Venerable Mettanananda
Venerable Mettānanda ordained at the Dhamma Sukha Meditation Center under the guidance of Bhante Vimalaramsi. He studied and practiced TWIM meditation in residence at the center as a  resident sāmaṇera. Venerable received teacher training guided by Bhante Vimalaramsi. He traveled to Butan where he took residence in a Buddhist monastery for study in their traditional practices.  In 2022, he returned to the Dhamma Sukha Meditation Center to complete teacher training and began co teaching retreats with Delson Armstrong and Bhante Ananda in Sri Lanka and India. 
In his earlier lay life, Liam McClintock, received a BA from Yale then worked in finance as a private equity investor. He was drawn to meditation practice and traveled to Asia to find a teacher. There he studied meditation and completed 800 hours of yoga teacher training. He earned a Master of Science degree in applied neuroscience from King's College London, UK. 

​in 2018 Liam created and launched the "FitMind" a Facebook app that attracted thousands of members. It features applied neuroscience with  meditation. more at the podcast: https://www.fitmind.co/podcast  
Delson Armstrong talks with enerable Mettānanda about his Yogi Meditation background and his discovery of Buddhist Meditation practice. Delson is a master Kriya Yoga 6th level meditator who discovers another path which takes him into the Jhanas and ultimately the Cessation of all mental activity. Neuroscience researchers do some brain scans in the Netherlands and come up with some surprising conclusions. 
​Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tn9WlWH3rPE&t=3s
AKA Liam McClintock 
Founded in 2018 by Liam, FitMind featured mental wellness and meditation training via a mobile app and through workshops at Fortune 500 companies, addiction centers, schools, government offices, and other organizations.​
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