Dada Nabhaniilananda aka The Monk Dude, is a meditation instructor, an author, a keynote speaker and a musician. Born in New Zealand, he was ordained as a yoga monk with Ananda Marga in India in 1979. Dada has recorded eight musical albums and published two books, appeared on stage with the Dalai Lama before 10,000 people at the 1992 Rio Earth Summit, and taught or performed in more than 40 countries.

Dada currently lives in Silicon Valley, Northern California where he runs workshops on meditation and creativity and designs and records Meditative Experiences. His clients include Apple, Google, CISCO, NVIDIA, Facebook and UC Berkeley.

The primary meditation style Dada focuses on is mantra based. He uses music and chanting to create the perfect mood for a peaceful, blissful meditation experience, which includes guided visualization and a period of focused silence.