New Faculty
David Treleaven
The Embodied Compass: Resilience Through Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness and 5Rhythms®,
Miyu Tamamura
Born and raised in Kyoto, Japan, Miyu is an artist, teacher, guide and healer who bridges the East and West through her 20 years of Shiatsu practice, deep listening, intuitive and heart centered approach to truth.
Awaken Your Heartfelt Intentions Through Movement, Sound, and Stillness,
Monica Lesslie
Dr. Monica Lesslie, PT, DPT, CFRp, AWC, ELDOAc, RYT-500, is an integrative physical therapist blending neuroplasticity, fascial science, and ancient mind-body practices. She restores human capacity by honoring body intelligence across physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual planes.
Jet Eveleth
Jet Eveleth is a clown teacher, a doctor of integrative medicine, and a professor of Traditional Chinese Medicine at Alhambra Medical University. She studied clowning with Philippe Gaulier, toured with The Second City, and performed as a clown in the cirque show Absinthe in Las Vegas. She was the artistic director of the Chicago Improv […]
Clown Church: Mindfulness, Healing, and Your Deepest Self, Sacred Clown: Presence in Play, Finding Lila Through Yoga and Divine Play,
dhruva
Dhruv is a teacher and practitioner of Indian traditions of philosophy and embodied praxis, including Yoga, Vedānta, Buddhism, Jainism, Classical Theatre, and Poetics. An avid reader and scholar of Sanskrit poetry, he is trained in the Krishnamacharya-Desikachar tradition of Yoga. He is certified in the BARPS method of Āsana practice as well as Abhyās Somatics […]
Barbara Holifield
Being With the Body in Depth Psychology: Trauma and its Transformation in the Unspoken Realm,
Nancy Colier
Nancy Colier is a psychotherapist, an interfaith minister, and the author of The Emotionally Exhausted Woman: Why You’re Feeling Depleted and How to Get What You Need and many other books. She is a national speaker on women’s empowerment and well-being.
Rodney Waters
Rodney Waters is a Jungian Analyst Diploma Candidate at ISAP Zurich who sees clients through The Center for Healing Arts and Sciences in Houston.
Emily Linders
For the past decade, Emily has managed to spend nearly every summer in the California wilderness as a trail worker and backcountry cook in Yosemite, and a monk at the Tassajara Zen Mountain Center. Emily brings ten years of formal meditation practice, wilderness-based youth development work, hospice work and Buddhist chaplaincy to her work as […]
John W. Price
ohn W. Price Ph.D., LPC is a depth psychotherapist, podcast host of The Sacred Speaks, co-founder of The Center for the Healing Arts and Sciences, musician, and teacher.
The Depths of Vision: Jung, Psychedelics, and the Practice of Integration,
Danny Fluker
Danny Fluker is a meditation and yoga instructor, and the founder and Executive Director of Black Boys OM–an organization that provides education and support of wellness modality teachers and students within the black community. Danny teaches meditation and yoga at his non-profit, in corporations, and at yoga studios across the United States and Caribbean.
Danielle Rubio
Danielle Rubio is a somatic trauma coach, movement facilitator, and mindfulness teacher. She is the founder of the SomaLumos Method that has helped hundreds of people around the globe move beyond anxiety, chronic stress, and survival mode. It weaves nervous system healing, somatic movement therapy, and Tibetan mindfulness.
Swirl Jordan Moore
Swirl Jordan Moore, SWIRL LIFE founder and teacher/guide/facilitator at the Vitalist Institute has been leading people through self love to full expression for eight years.
Devarshi Steven Hartman
Devarshi Steven Hartman, ERYT, is the founder of Pranotthan Yoga School and former Dean of the Kripalu School of Yoga and Director of Professional Trainings at Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health. A practitioner and teacher for over five decades, Devarshi lived for nearly ten years as a resident of the Kripalu Ashram, immersed in […]
Kristin Arzt
Wild Color: A Week of Natural Dye and Creative Renewal, Wild Color: A Week of Natural Dye and Creative Renewal,
Alejandra Campoverdi
Alejandra Campoverdi is a women's health advocate and the founder of the Well Woman Coalition and LATINX & BRCA at Penn Medicine's Basser Center for BRCA. She is a certified holistic cancer specialist.
Kamilah Majied
Dr. Kamilah Majied is a mental health therapist, clinical academician, and internationally engaged consultant on inclusivity and contemplative pedagogy and practice. Drawing from her decades of contemplative Buddhist practice, clinical training, and social justice leadership, Dr. Majied engages practitioners in experiencing wonder, humor and insight through transforming oppressive patterns and deepening relationships. www.joyfullyjust.com
Wade Davis
Wade Davis is a Colombian-Canadian anthropologist, ethnobotanist, author and photographer whose work has focused on worldwide indigenous cultures, especially in North and South America and particularly involving the traditional uses and beliefs associated with psychoactive plants.
Brant Secunda
Brant Secunda is a world-renowned shaman in the indigenous Huichol tradition of Mexico. Recognized as a global thought leader, Brant has lectured at the Mayo Clinic, the American Holistic Medical Association, the World Health Organization and co-founded the Peace University. www.SHAMANISM.com
Jen Hastings
Jen Hastings (pronouns jen) is a family practice physician who started the Transgender Health Care Program at Planned Parenthood, Mar Monte, Santa Cruz. Jennifer is assistant clinical professor, UCSF, Department of Family and Community Medicine. Email Me
David Estes
David is the lead singer of the Ananda Rasa Kirtan band. His kirtan is rooted in traditional sanskrit chants sung to original Indian raga melodies and explores the ecstatic and mystical moods of Bhakti. Email Me
Day Nguyen
Day Nguyen was a monastic disciple and attendant of Thich Nhat Hanh for 10 years. He continues his journey as a trauma integration facilitator and meditation teacher. Day is passionate about community resiliency, conscious dance and impromptu tea circles. Email Me
Monica Hanson
Monica Hanson is an educator and trainer specializing in the Compassion Program developed at Stanford University. She is also a founding faculty of the Compassion Institute, a global advocate for compassion training in health care, education, law enforcement and corporations. Email Me
Margaret Cullen
Margaret Cullen, MFT, was a co-developer of Compassion Cultivation Training and is currently a senior teacher at the Center for Compassion, Research and Education at Stanford University and founding faculty at the Compassion Institute. She has been a meditation practitioner for almost 40 years, was one of the first ten people to be certified as an […]
Kristi Funk
Kristi Funk, MD, board-certified breast cancer surgeon, best-selling author, and co-founder of the Pink Lotus Breast Center in Beverly Hills, and has helped thousands of women through breast treatment, including well-known celebrities like Angelina Jolie and Sheryl Crow.
Charles S. Grob
Charles S. Grob, M.D. is professor of psychiatry and pediatrics at the UCLA School of Medicine and director of the division of child and adolescent psychiatry at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center. Over the last thirty years he has conducted approved clinical research with psilocybin, MDMA and ayahuasca.
LuviaJane Swanson
LuviaJane Swanson D.C., CST-D is a certified CranioSacral Therapy 1 and 2 instructor and mentor for the Upledger Institute International. Her background in massage and chiropractic has shaped her approach to manual therapy, which is both energy-based and deeply rooted in body mechanics and structure.
Jessica Graham
Jessica Graham is a meditation teacher, author, sex, relationship, spirituality guide and filmmaker. She is contributing editor for the blog Deconstructing Yourself, co-founder of The Eastside Mindfulness Collective, founder of Wild Awakening and author of Good Sex: Getting Off without Checking Out. www.yourwildawakening.com
Lucy Caldwell
Lucy Caldwell is a social psychologist, master facilitator, and thought leader. She is passionate about awakening humanity’s potential to usher forth a more compassionate, inclusive, and regenerative world.
Deb Norton
Deb Norton is an author, story consultant and writing coach. Her book, Part Wild: A Writers Guide to Harnessing the Creative Power of Resistance, helps writers and artists overcome obstacles to finish their most important work. www.DebNortonwriting.com
Dara Marks
Dara Marks, PhD, is the author of the best-selling book on writing, Inside Story: The Power of the Transformational Arc, and has been rated the top script analyst in Hollywood by Creative Screenwriting magazine. Her work helps writers engage more deeply in the creative writing process. Email Me www.DaraMarks.com
Rebecca Anders
Rebecca Anders is a thing-maker based in Oakland, Calif. Her works are metal and mixed media sculpture, ranging from hand-held to 40 feet tall. She has contributed large-scale sculpture to Burning Man since 1999, and has created and shown monumental interactive installations in the U.S. and internationally. Email Me
Sharon Blackie
Sharon Blackie is an award-winning writer and international teacher. Her work focuses on the development of the mythic imagination, and on the relevance of our native myths, fairy tales and folk traditions to the personal, social and environmental problems we face today. Email Me
Anjali Gupta
Anjali Gupta, MD, is an emergency medicine and sports medicine physician working in the California Bay Area. She served as the wellness chair for her emergency department for several years and enjoys fostering a community of spiritually healthy physicians. She loves spending time in nature, doing yoga, cycling and travel. Email Me
Craig Hart
Craig Hart directs Pace University's Energy and Climate Center, and has advised governments and developers in clean and low-carbon energy and decarbonization technologies for two decades. He teaches for Pace and Johns Hopkins University. He holds a PhD from MIT. www.energy.pace.edu
Jeffrey Williams
Jeffrey Williams is the founder of Lifestyles of Light and Vitalist Institute. He is a multi-disciplinary transformation artist teaching and facilitating through movement, breath and sound and self-governance since 1999.
Claudia J. Ford
Dr. Claudia J. Ford has had a career in women’s health and international development spanning four decades and all continents. Claudia is an ethnobotanist and midwife, who studies traditional ecological knowledge, women’s reproductive health, agricultural and food justice. Dr. Ford is on faculty at State University of New York, Potsdam and also serves on the […]
Formica Coriandolo
Formica Coriandolo is an accomplished singer, painter and glass artist. Formica has lived in Damanhur since 1984 and is one of the first artists of the Temples of Humankind. Formica has been lucid dreaming since an early age and combines her experience in the dreamworld with her artistic abilities to help her students open up […]
Esperide Ananas Ametista
Esperide Ananas Ametista, PhD, is a psycho-sociologist, pioneer in human development research, coach, writer and designer. She has worked for the European Parliament and the United Nations. A citizen of Damanhur since 1993, Esperide is a spiritual healer with a background in meditation and anthropology. Her main fields of research are the interaction with intelligent […]
Ditas Katague
Ditas Katague is Director of the California Complete Count—Census 2020 Office and an expert in ethnic outreach and civic engagement. She led California's census outreach in 2000, 2010 and 2020 and was at the helm of a successful groundbreaking multi-lingual, multi-media campaign to reach the hardest-to-count Californians. In 2019, Ditas was recognized in the Capitol […]
Mara Abrams
Mara Abrams is the co-founder and co-director of Census Open Innovation Labs (COIL). She mobilizes industries, communities and a diversity of influential people to create change within and outside some of the most complex institutions and environments in the world. In addition to her current role with COIL at the U.S. Census Bureau, she is […]
Abigail De Kosnik
Abigail De Kosnik is an Associate Professor at the University of California, Berkeley with a joint appointment in the Berkeley Center for New Media and in the Department of Theater, Dance & Performance Studies. She is the author of Rogue Archives: Digital Cultural Memory and Media Fandom.
Renee Lertzman
Dr. Renee Lertzman marries the worlds of academia and practice by translating psychological and social science research insights into clear, applied and profound tools for organizations around the world, seeking to engage diverse populations, communities and individuals around environmental work and climate action. reneelertzman.com
Ahmed Alashwa
Ahmed Alashwa teaches meditation at Stanford University using neuro and biofeedback technologies. He focuses on accelerating brain learning, flow states and peak performance. Ahmed teaches from unscripted direct experience. His workshops on human flourishing run throughout the world. Email Me
Michelle Gale
Michelle Gale is Chief of Staff at Autodesk, board member of the Holistic Life Foundation and Foundation for a Mindful Society and strategic advisor to Wisdom 2.0 and Mindful Schools. She is a mindfulness educator and author of the book Mindful Parenting in a Messy World. Michelle was previously the head of Learning and Leadership […]
Trina Wyatt
Trina Wyatt is the Founder/CEO of Conscious Good, a community-driven conscious media platform, Trina has long believed that visual stories have the power to transform individuals, and thereby the world. In addition to launching the Tribeca Film Festival, Trina has held senior positions with Gaia, Prana Studios, Intrepid Pictures, and Film Independent, among others. www.ConsciousGood.com
Celeste Hirschman
Celeste Hirschman is the co-founder of the Somatica Institute® of Sex and Relationship Coaching and co-author of three books. She offers her wisdom, love and deep empathy to her students and clients as she helps them embrace the heights and navigate the challenges off all things relational. Celeste Hirschman has an MA in Human Sexuality […]
Danielle Harel
Danielle Harel is the co-founder of the Somatica Institute® of Sex and Relationship Coaching and co-author of three books. Danielle offers her clients a unique, experiential and powerful process to transform their relationships, create deep and loving connections and live their lives passionately. Daniellel has a PhD in Human Sexuality Studies and an MA in […]
Dan Zigmond
Dan Zigmond is a writer, technologist, and Zen priest. He is a guiding teacher at Jikoji Zen Center and serves on the board of directors of the San Francisco Zen Center. He has also led teams at some of the world’s most successful companies, including Apple, Facebook, Google, and Microsoft. His most recent book Buddha's […]
Christopher Michel
Christopher Michel is an accomplished photojournalist whose high-impact images have been seen by millions, and have appeared broadly in print and in everything from Google screensavers to album covers. www.ChristopherMichel.com
Louis Schwartzberg
Louie Schwartzberg is an award-winning producer, director and cinematographer known for his breathtaking imagery for feature films, television shows, documentaries and commercials using his time-lapse, high-speed and macro cinematography techniques. Louie’s uplifting stories celebrate life and reveal the mysteries and wisdom of nature, people and places. movingart.com
Emily Saliers
Emily Saliers is one half of GRAMMY-award-winning duo Indigo Girls. Emily released her first full length solo album, Murmuration Nation, in 2017. She is a social and environmental justice activist and has led numerous song writing workshops, loves all kinds of music, and believes that a song can change your life. emilysaliers.com