Lifeline (Virtual Retreat)

Carol Joyce is a Monroe Institute Residential, Online and Outreach Trainer since 2013, a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC), coach, certified hypnotherapist, lecturer, and a contributor to blogs and magazines. She is author of "How To Meditate Like a Zen Master in Minutes" (audio/paperback on Amazon) and her oft-cited study, published in The Journal of Music Therapy (2004) "Mozart versus New Age Music Effects on Relaxation States, C.A. Joyce MA.

In the mid 90’s, Carol began having mystical experiences that completely changed the way she viewed the world. Reflecting back, since childhood, Carol possessed a keen interest in the paranormal. At age 8, she chose the topic of hypnosis for a school essay, after having read “The Search For Bridey Murphy”, an account of past-life regression under hypnosis. She now realizes her interests and experiences were a unique invitation to pursue the exploration of consciousness. Seeking to make sense of it all, in 2000, she found her way to the Monroe Institute.

She graduated from DePaul University (BS, Commerce/Marketing), Roosevelt University (MA, Clinical Professional Psychology), Wellness Institute (heart-centered hypnotherapy), and The Coaches Training Institute. Carol is also a classically trained stage actor, training at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London. Her acting credits include: TV/TV commercials, stage, and was an original cast member for many years in Chicago’s Organic Theater’s stage-play production of ER/Emergency Room, which later became a hit TV series.

Steve discovered the Monroe Institute in 1992 by reading a book called The Watchers by Betty Andreasson, where the Monroe Institute was referenced in a footnote.  Through a series of incredible coincidences, he was signed up for Gateway Voyage within a month. It was a turning point in his life. Bob showed him the way across the canyon between believing and knowing that he is more than his physical body. From that week on his life journey took off in new directions of self-discovery. Over the years of attending the Monroe Institute programs his understanding of reality shifted to enjoyment and wonder tempered with the eye of the tourist perceiving this human life as a vast amusement park with every ride imaginable and no lines.    

Taking to heart Bob’s final message to “get it out there” he became active with the LCN (Local Chapter Network) acting as the regional coordinator for the northeastern and southwestern United States.  Steve and his wife Deryn have run a monthly Monroe Local Chapter in Phoenix since 2012.  In 2013 Steve became a residential trainer at Monroe.  Steve is doing everything he can to share the good things he has received from Bob Monroe and the Monroe Institute.  

Steve Winchester grew up in Newark, Delaware. There he raised three kids and worked in material science research at the DuPont Experimental Station for thirty-one years. Today he lives in Phoenix, Arizona with his wife, Deryn.  He currently works as a research chemist for Versum Materials.  Steve enjoys self-development and living by intention.   He loves to travel and explore the places where hidden history, science and spirituality meet.

Linda, a Canadian and a naturalized Cypriot, has been an Outreach Trainer of Monroe Institute since 1999. She became an off-campus Residential Trainer in Europe in 2010 and offers Gateway, Lifeline and Exploration 27 in Cyprus, Greece and England. She attended Gateway, Guidelines and Lifeline in 1994 and had opportunities to meet Bob Monroe in the year before he died.  Her experiences at Gateway changed her life and helped her to tap into dormant inner resources.  She changed from a somewhat shy 40-year-old with a fear of public speaking to finding her voice. This led her to develop research, writing and public speaking skills as she stretched beyond her usual comfort zone.

From 1977, with her husband, she travelled the world on his United Nation assignments, living for extensive periods in nine countries. Linda also worked in various UN organizations in Geneva, Switzerland.

In 1989, she and her husband took early retirement to live on the Eastern Mediterranean island of Cyprus, where she is still based.  Her lifelong interests include parapsychology, reincarnation, altered states of consciousness, ancient history, sacred sites, earth energies, geopolitics, UFO phenomena, health and wellbeing. 

In 1997, she completed the Summer Study Program at the Institute for Parapsychology (Rhine Research Center).  In 1998, she attended a Lucid Dreaming summer course at Stanford with Dr. Stephen Laberge and is a graduate of 16 Monroe residential programs.  She is a member of the Professional Division and the Dolphin Energy Club.

She wrote eight articles that were published in Monroe’s Newsletter “Focus”, the “Hemi-Sync Journal” and a contribution, “Hemi-Sync® in Cyprus”, for the book “Focusing the Whole Brain”, edited by Ronald Russell (2004). Her six articles in Focus: “Magical Mystical Tours”, Spring 1997; “PSI and Hemi-Sync, Part I”,  Summer 1998; “Inaugural Cyprus Gateway Voyage®”, Summer 1999; “PSI and Hemi-Sync, Part II”, Winter 1999; “A Father’s Parting Gifts”,  Spring/Summer 2002;  “Getting it Out There: Hemi-Sync comes to Cairo”, Summer/Fall 2007 and two in the Hemi-Journal, “An Informal Research Project with a Hearing-Impaired Participant”, Winter 2006; A Single-Subject Case Study of Traumatic Brain Injury and Hemi-Sync®
Winter/Spring 2010.  These articles can be found online on the international Monroe Archives, in her Frequent Contributor File.

In 2006, in a unique set of circumstances, she made history in Cyprus, as the first foreign-born woman to be elected to her town council and has been re-elected twice. 

With her late husband, she co-authored “Reincarnation Cards - Awakening Far Memory” (2007), a unique book and card set which combines ancient wisdom and quantum metaphysics to evoke glimpses into other incarnations.

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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.

Both Nikate and Shri have a long-time interest in esoteric sciences. During their travels in India and abroad they always found time to visit people and places, allowing them to expand their knowledge about these sciences.
Reading is a passion and visiting book stores in search of another great read and more knowledge is a driving force. It was during one such visit in 1994 that the couple discovered Bob Monroe’s book, Journey’s Out Of The Body.

Fifteen years later in 2010, Nikate finally made his way to The Monroe Institute® to attend the introductory Gateway Voyage® program. Shri followed to attend the same program in 2012. They also attended and completed the Facilitator Training Program in the same year. Nikate has also attended Guidelines (2011), MC2 (2012),Remote Viewing (2014) & OBE(2015) . He is also a Off-Campus Residential trainer.

The couple has been profoundly influenced by the programs and the Hemi-Sync® technology. To share their experiences with others, they founded a nonprofit organization, Awareness Foundation. Programs offered include book clubs, meditation sessions, the TMI Excursion & Advance Excursion workshops as well as other related programs. Awareness Foundation is part of the TMI Local Chapter Network and has a regular Hemi-Sync® meditation session every Wednesday.

In 2014, when the Monroe Institute invited Ellen to become a residential trainer, she accepted immediately. She had already experienced the joy of serving for two years as an active Monroe Outreach trainer. Also, having personally benefited as a participant in ten residential programs, Ellen was inspired to offer the same opportunities to others.

In 2017, Ellen designed and launched the Law of Attraction program with Tip Walker. She is always thrilled to see participants begin to manifest their desires during the program itself.

As a consultant for Monroe Outreach since 2015, Ellen has been instrumental in the upgrade of the Outreach program, including the development of the comprehensive Outreach Trainer Program (OTP). She enjoys serving as an OTP trainer and mentoring new Outreach trainers. She also developed the Exploring Consciousness and Awakening workshops as well as the live online versions of three advanced Outreach workshops.

Ellen was guided to attend Gateway Voyage which was a transformational experience. She is deeply grateful as a trainer to be able to provide Monroe program participants with the same life-changing opportunities. With Tip Walker, she developed and trained the first Gateway Voyage Virtual Retreat in 2020.

Since childhood Ellen has been interested in and drawn to the exploration of nonphysical reality. In her twenties, a number of mystical events suddenly immersed her in an exciting new world of profound experiences and expansion. Since then, she has been on a conscious path of self-exploration, discovery, and personal transformation.

Since 1983, Ellen has given workshops and credit courses on human consciousness, meditation, law of attraction, healing, and other personal and spiritual development topics. She offers private sessions using customized combinations of audio technology, Mind Mirror EEG, the L.I.F.E. Biofeedback System, PSYCH-K, EFT, and other modalities.

Ellen’s educational and professional background is in linguistics, foreign/second language education, cross-cultural communication, human potential, teacher training, organizational development, and instructional design and delivery. After many years in the classroom, she went full-time with her training and consulting business, serving clients worldwide.

Tip serves as a Monroe Institute residential, virtual retreat, outreach, guest, and online trainer.  Since 2014, he has also served as an Outreach Trainer Program (OTP) trainer.  With his wife, Ellen Jones-Walker, Tip trains their Law of Attraction program, designed to enable participants to begin manifesting their desires during the program itself.

He has also served as a Monroe Community Group leader and as an Outreach Leadership Council member. He has been a Professional Association member since 2013. 

Tip’s Gateway Voyage experience was truly transformational.  With each additional program, he came to realize ever more the profound meaning of Robert Monroe’s seemingly simple statement that we are “more than our physical bodies.”  The process of discovering one’s potential and expressing that in the Earth life experience is what motivates Tip in his own evolution and fuels his passion in supporting others in their own process.

He has had a deep interest in metaphysics and the field of human potential since his early twenties. He started with Transcendental Meditation his senior year in college. Then, as a post-grad student at a Japanese university, he became a member of a Buddhist/Shinto religious organization. This intense experience challenged many of his long-held beliefs and opened him up to a greatly expanded view of reality.

Tip provides personalized sessions using the L.I.F.E. Biofeedback System and the Mind Mirror EEG.  He is also a certified Reiki Master and Teacher and has studied numerous other energy healing modalities. 

Tip’s educational and professional background is in the field of East Asian Studies, foreign/second language education, cross-cultural communication, organizational development, and instructional design and delivery. After many years in the classroom, he realized his dream of being self-employed and went full-time with his training and consulting business, providing services to clients around the world.

Nikate was born into a business family but always had an interest in esoteric sciences. During his travels in India and abroad he always found time to visit people and places, allowing him to expand his knowledge about these sciences. Reading has been a passion and visiting book stores in search of another great read and more knowledge is a driving force. It was during one such visit in 1994 that he discovered Bob Monroe’s book, Journey’s Out Of The Body.

Fifteen years later in 2010, Nikate finally made his way to The Monroe Institute® to attend the introductory Gateway Voyage® program. He is the Regional coordinator for the Local Chapter Network in India and along with his wife, Shrimangala, has been actively promoting the Outreach Program and has conducted Excursion workshops all over India.

He has been profoundly influenced by the Monroe Institute programs and Hemi-Sync® technology; to share his experiences with others he has founded a nonprofit organization, Awareness Foundation. The foundation offers and organizes programs which include book reading sessions , meditation sessions, the Monroe Institute’s Excursion workshops, The Institute of HeartMath’s Resilence Advantage Program® as well as other related programs.
Awareness Foundation is part of the TMI Local Chapter Network and has a regular Hemi-Sync® meditation session every Wednesday. He is also the Regional coordinator for the Local Chapter Network in India.

Nikate has been working on making a connection between science and spirituality and has been trained in various biofeedback tools and technologies. He is a certified trainer for the Institute of HeartMath’s Resilence Advantage Program® ( EmWave® technology), CBT for the Life System (Quantum Biofeedback) , Practitioner of the Mind Mirror (EEG based biofeedback) and Progen Aura Camera 6000 (Aura photography and reading).

My journey into the exploration of consciousness began at an early age. This wasn’t deliberate, answers to some of life’s biggest questions arrived before I had a chance to ask them!  My early non-physical and lucid dreaming experiences left me with the knowledge that there is much more going on than what we can perceive through our physical senses.As I progressed through school and university, I became increasingly interested in understanding different aspects of mind and consciousness; which resulted in obtaining a BSc in Psychology. Whilst the degree itself didn’t really answer any of my questions, it was during my time at university that I was involved in many personal experiments involving hypnosis and Hemi-Sync®.  As in childhood, my experiences took off, I had many OBEs and lucid dreams, and have kept a detailed journal ever since.After being introduced to Bob Monroe's tools and research, I became very interested in the simplicity of using non-invasive technology to explore and expand human potential. After wonderful experiences on TMI courses, I decided to become an Outreach Trainer to help as many people as possible to experience more of their total selves, whilst enjoying this great opportunity for personal growth.As a Residential Trainer, I’m dedicated to bringing more weekend and residential programs to the UK, and am involved in helping to build an explorer community as a UK local chapter network Representative. I also support TMI as a Professional Division Member; taking part in experimental research and developing new applications for the Monroe technologies.

Luca holds a bachelor’s degree in electronic engineering and he's a certified Six-Sigma Master Black Belt, working in the industry field for about 30 years.

In his 20's he was subject to some spontaneous Out of Body Experiences, which let him understand that we're more than our physical body.  Without having the tools and the ability to manage that process in a beneficial way, he started the search for the missing part in his life: learning Non-Verbal Communication, Ericksonian Hypnosis and becoming eventually a Licensed International Trainer of both NLP® and LAB Profile®.

The encounter with Monroe Institute did happen during a Remote Viewing seminar. Attracted by Monroe audio technology and its applications, while joining the first available Monroe seminar in Milan, Luca had a transformative experience, after which he attended several residential programs and applied to become a trainer.

Personal experiences in Spiritualist Churches, Shamanic Practices, Holotropic Breathwork and a NDE gave him a taste of the afterlife and the possibility to retrieve more parts of himself, developing a purpose in daily existence.

Today Luca is both an Outreach & Residential Trainer and Monroe Sound Engineer, integrating Monroe Sound Science with other disciplines for the wellbeing of individuals. He decided to follow the Monroe Institute method because it is a process of inner discovery driven by intention, that creates a learning environment in which one can overcome self-imposed limits and fears in a safe and easy way.

Psychokinesis, energetic phenomena, brainwaves entrainment, brain & heart coherence, are the main topics presented during the programs facilitated by him internationally. 

After a long experience working with Mediums and the Spirit World, Luca is also joining Arthur Findlay College in the UK as a guest tutor occasionally and he’s invited as a speaker in conferences and live streams.

She is the founder of Harmonic Vision, center of research and development on the States of Consciousness and Creation of Global Value, since 2001, which is the topic of her PhD ethnology research.

She has finalized in her research, keys for understanding 7 states of Consciousness and showed their connection with 7 levels of professional practices which create Global Value (economic, human, environmental, societal). So she has been experimenting for years measurement criteria on States of Consciousness associated with Creation of Global Value.

From this research she creates a label called “Conscience et Action”, and the “Free University Conscience et Action”. The objective is to create “Conscience et Action” companies in every activity which are able to regenerate the eco- system. Actually, people can learn 7 professional trainings. In 2009, the experimental center “La grande terre” on a 15 hectares land, on the edge of a river in the Cevennes have been bought; today a lot of activities are developed. It is a reference for the “C and A” label. She creates a non-governmental organization (ngo) called Conscience et Action for creation of global value, in connection with her research. The NGO works in 3 lines of development: education from childhood to the third age, creation of pilots centers called Conscience et Action to regenerate the ecosystem, creation of the charter of basic rights and obligation for kingdoms and elements.

Her researches led her to create an educational method called Cesia (consciousness, exploration, stabilization, integration, action), with 7 techniques to explore consciousness, from which she sets up numerous seminars on the theme of her research,  Consciousness Exploration and Creation of Global Value.

The meeting with the Monroe Institute® was very important to contribute to the researches. In 1999 she discovered the Monroe Institute with Gateway Voyage®, the richness of the exploration of consciousness with Hemi-Sync®.  She has been since 2001, an  Off-Campus Residential Trainer in French in France, currently she conducts various graduate programs: Gateway Voyage, LifeLine, Exploration 27®. Moreover, she is a professional member of The Monroe Institute.

After a university training, she obtained a postgraduate research degree in organic chemistry, a postgraduate diploma in business administration, then she has been working for 12 years in management and human resources consulting and strategy for a international industrial company. During this time she came back to study at the university and she got a master's degree in psychology and a postgraduate research degree in ethnology, she prepare an ethnology PHD.

In parallel, she has been for 6 years vice-president of a non-profit organization accredited by the United Nations organization.  She has become a Hatha Yoga teacher (that she has been practicing since she was 11), a kundalini yoga teacher, a naturopath, then she has followed various training courses on vibration medicine.

Her multidisciplinary training in university, her researches and experimentation on exploration of consciousness make her today one of the specialists which make a link between exploration consciousness techniques and creation of global value in professional activities.