Meet Our founder

Shanti is a mental health practitioner, nonprofit leader, facilitator, and artist whose work weaves contemplative practice, integrative healing, and collective care in service of individual and relational well-being.

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​Shanti earned her Master’s in Social Work from North Carolina Central University and holds a certificate in Nonprofit Management from Duke University. She is an associate-level licensed clinical social worker in the state of North Carolina. In 2003, Shanti received her meditation and energy medicine training in Kolkata, India through lineage-based study in Dr. Mikao Usui’s tradition, under the guidance of Reiki Master L. M. Puri.

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In the nonprofit sector, Shanti serves as the Director of KidSCope, an early childhood mental health program at Families & Communities Rising Inc., and is the  Co-Board Chair of CORE NC, a racial equity and community organizing nonprofit. Shanti is a frequent conference speaker and trainer, supporting early childhood educators, mental health professionals, social workers and nonprofit leaders.

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Shanti founded House of Earth in 2017 as an effort to bridge modern systems with contemplative practices and to honor the well-being of each individual as essential to the health and sustainability of our collective society.​​