Kirk Voronko (Ukraine)

MONK LIFE PROJECT # 18

I was born in Ukraine, but I have spent half of my life in Japan. In my youth, I trained in kickboxing and became a European champion. Later, by chance, I got into modeling. I appeared in magazines and catalogs all over the world, and walked in fashion shows.

Over time, I studied journalism and became a journalist. A few years later, I was promoted to news anchor and became a TV host. But life had more surprises in store for me. When the war began in Ukraine, my life changed once again.

Now I study psychology and meditation, run a blog, and plan to open a school focused on spirituality and mental recovery.

IG: @kirk_voronko

Sam Marks (USA)

MONK LIFE PROJECT # 13

Entrepreneur, investor, and host of the Invest Like a Boss podcast, Sam built and exited multiple international companies at a young age before spending the next chapter of his life traveling the world, investing, and searching for deeper meaning beyond external success. After visiting more than 100 countries and exploring Buddhism for several years, he came to iMonastery to deepen his practice and reconnect with a simpler, more grounded way of living. He has since founded a nonprofit organization called Spirit Bright, which supports children, meditation and mindfulness projects, and animal sanctuaries.

IG: @sammarks12

Kevin Lidin (Sweden)

MONK LIFE PROJECT # 8

Kevin is a yoga and mindfulness teacher as well as a personal trainer. Dedicating his life to practicing the eightfold path while sharing the wisdom with others.

Contact:
IG: @Kevin_Lidin
[email protected]

Scott Breasseale (USA)

MONK LIFE PROJECT # 18

Completely retired at age 62 (currently 65) after working 43 years for the Department of Defense as active duty Command Sergeant Major in Special Forces, a defense contractor and finally as a government service employee GS14. I have worked, lived, and/or visited over 50 countries so far and currently reside in Bangkok, Thailand. I have 3 adult children, 5 grandchildren and a future granddaughter due in August of 2026. Currently I volunteer at Bangkok Community Help Foundation, 6 days a week, feeding the homeless and elderly of Bangkok.

Contact: [email protected]

Kevin Fashola (USA)

MONK LIFE PROJECT # 20

Kevin Fashola is a national security and foreign policy professional, storyteller, and advocate for mindful governance. With experience spanning Presidential administrations, the U.S. Department of Defense and State, Congress, and international affairs, his work explores the intersection of geopolitics, human behavior, and consciousness.

After over a decade working inside institutions of power in the United States, Kevin’s journey eventually led him toward monastic life and contemplative practice, where he began exploring how inner transformation shapes leadership, society, and conflict.  Through his platform Conscious Citizen, he seeks to bridge mindfulness, governance, culture, and global affairs in a way that is thoughtful, grounded, and accessible.

His work focuses on the psychology of nations, emotional resilience, social cohesion, and the deeper human forces shaping modern civilization.

Josh Lederman (USA)

MONK LIFE PROJECT # 15

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Beau Drury (Australia)

MONK LIFE PROJECT # 19

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Ashley Edelman (Australia)

MONK LIFE PROJECT # 14

Ashley Edelman is a Human Regulation Expert, facilitator, and storyteller whose work sits at the intersection of nervous system science, somatic practice, and the lived experience of being human. With a following of over 178,000 people across his platform @consciously_ash, his work explores what it actually takes to feel safe in your own body, and what becomes possible when you do.

Through his Immersiv events across Southeast Asia and the Middle East, group experiences, and one-on-one work, Ashley creates conditions where people finally feel safe enough to put down what they’ve been carrying. His work centres on nervous system regulation, breathwork, presence as a practice, and what he calls human regulation: the capacity to stop surviving and start living, not through thinking about it, but through feeling it.

IG: @consciously_ash