Director

MentalPraxis is directed by Dr. Chris Goto-Jones, certified Philosophical Counsellor. Educated in Cambridge, Keio (Tokyo), and Oxford Universities, Chris is Professor in Philosophy at the University of Victoria, Canada.  He is also a Professorial Research Fellow at SOAS, University of London, and an Honorary Professor in Asian Studies at the University of British Columbia.  He was previously Professor of Comparative Philosophy & Political Thought and Professor of Modern Japan Studies at Leiden University (The Netherlands).  Chris is an experienced meditation teacher (trained in Zen, Insight, and Daoist traditions), mindfulness coach (certified in MBCT and MBSR), registered Counselling Hypnotherapist, and qualified martial arts instructor.  He is terrible at Street Fighter.  He is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, a member of the Canadian Philosophical Association, the Canadian Psychological Association, the Society for Existential Analysis, and the International Society for Hypnosis.
 
​With humility and gratitude, I acknowledge and respect the Lekwungen peoples on whose traditional territory I live, learn, and work, as well as the Songhees, Esquimalt, and WSÁNEĆ peoples whose vital relationships with the land live to this day.

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The images used on this site were conceptualized by Chris Goto-Jones for various projects.  The character set (monk, zombie, ninja, hippie, scientist) was illustrated by Siku for the MOOC: Demystifying Mindfulness.  The Ninja Mindfulness and Virtual Ninja images were also illustrated by Siku.  The art for the Zombie Mindfulness project is by Ricardo Bessa.  The Jedi Mindfulness images are by Glen Mullaly.  The Mindfulness Philosophy images were drawn by Roxanne van Beek.  All images are copyright  MentalPraxis 2016 - they can be re-used for non-commercial purposes with proper acknowledgement.