Pete Kirchmer

About Pete

Pete Kirchmer is a member of the Gaja Coach Certification faculty and the developer and lead trainer of the life-coaching program it grew from. A mindfulness-based coach, MBSR teacher, and meditation teacher, he is the founder of Mindfulness Based Health, a private coaching practice, and the Program Director of mPEAK (Mindful Performance Enhancement, Awareness & Knowledge) at the UC San Diego Center for Mindfulness, where he also teaches.

Pete started out as a personal trainer with a BS in Exercise Physiology from the University of Arizona, then spent two years living at Rancho La Puerta as its resident life coach, where he remains a specialty presenter. He trained as a Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction teacher through the UMass Oasis Institute, as a Mindful Self-Compassion teacher through the Center for Mindful Self-Compassion, and as a certified professional life coach through the Coaches Training Institute, the Center for Applied Positive Psychology, and Wellcoaches. He is also a certified meditation teacher, an efi Sports Medicine Master Trainer, and a certified STOTT Pilates instructor.

His specialty is applying mindfulness to lifestyle change, stress, and performance, with clients that include athletes, executives, military and first responders, musicians, and dancers. He teaches on Insight Timer, serves on the board of the Encinitas Mindfulness Community, and lives in Encinitas, California.