Past Events & Speakers

Creator of Bedscapes™, a healing environment for patients

Clinical neurologist, researcher, and Zen practitioner for more than three decades

Professor of English at the University of Georgia, author and musician

Dr. Bertman, Director of Medical Humanities at the University of Massachusetts

Author, psychotherapist, co-founding teacher- Spirit Rock Meditation Center in CA, senior teacher at the Insight Meditation Society in MA

PhD who has been described as a respected scientist, gifted therapist, and unabashed mystic

Developers of HeartMath’s health care program that transforms stress to reinstate authentic care

Professor Emeritus of Trent University in Canada and professor at Kansai Gadai University in Japan

Professor at the University of Texas Medical Branch

University of North Carolina, Asheville and the Saybrook Institute in San Francisco. Author of over fifty articles, chapters and books on consciousness and the brain

Associate Professor of Counseling Psychology at Texas Tech University (Lubbock, TX)

Beloved spiritual teacher and author, he has dedicated his life to reaching out & sharing teachings across the world. Offering a range of loving resources like podcasts, videos & blogs.

Author, Relationships Counselor, Educator, Public Speaker

Certified Poetry Therapist, author of “Poetic Medicine: The Healing Art of Poem-making and Finding What You Didn’t Lose”. President of The Institute for Poetic Medicine

Described by cultural historian and ecotheologian Thomas Berry as “the most creative, the most comprehensive, surely the most challenging religious-spiritual teacher in America.” 

Transpersonal psychologist and Professor Emeritus at the Saybrook Graduate School, and colleague Doug MacDonald

Rabbi, musician and a leader in Aleph: the Alliance for Jewish Renewal

Founder and Director of the Center for Mind-Body Medicine in Washington, DC. Clinical Professor in the Departments of Psychiatry and Family Medicine at the Georgetown University School of Medicine

Professor Emeritus of Pediatrics, Oncology and Palliative Care, University of Florida ; Adjunct Professor, School of Education, St Francis Xavier University, Nova Scotia

Five years of arts-based and narrative research, teaching and practice, during which John Graham-Pole and Dorothy Lander have explored experiences of loss and transition for “leavers and left”

Recognized as one of the world’s preeminent authorities on Jewish spirituality and Jewish thought

His groundbreaking artwork has reached millions through his six books, extensive reproduction of his artwork, and dozens of key-note addresses and exhibitions

Committed to art that celebrates oneness, Alex and Allyson Grey co-founded the Chapel of Sacred Mirrors – where they are evolving a core curriculum of art classes based on the philosophy of “art as a spiritual practice”

Psychiatrist, poet, co-founder of the Lomi School for training in mind/body awareness, and teacher of vipassana meditation at the Spirit Rock Center in CA

Reverend and founding director of the Chaplaincy Institute for Arts and Interfaith ministries in El Cerrito, CA

Co-Director of an international organization dedicated to transforming the way the world deals with conflict – away from adversarial approaches and towards collaborative problem solving

Master’s from Columbia and Harvard Universities in religion and Middle Eastern studies, as well as a Ph.D. in religion from Columbia. Professor at the Ar-Raniry State Institute for Islamic Studies in Darussalam, Banda Aceh, Indonesia

Isenburg- Member of the Center and Chair of the UF’s Department of Religion; Reimer- Yale Divinity school and minister to Gainesville United Church of Christ

Family physician at the University of Colorado School of Medicine, past president of the American Holistic Medical Association, and author

Jahn- Director of the Princeton Engineering Anomalies Research (PEAR)  Laboratory; Dunne- Manager of the Princeton Engineering  Anomalies Research (PEAR) laboratory

Internationally known scientist, writer, and meditation teacher, Professor of Medicine Emeritus and founding director of the Stress Reduction Clinic and the Center for Mindfulness in Medicine, Health Care, and Society at the University of Massachusetts Medical School.

Stanford undergrad; medical school training at the UC at San Francisco; geriatric medicine, psychiatry, and biostatistics training at Duke University Medical Center. Professor of  Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Associate Professor of  Medicine at Duke, and registered nurse (RN)

Professor of Psychology, University of Mysore, India; Ph.D. from the National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro-Sciences, Bangalore, India; Fulbright Post-Doctoral Fellow, at Saybrook Institute Graduate School and Research Centre

PhD, Chair of the British Psychological Society’s Transpersonal Psychology Section, and Co-Director of the Consciousness and Transpersonal Psychology Research Unit at Liverpool John Moores University

Ph.D., painter, nurse, author and mother. Faculty of the University of Florida College of Nursing. Co-founder of Shands ‘Arts in Medicine’

Author and co-founder of the Omega Institute, in Rhinebeck , NY

Epidemiologist and former medical school professor, pioneering scientist and author whose research helped create the field of religion, spirituality, and health

Founder and director of Human Kindness Foundation, author, singer/songwriter

U.S. diplomatic service which took her to Japan, the Philippines, Mexico and Italy. Formed in spirituality at the Shalem Institute in Washington, D.C., the Washington Theological Union and Mercy Center in Burlingame, California

Scottish writer, social activist, broadcaster and campaigning academic

Author, syndicated columnist, award-winning commentator for National Public Radio and a fellow of the Jesus Seminar

Teaches with his organization, Sacred Passage and The Way of Nature Fellowship. Developed unique practices for uniting inner and outer nature through training in Buddhist, Taoist, Vedantic, Tantric, and Native American traditions

Psychotherapist, writer and lecturer. Publishes in the areas of archetypal and Jungian psychology, mythology, and the arts. Ph.D. in religious studies from Syracuse University as well as degrees in theology, musicology and music, and philosophy

Professor of Philosophy and Religious Studies at San Francisco State University

Founder of Contemplative Outreach, a spiritual network that teaches the Centering Prayer. Author of several books including “Open Heart, Open Mind” and “Invitation to Love: A Way of Christian Contemplation”

President of the Institute of Noetic Sciences (IONS), author of ‘The Conscious Activist, Cultivating Peace , Soul Awakening Practice” (June 2017) and other acclaimed works

Worked for NASA at the Kennedy Space Center for over 31 years. He was awarded the Agency’s Outstanding Leadership Medal and two Exceptional Service Medals for his contributions to the Agency

Physician at George Washington University College of Medicine and Director of Education for the National Institute of Healthcare Research

Kristen Raizada, a former resident of Gainesville and graduate of the University of Florida, art historian in Southern California. Writing on contemporary art and teaching courses at California State University, Long Beach and Art Institute

Paul Ray, author and Founding Board Member of Green Economic Movement Strategies; Sherry Ruth Anderson, author and psychologist

Acclaimed drummer, composer, author, mythologist, and a lifelong student of yoga

Chesterfield Smith Professor of Law at the Levin College of Law, UF Gainesville; B.S. UW-Madison; J.D. NYU School of Law and an LL.M. from Yale Law School. Attorney with the U.S. Department of Justice

Associate Professor of Neuroscience, in the McKnight Brain Institute and the College of Medicine at the University of Florida

Teaches Art and Healing at San Francisco State University, Institute of Holistic Studies and is co- director of the Wisdom University Masters Program in Art and Healing with Mary Rockwood Lane

Stress Reduction Clinic at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center and author

Rabbi, author and founder of Aleph: Alliance for Jewish Renewal and of the Spiritual Eldering Institute

Orlando psychotherapist and breast cancer survivor and activist

Vice President for Science and Education at the Institute of Noetic Sciences and Senior Scientist at the Complementary Medicine Research Institute at the California Pacific Medical Center

Australian and Deep Ecology Activist

Co-author of the book “Medicine and Compassion: A Tibetan Lama’s Guidance for Caregivers”.  Served as the Medical Director of the CIWEC Clinic Travel Medicine Center in Kathmandu, Nepal, the world’s first destination travel clinic

Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychology at Harvard Medical School, where he has taught for over 20 years

Author of the New York Times bestsellers: “The Untethered Soul” and “The Surrender Experiment”

Transpersonal psychologist and psychotherapist. Lectured widely throughout the United States on death and dying, spirituality at the end of life, and spiritual practices in the midst of life

World-renowned scholar of comparative religions and acclaimed author of “The World’s Religions”

Psychiatrist at the California Pacific Medical Center

Professor of Religion at The University of Florida and an Affiliated Scholar with the Center for Environment and Development at Oslo University

Went to Vietnam at eighteen and received numerous awards and decorations, including twenty-seven Air Medals, A Distinguished Flying Cross and the Purple Heart

Founder and director of the Shalom Center in Philadelphia, professor, author and rabbi

Distinguished Professor and former Dean of Nursing at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center

Singer/songwriter and storyteller, released seventeen albums of metaphor-laden music aimed at awakening the listeners’ sense of aliveness and connection

Leading the Dances of Universal Peace for 25 years