Spencer Delisle is the President of the Art of Living Foundation Canada and VP of the TLEX Institute, a global leader in meditation, breathwork, and transformational leadership. In this episode, Spencer shares how he walked away from a Novartis career to teach the world how to breathe, the science behind Sudarshan Kriya and its impact on PTSD, and how he brought these programs into Google, Deloitte, FIFA, the European Parliament, and the Government of Iraq. A rare conversation at the intersection of neuroscience, spirituality, and human performance.
Spencer Delisle left a career in pharma and laboratory research to dedicate his life to something harder to measure but impossible to ignore: human potential. As President of the Art of Living Foundation Canada and VP of the TLEX Institute, he has now reached over 800 million people across 186 countries through meditation, breathwork, and self-mastery programs.
In this conversation with Robin Ayoub, Spencer walks through the moment his career stopped feeling purposeful, how a free meditation session at a university changed the entire trajectory of his life, and what the science actually says about what happens to your brain and body when you breathe with intention.
He shares a story about a military veteran who had not slept more than four hours a night in ten years since his last deployment. After one session of Sudarshan Kriya, that changed. Spencer also breaks down ongoing research with Stanford, the University of Toronto, and the London Health Sciences Centre on breathwork and PTSD reduction in veterans and first responders.
The conversation covers the TLEX corporate programs, why soft skills now determine who rises in organizations, how AI intersects with human consciousness, and what Spencer has learned about sitting with difficult emotions rather than running from them.
He closes with a personal reflection on anxiety, anger, and what he wishes someone had told him 20 years ago, and a heads up about the World Culture Festival coming to Toronto in 2027.
Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/Ju1aRK3OmOc Connect with Spencer on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/spencerdelisle/ Art of Living Foundation Canada: https://www.artofliving.org/ca-en TLEX Institute: https://www.tlexinstitute.com/ Book time with Robin: https://calendly.com/robin-ayoub/30min Read the blog: https://robinayoub.blog