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Born	7 March 1958 (age 61) Manchester, England Occupation	Meditation guide, author, podcaster Tom Evans (born 7 March 1958) is an English meditation guide, author and podcaster. Evans is an expert at using mindfulness meditation techniques to improve creativity, productivity and vitality.

Evans has written 13 non-fiction books on the subjects of creativity, philosophy, metaphysics and mindfulness. He has also written two books of shorts stories and is publishing his first full novel in 2019. He is one of the most popular meditation guides on the app Insight Timer and has created two courses The Art of Timefulness and Mindfulness for Busy People. Since 2012, he has hosted The Zone Show podcast, which explores the theme of how to get into the creative zone to produce our best output.

Contents 1	Early life 2	Career 3	Published works 4	Speaking and media 5	References 6	External links

Early Life
Early life Evans was born in Manchester, England. He attended Xaverian College, Rusholme, Manchester and studied Electrical and Electronic Engineering at Birmingham University.

Career After graduating from Birmingham University, Evans's first job was as an operational engineer at BBC TV in Manchester. He moved to Sony Broadcast and became their in-house expert and trainer in camera and camcorder technology, teaching at broadcasters worldwide.

By 1990, Evans had formed his own company manufacturing products for broadcasters. His first product won an RTS Award for Engineering. He invented the first way to synchronise TC cameras with computer screens to remove the flicker effect.

By 2000, he had built a second business in the ecommerce sector, utilising his broadcasting expertise.

In 2005, he left the high technology world and wrote his first book of short stories, 100 Years of Ermintrude. Many other books were to follow as well as an unexpected career transition to being an author's mentor and meditation guide.

In 2016, he was discovered by the app Insight Timer and has become recognised worldwide for his work making mindfulness meditation accessible, relevant and practical. His meditations have been listened to over 1.7 million times (April 2019) and thousands of meditators have enrolled for his courses.

Published Works
Evans has published 15 books. His first book, 100 Years of Ermintrude was published in 2006. His first non-fiction book, Blocks was published in 2009. It was followed by three metaphysical explorations, Flavours of Thought (2009), The Art and Science of Light Bulb Moments (2010) and Planes of Being (2011). Two philosophical books followed, This We Know (2012) and This We Are (2013), he also narrated both audiobook versions. He also published The Zone in 2013 which gave rise to The Zone Show podcast. A book of 22 short stories based on the Major Arcana of the Tarot, The Germinatrix, appeared in a gap between non-fiction books in 2014. A book which contains some of his life story of transition from broadcast engineering, New Magic for a New Era was published in 2015. In an especially prolific period, he published three books on practical applications of mindfulness, Mindful Timeful Kindful (2015), Managing Time Mindfully (2015) and The Authority Guide to Practical Mindfulness (2016). The Just for Today illustrated book of mindfulness tips followed in 2017. In 2018, he published his first co-authored work with Laurence Udell, The Big Ü. 2019 sees the publication of his first novel, Soulwaves : A Future History, which is a post-dystopian cyberpunk exploration of what might be on the cards for humanity within the next 100 years.

Speaking and media Evans has become well known as a keynote speaker, opening and closing conferences with meditations. He also trains businesses on how to use mindfulness techniques to improve their efficiency and creativity.

His podcast, The Zone Show, has well over 250 episodes and features many leading thinkers and authors from all across the globe.

References

Innovative business networking https://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/business/businesses-meet-tweet-woods-4823708

Write a book for commuters competition https://www.getsurrey.co.uk/whats-on/find-things-to-do/write-story-guildford-london-train-journey-4819451

Meditation through the lens of science https://www.zencommuter.com/blog/883-tom-evans-shares-his-view-of-meditation-through-the-lens-of-tech-and-science

Writing, meditation and changing the speed of time https://www.inspirationalcreatives.com/podcast/051-tom-evans/

Mindfulness-based time management https://themanbits.com/20-2/

Links
Evans's web site www.tomevans.co The Zone Show Podcast www.thezoneshow.com Evans's meditations and mindfulness courses www.insighttimer.com/tomevans