My Name is Philip Popp, I am 47 years and live with my family in Hamburg. I work as a SAP Inhouse Consultant and Meditation teacher. 
After a snowboard accident and following headaches I came to a Meditation course in a Buddhist monastery in Thailand in 2002.
Since then I am practicing Vipassana Meditation in the Theravada lineage of the Venerable Ajarn Tong Sirimangalo. After many reatreats in Germany I started in 2010 teacher training. Under supervision of my teacher Khun Thanat Chindaporn I stayed in several visits one year in the temple in Chomtong, Thailand assisting and teaching. 2016 I was authorized as Vipassana Meditation Teacher by the Venerable Ajarn Tong Sirimangalo. In May 2017 I was awarded with the “Annual Benefactor of Buddhism Award” on a regional level in Chiang Mai, Thailand.
In a 3-year Weekend study program “Systematic Buddhist Studies” at the Tibetean Center in Hamburg I deepened my knowledge about the philosophical aspects of Buddhism and Meditation.
It is my wish to teach Vipassana Meditation in a modern western Society keeping its deep essence and roots. The technique will therefore be taught by individual instructions between teacher and Student as it is common in Asia.
In 2024 I published the english version of my book. It is autobiographic and describes my “vipassana journey” and the effects of 20 years intense meditation practice on my health, my mind and my life.
The book is available at amazon here.
