Mitra Manesh's story took a defining turn

with an act of radical choice.

She left her home country on foot.

With no certainty of what came next —

only the decision to move toward something different.

That moment of choosing over surviving,

of directing attention consciously rather than reactively,

became the seed of everything she now teaches.

What followed was four decades of learning —

across temples in Asia, boardrooms in North America,

and classrooms on four continents.

Attentionism was born from that journey.