Exploring the Realms of Consciousness

A 3-week online workshop designed to help you investigate the fundamental nature of your consciousness
January 17 – February 8, 2026

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In collaboration with GlideWing and the Monroe Institute, IONS is proud to present:

Exploring the Realms of Consciousness:
A Hemi-Sync® Excursion to Focus 10, 12, and 15

A 3-week online workshop
January 17 – February 8, 2026

Where the science of consciousness meets personal discovery, this workshop provides a rigorous methodology pioneered by Robert A. Monroe to access and explore the expanded states of awareness intentionally.

Using the Hemi-Sync® audio technology and learning to navigate these Focus Levels, you are not simply meditating; you are conducting a personal, inner-scientific investigation into the fundamental nature of your consciousness. Understanding this reveals the interconnected nature of reality that IONS researches, empowering you to access inner wisdom, gain profound clarity, and cultivate a more intentional, inspiring life.

Produced and hosted by our friends at GlideWing, and offered in partnership with IONS

GlideWing will handle registration and logistics.

Key information and registration can be found on the Exploring the Realms of Consciousness course page on their website.

For questions and assistance, please email: programs@glidewing.com

Explore non-ordinary states of consciousness and bring your insights back to your waking life

This course is facilitated by Carol Joyce, a skilled and experienced trainer at the Monroe Institute, who will guide students via an online forum and live Zoom sessions.

Lessons are presented in video featuring Scott Taylor, former Monroe Institute trainer and Executive Director.

Using 10 downloadable Hemi-Sync® exercises voiced by Robert Monroe, you will be guided to investigate the inner realms, ensuring a safe and supportive journey.

“Focus Level” is a term coined by Robert Monroe to describe distinct yet natural states of consciousness that can be easily accessed through his patented audio guidance technology, Hemi-Sync.

In this online course you will:

  • Access the Inner Lab (Focus 10): Master the fundamental state of “Mind Awake, Body Asleep.” This technique provides the foundation for all further exploration, offering a quiet confidence born from direct, inner evidence. 

  • Explore Expanded Awareness (Focus 12): Practice methods to access the state of expanded awareness, where you can ask for and receive inner guidance. Learn about the unique language of intuition and how to use it for real-world problem-solving and decision-making. 

  • Touch the Timeless (Focus 15): Be invited to the state of “No Time.” This profound experience is your opportunity to explore consciousness beyond the limits of linear time, revealing your “Total Self”—the magnificent multi-dimensional being that you truly are. 

  • Meet Your Inner Self Helper (ISH): Learn and practice the core Monroe technique for communicating with your Inner Self Helper to gain profound inner wisdom and a deeper understanding of your life path. 

  • Open to Interconnection: Move toward states that shatter the illusion of separation and reveal the interconnected nature of consciousness, providing scientific validation for the profound personal experiences cherished by the core IONS community.

Robert Monroe

This experiential course is based on the work of Robert A. Monroe, a visionary pioneer in the exploration of human consciousness. Monroe’s research and personal explorations aimed to help individuals move beyond the confines of ordinary conscious awareness and explore specific altered states of awareness he referred to as Focus Levels. He believed that only by experiencing these states for yourself can you turn “unknowns” into “knowns.” The Focus Levels outlined by Monroe provide a roadmap for individuals to explore dimensions of consciousness beyond everyday waking awareness, characterized by a sense of unity, timelessness, and connection to a broader, more profound reality.

“The greatest illusion is that mankind has limitations.” - Robert A. Monroe

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Your Facilitators

This workshop is facilitated by Carol Joyce, a skilled and experienced trainer at the Monroe Institute, and presented in videos featuring Scott Taylor, former Monroe Institute trainer and Executive Director.

Carol A. Joyce is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC), Monroe Institute Residential and Outreach Facilitator, life coach, board-certified clinical hypnotherapist, lecturer, Author of How To Meditate Like a Zen Master in Minutes (available in audio or paperback on Amazon and Skillbites) and published researcher in The Journal of Music Therapy (2004) Mozart versus New Age Music Effects on Relaxation States, C.A. Joyce MA.

Her wide-ranging studies, training, and research in the field of psychology, consciousness exploration, and the mysteries of the subconscious mind have gained Carol the reputation as a powerful trainer and catalyst for deeply desired personal growth and change.

Carol is a graduate of DePaul University (Bachelor of Science in Commerce/Marketing), Roosevelt University (MA in Clinical Professional Psychology), certified by the Wellness Institute (Heart-centered Clinical Hypnotherapy), Alumni of The Coaches Training Institute, and is an accredited Residential and Outreach Trainer for The Monroe Institute® (TMI).

This workshop is facilitated by Carol Joyce, a skilled and experienced trainer at the Monroe Institute, and presented in videos featuring Scott Taylor, former Monroe Institute trainer and Executive Director.

Scott Taylor, EdD, is President & Executive Director of The Monroe Institute. His vision for TMI is its expanded global distinction as the world’s go-to organization for exploring human consciousness. Scott attended Gateway Voyage® in 1983, became an Outreach Trainer in 1985, and Residential Trainer in 1998.

His first-hand encounter in a shared NDE occurred in 1981 and he has been committed to exploring his own and others’ experiences and raising awareness ever since. A known researcher and speaker in the field of NDE studies, Dr. Taylor’s doctoral dissertation is entitled Near-Death Experiences: Discovering and living in unity.

His business experience includes CEO of Brett’s Department Stores and The Expanded Awareness Institute. He was VP of Marketing and Sales for startup Phenix Biocomposites. Dr. Taylor mentored thousands of small business owners and nonprofit organizations through the small business management program for the state of Minnesota. In addition, he is the voice and author of six best-selling Into the Light audio albums that explore the intersection of Hemi-Sync® technology and near-death experiences.

Dr. Taylor earned business degrees from Coe College in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and Kellogg Graduate School of Business at Northwestern University in Illinois. He earned a Minister of Spiritual Counseling degree from the New Seminary, New York City, and a doctorate in educational leadership from the University of St. Thomas in Minnesota, where he studied and wrote about the insights gained from persons who have had near-death experiences.

For fun, Dr Taylor is passionate about the sport of curling. He is married to the love of his life, Anne Hunter.

Workshop Format

  • 3-week Intensive Online Workshop to learn and practice from the comfort of your own home.
  • Practical instruction presented via streaming video. There are no set class times; you may view the presentations as often as you like during the workshop and for the following month.
  • Online forum discussion for participants to share their experiences and questions with other registrants; workshop instructors will be actively participating in the forum discussions and posting supplemental materials.
  • Three live Q&A Zoom sessions with facilitator Carol A. Joyce are included in this workshop, held each Wednesday during the program, at 11am Pacific Time:  January 21, January 28, and  February 4. These live sessions will be recorded for workshop registrants who cannot attend the session and are viewable for the duration of the workshop.
  • 10 Downloadable Guided and Free-Flow Hemi-Sync® Audio Exercises voiced by Robert Monroe for your practice — yours to keep!

System Requirements

  • Broadband Internet access is essential to view the streamed video content.
  • Join the Live Sessions from anywhere in the world via Zoom.
  • Use your smartphone, tablet, or computer to access the Zoom session online.
  • You’ll need internet access with broadband, wired or 3G or 4G/LTE wireless.

This workshop is produced and hosted by our friends at GlideWing and offered in partnership with IONS.

"Hemi-Sync is a wonderful tool. The technology took me to the next level, so to speak. Scott and Carol did a great job." – John, USA


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