About Me
Dov Cowan Founder of Above the Maze Coaching.
I have always believed that the best way to describe a person is not by what they do for a living or where they grew up or where they live now. The best way to discover a person, is to ask them; what is your passion?
My passion has always been to help people discover the innate well-being, joy and serenity that lays within. A native of the United Kimgdom, I spent my youth trying to accumulate as many life experiences as possible whilst travelling the world.
Teaching English in Kathmandu, exploring the Egyptian Sahara dressed as a bedouin and climbing Italy’s highest mountain Gran Paradiso, (to name just a few of the adventures) taught me the valuable lesson of how every individual has their own story to tell.
A keen student and natural linguist, I was always fascinated in the interplay of body and soul and was constantly seeking to develop my spirituality. After graduating from McGill University in Montreal with a BA in History and spending a year working in Public Affairs, I decided to dedicate myself to a path of deeper spiritual living by studying to become a Rabbi, therapist and life-coach.
Since 2008, I have dedicated my time, energy and efforts to teaching myself and others how to live a more joyful, balanced and fulfilled life by nurturing a powerful synthesis between our soul and body. My current list of Qualifications include:
Meditation Instructor for the past ten years
Advanced Diploma in Humanistic Integrative Counselling
Forest Bathing Instructor
Certificate in MBSR (Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction)
Registered with BACP (British Association of Counsellors and Psychotherapists)
Diploma: Level 1 IFS (Internal Family Systems)
Wilderness Therapy Specialist Training Course
BA in History from McGill University
Rabbinic Ordination
I married my wife Rochelle, an expert Women’s Health Physiotherpaist, in 2005 and together we are doing the best we can to drag/bring up our five wonderful kids that give us no end of reasons to learn more about how to constantly listen, love and learn.
