John Beaulieu, ND, PhD, is one of the foremost philosophers and major innovators in the area of sound healing therapies. A world-renowned speaker, composer, pianist and naturopathic doctor, Dr. Beaulieu has pioneered a technique called BioSonic Repatterningâ„¢, a natural method of healing and consciousness development using tuning forks and other sound modalities based on the sonic ratios inherent in nature.
Lakshmi Voelker, YT, E-RYT 500, KYTA, YA, C-IAYT is a certified Kripalu Yoga instructor, a member of the Yoga Alliance and International Association of Yoga Therapists and holder of other certifications.Â
Lakshmi has dedicated her life to creating accessible paths to wellness. By creating chair yoga, she was able to bring adaptive fitness and exercise programs to those who could not benefit from traditional methods of physical activity due to age, limiting physical condition or being places where getting on the floor is not practical.
She created Lakshmi Voelker Chair Yoga® in 1982 when one of her thirty-something students was stricken with arthritis and could no longer get down on the floor to practice Yoga. In 1999, she authored and produced her widely acclaimed “Lakshmi Voelker Chair Yoga: The Sitting Mountain Series” CD.
Lakshmi certifies Lakshmi Voelker Chair Yoga Teachers (LVCYTs). She has certified over 2000 people in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Puerto Rico and Japan.Â
She has studied, practiced, and taught Yoga and other Eastern disciplines since 1969. From her early years, she integrated these disciplines with Western health concepts. Her focus has always been to improve her students’ health and wellness by making the integration of these disciplines accessible to the broadest audience possible.
Loire Cotler is a critically acclaimed Rhythm Vocalist whose life is defined by the healing power of music and a mission to show the world the rhythmic power of the voice. Bridging Medieval to Be-bop; World Music to Avant-Pop, Loire is renowned for her blazing South Indian drum language solos called Konnakol, while echoing vocal traditions inspired from a distant past, such as Jewish niggun, Middle Eastern taksim and The Great American Songbook reimagined. Loire is a passionate educator and Music Therapist (M.A. from NYU) presenting master classes at The Juilliard School and conservatories worldwide.
Lorraine Goldbloom is a lead instructor of VortexHealing® and has worked in the healing field for over 20 years. Her background as a personal trainer, yoga instructor and Reiki Master gives her a breadth and depth of experience in the healing arts bringing forth her natural ability to work and support people as they experience the transformation of VortexHealing® transmissions in classes. She teaches throughout the country and internationally.
Marco Dolce is a musician, sound healer, teacher and best-selling recording artist known as XUMANTRA. Internationally acclaimed for his work with authentic Tibetan singing bowls and gongs, Marco’s recordings are in use worldwide by yoga practitioners, alternative healers, meditators and spiritual seekers of all types. Marco has been hailed by critics as a modern pioneer and master of the contemporary uses of these miraculous instruments. Marco graduated from Rutgers University where he studied music theory with New York composer Philip Corner and jazz improvisation with the late, legendary guitarist Ted Dunbar. Afterwards, Marco spent many years as a journeyman guiÂtarist, guitar teacher, songwriter and bandleader, performing conÂtinually in local and European venues and producing and releasing numerous recordings along the way. Marco studied conga drumming and Afro-Cuban percussion at the Drummer’s Collective in New York City with Latin music great Bobby Sanabria.
Melissa Tiers is the founder of The Center For Integrative Hypnosis with a private hypnosis practice in New York City. She teaches classes in Integrative Hypnosis, Neuro-Linguistic Psychology and mental health coaching. Melissa is an instructor for the NGH and The International Association of Counselors and Therapists, as well as an adjunct faculty member of The Open Center and Tri-State College of Acupuncture. As a three time recipient of the International Medical and Dental Association’s prestigious Pen and Quill Award for her books Integrative Hypnosis and Keeping the Brain in Mind, Melissa has also been awarded the NGH’s 2014 President’s Award for excellence in the field and the 2014 Speaker and Author of the Year from the Zurich Hypnose Kongress.
Pat Moffitt Cook, PhD, is the founder and director of the Open Ear Center in Santa Fe, New Mexico. She is a distinguished pioneer in the field of sound and cross-cultural musical healing applications in healthcare and education. Dr. Cook has extensive training and certifications in auditory stimulation and sensory integration methods including the Tomatis Method and the Listening Fitness Program (LiFT). She is a Fellow of the Association of Music and Imagery (FAMI) and certified in the Bonny Method of Guided Imagery and Music (GIM). Pat is a certified Vedic Chant teacher by the Krishnamacharya Healing and Yoga Foundation (KHYF) and a certified teacher in Vedic Healing Chant by the Krishnamacharya Yoga Mandiram (KYM), both institutions are in Chennai, South India. Pat trained six years with a Chinese/Indonesian grandmaster of martial and healing arts in Indonesia and the United States. Afterwards, she researched musical healing with a North Indian Hindu village healer near Varanasi for over a decade.
Patricia L. Gerbarg, MD, is Assistant Clinical Professor in Psychiatry at New York Medical College. She is a graduate of Brown University and Harvard Medical School. Dr. Gerbarg practices Integrative Psychiatry, which combines standard and complementary treatments. She researches and teaches about psychoanalysis, women’s issues, trauma, neurobiology, natural treatments (herbs, nutrients) and the integration of mind-body practices in psychotherapy for the American Psychiatric Association (APA) Meetings and many other conferences, academic centers and community organizations. She serves on the APA Caucus on Complementary and Integrative Psychiatry and is a board member of the American Botanical Council
Publications:
Brown RP, Gerbarg PL. Breathing Techniques in Psychiatric Treatment. In Complementary and Integrative Treatments in Psychiatric Practice, edited by Gerbarg PL, Brown RP and Muskin PR. Washington D.C., American Psychiatric Association Publishing, 2017, 241-250.
Gerbarg PL, Brown RP, Streeter CC, Katzman M, Vermani M. Â Breath Practices for Survivor and Caregiver Stress, Depression, and Post-traumatic Stress Disorder: Connection, Co-regulation, Compassion. Integrative and Complementary Medicine OBM, April 2019. DOI: 10.21926/obm.icm.1903045
Gerbarg PL, Wallace G, Brown RP. Mass disasters and mind-body solutions: Evidence and field insights. International Journal of Yoga Therapy. 2011. 2(21):23-34.
Peeka Trenkle holds a Master of Divinity from Union Theological Seminary in New York City. With 40 years of experience as an intuitive healer, herbalist and homeopathic consultant, her deep interest lies in the integration of spiritual and physical healing and how our relationship with the natural world affects our well-being.
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David Winston, RH (AHG), an internationally known herbalist, lecturer, author, ethnobotanist and founder of the deeply respected company, Herbalist & Alchemist, has been studying, practicing, teaching and researching Chinese, Western/Eclectic and Southeastern American herbal traditions for 45+ years, and his world-renowned two-year herbal studies program, the David Winston Center for Herbal Studies, has been educating a wide range of healthcare providers in clinical herbal medicine since 1980. David also has one of the largest private herbal research libraries in the U.S, the Herbal Therapeutics Research Library and was a co-founder of the American Herbalists Guild, the first professional herbalists’ organization in the US. He is a consultant to hundreds of prominent physicians (MDs, NDs, DOs, DCs) throughout the US, Canada and Europe and has authored hundreds of articles and a number of books on herbs.
