Our Story

Ronn Pawo McLane's experience and teaching evolved over a lifetime of practice driven by the intense pain of migraine headaches, anxiety and depression. He founded Cultivate Meditation Academy in 2016 to provide a solid foundational training and certification platform for meditation teachers and introductory live workshops in churches, community centers and businesses.

As the pandemic began to dominate our world Ronn quickly turned his efforts online to help combat the rising stress resulting from the lockdown leading over 350 live meditation sessions serving thousands of views.  

In 2020 Ronn Pawo McLane launched The Backyard Buddhist Podcast and through more than 45 episodes he has connected around the planet and collaborated with an ongoing list of guests. 

Today we are proud to serve through on-demand workshops and courses for individuals and employee resources and look forward to the addition of in-person retreats in the coming year.