ConnectIONS Live!
Spiritual emergence experiences occur throughout the life span, triggered by sudden losses, spiritual practices, as well as spontaneous anomalous experiences. Major losses include questioning or loss of faith, illness, grief and facing death. Anomalous spiritual experiences, such as mystical, near death, and psychedelic experiences challenge our understanding of the world and can be confusing and frightening. The self can become disorganized and overwhelmed by an infusion of spiritual energies or new realms of experience. While such challenges can produce a period of distress and imbalance, once recognized and approached as potentially transformative, many people can integrate such episodes in ways that promote their growth and development. Fostering integration of spiritual emergence experiences rather than trying to “reduce symptoms” can enable them to become Spiritually Transformative Experiences.
Recognizing and Integrating Spiritual Emergence
Friday April 29th
11am-12:15pm PDT
Please register even if you can’t attend live and you’ll receive an email with a link to the recording.
SPEAKER
David Lukoff, PhD is an Emeritus Professor of Psychology at Sofia University in Palo Alto, CA and a licensed psychologist in California whose work focuses on spiritual issues and mental health. He is author of 80 articles and chapters and is co-author of the DSM-IV and DSM-5 category Religious or Spiritual Problem, and he recently founded the Spiritual Competency Academy to provide training for mental health professionals in spiritual competency, loss, grief, death, recovery, and spiritual crises.
Fredy “Puma” Quispe Singona was born in 1980 in Chinchero a small Village in Cusco. He was trained by his grandfather, Don Maximo, in the mastery of Andean ceremonies and rituals since he was a very young boy. As a spiritual leader both in his own community of Chinchero, international gatherings and spiritual journeys he has a passion for the teachings of his people, and a profound respect for the global awakening Human Consciousness. He has attended and facilitated numerous international gatherings of spiritual leaders and young leaders with YES (Youth for Environmental Sanity).
![Claudia Welss](https://noetic.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Claudia-Round-300x300-1.png")
Claudia Welss is a citizen scientist and Board Chairman of the Institute of Noetic Sciences. Her collaboration with IONS began in the 90s when former IONS President Willis Harman invited her to join a five-year “Peace-building Through Business” inquiry at the Fetzer Institute. She’s on the boards of 
Alan Briskin, PhD, is a pioneer in the field of organizational learning and leadership development. He has been working with executives, managers, and teams for over 35 years as a coach and consultant, specializing in systems change and collective wisdom. Alan’s work is distinguished by his attention to the conditions that allow for change and innovation. He estimates spending over 10,000 hours in conversations, 1-1 and in small teams, with managers and executives addressing change processes and their role in it. He has held retainer relationships with multiple organizations for consecutive periods of 10 years or longer, including Lucasfilm, Goi Peace Foundation, Sutter Health, and Kaiser Permanente. Co-founder of the Collective Wisdom Initiative, he has written or co-authored five books, including the award winning The Power of Collective Wisdom, Daily Miracles, and The Stirring of Soul in the Workplace.
Ina Gjikondi is currently the Director of Executive Education & Coaching at the George Washington University Center for Excellence in Public Leadership. In this capacity she runs the day-to-day operations for the Open Enrollment & Coaching Programs and customized offerings of the government clients, which include leadership development work and executive coaching. In addition, she does outreach and develops new strategic partnerships. Ina is an organizational development professional and an ICF Certified Coach. In her work she integrates a variety of approaches and nuances in leadership development, training design and delivery, inspired and grounded by different schools of thought and wisdom in the world. She has experience working in multicultural environments and believes in the power of the language as an orientation to life, change and growth. Her experience with leadership development and coaching has been primarily within the public sector with leaders across the organization, both at the federal and the local level. Prior to that Ina worked with various international and local nonprofits in Albania, her home country.
Claudia Welss is Board Chairman of the Institute of Noetic Sciences and the lead citizen scientist for the 
Claire Lachance serves as the CEO of the Institute of Noetic Sciences, leading a team of world-renowned scientists and experiential program professionals. Prior to joining IONS in 2016, Claire was founder and president of Inspiration Quest, Inc. where she led the delivery of comprehensive management consulting services to hundreds of nonprofit organizations, foundations, public agencies, and social entrepreneurs. Earlier in her career, Claire held executive positions at Pacific Bell and MetLife. She earned an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BA magna cum laude in Economics from Tufts University.
Helané Wahbeh, ND, MCR, is the Director of Research at the Institute of Noetic Sciences and an adjunct assistant professor in the Department of Neurology at Oregon Health & Science University. Dr. Wahbeh is clinically trained as a naturopathic physician and research trained with a Master of Clinical Research and two post-doctoral research fellowships. She has published on and spoken internationally about her studies on complementary and alternative medicine, mind-body medicine, extended human capacities, stress, posttraumatic stress disorder and their relationships to physiology, health, and healing. Dr. Wahbeh is especially known for her research around — and noetic approach to — channeling.
Dean Radin, MS, PhD, is Chief Scientist at the Institute of Noetic Sciences and Associated Distinguished Professor at the California Institute of Integral Studies. Before joining the research staff at IONS in 2001, he held appointments at AT&T Bell Labs, Princeton University, University of Edinburgh, and SRI International. Dr. Radin is author or coauthor of hundreds of technical articles, some 125 peer-reviewed journal articles, four dozen book chapters, and four best-selling, popular books. He has given over 600 invited presentations and interviews for government, military, business, scientific, and other groups around the world.
Michael Sapiro, PsyD, is a clinical psychologist, Dharma teacher, meditation researcher, and former Buddhist monk. He is on faculty at 
Michael Jawer has been examining emotion, personality, and anomalous experience for the past 20 years. He blogs for Psychology Today and his work has appeared in Spirituality & Health, Aeon, Nautilus, Scientific American, and Advances in Mind-Body Medicine. He has spoken to groups including the American Psychological Association, the Society for Consciousness Studies, the Scientific and Medical Network, the Rhine Research Center, the New York Open Center, and the Jung Society of Washington. He has also lectured at the University of Maryland, Georgetown University, Drexel University, and University of Virginia. Jawer’s latest book is Sensitive Soul: The Unseen Role of Emotion in Extraordinary Statesl (Park Street Press, 2021). His previous books, written with Marc Micozzi, MD, PhD, are Your Emotional Type (Healing Arts Press, 2011) and The Spiritual Anatomy of Emotion (Park Street Press, 2009). Learn more on his website at MichaelJawer.com.
Garret Yount, PhD, is a Scientist at the Institute of Noetic Sciences. Dr. Yount’s primary interest is bridging molecular neurobiology with aspects of consciousness and the nonmaterial mind. He began his formal studies in consciousness research with a small grant from the Institute of Noetic Sciences in 1995, which allowed him to work with biofield practitioners and spiritual healers in the laboratory. Dr. Yount was among the first scientists to be awarded a Research Project Grant (R01) from the National Institutes of Health to study energy healing. He has spoken nationally and co-authored peer-reviewed papers on the topic of establishing rigorous guidelines for research into biofields and micro-psychokinesis.
Charlie Morley is a bestselling author and teacher of lucid dreaming, shadow integration, and Mindfulness of Dream & Sleep. He has been lucid dreaming for over 20 years and was “authorized to teach” within the Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism by 
Brian Westley Johnson founded 
David Lorimer, MA, PGCE, FRSA is a writer, poet, lecturer and editor who is a Founder of Character Education Scotland, Programme Director of the 
William Peters, M.A., M.Ed., MFT, is the founder of the 
Peter Fenwick, MD, is Emeritus Consultant Neuropsychiatrist, Maudsley Hospital and Emeritus Senior Lecturer at the Institute of Psychiatry. His other appointments included Consultant Neurophysiologist at St. Thomas’s, Westminster and Broadmoor Hospitals. For 10 years he was a Trustee of the Prince of Wales Foundation for Integrated Health. Dr. Fenwick is Emeritus President of the Scientific and Medical Network and is former Chair of the Board, The Study Society. He is the author, with his wife Elizabeth, of many books on consciousness and death, most recently The Art of Dying. His autobiography, Shining Light on Transcendence, was published last year.