Sumedha (Hannah Bagshaw) (she/her) became interested in spiritual practice in her teens. After studying Comparative Religion at university, she practiced as a novice and nun for ten years in the Forest Tradition of Ajahn Chah (based in the UK and for a short time in the US). After disrobing in 2010, she co-managed Dharmagiri Hermitage for a year and then co-founded Ekuthuleni retreat place in France, bringing together ecology, simple living and meditation. In 2020 she moved on from Ekuthuleni, but remains resident in France. Sumedha is passionate about how we can reconnect with our deeper being through learning from nature itself – and how we bring that depth back into the world, in how we live and care about each other and the planet. She teaches in person retreats in Europe and the UK, and online programs with Sacred Mountain Sangha.