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

Josh Lederman is an Emmy Award-winning journalist, communicator, writer and global affairs analyst. He is a fellow at Princeton University’s Center for International Security Studies, focused on emerging global threats, AI policy and geopolitical risk.

A longtime White House correspondent, Lederman has spent 15 years at the center of politics, public policy and international affairs, developing particular expertise in national security, diplomacy and the energy transition.

As a foreign correspondent for NBC News, he reported from around the world for NBC Nightly News, The Today Show, MSNBC and other NBC platforms. He has reported on the ground from more than 40 countries and nearly all 50 U.S. states.

Contact: https://joshlederman.com/

Beau Drury (Australia)

MONK LIFE PROJECT # 19

Beau Drury is an Australian breathwork facilitator, mindset coach, entrepreneur, and speaker. He is the co-founder of We Breathe Success⁠ and Believe In Your Breath, helping people improve their mindset, emotional wellbeing, performance, and personal growth through breathwork, NLP, hypnotherapy, meditation, and nervous system regulation.

Diagnosed with ADHD at a young age, Beau spent much of his early life struggling with anxiety, emotional regulation, and destructive patterns before discovering breathwork, which he credits with transforming his life. Since then, he has facilitated large-scale events, online programs, and coaching experiences for thousands of people across Australia and internationally.

IG: @iambeaudrury

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

Johannes Stosch (USA)

MONK LIFE PROJECT # 18

Johannes Müller Stosch is a German-born conductor and Director of Orchestral Activities at the Bob Cole Conservatory of Music at California State University, Long Beach, where he built one of the finest conservatory orchestras in Southern California. He also serves as Music Director of the Holland Symphony in Michigan and the Orange County Youth Symphony, and keeps an active international guest-conducting career across Europe, Asia, and North America. He holds a doctorate from the Eastman School of Music and has spent over two decades shaping young musicians and leading orchestras on the world stage.

Facebook: @jmstosch