Pieter Oosthuizen

Pieter Oosthuizen is an entrepreneur and CEO of Paracelsus Labs Inc, a start-up focused on launching a new organic consumer brand.  In the past Pieter has brought innovative leadership to institutions such as Naropa University where he held the position of Assistant Vice President for Academic Affairs, overseeing the School of Extended Studies, and Tara Mandala Buddhist Retreat Center, founded and led by Lama Tsultrim Allione, where he served as Executive Director for four years.  He is currently a Trustee on the Board of Tara Mandala.  His years of leadership have been dedicated to creating healthy, creative, and effective organizations built on cultures of openness, authenticity and honest communication. He completed the Authentic Leadership Training in 2004.

Pieter has been teaching and offering guidance in meditation and the process of Feeding your Demons for several years. To this end he brings a unique blend of incisive insight and genuine compassion.  Among other disciplines, he has studied in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition for two decades and most recently with Lama Tsultim Allione.