Andy Hobson

Andy Hobson is a meditation teacher and professional musician, known for his warmth, authenticity and sense of humour. He combines his two passions to create guided meditations and immersive audio courses, and his teaching draws on many traditions, philosophies, religions and therapeutic approaches. He has more than 7 million plays of his guided meditations and music on Insight Timer, and his work is also on The Mindfulness App.

Music came first. Andy was a drummer who dreamed of becoming a rock star, and in 2003 his band signed with a major record label. He toured the world, played huge venues and recorded in legendary studios, but a sense of emptiness set in within months. When the band ended three years later, he was left with no money and lost in anxiety and depression. He returned to his books and to meditation, and gradually moved through it. He describes it as a bumpy ride with no magic fix, more a slow letting life be.

In 2010 he began teaching small groups in London. People asked for recordings, so he made CDs of his guidance and wrote cinematic soundtracks to go with each meditation, because music can reach states that words often can't. He also spent six years managing a child therapy service in a London primary school, offering one-to-one creative arts mentoring. His training includes mindfulness-based stress reduction at Bangor University, sound healing, and counselling skills. He doesn't tie his teaching to any single approach.

Andy teaches ways to use everything that happens, joyful or disastrous, as fuel for a more meaningful, peaceful life, with meditation as the central training ground. He teaches only what he has lived, tested and found true. He is the author of the book Doorways To Being and the audio course Whispers Beneath An Ancient Sun, and he releases music under the name Coraland.