Heartline

The step daughter of Robert A. Monroe, Penny attended Energy Mastery School in Europe with Robert Jaffe, and his Teachers’ training in Sedona. She is trained in healing arts in various workshops from healing touch, therapeutic touch, death midwifery and a year long course with Whitewinds Institute of Energy Medicine with Fernan Poulan. Penny also explored Shamanic studies with Kerrith McKechnie in Toms Brook VA. and  a vision quest the following year.

In 1992 shortly before my Mother died, my stepfather, Robert Monroe, asked me if I wanted to be a trainer. He had wanted me to become a stand up comedienne so I guess he thought my humor could be put to good use at the Monroe Institute.

I can remember when Gateways were on the road held in hotel conference rooms, and retreat centers. My sister, Scooter McMoneagle, David Mulvey and Darlene Miller would travel from town to town training programs. I remember when the idea to build a permanent place came up one evening after dinner at the farm. Mom wanted him home at his own establishment where all the equipment could be in place and all the people responding to Journeys Out of the Body could come and spend a week.

In my eighteen years of training at TMI, I have had the opportunity to grow and learn and experience the initiatory process of what groups coming together to spend a week of consciousness exploration can do for the uplift of humanity. Here, I get to witness and support people as they uncover more of who they really are in a wonderfully supportive atmosphere of fun, deep work and safe space. At the beginning of the week it is as if we as trainers have been presented with a bouquet of two dozen rosebuds and we get to be a part of the blossoming of each one of those buds as the week progresses. How cool is that?

Over thirty thousand intrepid explorers have joined the Monroe family of friends. I don’t think you will find a place more conducive to “taking a look under the hood” as you will here.

In 1986, I had a full blown in-the-body experience. I learned from that experience, that the body is vital in consciousness exploration. I say this because I know that many people come hoping to have or manage an out-of-body experience. I think the way “out” is in, into yourself and learning that you are truly more than your physical body.

John Kortum is a self-taught medical intuitive, author and teacher of his medical perception technique. He has been evaluated with 93% accuracy by a Clinical Professor of Medicine in Bethesda, Maryland.

John has demonstrated his medical intuition on the Dr. Oz Show, A&E Biography Channel, ABC News, NBC News, and FOX News. By adapting his discoveries to conventional medical language, he teaches doctors and nurses how to perceive the human body's natural organ indicators, and substantiates a heuristic for health care professionals to apply the Kortum Technique in their clinical patient practice.

He has over 25 years of experience leading workshops and has been a residential trainer at The Monroe Institute® since 1998.

Watch John demonstrate the Kortum Medical Assessment Technique on The Dr. Oz Show. 

Arkaitz was born in San Sebastian, Spain. Since childhood he felt that something was missing in life and started his quest for the `missing factor´ at a very early age. Along the years he tried many tools and techniques for self development, trying to unveil the depths of human consciousness.While working on his master’s degree on International Trade and Logistics, Arkaitz was given the opportunity to read Bob Monroe’s books. Reading about Bobs experiences, along with a first contact with the Hemi-Sync technology provided an unmistakable sense of `this is the way to go´. And this is the way he went until, before he knew he became a TMI Outreach and Residential Trainer. Now he trains both weekend and Residential programs. He is also a member of the Monroe Institute's Professional Division and Local Chapter Regional Coordinator for Spain and Portugal.Using Hemi-Sync®on a regular basis, personally, with program participants and with individual clients, has brought a sense of purpose and fulfillment to life that is hard to describe. Life has turned into an incredible adventure, full of meaning and mystery.Arkaitz also helps people improve their lives with coaching, hypnosis and other techniques.

Born and raised in South Africa, Marinda came to the USA in 1997 to work as an Occupational Therapist. Drawn to “spy stories”, she read a book that referenced the Monroe Institute and attended the Gateway Voyage in January 2000.  This was followed by attending several graduate programs and the Professional Division Seminar during that same year.  The teachings and philosophy of Monroe resonated with Marinda and brought her “home” to her truth.

She completed the Outreach Trainer program and presented weekend excursion programs in South Africa.  In 2002 she returned to the USA to work and continue her studies with the Monroe Institute and became a residential trainer in 2008. 

Marinda retired from patient care and currently works full time as a yoga teacher and faculty member for a suburban Chicago based yoga school and studio, where she trains an advanced yoga teacher training program and several anatomy workshops. Her special interests are yoga philosophy and meditation, which explores consciousness in much the same way as the audio technology support offered at Monroe.

Marinda incorporates her love for art and creativity in the presentation of workshops for yoga students and in the Monroe programs she helped design.  Her vision is to bring greater awareness to our natural creative capacity and how this is a manifestation of consciousness in our daily life.

Marinda believes in investing in yourself:  she has learned a “new skill” every year since graduation in 1987. “This is how I stay curious, engaged, develop my mind and build my skillset… and I meet lots of interesting people!  My greatest inspiration is to witness the transformative journey of participants in workshops. Being present for their awakening to freedom and self-mastery ignites a spirit of compassion and commitment in me to continue on my own path as a student of consciousness and share this wisdom with my students, friends and community.”

Marinda is married to Bob Holbrook and spends her time teaching, studying and making art.  She is a Certified Zentangle® Teacher,  SoulCollage® facilitator, and avid quilter and knitter. You will also see her handmade prayer malas for sale in the Monroe bookstore on campus.  She enjoys time outside on long walks with her two Rottweilers, Bismarck and Chloe.

Deryn has been involved with the Monroe Institute since 2013.

Her curiosity in energy medicine and consciousness led her to the Monroe Institute in 2002. She has returned every year since then to take a program. In 2008 Deryn became a regional coordinator for the Local Chapter Network (LCN), and then joined the LCN Leadership Council in 2014. Beginning her career at Monroe as an outreach trainer, she hosted workshops in the Washington, DC area. Deryn is passionate about helping others to fulfill their potential and have fun while expanding their consciousness.

Deryn was introduced to Chinese medicine as a young child, which led her to search out other paths of healing over the years. She has been a biofeedback specialist since 2006 and helps others balance their physical, mental, and emotional stress by education and understanding of electromagnetic frequencies. Along with her biofeedback, she uses flower essences to shift consciousness and increase awareness.

Deryn has a M.Ed. and was a certified Montessori elementary and toddler teacher for over 20 years. She started the first Montessori toddler program in Kentucky and assisted in creating one of the first Montessori middle schools in the United States. Deryn made sure that the children meditated, did yoga, and listened to binaural beats on a daily basis.

While not exploring the astral plane, she loves to visit sacred sites around the world and unlock the mysteries that our ancestors left behind.

“To be what we are, and to become what we are capable of becoming, is the only end of life.” Robert Louis Stephenson