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Rev Nio

Spiritual & motivational coach to dozens of Olympic medalists

Click on each image to enlarge and see a few of the champions, heroes and experts that Nio works with as spiritual coach to dozens of Olympic medalists.

World Record

Sports Canada affirmed "Rev Nio has made an impact never seen at a Games before".

Riding the Waves

Demita's pic sums it all up - be it life or sports - its all about riding the waves of ups & downs by going with the flow...

More than Gold

Guillerme of Brazil was not merely a dual champion but a hero in more ways than one!

Spirit Building

Zenji's Argentinian ladies towered with their imposing height and even bigger hearts!

Born to Soar

Dafne overcame an injury to soar high enough into the ranks of a silver medal!

Part of the Team

Zen went with "his girls" (Brazil Rugby 7's) to the stadium & even the airport!

No small nation

Elixion proved that the size of a country has no bearing on the destiny of its athletes

Olympic History

Zen at a session with the Argentina team before they made Olympic history!

Rio 2016

Fr. Leandro of the Rio Games 2016 paid a visit to the Pan Am & Parapan Am Games

Underdogs rule!

The Brazilian underdogs battled injuries to win medals against all odds!

Karate President

Roberto Garcia, Head of Mexico's Karate Federation with statue of Zen's ancestor Daruma who is the founder of martial arts

Next Panam Host

Zenji works with the Peru Team who will host the next Panams and Parapan Ams

Buddhist Bling

Argentina & Brazil competed for medals as well as Zen's Buddhist rosaries :P

Making Memories

Zenji encouraged every winner to make each magical moment a meaningful memory

Head of Panama

Working with Etty, the President of the Panama Olympics Ctty was destiny at play

Soulful Argentina

Argentinian athletes can be very spiritual - matching inner spirit with their outer beauty!

Girl Power!

Aleen pays respect to the Buddhist culture that birthed the martial arts

Child of Kannon

Marie proudly wears a locket of Kannon with the Nembutsu for Blessings.

Full Uniform

Zen has the entire uniform of Brazilian athletes who see him as a team-mate!

Eye of the Tiger

The silver-medal winning boxer going for Gold in Rio only wishes she met Zen sooner!

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Full Uniform

Zen has the entire uniform of Brazilian athletes who see him as a team-mate!