Title of UFCSH talk: ”Creating Sacred Space for Patient Healing”
Yosaif August
Creator of Bedscapes™, a healing environment for patients

Title of UFCSH talk: “Meditating Selflessly: Practical Neural Zen”
James H. Austin
Clinical neurologist, researcher, and Zen practitioner for more than three decades

Title of UFCSH talk: “Rumi’s Poetry and Music”
Coleman Barks
Professor of English at the University of Georgia, author and musician

Title of UFCSH talk: “Last Rights/Last Rites: Meaning-making and decision-making at the end of life”
Sandra Bertman
Dr. Bertman, Director of Medical Humanities at the University of Massachusetts

Title of UFCSH talks: “Open Heart Meditation: Practice and Conversation with Sylvia Boorstein” and “The Art and Science of Changing Your Self: Demystifying Spiritual Practice”
Sylvia Boorstein
Author, psychotherapist, co-founding teacher- Spirit Rock Meditation Center in CA, senior teacher at the Insight Meditation Society in MA

Title of UFCSH talk: “The Wisdom of the Heart: Social Connectedness and Healing”
Joan Borysenko
PhD who has been described as a respected scientist, gifted therapist, and unabashed mystic

Title of UFCSH talk: “Healing with the Heart”
Robert Browning and Sheva Carr
Developers of HeartMath’s health care program that transforms stress to reinstate authentic care

Title of UFCSH talk: “Encounter with Enlightenment: What Can We Learn from Buddhist Ethics?”
Robert Carter
Professor Emeritus of Trent University in Canada and professor at Kansai Gadai University in Japan

Title of UFCSH talk: “Anatomy and Humanity: Conversations between Donors and Dissectors”
Thomas R. Cole
Professor at the University of Texas Medical Branch

Title of UFCSH talk: “The Evolution of Spirit and Consciousness”
Allan Combs
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

Title of UFCSH talk: “Psychosocial Issues and Cardiac Health”
Stephen Cook
Associate Professor of Counseling Psychology at Texas Tech University (Lubbock, TX)

TITLE OF UFCSH TALK: “STILL HERE”
Ram Dass
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.

Title of UFCSH talk: “Transpersonal Psychology and the Future of Religion: A Participatory Vision for the 21st Century”
Jorge Ferrer
Author, Relationships Counselor, Educator, Public Speaker

Title of UFCSH talk: “Writing from Spirit”
John Fox
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

Title of UFCSH talk: “Religion, Spirituality and Ecology: The 21st Century”
Matthew Fox
Described by cultural historian and ecotheologian Thomas Berry as “the most creative, the most comprehensive, surely the most challenging religious-spiritual teacher in America.”

Title of UFCSH talk: “Analysis of the challenges inherent in research on the topic of spirituality and health”
Harris Friedman
Transpersonal psychologist and Professor Emeritus at the Saybrook Graduate School, and colleague Doug MacDonald

Title of UFCSH talk: “Sacred Song and Healing”
Shefa Gold
Rabbi, musician and a leader in Aleph: the Alliance for Jewish Renewal

Title of UFCSH talk: “Self-Care is the Heart of All Health Care”
Jim Gordon
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

Title of UFCSH talk: “What’s known, what’s real, what’s good: Reflections on 40 Years of Science and Art in Medicine”
John Graham-Pole
Professor Emeritus of Pediatrics, Oncology and Palliative Care, University of Florida ; Adjunct Professor, School of Education, St Francis Xavier University, Nova Scotia

Title of UFCSH talk: “End of life”: before, during, after…
John Graham-Pole and Dorothy Lander
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”

Title of UFCSH talk: “Judaism in an Environmental Age: A Kabbalah for the Future”
Arthur Green
Recognized as one of the world’s preeminent authorities on Jewish spirituality and Jewish thought

Titles of UFCSH talks: “Art as a Spiritual and Healing Path” and “Transfigurations: An Evening with Alex Grey”
Alex Grey
His groundbreaking artwork has reached millions through his six books, extensive reproduction of his artwork, and dozens of key-note addresses and exhibitions

Title of UFCSH talk: “Net of Being- Talk and Booksigning”
Alex Grey and Allyson Grey
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”

Title of UFCSH talk: “Approach to Health”
Robert Hall
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

Title of UFCSH talk: “Art and the Spirit”
Gina Rose Halpern
Reverend and founding director of the Chaplaincy Institute for Arts and Interfaith ministries in El Cerrito, CA

Title of UFCSH talk: “The Search for Common Ground: Applying Spiritual Principles to Transform Conflict”
Philip M. Hellmich
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

TITLE OF UFCSH TALK: “CULTIVATING THE HEART: A MUSLIM PERSPECTIVE”
Asna Husin
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

TITLE OF UFCSH TALK: “FREEDOM, SPIRITUALITY, AND TERROR” IN RESPONSE TO 9/11
Shaya Isenberg
Member of the Center and Chair of the UF’s Department of Religion

Title of UFCSH talk: “In Recovery from the Election: Healing the Wounds, Win or Lose”
Shaya Isenberg and Larry Reimer
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

Title of UFCSH talk: “Overview of Holistic Medicine”
Robert Ivker
Family physician at the University of Colorado School of Medicine, past president of the American Holistic Medical Association, and author

Title of UFCSH talk: “Princeton Engineering Anomalies Research (PEAR): Implications for Spirituality and Health”
Robert Jahn and Brenda Dunne
Jahn- Director of the Princeton Engineering Anomalies Research (PEAR) Laboratory; Dunne- Manager of the Princeton Engineering Anomalies Research (PEAR) laboratory

Title of UFCSH talk: “Coming to Our Senses: Living Life As If It Really Mattered”
Jon Kabat-Zinn
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.

TITLE OF UFCSH TALK: “RELIGION, SPIRIT AND HEALING”
Harold Koenig
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)

Title of UFCSH talk: “Spirituality and Well-being: Hindu Perspectives”
Kiran Kumar
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

TITLE OF UFCSH TALK: “TRANSPERSONAL PSYCHOLOGY: TOWARDS A SCIENCE OF THE SACRED”
Les Lancaster
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

TITLE OF UFCSH TALK: “SEEKING THE DIVINE FEMININE THROUGH ART AND HEALING”
Mary Rockwood Lane
Ph.D., painter, nurse, author and mother. Faculty of the University of Florida College of Nursing. Co-founder of Shands ‘Arts in Medicine’

Title of UFCSH talk: “The New American Spirituality: A Seeker’s Guide”
Elizabeth Lesser
Author and co-founder of the Omega Institute, in Rhinebeck , NY

Title of UFCSH talk: “Epidemiologic Reflections on Spirituality”
Jeff Levin
Epidemiologist and former medical school professor, pioneering scientist and author whose research helped create the field of religion, spirituality, and health

Title of UFCSH talk: “An evening with Bo Lozoff: It’s a meaningful life – It just takes practice”
Bo Lozoff
Founder and director of Human Kindness Foundation, author, singer/songwriter

Title of UFCSH talk: “Spiritual Direction: Ancient Roots, Contemporary Resurgence”
Carol Ludwig
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

Title of UFCSH talks: “Reclaiming Native Land Rights in Scotland: Reversing the Highland Clearances while Restoring the Land and Celtic Identity” and “Celtic Indigenous Insights on Cultural, Personal and Earth HealingYear”
Alastair McIntosh
Scottish writer, social activist, broadcaster and campaigning academic

Title of UFCSH talks: “How Quantum Physics Has Altered Our Perception of God”, “The Underground Church: Reclaiming the Subversive Way of Jesus” , “Thinking Religiously: Are Human Beings Irrational or Trans-rational?” , “UNDONE: Faith as Resistance to Orthodoxy”, “UNDONE: Faith as Resistance to Empire”
Robin Meyers
Author, syndicated columnist, award-winning commentator for National Public Radio and a fellow of the Jesus Seminar

Title of UFCSH talk: “Sacred Land: Healing Through Immersion in Nature”
John P. Milton
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

Title of UFCSH talk: “Healing Body, Soul and Spirit”
Thomas Moore
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

Title of UFCSH talk: “Healing and the Eternal Questions of Life” and “Health Meaning and the Soul”
Jacob Needleman
Professor of Philosophy and Religious Studies at San Francisco State University

Title of UFCSH talk: “The Experience of Centering Prayer”
Thomas Keating
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”

Title of UFCSH talk: “The Heart of the Matter: Science AND Spirituality-A Compelling Conversation about New Understandings and Possibilities”
James O’Dea
President of the Institute of Noetic Sciences (IONS), author of ‘The Conscious Activist, Cultivating Peace , Soul Awakening Practice” (June 2017) and other acclaimed works

Title of UFCSH talk: “Spirituality and Spaceflight”
Michael O’Neal
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

Title of UFCSH talk: “Spirituality and End-of-Life Care: A Time for Listening and Caring”
Christina Puchalski
Physician at George Washington University College of Medicine and Director of Education for the National Institute of Healthcare Research

TITLE OF UFCSH TALK: “SPIRITUALITY THROUGH ART”
Kristen Raizada
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

TITLE OF UFCSH TALK: “THE EMERGENCE OF THE CULTURAL CREATIVES”
Paul H. Ray and Sherry Ruth Anderson
Paul Ray, author and Founding Board Member of Green Economic Movement Strategies; Sherry Ruth Anderson, author and psychologist

TITLE OF UFCSH TALKS: “RHYTHMIC WISDOM, THE HEALING POWER OF SACRED SOUND, DRUMMING AND TRANCE” AND “INVOKING OUR MUSE”
Layne Redmond
Acclaimed drummer, composer, author, mythologist, and a lifelong student of yoga

Title of UFCSH talk: “Tools of Awareness for Dealing with Conflict”
Leonard L. Riskin
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

Title of UFCSH talk: “Neurotheology: This is your Brain on Meditation!” and “Meditation and the Seven Common Features of Spiritual Traditions”
Louis Ritz
Associate Professor of Neuroscience, in the McKnight Brain Institute and the College of Medicine at the University of Florida

Title of UFCSH talk: “Demeter, Buddha and the Bears: The Ancient Roots of Contemporary Spiritual Healing”
Michael Samuels
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

Title of UFCSH talk: “Clinical Experience with Mindfulness as a Therapeutic Modality”
Saki Santorelli
Stress Reduction Clinic at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center and author

Title of UFCSH talk: “The Contemplative World as a Source for Healing”
Zalman Schachter-Shalomi
Rabbi, author and founder of Aleph: Alliance for Jewish Renewal and of the Spiritual Eldering Institute

Title of UFCSH talk: “Journey through Illness”
Hedy and Yumi Schleifer
Orlando psychotherapist and breast cancer survivor and activist

Title of UFCSH talk: “Intentional Healing: Exploring the Extended Reaches of Consciousness”
Marilyn Schlitz
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

Title of UFCSH talks: “Protecting the Rainforests: Case Studies from Papua, New Guinea and Ecuador” and “Wild Earth, Wild Mind, Wild Heart: Experiencing Deep Ecology”
John Seed
Australian and Deep Ecology Activist

Title of UFCSH talk: “Medicine and Compassion”
David R. Shlim
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

Title of UFCSH talk: “Befriending Fear and Pain: Mindfulness in the Treatment of Chronic Pain and Related Disorders”
Ronald D. Siegel
Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychology at Harvard Medical School, where he has taught for over 20 years

Title of UFCSH talk: “Mindfulness as a Way of Life- UF Mindfulness Day Keynote Address”
Mickey Singer
Author of the New York Times bestsellers: “The Untethered Soul” and “The Surrender Experiment”

Title of UFCSH talk: “The Grace in Dying/The Grace in Living”
Kathleen Dowling Singh
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

Title of UFCSH talk: “The Human Spirit in the Third Millennium: Light at the End of the Tunnel”
Huston Smith
World-renowned scholar of comparative religions and acclaimed author of “The World’s Religions”

TITLE OF UFCSH TALK: “SPIRITUALITY IN MEDICINE AND PSYCHIATRY” AND “RESEARCH IN PRAYer AND DISTANT HEALING”
Elisabeth Targ
Psychiatrist at the California Pacific Medical Center

TITLE OF UFCSH TALK: “DARK GREEN RELIGION: NATURE SPIRITUALITY AND THE PLANETARY FUTURE”
Bron Taylor
Professor of Religion at The University of Florida and an Affiliated Scholar with the Center for Environment and Development at Oslo University

Title of UFCSH talk: “At Hell’s Gate: Ending War Living Peace”
Claude Anshin Thomas
Went to Vietnam at eighteen and received numerous awards and decorations, including twenty-seven Air Medals, A Distinguished Flying Cross and the Purple Heart

Title of UFCSH talk: “9/11: How Shall We Really Heal?”
Arthur Waskow
Founder and director of the Shalom Center in Philadelphia, professor, author and rabbi

Title of UFCSH talk: “When Things of the Spirit Come First: Toward A Caring Science”
Jean Watson
Distinguished Professor and former Dean of Nursing at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center

Title of UFCSH talk: “Healing Words and Music: An Evening with David Wilcox” and “Musical Medicine: An Experiential Workshop”
David Wilcox
Singer/songwriter and storyteller, released seventeen albums of metaphor-laden music aimed at awakening the listeners’ sense of aliveness and connection

A session on Dances of Universal Peace and a workshop entitled “Illuminating the Path of the Heart”
Tui Wilschinsky
Leading the Dances of Universal Peace for 25 years
