Exploring Consciousness

Laura Larion is a Monroe Institute Outreach Trainer whose path runs through both science and spirit. Her foundation is the scientific method, with published research spanning aerodynamics, hematology/oncology, and cardiac physiology, followed by years of healthcare leadership in strategy, operations, and technology. That same curiosity turned toward human perception and consciousness, leading her to immersive training at Monroe and to study expanded states, non-local perception, and the frontiers of consciousness with respected pioneers in the field. The Monroe Institute resonated with Laura's lifelong way of discovering through exploration, experimentation, and direct experience. Her workshops are offered in the spirit of Bob Monroe's invitation not merely to believe, but to "go find out for yourself." Grounded in method and open to the infinite, Laura holds a space that is intuitive and intentional — devoted to helping others remember their wholeness and bring its fullest expression into form.

A spontaneous encounter with a deceased person leads her to seek answers. These unintended interactions become more frequent, with recently departed souls
requesting her to convey their messages to their loved ones. After several confirmations that the messages are authentic and not a figment of her imagination, she begins to look for a way to free herself from the fear accompanying the contacts and to master the process. In her desire to help more people, she enrolls in a program for mediums at the Monroe Institute.

She subsequently completed several residential programs in Virginia, became an
Outreach Trainer, and founded the Monroe Community Group "OBE Monroe
Bulgaria."

She lived and studied dentistry in Munich, Germany, for six years. She speaks German, Russian, and English. Her passion is music—she plays the piano and enjoys singing. She explores the connection between the body, mind, and voice and how their symbiosis can influence the healing process. She completed a course with the singer Sandra Sangiao. She loves sailing and being in touch with nature.

His interests in altered states of consciousness start at the age of 16, when he
has his first out-of-body experience. It was then that he read Robert Monroe's first book “Journeys Out of the Body”. His search leads him to various practices and he conducts meditations of this kind. He was passionate about healing and learned from the Bulgarian healer and chiropractor Hristo Lolev, known for his clairvoyance and accurate diagnoses.

Lyuben loves sailing and he is a skipper. He is the author of the book “Back to Vitality”, dedicated to restoring one’s innate vitality, as well as manuscripts describing his journeys. He practices various martial arts, and his desire to help practitioners led him to create a method for quick results—the “Alpha Method”.

He is an engineer physicist by education, with a master's degree in Quantum Electronics. He is an entrepreneur and founder of a small holding company with various areas. He is member of the Professional Division of the Monroe Institute and
co-founder of the Monroe Community Group "OBE Monroe Bulgaria".

Attracted by the opportunity to help more people achieve a peaceful and harmonious life, he participated in several programs at the Monroe Institute in the USA and became an Outreach Trainer.

Dolly lives in Puerto Rico and was introduced to the Monroe Institute in 2008.  Since then, she’s been enthusiastic about the way the Monroe Institute approaches the exploration of consciousness and what can be done with the tools and technologies the institute provides. 

She is a Monroe Institute Outreach Trainer since 2022, providing workshops in Puerto Rico and in Spanish speaking countries.  Her workshops are held in Spanish and in English and they can be in person or online.  

Dolly is a Reiki Master and teacher, Holistic Life Coach, certified by the Edgar Cayce Organization, and founder of “Instituto SeSana” in Puerto Rico. She’s a member of the Dolphin Energy Club, Professional Division, as well as Monroe Institute Community Group Leader.

Rayna Hollingsworth started her exploration of consciousness at a young age, influenced by vivid dreams, spontaneous Out-of-Body Experiences, and an innate intuitive insight. Driven by this inner call, she explored various spiritual paths, including the rich tapestry of her native Bulgarian spiritual heritage, along with Hermetic traditions, astrology and diverse meditation techniques.

Rayna's journey led her to the Monroe Institute in 2011, initially through the books of Robert Monroe and later on through participating in weekend workshops. The transformative experience of the Gateway Voyage residential program served as the catalyst for her sustained commitment to consciousness exploration through Monroe's advanced methods. This profound connection fortified her bond with her higher self and prompted her to become an active contributor to the UK Monroe Community online group, as well as a beta tester for the Monroe Expand app.

Adding to her multifaceted background in public services and a degree in Social Sciences, Rayna brings a well-rounded approach to guiding others in their personal journeys toward expanded awareness. Anchored in a lifestyle that values holistic well-being and interconnectedness, she is passionately committed to sharing Monroe's transformative tools for exploring consciousness.  She is a certified Monroe Outreach Trainer, facilitating Exploring Consciousness weekend workshops in the UK. Above all, she provides a nurturing, nonjudgmental space, where her empathetic presence naturally encourages open dialogue.

Rayna's unique blend of celestial and spiritual insights comes to the fore in her leadership role within a UK-based astrological group.  She views astrology as another lens through which to understand the intricate journey of the soul. Away from her various roles, Rayna finds solace and inspiration in nature, often going on hikes and foraging for wild herbs. Her holistic lifestyle is deeply rooted in a connection to the Earth and a reverence for all forms of life.

David has been engaged with the Monroe Institute for several years. Serving as a Trainer for Monroe Outreach, he merges his technical expertise from the IT realm with his enduring enthusiasm for consciousness exploration. David sharpened his analytical and problem-solving capabilities throughout his tenure in the IT industry, and now channels these skills into consciousness studies.

His involvement with Monroe has profoundly influenced his life. David has participated in numerous Monroe programs, immersing himself in consciousness exploration and gaining invaluable insights. His personal journey has fueled his desire to guide and support others on their own paths of self-discovery.

David's intrigue with the mysteries of consciousness began early in life. Vivid dreams and night terrors sparked his curiosity in lucid dreaming, astral projection, and out-of-body techniques. While he encountered challenges along the way, David's determination led him to experiment with various modalities, including binaural beats, the Gateway Process, and psychedelics.

With a grounded approach, David's personal experiences have shaped his perspective as a Trainer for Monroe Outreach. He is dedicated to fostering a positive and supportive environment for all attendees, leveraging his expansive knowledge and first hand experience to navigate the complexities of consciousness exploration.

I am a senior telecommunications engineer and have been an outreach trainer for the Monroe Institute since 2008, as well as a member of its Professional Division. My life’s work is dedicated to exploring the vast field of consciousness phenomena and guiding others in developing their latent psychic abilities to journey beyond the boundaries of physical reality.

To this end, I lead Monroe workshops in Spain (both online and in person) where participants can experience and train in these transformative practices. I also train others in remote viewing, using Monroe technologies while staying true to the original Stargate program methodology.

With several decades of practice, research, and passion, I train people in lucid dreaming, astral travel, and out-of-body exploration, disciplines that form the core of my deepest vocation. Alongside this, I write books on altered states of consciousness and their influence on ancient religions, mythology, and spiritual traditions.

I am also a frequent lecturer and a regular contributor to Spanish media (radio, television, and online platforms), where I participate as both a guest speaker and collaborator.

Soy ingeniero superior de telecomunicaciones e instructor outreach de Monroe Institute desde 2008, además de miembro de su División Profesional. He dedicado mi vida a la exploración de los fenómenos de la conciencia y a guiar a otras personas en el desarrollo de sus capacidades psíquicas latentes para viajar más allá de los límites de la realidad física.

Con este propósito, imparto talleres del Monroe Institute en España (tanto en línea como de forma presencial) donde los participantes pueden experimentar y entrenarse en estas prácticas transformadoras. También entreno a otros en visión remota, utilizando las tecnologías del Monroe Institute y siguiendo fielmente el método original del programa Stargate.

Con varias décadas de práctica, investigación y pasión, formo a otras personas en sueños lúcidos, viajes astrales y experiencias fuera del cuerpo, disciplinas que representan el núcleo de mi verdadera vocación. Paralelamente, escribo libros sobre los estados modificados de conciencia y su influencia en las religiones antiguas, la mitología y diversas corrientes espirituales.

Asimismo, participo habitualmente como conferenciante y colaboro de manera regular en medios de comunicación españoles (radio, televisión y canales de internet), tanto como invitado como en calidad de colaborador.

Tammy's spiritual journey began at a young age, when she connected with the angels and felt closely intertwined with the angelic realm.  She was deeply empathetic, often absorbing other children’s emotions and issues. At eleven, an unexpected and frightening spontaneous Out-of-Body Experience (OBE) changed her reality, prompting her to develop tools and strategies to suppress these experiences.

Twenty years later, Tammy had a Kundalini awakening experience, sparking a passion for spiritual growth and healing. She became a Usui Reiki Master and teacher, merging energy healing with her angelic connections. At the Monroe Institute, she found a supportive community and embraced her earlier OBE experience, affirming she is ‘more than her physical body’.

After retiring from public service, Tammy has devoted her life to service, spiritual growth, healing and helping others awaken. As an Outreach Trainer, she hosts consciousness workshops across western Canada, sharing her insights and understandings during this pivotal time for humanity.

Can Sücüllü was born in Izmir, Turkey and currently is based in Dublin, Ireland. He has been active with the Monroe Institute since 2020 and is looking forward to expanding Monroe’s reach to new countries and locations.

Can has been searching for and experimenting with various studies and practices in the field of consciousness research and metaphysics for a very long time. He took training in improvisational acting, Tai Chi, Qigong, Yi Jin Ying, Yoga, Kinesiology and more, and participated in even more. He highly benefited from all those experiences. After participating in the Gateway Voyage residential retreat and having multiple breakthroughs, Can immediately knew that this was the way to go. He enjoys the experiential, non-dogmatic and scientific approach Monroe offers the most.

Can holds BS and MS degrees in Industrial Engineering with a specialization on System Dynamics and Simulation. He has worked at various companies as Data Scientist and Data Analyst, operating in the Internet, digital marketing and advertising ecosystems. In addition, he also offers mentorings to numerous students on data science and software development.

Can likes traveling, spending time in nature (especially the Mediterranean sea) and his top serious interests are improv comedy, Flamenco guitar, and being on stage for them.

Everything started much earlier than he used to think about the beginnings. Non-physical reality fascination existed in his life long before his first reading of Bob Monroe’s books in the early 1990’s. But, that was the turning point. Books by Monroe just blew his mind. He knew he had to go to the Gateway Voyage and find out everything for himself. This happened a couple of years later for the first time.

It was obvious for him to share all of this knowledge and discoveries with others, to inspire them to apply positive changes in their lives. So, he started presenting Hemi-Sync® workshops to a larger audience in 1997. Still, diving inward into consciousness he discovered the power of Pure Unconditional Love which irreversibly changed his life. That was another breaking moment that added a new perspective to his different overview. He is positively addicted to using this beautiful energy for powering creativity and manifestation. This helps him to realize his mission, too.

Pawel is also active as the Monroe Community Group Leader in Poland and a member of MI’s Professional Association. Additionally, he is a Bruce Moen’s Afterlife workshops trainer, and - as of his previous profession – he is still a software development enthusiast.

Georgios Bagropoulos was born in Athens, Greece and in 2008 he moved to Brasov, Romania for a new start. He is a technologist holding a Master’s degree from the University of Liverpool in Information Systems Management, a certified project manager, an executive coach and AI Evangelist.

Georgios, from an early age, had a natural openness to spirituality and to the non-physical worlds. Georgios had a Near Death Experience and that proved to him that he was more than his physical body. Later he had his first OBE.  With his natural curiosity he searched different spiritual paths trying to understand who he was. 

In 2021, Georgios attended the Excursion workshop. He immediately felt at home. He participated, within 2 years, in most of the Monroe Institute residential programs offered in Romania. The direct experience and the knowledge revealed from the programs of the Monroe Institute helped him connect more and more with his inner self.  He experienced how much more we are from our physical bodies. He felt the love, freedom and happiness of existence in different plains. 

In 2023, Georgios decided to become a trainer to help the participants in the Outreach workshops to discover their own potential and with this knowledge and experience, to create more joyful and complete lives.  

Kirby Wood is a consciousness explorer who enjoys practicing meditation in all forms, an artist who draws inspiration from nature, and a lifelong learner devoted to expanding her consciousness. An experiencer of the paranormal, she embraces the mysteries that lie beyond everyday perception. 

In the summer of 2022, Kirby experienced a pivotal UAP sighting that inspired her to begin a daily meditation practice, setting into motion a series of transformative life changes. That journey ultimately led her to the Monroe Institute, where she began to experience meditation in a whole new way. Kirby’s experiences with the Gateway tapes at home, studying the work of Robert Monroe, and during her first residential program at Gateway Voyage in Faber, Virginia, ignited a profound shift in her life.

Kirby, based in Lubbock, Texas, is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) and Spiritual Life Coach. She works with preteens, teens, and adults, specializing in trauma therapy and provides affirming care to the LGBTQ+ community. Kirby is driven by a deep passion for helping others return to their authentic selves. She works with individuals who are experiencers of paranormal phenomena such as UAPs and other exceptional experiences. Additionally, she works with people navigating spiritual awakenings and shifts in worldview, empowering them to release limiting beliefs that no longer serve them. She integrates meditation, mindfulness practices, and the exploration of consciousness into her work. Kirby enjoys offering free meditation classes to her local community. Her dedication and love for holding space for others while they expand and explore their consciousness continues to blossom.

Kirby graduated from Texas Tech University with a Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology in 2008 and graduated with a Master’s Degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Texas Tech University in 2014. She is trained in evidence-based models such as Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT), Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Unified Protocol (UP). She utilizes a blend of evidence-based models, expressive arts therapy (EAT), and binaural beats in her therapy sessions with her clients. Kirby has worked in multiple settings as a therapist ranging from a residential treatment facility, a local domestic violence shelter, and at Texas Tech Health Sciences Center in a trauma clinic for children and teens. She is currently in private practice. In 2025, she founded Level Up With Kirby, LLC, a spiritual life coaching practice where she also facilitates Monroe Institute Outreach workshops. 

In her free time, you can find Kirby creating a collage, going on hikes, travelling, spending time with her family and friends, grabbing a coffee, and reading an epic book. Kirby is a Monroe Institute Outreach Trainer, a Monroe Community Group leader, and a member of Dolphin Energy Club (DEC).

Holly Vernon is a certified Monroe Institute Outreach Trainer, Quantum Healing Hypnosis Technique (QHHT) practitioner, and founder of The Quantum I, a center for consciousness exploration and expanded awareness in Northwest Arkansas. Through workshops, private sessions, and community programs, Holly helps individuals explore the nature of consciousness with curiosity, discernment, and practical tools for meaningful integration.

Her journey began at the age of four, following a profound experience that sparked a lifelong commitment to understanding consciousness through direct experience. For more than four decades, she has explored out-of-body experiences, lucid dreaming, intuitive perception, and other expanded states of awareness. This experiential foundation evolved into a dedicated path of study, giving Holly a practical understanding of how these states arise, how they can be safely navigated, and how meaningful insights can be integrated into everyday life. Today, she combines that personal experience with structured methodologies to help others approach their own exploration
with clarity, confidence, and curiosity.

As founder of The Quantum I, Holly created a place where people can safely investigate consciousness, cultivate greater self-awareness, and discover practical approaches to personal transformation. The Quantum I serves as both an educational center and a growing community, offering Monroe Institute outreach programs, meditation, intuition development, consciousness
education, and experiences designed to support the exploration of human potential.

Holly is also the creator of The Coherence Standard, a practical framework for developing greater internal alignment through intentional awareness, focused attention, and consistent practice. The
program reflects her belief that lasting transformation comes not from extraordinary experiences alone, but from thoughtfully integrating those experiences into daily life.

In addition to leading Monroe Institute Outreach programs, Holly works one-on-one with clients to
prepare for, process, and integrate significant consciousness experiences. Whether those experiences arise through Monroe exercises, QHHT sessions, meditation, spontaneous events, or other contemplative practices, her approach emphasizes psychological safety, personal
sovereignty, and grounded integration.

Participants often describe Holly's training style as calm, approachable, and deeply supportive. She believes that each person's direct experience is ultimately their greatest teacher. Her role is not to provide answers, but to offer a steady framework, knowledgeable guidance, and a trusted environment where individuals can explore with confidence and discover for themselves that they are, indeed, more than their physical bodies.

Demi Pietchell came to the Monroe Institute as someone who has spent decades asking, through her films, writing, and other content, the same questions Monroe builds its programs around: what consciousness actually is, what the self is beyond the physical body, and whether the architecture of reality is more porous than the prevailing story admits.

She is the founder of The Starfire Codes, an independent investigative and metaphysical publication at starfirecodes.com, and the host of The Starfire Codes Podcast. She is also a contributing writer at The Advocates for Self-Government, a Certified Life Coach, a divination reader working with tarot, shufflemancy, numerology, and runes, and the founder of MCG Starfire, a virtual Monroe Community Group that meets weekly.

Demi is an award-winning filmmaker with over thirty years of experience in media, digital marketing, metaphysics, and research. She holds a BFA in Film and Television and an MPS in Interactive Telecommunications, both from the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University. Her work has been recognized with awards in narrative, writing, and experimental filmmaking, and has been shown domestically and internationally. As a body, the work lives in the spaces between time and memory, narrative and myth, what is broadcast and what is felt.

Previously, she served as executive producer of the Comcastro podcast, named a top podcast by Atlanta Magazine in 2015, as head of Social Media Club Palm Beach County, and as a university instructor in film production, including sound design and sound post-production.

Demi joined the Monroe Institute Professional Division in 2021, the same year she founded The Starfire Codes. Her formal Monroe training progressed through the Professional Seminar and Remote Viewing Basics in 2021, the Gateway Voyage Virtual in November 2024, the Lifeline Virtual in March 2025, and the Kortum Technique in October 2025.

Demi loves to create space for direct experience. She holds the working assumption that drew her to Monroe in the first place: that human beings have access to far more than they have been taught to expect, and that the tools to verify this can be learned, practiced, and integrated into
ordinary life. Her upcoming workshops will offer a structured path for the curious, the skeptical, and the people who have already sensed something beyond the framework they were handed and want a way to explore it.

Demi lives in St. Louis, Missouri. Her small library keeps insisting on getting larger. She is most herself in long conversations that lose track of time and in the moments of pure epiphany when something she has been wondering about for years suddenly makes sense. She runs on too much
coffee and a sharp sense of humor, both of which she considers to be load-bearing infrastructure.

Leidi Haaijer (artist / designer) has been an outreach trainer at the Monroe Institute since 2010. After attending several Monroe programs in Europe and USA she became a trainer in The Netherlands and is now supporting the use of Monroe technologies in the Dutch speaking region.

Leidi offers online and live weekends workshops and also offers workshops in cooperation with 2 other Dutch speaking colleagues (Rolf Nuyts and Wouter Bosman), and maintains monroeinstitutebnl.org. She organizes information meetings on a regular basis and supports the Monroe Community Group Meetings.

As a visual artist she is well trained in observation and perception, nonverbal communication has her full attention accordingly. She considers the growth of consciousness one of the big tasks humanity is facing, being confronted with the challenges on personal and global levels, as we are so much part of these global dynamics.

Working on a practical level with people of different cultures and backgrounds she shares conscious experiences to support community qualities. She triggers awareness that we are all connected and are able to bundle powers on several levels.

Youngsters get in contact for coaching, fulfilling their internship in her studio; they learn how to recognize their specific strength and (re)learn to trust their qualities being stimulated to get into their next steps of development more confidently.

She lives in and provides information on her community self-built house, based on ecological and sustainable principles.

Mary Ellen Wilson is a Monroe Institute Outreach Trainer, intuitive medium, channel, and hypnotherapist.

From an early age, Mary Ellen experienced profound spiritual and intuitive experiences that inspired a lifelong exploration of consciousness, human potential, and the deeper nature of reality. Her passion for understanding the intersection of science and spirituality—and for making sense of her own transformative awakening experience—led her to The Monroe Institute in 2025, where she completed programs including Gateway Voyage, Remote Viewing, OBE Spectrum, Spoon Bending, and Manifestation in MC².

Formally trained at Delphi University of Spiritual Studies, Mary Ellen is a Certified Metaphysician Practitioner and Healer and a Certified Medium. She is also a Certified Transpersonal Hypnotherapist (CHt) through the National Association of Transpersonal Hypnotherapists and certified in Regression Hypnosis and Life Coaching. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in English and Education from Dickinson College.

Mary Ellen has spent nearly two decades at Yale School of Medicine, supporting compliance and standards in graduate medical education and professional development. She is passionate about creating accessible opportunities for others to explore consciousness, human potential, and the deeper nature of reality.

In addition to her work as a Monroe Outreach Trainer, Mary Ellen leads the Consciousness Explorers Community of CT Monroe Community Group and is a member of Monroe’s Dolphin Energy Club. In her free time, she enjoys the antics of her three dogs, growing orchids, collecting rocks, minerals, and fossils, swimming, hiking, and practicing the art of archery.

Mary Butler was first introduced to Monroe Institute in 2022, and that experience provided her with many enriching meditations with amazing results. Mary started meditating on a regular basis in 2011 but hadn't achieved the level of expanded consciousness until using the Monroe Sound Science.

The results of the Monroe Institute Programs that Mary has attended resulted in releasing of many limiting beliefs, releasing the long lasting pain of grief, eliminated the daily anxiety she was experiencing and connecting with her Total Self in exploring consciousness.

Mary has worked in healthcare for nearly 40 years, is a Breathwork facilitator, and is an Outreach Trainer for Monroe Institute.

You can connect with Mary with the Minnesota Monroe Community Group on-line or by attending the two-day Exploring Consciousness Workshop at heartharmony.me

Sterling Bailey has dedicated much of his life to helping others learn, grow, and discover more of their own potential. For nearly two decades, he taught martial arts and Asian studies, guiding students as they developed confidence, discipline, and discovered abilities they didn't know they possessed. He also spent several years designing and delivering corporate training programs for professionals, further cultivating his passion for experiential learning and personal development.

Driven by a desire to make a tangible difference in the lives of others beyond his professional career, Sterling founded Cap for Kids, a volunteer-run nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting families of children battling pediatric cancer. 

A deep curiosity about the nature of consciousness and a quiet but unwavering belief that we are more than our physical bodies, eventually led Sterling to The Monroe Institute, where he found an experiential approach to exploring expanded states of awareness that resonated profoundly with him. His experiences through Monroe programs and ongoing personal practice have shown him the profound insight, healing, and transformation that consciousness exploration can inspire. He is passionate about sharing these tools with others and believes that our greatest teacher is our own direct experience.

Jorge Golvano is a consciousness explorer based in Australia. Originally from Spain, he is a Monroe Outreach trainer since 2025 and he works with Icloby Foundation in trying to understand consciousness and how we are much more than our physical bodies.

An IT professional by trade, his analytical mind set him on a quest for knowledge in 2020 after the passing of his wife. Since then, he has had countless experiences and has been involved in a number of communities and groups, attended numerous conferences and symposiums, and absorbed as much information as possible. All of that led him to Monroe when he joined the Australian Local Chapter.

Jorge is a great communicator having run and participated in podcasts and online media channels for over 15 years and is often praised for his direct, practical, non-nonsense approach.

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.

Maria studied Clinical Psychology, MA, at the University Paris VII and continued her education in the complimentary psychotherapy fields in Hypnosis, EMDR, NLP, Energy Psychology, EFT, and TAT.
Since 1997 she also facilitates groups in self -awareness, self-improvement, study of A Course in Miracles and presents relevant experiential seminars and workshops. Since 2010 she is a certified outreach facilitator for the Excursion Workshop of the Monroe Institute in Greece.

In 2012, together with Ioulia Pitsouli, she founded the Noosfera Retreat Center specifically for the programs of the Monroe Institute. Each room is equipped with a special built-in electronic installation, which allows the participants to use wired headphones for listening to exercises, while lying comfortably on their beds.
Today Maria works privately as a clinical psychologist and coordinates personal development seminars in Greece.

Julia has been an Outreach Trainer at the Monroe Institute since 2010.  Before this, she was fascinated by the effectiveness of the audio technology and the impressive consciousness expansion that could be achieved. Having the experience first-hand, as a participant in several Monroe’s programs, she wanted to share it with people in her country especially those who don’t speak English. Her motivation to become an Outreach Trainer was, and still is, to make the Monroe’s programs accessible to everyone interested to broaden self-knowledge and explore the realms of the universe.

As a journalist, she has collaborated with major magazines ( Elle, Marie Claire.) and broadsheet newspapers and for several years she has hosted her own television and radio shows.

Since 1997 she has facilitated groups in self awareness, gives lectures and presents seminars drawing inspiration from the Greek mythology and philosophy and A Course in Miracles.

Eventually, after 2007 Julia focused mainly in self-development and consciousness expansion and became a certified  Psychology Counsellor.

In 2013, together with Maria Xifara (co-Outreach Trainer), she created Noosfera Wellness & Retreat Center to host Monroe programs as well self-awareness and psychology seminars, alternative holidays and events focused on spiritual development. Inspired by Monroe’s headquarters, each room at Noosfera Center is equipped with special audio installation that enables guests to listen to the audio exercises while lying in their bed.

Among others, Julia has also developed self-awareness workshops based on her books. She is the author of 6 books: “Mystic Odyssey,” “Eros and Psyche,” “The Valley of the Roses 4000 a.D,” “The Seventh Gate,” ,“Greeks, the gods of Egypt”, “Hercules, the Hero within”. Her book “Mystic Odyssey” is also published in English.

Alina has been an outreach trainer  at the Monroe Institute since April 2014. Before discovering Monroe sound technology, Alina had traveled around the world on a luxury cruise ship as Senior restaurant manager, where she ran the best awarded  American restaurant in the world -on the ocean.

During one of her vacations in Romania, while resting from an intense burn-out period, Alina heard about Monroe sound technology and its benefits and decided to give it a try. During her first program  as a participant, Alina went through several unexpected OB experiences at the beginning of each exercise. During these OB experiences, she was perceiving the question whether she wished to be a Monroe trainer. At first she did not believe that was possible , but eventually she said ‘’Yes’’ and one and half years later , she became a Monroe Outreach Trainer. For the past years she has also been volunteering as leader of Monroe Community Group-TMI Transilvania -an enthusiastic group of consciousness explorers.

Being a Monroe trainer is the most satisfying experience and the most rewarding success of all that Alina has ever experienced. It brought her new insights and self-awareness, and soon Alina became a successful Life coach and hypnotherapist. She loves working with people and is very passionate about the exploration of consciousness.

Alina is the president of the Portals to Consciousness non-profit organization and conducts environment protection actions such as planting trees and creating new forests and cleaning affected areas. She volunteers in foster care and helps support abandoned children in orphanages.

She is also passionate about dancing, hiking, arts, martial arts, energy healing such as Reiki, horseback riding and travelling.

Jessica Desilets has been participating in programs with the Monroe Institute since 2023. Grateful for the personal insight and growth she’s experienced through their offerings, she appreciates how the work has supported her in reconnecting with herself and exploring consciousness in a practical, experiential way. She currently serves as a Monroe Community Group Leader and Outreach Trainer and is a member of the Dolphin Energy Club and Professional Division.

With more than fifteen years of experience in the healthcare field, Jessica has long been drawn to supporting others in meaningful ways. She values creating spaces where people feel safe to explore their own inner awareness. In alignment with Monroe’s mission of helping people create
more meaningful and joyful lives through the guided exploration of expanded consciousness, she enjoys introducing others to meditation tools that encourage personal insight and self-discovery.

Jessica is the founder of Chapter of Us, a community-centered wellness initiative grounded in connection, compassion, and curiosity about consciousness. Through workshops and gatherings, she invites people of all experience levels to explore awareness in an accessible and
welcoming way.

She enjoys spending time outdoors, caring for plants and animals, reading, practicing yoga, playing tennis, and being with the people she loves.

Stephen Ng Qui Sang has a highly curious mind that has led him to the exploration of spirituality.  In that exploration, he found Robert Monroe’s books and discovered a few key answers and even more questions.  In 2000, he attended the Gateway Voyage program and has enjoyed many programs since then. 

He is a professional engineer in the province of Ontario, Canada.  He has a Bachelor of Applied Science degree from the University of Toronto and a Master of Business Administration from the Schulich School of Business.  He directed an engineering consulting company and in the last 20 years managed several information technology departments for a major automotive and mobility company. 

Cristiana Durante is a certified Outreach Trainer with the Monroe Institute. Her connection with the Monroe Institute began as a participant, when she recognized in the Gateway Voyage the same states and “frequencies” of consciousness she had experienced spontaneously since childhood, including during a near-death experience at the age of twelve. Through Hemi-Sync®, those states became accessible within a stable, repeatable, and grounded experiential framework, allowing a deep sense of recognition and integration.

Driven from an early age by curiosity, independence, and a strong inner pull toward a different way of perceiving reality, Cristiana felt the need to step beyond inherited structures and mentalities that felt too narrow for her nature. In the early 1980s, guided by this desire for freedom and self-determination, she left Italy with very little in hand and moved to the United States, eventually settling in San Francisco—a place that resonated deeply with her openness to exploration and new paradigms.

There, her personal search took a clear professional form. Cristiana brings more than thirty years of experience in emotional integration, somatic work, and inner transformation, along with over twenty years as a professional coach. She is formally trained and certified in craniosacral therapy, Somato Emotional Release, coaching, and family constellations. At the core of her work lies a particular sensitivity in helping people identify their true dreams and desires, recognize and move beyond limiting inner programs, and bring expanded awareness into everyday life in a grounded way.

Originally trained in the humanities, with a strong focus on theatre and language, Cristiana also worked for several years as an editor and director-editor in television and radio. This early engagement with language and narrative continues to inform her facilitation style, combining clarity, presence, and experiential depth.

As an Outreach Trainer, Cristiana works as a facilitator, creating and leading Monroe-based workshops in Italy and internationally. Her intention is to support people in accessing expanded states of consciousness through a grounded experiential path, to help integrate those experiences into real life, and to become aware that we are much more than we think — far more than our physical body.