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Amir holds a Master's degree in Counseling and Adult Education from University of Toronto, Canada. He worked in mental health research at the Department of Psychiatry of University of Toronto, and studies and practices the effect of mind-body integration in mental health and balanced living since the year 2000. He has undergone MBSR Teacher Training Program at the Centre for Mindfulness in Medicine, Health and Society at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, and has been teaching MBSR to different groups including public, mindfulness trainers, university students and therapists, corporate staff and executives since 2005.

Amir is the founding director of the Centre for Mindfulness in Iran, Co-founder/director of the Indian based Omega Wellbeing, and senior certified mindfulness teacher at UMASS Medical School. He is a faculty member at Institute for Mindfulness-Based Approaches in Germany ( IMA). Amir holds workshops and retreats internationally for public , healthcare professionals, and organisations.