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KEVIN HUME teaches meditation and is a communications specialist.

He has experienced the stresses and rewards of a high-profile career as presenter of high-rating and award-winning daily news and current affairs programs such as 'Nationwide' (ABC TV) , 'State Affair' (Channel 7), 'Drivetime' (ABC Metro Radio) and 'Daybreak' (ABC Radio National) in Perth and Sydney. He has produced radio and television programs, written for film and television, presented and directed television documentaries, been editor of the weekly newspaper, 'The Sydney Star Observer' and media adviser, most recently to the New Zealand Attorney General, Minister of Labor and Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations and Associate Minister of Justice (Public Law).

As a media consultant in Australia , Kevin Hume has trained Cabinet Ministers, CEOs of government departments and agencies as well as private sector corporations. He has been guest lecturer on communications at Murdoch, Curtin and Edith Cowan Universities as well as guest speaker at state, national and international conferences amongst other public roles.

Born in 1946 and educated in New Zealand , he graduated with a Masters of Arts (Honors) in Political Studies and trained as a radio and television journalist. Kevin Hume has lived and worked in Auckland, Wellington, San Francisco, London, Berlin, Perth and Sydney and has contributed as a writer to a number of publications on his observations of the times in which we live and on his own highly diverse life experiences. Amongst other current interests, he is an occasional film critic for ABC Radio National. He is based in Sydney .

Kevin Hume began meditating in 1992 at a point of change and reassessment in his own life and has subsequently developed a variety of teaching techniques initially under the guidance of, and in continuing professional association with, renowned Perth meditation teacher, Eric Harrison, author of the best-selling 'Teach Yourself to Meditate' and 'Meditation and Health'. (See www.perthmeditationcentre.com.au)

Kevin Hume's teaching style draws from this solid grounding in a highly practical approach to meditation as well as from his own unique experiences and approach to life. He has a strongly developed interest in the contemporary medical and scientific inquiry into the nature and benefits of meditation. He has studied Islamic Sufism, Buddhism, Taoism, Christian and New Age mysticism amongst other spiritual beliefs across a variety of cultures and draws on all of these influences in his own life without being captive to any particular faith or creed.

This wealth of knowledge across a broad field, communications skills at the highest levels and considerable life experience is brought to bear in his unique teaching methods which combine intellectual rigor with empathy and insight into your personal needs or those of your organization.

'Meditation has been my anchor through the intense demands of high-profile public performance, the often immense stresses of politics and corporate life, the storms and turbulence of periods of reinvention, of pain and serious illness, of personal growth and change. In my daily life it is my continuing compass, companion and guide. And it has provided a fascinating means of accessing unfamiliar spiritual traditions, of navigating cultural diversity, and of appreciating the inspiring search for peace of mind transcending human differences and shared by all humanity. The choice of what you make of it is entirely yours'

Kevin Hume.

'The A to Z of meditation, with a wise, knowledgeable, and insightful instructor.'

David McCulloch, Government Relations Manager, Optus, Sydney.

'Kevin is a natural for meditation teaching - obviously vastly experienced - knowledgeable on many streams of thinking - humorous - and the ability to blend the right mix of talk and practice. '

Peter Bliss, General Manager, SR Events Company, Sydney and Qi Gong teacher.