OBE Spectrum

Dr. Joe Gallenberger, PhD, is a clinical psychologist with three decades of experience as a therapist. He has been a Monroe Residential trainer since 1993, trains a variety of Monroe programs, and designed “MC Squared” and “Peak Week.”

In 1995, Joe began exploring psychokinesis, the ability to influence matter through nonphysical means. After achieving powerful results at a university laboratory, he has used his discoveries to host 100 “Inner Vegas Adventure™” workshops where his students achieve dramatic physical and psychological healing, strong influence over dice and slot machines, and many beautiful manifestations in participant’s lives at home.

Joe also developed “SyncCreation®, A Course in Manifestation,” which is the home-study version of “MC Squared.” His book, “Inner Vegas: Creating Miracles, Abundance and Health” is a wild ride into the world of psychokinesis where mind, energized by the heart, influences matter. Joe’s book, “Liquid Luck: The Good Fortune Handbook,” shares extraordinary manifestation stories from ordinary people. He covers how happiness, gratitude, compassion, praise, love, and feeling abundant are essential to powerful abundance creation. His newest book, “Heaven is for Healing: A Soul’s Journey After Suicide,” explores the unlimited compassion and healing that awaits us on the other side regardless of the manner of death.

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

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.

After 15 years, as an IT manager and 8 years as CEO of a medical training center in Italy, Stefano found his calling with the Monroe Institute. Since 2009 he has been the first Monroe Trainer in Italy, actively promoting the Institute's activities and mission in the country. His journey began with his first out-of-body experiences during adolescence, followed by in-depth studies of Castaneda's books, shamanic experiences with the "Foundation for Shamanic Studies", the study of Chinese medicine and practice as a Shiatsu practitioner. He’s also a Reiki master.

In addition to these activities, Stefano spent six years in a "School of the Fourth Way" based on the teachings of Gurdjieff and Ouspensky and obtained a master's certification in Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP). These diverse experiences prepared him for his current mission. Today he leads a non-profit organization in Italy based on the principles of the Monroe Institute, is Director of International Development Operations of the Monroe Institute and heads the committee of Monroe trainers in Europe. The goal is unique: to support the awakening of humanity.

As a Trainer at the Monroe Institute, Stefano conducts programs in Italian and English, including Gateway Voyage, Lifeline, Exploration 27, Conscious Presence, OBE Spectrum, Heartline, Lucid Dreaming Intensive, Portal Beyond Consciousness, Exploring Consciousness, Advanced Inner, Healing, and Personal Development. He has also created additional programs like Birthline, OBE Explorations, Life Excellence, Positive Ageless and Wellbeing, that combine Monroe technologies with his extensive knowledge, providing more opportunities to apply these principles in daily life. Stefano travels extensively throughout Italy and Europe to reach a wider audience.

Over the years, Stefano has developed numerous professional projects in the fields of education and health using the sound technologies of the Monroe Institute, actively collaborating with professionals from different disciplines of the Professional Division of the Monroe Institute.

Happily married, Stefano loves paragliding, riding his motorcycle, listen music, exploring the world and cooking. He is passionate about life and motivated to contribute positively to his own and others' development.

Patty Avalon has been working as a residential trainer at the world renowned Monroe Institute since 2001. She teaches participants ways to use their focused consciousness to access guidance, improve manifestation skills, explore beneficial states of awareness and to be more creative.

She is a recording artist for the Monroe Expand app, and creator of many meditations for the Hemi-Sync Company.

Ms. Avalon is also a professional artist specializing in deep space subjects.

Putting her professional interests together in a larger perspective, Patty feels that her true work in life as an artist and a facilitator of consciousness studies is to help make “the invisible visible”.

John believes in the power of personal transformation because he has witnessed it firsthand, both personally and professionally.

As Managing Partner of The Cramer Institute, John works with Fortune 100 organizations to guide them through unique times of transition by coaching leaders in impactful communication, influence, self-awareness, team building, and conflict resolution. Along with his 31-year-career of organizational development and management, John serves his community as a training staff member for the Mankind Project, an international nonprofit for men focused on personal growth and leadership development. John is an adjunct staff member for the Center of Creative Arts (COCA) in St. Louis, facilitating programs that use the arts to foster enhanced creativity within organizations.

John has been a practitioner of natural healing techniques for over a decade and is a 3rd Degree Usui Shiki Ryoho Certified Reiki Master and Reiki Master Teacher. He is a Residential and VR Trainer at the Monroe Institute and is currently training the Gateway Voyage and Energy Medicine workshops.

John published his first book in 2021 titled The Lifetimes of a Journey: My Amazing Journey of Coming Alive and the Power of Unconditional Self Love. His book looks at life transition points, especially through his experiences of navigating major losses.

John holds Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Oklahoma State University and an MBA from Southern Illinois University. Whether he is leading workshops, volunteering for non-profits, or enjoying time with his children and grandchildren, John creates paths toward healing, presence, and purpose. 

Learn more about John and his work at www.johndavisjourneys.com and www.cramerinstitute.com.

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.

Emilie Thomas, whose mother always joked had been “born old” because of her many mystical experiences as a child, has been attracted to and involved with the Monroe Institute since adolescence because of its normalizing, rational and empirical approach to expanded states of consciousness and inner guidance. Her experiences even being on the Institute’s grounds, let alone the life changing programs she has taken, have nurtured her connection to and continued faith in her Higher Self, the creativity of the Universe, and the infinite power of unconditional Love. Having personally benefited from Bob Monroe’s work for over twenty-five years as she herself explored further into her own consciousness, Emilie feels it is crucial to pass this blessing on to others and expand her service to an ever-widening range of individuals looking to awaken and expand spiritually and emotionally. 

In addition to her work with the Monroe Institute as an Outreach and Residential  trainer, Emilie has used her professional training in Integral Counseling from the California Institute of Integral Studies to practice as an interfaith based psychotherapist, specializing in a transpersonal and integrated approach to mental health. She has taught seminars and  workshops to clergy and medical professionals on topics ranging from spiritual emergency  and psychospiritual development to severe mental illness. Emilie is also a Certified  Heartmath Practitioner and has a certification as a clinical herbalist to address the growing  number of clients she treats who prefer a holistic approach to their emotional well-being.