Offering the timeless understanding of our shared being
Founded in 2017, The Rupert Spira Foundation promotes worldwide access to the understanding of our shared being. The Foundation seeks to make the non-dual teaching as widely and inexpensively available as possible for those wishing to receive it who would not otherwise be able to do so for financial reasons.
The Foundation is engaged in a range of initiatives to share the non-dual understanding with people of all ages. This includes a YouTube Channel where Rupert answers questions submitted by viewers so that even those who cannot attend retreats are able to have their specific questions addressed. Plans are also in development for a documentary-style video. For younger readers, a book series will introduce children to the nature of their being in creative and accessible ways. Alongside these projects, the Foundation hosts donation-based meetings in Devon, UK, offering opportunities for in-person connection and exploration of our shared being.
The Rupert Spira Foundation is a U.S. 503(c)(1) non-profit organization funded exclusively by individual contributions and donations.
Rupert Spira shares the Foundation’s vision and purpose
‘Everyone should know that in the depths of their being lies a realm of silence and peace that is always available, irrespective of the content of their experience.’RUPERT SPIRA
Our founder
RUPERT SPIRA
From his early years, Rupert explored reality and the source of lasting happiness. At seventeen, he began meditating and studying Advaita Vedanta for twenty years. Since then, he has studied Sufism, Mystical Christianity and Kashmir Shaivism. Through writings, talks, and retreats, he distills these traditions into a simple approach to recognise our essential peace and joy. He holds regular meetings and retreats in the UK, Europe, USA, and online.
Meet our trustees
DAWN DAUPHINE
Having recently retired from law practice, Dawn is now a certified life coach and meditation teacher. A regular attendee of non-dual retreats since the 1990s, she is delighted to assist the Foundation in its mission of furthering the public’s education and understanding of the non-dual teaching. She divides her time between serving as the Foundation’s Executive Director and helping clients in her coaching practice.
LUIGI GATTI BONATI
Luigi began in private equity and investment banking at Barclays, Goldman Sachs, and Baa Merrill Lynch. He co-founded Fennyn in 2013, a global real estate firm focused on responsible and sustainable community projects around the world. Luigi has studied Eastern and Western mystical traditions, including non-duality and Rupert Spira's teachings, for many years. He holds a doctorate in Economics from LIUC University in Italy.
ANNE HOLMES
Anne serves as Vice President of Development at Peninsula Open Space Trust, with prior arts fundraising roles at Oregon Shakespeare Festival and Manhattan Theatre Club. She holds a B.A. in Music from Miami University. Introduced to non-duality through Francis Lucille, where she met Rupert Spira, Anne is honored to serve on the board of the Rupert Spira Foundation.
MATTHEW SPIRA
Matthew, an investment professional at Edmond de Rothschild, specializes in private debt and infrastructure credit. Holding an MSc in Finance from University College London and a BA in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics from Exeter University, he aims to contribute to the growth of his father's non-dual teaching. Based in London, Matthew blends analytical expertise with business strategy. An avid skier, he's passionate about sports.
LISA STONE
Lisa founded Stone Consulting Team, a boutique consultancy guiding law firms like Morrison & Forster through digital transformation. Immersed in the world of non-duality since the 1990s, she met Rupert Spira at a 1998 Francis Lucille retreat. Married for 25 years, Lisa divides her time between San Diego and New York City, applying her expertise in legal technology. Lisa brings clarity, calm, and wisdom to everything she does.
SIMON HORTON
Simon trained in commercial real estate at Oxford Polytechnic and spent over two decades working in California. He developed award-winning commercial projects and learned Transcendental Meditation in his twenties, inspiring a lifelong personal interest in Advaita Vedanta and Rupert Spira's Direct Path teaching. He holds a master's in counseling psychology and has practiced professionally as a psychotherapist.