Alaya is a project that arises from the desire to contribute on bringing out the best potential of each of us to generate a positive impact on society and the world.
Carla Romeu Dalmau
Has been working on social and environmental sustainability for more than 15 years in the academic field, in companies and also in NGOs. She has a doctorate in Ecology from the Autonomous University of Barcelona, she has worked at the University of Oxford (United Kingdom) and at the Sustainable Trade Initiative (Holland). She currently works for a positive impact innovation start-up (The Overview Effect) and is an associate professor at EADA. She has been practicing meditation and studying Buddhism since 2016.
Alberto Gámez Sangrá
Is an industrial engineer from the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya and completed an Executive MBA at the School of Business Administration, Barcelona. He has national and international experience in business development, strategy, finance, human resources, organization and consulting and he is currently the director of the Tushita meditation center.
Marina Brucet Vinyals
Has a PhD from the University of Barcelona in the area of molecular biology. She has completed the Masters Program of Advanced Buddhist Studies (Istituto Lama Tsong Khapa, Italy) and has been teaching meditation and Buddhist philosophy courses for more than 15 years. She is a trainer of the Social, Emotional, and Ethical Learning educational program at Emory University (United States) and collaborates with the University of Girona and the Pablo de Olavide University of Seville. She is co-author of the Buddhist Mind Science course from the Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition.
Hans Burghardt Coll
Has a PhD from the University of Barcelona in the area of molecular biology. He has completed the Masters Program of Advanced Buddhist Studies (Istituto Lama Tsong Khapa, Italy) and has been teaching meditation and Buddhist philosophy courses for more than 15 years. He is a trainer of the Social, Emotional, and Ethical Learning educational program at Emory University (United States) and collaborates with the University of Girona and the Pablo de Olavide University of Seville. He is co-author of the Buddhist Mind Science course from the Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition.
Thubten Kalden
Has been a Buddhist monk for 4 years and has been studying and practicing Buddhism for more than 10 years. He has been in retreat in different parts of the world and has continuously helped in the administrative part of the monasteries and Buddhist centers due to his background. Previously, he was a partner at an investment bank in Brazil where he worked in Private Equity in different countries. He has completed degrees in law and accounting, and has a Masters in Business Administration with an emphasis in Finance.
The hardest thing in the world is to simplify your life; it's so easy to make it complex.
All of us in the team come from the world of business, science or both, and at the same time, we have also come into the Buddhist world as we found in it many answers, if not all of them. Not only we don’t hide it but we are proud of it.
We have in common that we want to contribute to this world with the best version of ourselves through putting in practice the Buddhist ancient knowledge of the mind. This set of knowledge and techniques have an impact on well-being and internal capabilities, which we have experienced ourselves and which is gradually being proven through many scientific studies.
We are in different times, but in the same need for awareness, human qualities and wisdom.
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We support companies and entities to, bring out the best in us, in a joint effort between people who want to contribute to greater personal, professional and global well-being.
If you are interested in our proposal and want to know more, contact us.