Irene Lyon synthesizes her training in Feldenkrais, Somatic Experiencing and Somatic Practice with decades of personal experience into programs like her powerful SmartBody SmartMind. Irene has a knack for making complex info easy for ALL of us to understand and apply to our lives. She is a nervous system expert who teaches people around the world how to work with the nervous system to transform trauma, heal body and mind, and live full, creative lives.
Joan Tollifson speaks about her earlier life through addiction, social activism and meditation. She has a radical lens and cuts right through to the heart of life, relationships, illness and death. Joan is interested in waking up to the aliveness of this moment, exactly as it is. Her bare-bones approach is open, direct, immediate and down-to-earth. She invites meditative exploration and encourages people to remain in the openness of not knowing.
Nkem Ndefo, MSN, CNM, RN, is the founder of Lumos Transforms and creator of The Resilience Toolkit. She brings, a grounded approach to healing, strength and resilience, and a unique ability to connect with people of all types by holding powerful healing spaces, weaving complex concepts into accessible narratives, and creating synergistic and collaborative learning communities that nourish people’s innate capacity for healing, wellness, and connection.
Pete Walker, M.A., MFT is a licensed psychotherapist with degrees in Social Work and Counseling Psychology. Pete specializes in helping adults who were traumatized in childhood, especially those whose repeated exposure to abuse and/or neglect left them with the symptoms of Complex Post Traumatic Stress Disorder [CPTSD]. His popular book Complex PTSD: From Surviving to Thriving deeply explores the causes of CPTSD that range from severe neglect to monstrous abuse.
Resmaa Menakem is a healer. He presents a clear picture of trauma and how it works in our bodies. In his excellent book, My Grandmother’s Hands, Resmaa refers to people like Malcolm X and James Baldwin as having settled bodies and focused minds. The book is about racialized trauma: white body supremacy, white bodies, black bodies, and police bodies. It is a fascinating study and insight into historical trauma and how that lives in and through our bodies.
Rick Hanson, Ph.D., is a psychologist, Senior Fellow of the Greater Good Science Center at UC Berkeley, and New York Times best-selling author. His books include Neurodharma, Resilient, Hardwiring Happiness, Buddha’s Brain, Just One Thing, and Mother Nurture. He is an expert on positive neuroplasticity who began meditating in 1974 and is the founder of the Wellspring Institute for Neuroscience and Contemplative Wisdom.
Sabila Khan is a native of Jersey City, NJ, a mother of two, and works in the book publishing industry. She co-founded Covid-19 Loss Support for Family & Friends–the largest collection of Covid bereaved in the world–four days after losing her community activist father to the virus. Covid-19 Loss Support offers a safe space for members to grieve their losses and has been vital in connecting and amplifying advocacy efforts.
Scott Kiloby is a noted international speaker, well-respected enlightenment (nonduality) teacher who has helped thousands of people all over the world, an entrepreneur, creative spirit, and author of seven books. Scott is an innovator in the addiction field and developed the New Model of Recovery that uses no shaming, judging or punishing people. The Kiloby Inquiries heal the pain that drives the addiction in the first place.
Stephen W. Porges, Ph.D. is Distinguished University Scientist at Indiana University where he is the founding director of the Traumatic Stress Research Consortium. In 1994 he proposed the Polyvagal Theory, a theory that links the evolution of the mammalian autonomic nervous system to social behavior and emphasizes the importance of physiological state in the expression of behavioral problems and psychiatric disorders.
Diane Poole Heller Ph.D. is an internationally recognized speaker, author, and expert in the field of child and adult attachment theory as well as trauma resolution. Her expertise in trauma healing has benefitted survivors and families of 9/11 and the Columbine shootings, making her a highly sought-after consultant, speaker, and presenter for organizations worldwide.
Irene Lyon synthesizes her training in Feldenkrais, Somatic Experiencing and Somatic Practice with decades of personal experience into programs like her powerful SmartBody SmartMind. Irene has a knack for making complex info easy for ALL of us to understand and apply to our lives. She is a nervous system expert who teaches people around the world how to work with the nervous system to transform trauma, heal body and mind, and live full, creative lives.
Joan Tollifson speaks about her earlier life through addiction, social activism and meditation. She has a radical lens and cuts right through to the heart of life, relationships, illness and death. Joan is interested in waking up to the aliveness of this moment, exactly as it is. Her bare-bones approach is open, direct, immediate and down-to-earth. She invites meditative exploration and encourages people to remain in the openness of not knowing.
Nkem Ndefo, MSN, CNM, RN, is the founder of Lumos Transforms and creator of The Resilience Toolkit. She brings, a grounded approach to healing, strength and resilience, and a unique ability to connect with people of all types by holding powerful healing spaces, weaving complex concepts into accessible narratives, and creating synergistic and collaborative learning communities that nourish people’s innate capacity for healing, wellness, and connection.
Resmaa Menakem is a healer. He presents a clear picture of trauma and how it works in our bodies. In his excellent book, My Grandmother’s Hands, Resmaa refers to people like Malcolm X and James Baldwin as having settled bodies and focused minds. The book is about racialized trauma: white body supremacy, white bodies, black bodies, and police bodies. It is a fascinating study and insight into historical trauma and how that lives in and through our bodies.
Rick Hanson, Ph.D., is a psychologist, Senior Fellow of the Greater Good Science Center at UC Berkeley, and New York Times best-selling author. His books include Neurodharma, Resilient, Hardwiring Happiness, Buddha’s Brain, Just One Thing, and Mother Nurture. He is an expert on positive neuroplasticity who began meditating in 1974 and is the founder of the Wellspring Institute for Neuroscience and Contemplative Wisdom.
Sabila Khan is a native of Jersey City, NJ, a mother of two, and works in the book publishing industry. She co-founded Covid-19 Loss Support for Family & Friends–the largest collection of Covid bereaved in the world–four days after losing her community activist father to the virus. Covid-19 Loss Support offers a safe space for members to grieve their losses and has been vital in connecting and amplifying advocacy efforts.
Scott Kiloby is a noted international speaker, well-respected enlightenment (nonduality) teacher who has helped thousands of people all over the world, an entrepreneur, creative spirit, and author of seven books. Scott is an innovator in the addiction field and developed the New Model of Recovery that uses no shaming, judging or punishing people. The Kiloby Inquiries heal the pain that drives the addiction in the first place.