About

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Brent Ovalsen is a former government mainframe computer operator who was employed at age 15. After spending over 15-years in prison from age 26, Brent is now an author, massage therapist, counsellor and alternative healing practitioner.

Brent founded Anahata Karma Pty Ltd in 2014, an Australian company focussed on publishing and providing books, meditations and videos to inmates and the wider community, as well as providing counselling services.

Brent's passion is teaching others how to access the divine within. He achieved his own inner peace through rigorous practices of self-forgiveness, meditation and mindfulness.
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In prison there is no escaping the stillness that so many of us go out of our way to avoid, for the pain and the trauma of our pasts that we so wish to lock up in little boxes. Brent not only faced his demons, he developed sound ways of teaching others to do the same. Having been through childhood and adult abuses, and participated in drugs and crime on almost all levels, Brent has achieved the ability to transform situations and addictions into positive actions. These new habits contribute to society, rather than take from the world in selfish pursuits.

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Brent Ovalsen as a free man today

Brent spent 5,533 days in prison from 1999 until 2014. Throughout his sentence, Brent found a great inner peace, when it seemed like things were going against him, even when life felt like some form of hell on earth.

Contrary to the common prison path of becoming bitter, Brent brings wisdom that can only be found through transforming great suffering into a place of peace, inner joy and positive hope, even when the external circumstances seem like the end of the world.

Brent believes that the only prison is in your mind and that once you learn how to manage your mind, you access the divine within and take charge of your destiny.

In prison Brent did a prison-accredited counselling course and spent his days working with inmates on techniques that they might employ to better cope in prison and make plans for a prosperous life. Brent would often work as a bridge over the phone with couples who were challenged by the dire circumstances that they faced. 

Brent embraced his imprisonment by meditating, praying and practising yoga and doing Tai Chi for three hours a day. Brent saw countless miracles in his own life and hundreds of others that he prayed with or for. He ended up being endorsed by the Prison Governor to run meditation, yoga and natural healing classes in the prison programs room.

Brent studied law (as a layperson) and represented himself in the Federal Court, Family Court, Supreme Court of Appeal and High Court of Australia. Brent ended up assisting hundreds of inmates with their cases.

Gym trained, he pushed his body to the limit regularly. With a two and a half year course in Shiatsu Chinese massage, he worked on the backs and bodies of hundreds of inmates and some prison guards. Brent made over eighty paintings and also took up leather work where he made briefcases, handbags and so on. A whizz kid who kept up to date with technology and computers, his web development skills were so good upon release that he made money for a time building websites. Brent read thousands of books and magazines in prison, giving him a vast knowledge on subjects from quantum physics, to cars, green-home building and all aspects of spiritual growth in most religious denominations.

“Prison reflects the fears of society, only on an amplified scale. Mine was not a normal prison experience; nonetheless, I verily believe that this can be a normal prison experience for any inmate, regardless of their background, as long as they follow my simple, straightforward advice. I’m a living testimony to that,” said Brent Ovalsen.

In June 2018 Brent completed over four years of parole.

Brent owns an Australian company publishing and exporting self-development books and meditations. He dedicates much of his time to one-on-one mentoring of inmates and has a deep love for and affinity with Aboriginal Australians. Brent provides counselling services around the world via video conference. These services are free to inmates and their families or supporters.

Brent Ovalsen is also the author of "15-Seconds", a spiritual training course that focuses on addressing belief systems and their positive or destructive outcomes. This 96,000-word, 207-page hardcover course book is the result of more than a decade of soul searching and two dozen revisions. 70 training modules capture the essence of healthy living, success, dreams and affirmations, relationships, parenting, sexuality and more. Recently it was narrated by Brent into an audiobook version too. Complimenting the course book, Brent created a series of five meditation CD's that are also available as MP3 downloads. 
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His other company website with the above self-development products is: www.anahatakarma.com 

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Kathy Craig is a massage therapist, counsellor and alternative healing practitioner. Co-author of two books with Brent Ovalsen, she has a keen interest in facilitating inmates, parolees and their families to find peace within their difficult circumstances.

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Kathy Craig - Co-author of books 2 & 3

Brent at Loddon Prison 2006

Typical Brent on the roof of his 4WD travelling Australia

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Brent & Kathy's travelling setup: