Prayer Hands
Mike AliceaEdge walker, facilitator, builder, and steward.

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Thanks for being here

My name is Mike and I bridge contemplative depth, relational intelligence, and technical mastery.

Eleven years of meditation practice, including annual immersion in Buddhist monasteries and facilitation in high-trust, transformative spaces meets deep expertise in complex software systems.
The result is a way of working that brings spaciousness, precision, and ease to technical leaders and teams as they turn vision into durable value.

How I serve

I aim to spend a quarter of my year in retreat, studying presence and pattern. The rest of my time, I bring what I've learned into the world. Through patient observation—whether in code, consciousness, or community—I see rhythms beneath the chaos, wait for the right timing, and guide with precision. This approach shows up in three ways:

Leaders & Teams in Software

Technical leaders carry the weight of coordination. Building shared understanding across business, product, design, data, and engineering while requirements shift beneath you, priorities compete for attention, and the pressure to ship battles the need to do it right.
Through Built In Space, I lead by building alongside you. Whether it's architecting systems that serve millions, eliminating tech debt while accelerating delivery, or getting cross-functional teams actually aligned—not just agreeing on paper, but trusting each other enough to move as one body.
I create the path from vision to shipped value without adding to the burden. What emerges is room to breathe, conversations that land, and teams that trust each other enough to build momentum that feels sustainable instead of draining.

Minds Through Meditation

Drawing from over a decade of sincere practice and formal training in facilitation, I guide groups and individuals in meditation practice. Whether teaching foundational techniques, holding space for deeper inquiry, or bridging traditional wisdom with contemporary life; I aim to meet people where they are in order to enable them to create the conditions for genuine exploration of their beautiful heart and mind.

Men in Transformation

Through circles, workshops, and 1-1 space holding, I guide men in uncovering their strength through rediscovering their softness—spaces where we can lay down the armor, speak what's true, and reclaim the wholeness that was never actually lost.

Let's Connect

Whether you're navigating technical complexity, seeking deeper practice, or exploring transformation, I'd welcome a conversation about how we might work together.

Other Ways I Wander

I also explore through writing and photography. My digital garden captures ongoing thinking, while my lens finds fragments of light in lived moments. Feel free to wander.

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