Instructors
Trusted experts with a fresh, proven approach: Applied Mindfulness — practical skills to increase happiness and productivity.
FOUNDER & INSTRUCTOR
Elizabeth Perryman
Elizabeth Perryman specializes in mindfulness and meditation. An accomplished educator, writer, and speaker, she founded Upstream Mindfulness to help individuals and organizations live and work with less stress and more happiness. Her leadership, wisdom, and good humor have been honed over three decades of wide-ranging service and experience. She has worked in diverse settings with all kinds of people – in the White House, an orphanage in Mexico, boarding school, burger joint, Presbyterian church, and Cambridge University where she earned her PhD.
Across all of these settings, Elizabeth has identified mindfulness as a common denominator. “No matter what people are doing, they are happiest and most productive not when they’re stressed out, but when they are in a focused state of flow. Anyone can tap into this birthright; I simply teach them how to do so.”
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Co-Founder & Instructor
Jill Zastko
Jill Zastko is an empathic and intuitive teacher. A proud introvert, she has honed her skills of observation and intuition and intrinsic curiosity to learn more about how experiences shape her world, her work and herself.
Jill was leading teams to “Care for the Customer" in her quality management role with a Fortune-500 specialty retailer. Jill embarked on the next leg of her journey following a personal loss which found her caregiving for a family member. She enrolled in an MBSR course, and the experience reshaped her work-life balance. Along the teacher training path, she found she and Elizabeth had a synergy that sparked possibility. She joined Elizabeth, bringing with her experience in coaching and development, training and facilitation, and project management. She began studying mindfulness full-time, attending retreats with many influential Western meditation teachers from coast-to-coast. She is thrilled to combine energies with Elizabeth and to connect with people from all walks of life, who like them are pursuing their bliss.
Jill lives in Congress Park in Denver and spends time exploring Colorado’s backcountry with her cattle dog, PJ.