Biography

Ross McKeachie trained as an actor in Vancouver from 2010 - 2013 while auditioning and performing in theatre, film & television, web series, and stand up comedy. At that time his agent was Jason Ainslie of Principals Talent. He auditioned for the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and was offered a partial scholarship for their New York campus. However, Ross was also seriously practicing yoga and meditation which led him to step away from performing in order to devote his time to spiritual pursuits. He met his teacher, Yogacharini Maitreyi in 2015 and has been apprenticing with her since then. He kept his performing spirit alive, periodically training, doing readings, and participating in improv comedy. In October 2022 he stepped back into the world of performing arts playing the co-lead role of Patrick in Kico Gonzalez-Riso's "Timepiece" at the the Heritage Playhouse in Gibsons BC. In April 2023 he is on stage again in the leading role, Phil Grady, in David King's comedy "The Garage Sale," also at the Heritage Playhouse.

Ross is a multifaceted writer and practitioner on the Sunshine Coast in British Columbia, Canada. He is the host of Branches of Wisdom (The Banyen Books Podcast), as well as the Community Director and Assistant Teacher Trainer at Arkaya Awareness Center - a traditional school of Yoga & Tantra offering international programs to students online. He offers Integrative Coaching & Healing sessions to clients worldwide and is a poet with a background in comedy and performing arts.

As host of Branches of Wisdom, the Banyen Books video & audio podcast, Ross has interviewed the world's leading spiritual teachers, thinkers, artists, scientists, activists and authors.

Ross has been writing poetry, prose, songs, contemplation, and jokes since childhood. He is preparing to release his first book - a collection of his writings on life, nature, love, longing and spiritual reflection.

Ross is a practitioner of the classical Indian life sciences of Yoga traditional Tantra of South India under the guidance of his teacher and mentor Yogacharini Maitreyi. Apprenticing since 2015, Ross is the Community Director & Assistant Teacher Trainer for Yogacharini Maitreyi's school, Arkaya Awareness Centre, and grass roots charity, Arkaya Foundation. He periodically facilitates private training's for groups on request - from First Nations students to elders, men's groups to corporations.

Along with his background as a writer and practitioner, Ross also has a varied history as a rugby player, business student & entrepreneur, traveler, and as an actor/comedian. Through these experiences, as well as his time working with those with special needs and in private practice offering integrative coaching and healing, Ross is grateful to have been afforded the opportunity to learn a great deal about the human condition and human spirit.

Growing up in the beauty of Vancouver Island and the Gulf Islands, Ross now makes his home on the Sunshine Coast of British Columbia.
- IMDb mini biography by: Ross McKeachie