Elizabeth Pyjov

Founder, Happiness SanghaLaw School and Business School Faculty at Loyola University ChicagoMTS Harvard Divinity School, Theology DegreeJ.D. Harvard Law School‍Certification Stanford Medical School in the Neuroscience, Philosophy, Pedagogy of CompassionB.A. Harvard College, Romance Languages and LiteraturesElizabeth, J.D., M.T.S. is a graduate school professor, renowned meditation teacher, facilitator, scholar, theologian, lawyer, and published poet who holds three Harvard degrees, speaks five languages, has lived in seven countries, and has designed over 100 programs for happiness and fulfillment through her organization Happiness Sangha. She has over 15 years of experience teaching meditation and is a regular facilitator for international and national retreats.Elizabeth's past experience includes working as an Investment Funds attorney at Sidley Austin, human rights work at the United Nations, investigations for the New York Attorney General’s Office, and working as the translator for Nobel Prize–winning Italian writer Dario Fo.She has taught at Stanford, Harvard, Columbia, NYU, Mt. Sinai, Rutgers, Loyola Chicago, University of Alaska, the Library of Congress, The Carlyle Group, Deutsche Bank, the New York Appellate Court, Public Defenders Offices, and top law firms worldwide.Her signature program called "Path to Happiness" combines science of the mind, philosophy, world theology, and meditation practices to help people find happiness, lots of energy, connection to ancestors, joy, and resilience through anything.This work is the greatest privilege of her life.

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