June 25th, 2020 - Manori Sumanasinghe - Neuma Being
Manori Sumanasinghe has had transformative experiences like out-of-body experiences since she was a child in Sri Lanka. She trained in mindfulness meditation with some of the most prolific and recognized Theravada Buddhist monks and meditations masters in Sri Lanka since age 11. She started studying Theravada Buddhist philosophy in her mid teens. Manori went on to train in energy mindfulness and heightened restful states with International Academy of Consciousness since 2003, where later she has served as an instructor and an assistant director.
She has lectured in North America, Europe and Asia on consciousness and design as well as creativity and design thinking. She has published her work in The Journal of Consciousness and is a contributing author of The Tao of the Dow: Economics of Being, where she discusses the emergence of technology and design for well-being, creativity, and transformation.
Manori has education and training in Architecture and Business. She was trained with award winning architects in Los Angeles, and in her previous career in business she has industry experience in Nike Manufacturing and supply chain in Asia and in business development at an e-commerce company in New York. . She went on to start her own design firm, Neumascape Studio, which has spun off the well-being tech startup Neuma Being, which was accepted into the prestigious Bixel Exchange incubator in 2020. Manori was one of the 20 scholarship recipients of Suzi Batiz’s ALIVE OS Program in 2020.
