About Liam McClintock
As a child, Liam McClintock channeled much of his energy into sports, becoming the No. 1-ranked U.S. junior squash player at age 15.
Later, while studying at Yale, he founded a hangover supplement company that was featured in TIME, Men’s Health, and other publications.
As he became increasingly fascinated with mental and physical fitness, he began exploring Buddhism, psychology, and nutrition.
Soon after graduating from college, Liam left his career in private equity to pursue meditation and contemplative practice. His path included 800 hours of yoga teacher training, studying with several well-known meditation teachers, and three years as a Buddhist monk.
This journey has taken him around the world, where he has studied diverse practices, including:
In 2018, Liam founded FitMind in Denver, Colorado, hosting meditation workshops for companies such as Uber. He also completed a Master of Science degree in Applied Neuroscience at King’s College London, with a dissertation on the neural correlates of advanced “nondual” meditation.
Liam eventually became a Buddhist monk to devote more time to meditation. He was a forest monk in the Theravāda Buddhist tradition, first ordained in 2021 by Bhante Vimalaramsi.
Liam has participated in consciousness research at Harvard and contributed to the early development of advanced meditation training at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital.
Today, Liam aims to live a balanced life centered on community, service, and continued practice. He enjoys meditating, surfing, kung fu, and trail running with his dog, Galleta. He believes that a better, happier world starts with training our minds.
Liam’s journey is explored in his book, Fit Mind: 4 Steps to Lasting Bliss—Neuroscience & Meditation for Daily Life.
What’s a monk?
Liam was a forest monk in the Theravāda Buddhist tradition, a lineage that traces back 2,500 years to the historical Buddha, Siddhartha Gautama. Ordained in 2021 by Bhante Vimalaramsi, he received the Pāli name Mettānanda, meaning “the bliss of love.” During his time as a monk, he lived simply with one robe, no hair, and few possessions, devoting himself to cultivating compassion, awareness, and inner peace—whether in deep seclusion or in service to others.