Rev. Bu Nan Daiko Michael Brown

Bu Nan Brown is a somatic attachment coach, teacher, and founder of the Attachment Repair Collective—a community space dedicated to healing the patterns of insecure attachment and cultivating resilient, open-hearted relating.

His path began nearly two decades ago, not with a career goal, but with a breaking point. Life had grown unmanageable, and a deep yearning for wholeness stirred within. That yearning led him into the world of Integral theory, Buddhist practice, and Eastern contemplative traditions. Along the way, he trained in Authentic Relating, Zen, yogic studies, and energetic awareness—gathering tools that would eventually converge into a powerful framework for healing attachment wounds.

Bu Nan received priest ordination in the Integral Zen lineage in 2015, but his deepest calling revealed itself in the intimate territory of relationship—the places where nervous systems meet, where old survival strategies play out, and where lasting transformation becomes possible through attunement, care, and regulation.

Today, Bu Nan helps individuals, couples, and groups work with their attachment patterns through one-on-one coaching, group cohorts, and immersive workshops. His approach weaves together modern attachment theory, polyvagal-informed somatic work, Buddhist heart practices, and relational skill-building. His clients often arrive with histories of dissociation, conflict, shame, or longing—seeking not just insight, but embodied change.

The Attachment Repair Collective (ARC) is an expression of this vision: a home for people who are ready to repair at the root, find safety in connection, and grow into secure, sovereign, and relationally gifted lives.