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Gil Hoggwho is from New Zealand, originally trained as a barrister and solicitor. He has worked as a lawyer in private practice, as a senior crown counsel in Hong Kong, and as a senior executive for large corporations.
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was chairman of the national drug rehabilitation charity, Phoenix House, for seven years, and chairman of the community service charity Charterhouse-in-Southwark. He has held posts in the International Bar Association, and been a member of the government's Monopolies and Mergers Commission, now the Competition Commission.
Gil is married with two children and lives in Fulham, London.
Gil discovered meditation over fifteen years ago. He says: "It was during my days as a corporate executive. Meditation was introduced as a way of increasing personal potential. I found the practice worked for me. I began to enjoy my work more, and I believe I became a lot better at it. At the same time, I decided I needed to know more about how and why meditation had beneficial effects. I began to study it at home and in my travels abroad. I attended retreats and listened to teachers from many countries, Japan, Korea, Nepal, China, Tibet and the USA. And at the same time I was keeping the notes which eventually became Teaching Yourself Tranquillity."
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