Whitney Blackburn-Lynch has spent her life bringing together seemingly different worlds: engineering and spirituality, science and contemplation, play and healing.

As a child, Whitney dreamed of becoming an Imagineer, designing rides for Disney theme parks. That dream eventually led her into engineering, where she earned a Master's Degree in Environmental Engineering and worked in both state government and private consulting before pursuing a PhD and discovering a deep love for teaching.

Today, Whitney serves as Director of Engineering at Earlham College in Richmond, Indiana, where she is helping build a new engineering program centered on creativity, design, and human connection.

Alongside her work as an engineer and educator, Whitney is an ordained interfaith minister, trained spiritual director, and mindfulness coach. She has been attending Quaker Meeting since 2006 and has long been interested in the ways mindfulness, movement, and community can support healing and well-being.

Martial arts have also been an important part of Whitney's journey. She holds a black belt in Taekwondo and a red belt in Krav Maga and is currently studying Shaolin Wing Chun Kung Fu. Through martial arts, she has developed a deep appreciation for the connection between body, mind, breath, and spirit, and for the ways movement practices can cultivate resilience, presence, and inner peace.

Whitney's approach to teaching is deeply experiential and draws from a wide range of practices, including mindfulness, laughter yoga, qigong, martial arts, nature, and creative play. She believes that joy, curiosity, movement, and connection are essential ingredients for a meaningful and resilient life.

Whether she is teaching engineering students, leading a mindfulness practice, or facilitating laughter yoga, Whitney's passion is helping people reconnect with themselves, find moments of calm and delight, and discover new ways of living with greater presence, compassion, and ease.

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