the University and elsewhere.  Nurit is currently developing the realm of Mindful and Compassionate Parenting. In the past, she served as the chairperson of the Lafer Center for Women and Gender Studies, as the chairpersons of the Social Sciences Ethics Committee and as Dean of Students at the Hebrew University.  She took leave of absence from the University to serve as the Chief Scientist and chairperson of the Israeli Committee for the Advancement of Women in Science and Technology at the Ministry of Science and Technology.  She has 4 children and 2 grandchildren.  She practices Yoga, Pilates and Nia and volunteers in NGOs for underprivileged women and children.