Learn From the Best
The Speakers
Paul KalasPaul Kalas is a distinguished astronomer at the University of Crete and University of California, Berkeley, who searches for planetary systems around other stars using the most advanced telescopes in existence. He authored a comprehensive study of precognitive dreaming called The Oneironauts.
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Clare JohnsonDr. Clare Johnson is an internationally known lucid dream pioneer. Former President and CEO of the International Association for the Study of Dreams, and first in the world to do a PhD on lucid dream creativity. Her eight books include The Art of Lucid Dreaming and Elixir of Sleep. She hosts the Sleep & Deep Lucid Dreaming podcast. www.DeepLucidDreaming.com
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Bhaskar BanerjiBhaskar likes to think of himself as an Ambassador from the dream world. He obtained his Masters in Holoistic Health Education & PhD in Mind-Body Medicine studying such topics as Dreams and the Body, Lucid Dreaming, Cross Cultural Dreaming, Content Analysis of Dreams, and Dream Interpretation.
Lately he has focused on investigating the relationship between illness and dreams. Can dreams forewarn us of impending disease? Can they prescribe treatments for those who are ill? Can they tell us whether our current course of treatment will succeed in restoring our health? Can they guide us in the direction of health and wellness? |
Maria MaragouMaria Maragou is a graduate Chemical Engineer of the National Technical University of Athens and a holder of an M. Eng. from McGill University, Montreal. Since 1994 she has been
occupied with Greek Philosophy and is a writer of a series of books, focusing on the decoding of the Greek mythology, the divine origin and etymology of the Greek language the symbolism of god and heroes and their meaning in our actual daily life. Through her studies she incorporates the scientific viewpoint of modern physics into her work. |
Rachel EfronRachel Efron is a music producer, songwriter, and creativity coach. She’s written for Journey, Narada Michael Walden, and David Hobbes; produces
across genres; and has turned her coaching into a creativity app, Muzi. She believes creativity and dreaming are kindred — the same process in different states of consciousness. www.rachelefron.com |
Rosanna LoveRosanna Lowe is an award-winning writer, director and performer from the UK. Writing has ranged from the TV series Horrible Histories to adaptations of three Greek tragedies. She explores myth and place, through storytelling, song, movement and immersive theatre.
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Joanna KowalewskaJoanna works with dreamwork, Yoga Nidra, sound and voice to guide people through liminal states of awareness where rest, clarity and inner authority become accessible. She facilitates group programs and retreats and hosts the Dreaming the Light podcast, which explores dreams as a path of personal and spiritual development.
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Yasmin JohnsonA precognitive and lucid dreamer since early childhood, sixteen-year-old Yasmin is a long-time dream journaler. Her dream-inspired multimedia collage won first prize in the 2019 Children’s Art Exhibition of the International Association for the Study of Dreams. Her dream art and dream reports appear in Sleep Monsters & Superheroes and The Art of Transforming Nightmares.
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Melissa Artemis ShemannaMelissa Artemis Shemanna is a visionary artist, curator, and temple arts practitioner whose luminous works merge alchemy, myth, and prophecy. Founder of The Honeybee Temple Arts Pollinator, she exhibits internationally, bridging art and oracular ritual as a living continuation of ancient visionary traditions.
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Emily CookDr Emily Cook is a Chartered Organizational Psychologist, Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society, and Co-Founder of The Center for Organizational Dreaming. She holds a PhD in Cognitive Neuroscience from the University of London. Her work has been published in Neuroscience Letters and The International Journal of Dream Research.
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Kyle NapierkowskiKyle Napierkowski is a pioneer in AI dream analysis for commercial & scientific innovation. He is Co-Founder of The Center for Organizational Dreaming, and creator of Codreaming app. Kyle holds an MSc in Management from Case Western Reserve University. His work has been published in Dreaming and Consciousness and Cognition.
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Naomi KimmelmanNaomi Kimmelman, MA, LMFT, is a licensed psychotherapist, artist, ritualist and rites of passage guide. She holds a Masters in Holistic Counseling Psychology with an emphasis in Jungian Depth and Expressive Arts Therapy. She serves on the IASD Ethics Committee and has presented at conferences on the topics of hypnagogia, daydreams & mental health, creativity and consciousness. https://welcomingsoul.com/
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Dimitra NatskouliDimitra is a visionary artist and dance therapist. She incorporates the use of symbols, as they derive from the archetypal unconscious and she uses the body posture as a symbol itself to reveal psychic states of being. She is the director and facilitator of "Ariadne's Garden of Spiritual Arts" at Galaxidi.
www.ariadnesgarden.gr 
Kate AldertonKate Alderton is a multidisciplinary artist and dream-tender exploring the border between dreaming and wakefulness. Her practice has a focus on collective dreamwork and how the more-than-human world communicates through our dreams and bodies. Training includes: The Centre for Social Dreaming, Processwork, Anima Mundi School & Damanhur Eco Community.
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Alex IoannouAlex Ioannou is a body/relational psychotherapist and ritualist. His practice sits at the crossroads of animist/relational practice, somatic trauma therapy, creative arts psychotherapy and contemplative practice. He specialises in working with ancestral and collective trauma and helps people access a deeper sense of connection, aliveness and presence. www.rodihealing.com
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Pascal MichaelDr. Pascal Michael is a lecturer at the University of Greenwich and lead of Alef Trust’s Transpersonal Psychology MSc’s ‘Entheogens’ option. He’s been invited to private symposia like the Tyringham Initiative, and to give keynotes such as for the Institute of Psychedelic Therapy, published many high impact articles and was a Schmeidler Outstanding Student awardee.
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