Team & Partners
NDSR brings together expertise in meditation, psychology, neuroscience, contemplative traditions, and educational program design.
Core team
Zach is the creator and developer of NDSR — the culmination of spending over two decades studying meditation, nonduality, and comparative spiritual traditions including Buddhism, Advaita Vedanta, Dzogchen, and Kashmiri Shaivism.
He has extensive experience designing contemplative programs, leading guided meditations, writing spiritually-informed books, and creating online courses — all bridging ancient wisdom with the modern world. His current work aims to evaluate whether NDSR can equal or exceed the effectiveness of existing programs like MBSR by targeting the root causes of suffering rather than surface-level symptoms.
Mike Spurling is the co-creator and co-developer of NDSR. A certified mindfulness teacher dedicated to making transformative contemplative practices accessible, grounded, and scientifically sound.
With years of practice in mindfulness, meditation, and consciousness studies, Mike brings a calm, thoughtful presence to the development of NDSR. His clarity, embodiment, and direct experience helps participants approach non-duality not as a philosophy, but as a practical pathway to reducing stress and suffering in daily life.
Growing collaborations
NDSR consults with mental health professionals, contemplative clinicians, and trauma-informed practitioners to ensure the program is safe, grounded, and accessible.
Names and bios will be added as advisors formally join.
NDSR is actively building collaborations with researchers in contemplative neuroscience, psychology of self and identity, stress research, consciousness studies, meditation science, and psychophysiology.
Research partners will be listed as studies begin.
As NDSR grows, certified instructors and teaching assistants will support 8-week program cohorts, retreat facilitation, research groups, and clinical integration workshops.
This section will expand as the Training & Certification program launches.
Partner organizations
A contemplative retreat environment currently in development, offering immersive spaces for deep practice. NDSR retreats may be hosted at Satori Springs once the center opens.
A contemplative community dedicated to nondual spiritual practice, ethical living, and meditation-based self-inquiry. NDSR shares philosophical roots while serving a broader, more secular audience.
A creative spiritual publishing and education company producing books, decks, courses, and contemplative tools. NDSR materials and future apps may be published or supported through Enlightenment Games.
NDSR is actively seeking collaboration with clinicians, meditation teachers, universities and research institutions, retreat centers, nonprofits, community health organizations, and wellness practitioners.