Eiji Han Shimizu

While wrongly imprisoned in a political prison camp, a young boy from Pyongyang faces daily atrocities that test his belief in the innate goodness of human.

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Eiji, as the producer, and Roko Belic, Academy nominated director, bring HAPPY, a film that sets out to answer these questions and more. Taking us from the bayous of Louisiana to the deserts of Namibia, from the beaches of Brazil to the neuroscience lab in leading Universities.

HAPPY explores the secrets behind our most valued emotion.

Eiji is the founder of Emotional Content LLC., which issues worldwide "Biographic Novel" — a series of MANGA biographies through Penguin Books. Together with talented comic book artists, he describes the ways of life of heroes who had changed the world.

Subjects include the 14th Dalai Lama, Mahatma Gandhi, Mother Teresa, Che Guevara, and more.

The series is now published in over 25 countries, and in more than 10 languages.

Eiji develops and delivers empirically validated mindfulness-based programs to enhance well-being and emotional balance of participants in conferences and seminars internationally. His unique, innovative and entertaining program includes games, singing, journaling, cognitive therapy, and various meditation techniques from around the world.

Learn more: happinesstraining.org

• Certified Instructor · Search Inside Yourself — Mindfulness-based EQ program developed at Google
• Certified Instructor · Cultivating Emotional Balance
• Certified Instructor Level 2 · Wim Hof Method
• Yamabushi Monk · Shugendo — Japanese mountain ascetic hermits

Designed Zen Hideaway, meditator-friendly villas in Bali, which was chosen as one of the most artistic villas in the world by Côte Sud magazine, featured in Netflix, GoPro, and OPPO ads.

The birthplace of the world famous swing entertainment in Bali.

Together with researchers, Eiji develops and delivers empirically validated mindfulness-based programs to enhance well-being and emotional balance of participants in conferences and seminars internationally.

His unique, innovative and entertaining program includes games, singing, journaling, cognitive therapy, as well as various meditation techniques from around the world, and the latest scientific findings on well-being and regulation of emotions.

Learn more: happinesstraining.org

Gamification of Happiness & Mindfulness enhancement in a book. Eiji also participated in other book projects on happiness as an editorial supervisor, an afterword contributor, and more.

Chosen into TED Residency 2017, and incubated an idea worth spreading at the HQs in Manhattan.