Exploration 27

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.

In 1993, my husband Daniel experienced a Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI). Always on the look-out for something that could benefit in his healing I was curious when a colleague introduced me to the Monroe Institute in 2001. While reading everything Monroe related that I could get my hands on I ran across an article about a lady who had experienced a TBI and benefited from the patented technology called Hemi-Sync. I ordered this title and my husband began to use it.

The more I read about the technology the more intrigued I became. I decided it would be beneficial for my husband to attend the Gateway Voyage program offered by Monroe. That is how we ended up in Spain in 2005. I thought it would be a really nice vacation in sunny Spain and perhaps Daniel could get some physical benefit from the course. I quickly realized that there was much more to the technology and I was hooked. It is hard to put into words exactly what kind of healing Daniel experienced. I feel that he did more healing in that one week than he had done in the previous 2 years. We are grateful for that great vacation in Spain.

We now make an effort to get back to Monroe annually. I wanted to continue what we started in Spain and I became an Outreach Trainer in 2008. I enjoy bringing the Monroe experience to others through Regional Workshops in the Southwest and Midwest Regions.

Join me in an Excursion Workshop or at a Local Chapter meeting.

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.

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.

Andrea Berger is a Residential and Outreach Trainer for the Monroe Institute. Since 2009, Andrea has trained many Monroe programs in Virginia and internationally, including Gateway Voyage, Lifeline, Guidelines, Timeline, Peak Week, Exploration 27, Starlines I, II and Starlines Reunion. She is a member of Monroe’s Board of Advisors, Professional Association and Dolphin Energy Club.

Andrea grew up in Bucharest, Romania, and has traveled throughout India studying yoga and meditation on inner light and sound. She now lives in Cincinnati, Ohio, with her family. She retired from a large consumer goods company, where she worked for 22 years as an Information Technology Manager.

Andrea is the founder and President of the non-profit 501(c)(3) charitable organization “Association for Consciousness Evolution, Inc.” with the mission to accelerate the evolution of consciousness through education, practical exploration and personal transformation. She is a certified L.I.F.E. quantum biofeedback Energy Healer, a Reiki Master, and an enthusiastic Yoga practitioner. She earned a Masters in Transpersonal Psychology from Atlantic University founded by Edgar Cayce in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Additionally, she earned a BS in Electrical Engineering from the Technical University of Munich, Germany and an MS in Computer Science from Indiana University Bloomington, Indiana.

Dr. Nicely received her B.A. in general psychology from Baylor University in 1974 and her PhD in clinical psychology from University of Memphis in 1980. She completed her graduate internship training with the VA medical centers in Memphis, TN and in Pittsburg, PA. She has lived and worked in the Hendersonville, NC area since 1979. She had a full-time private practice for about 22 years. She provided guidance and support to hundreds of people experiencing a wide range of life challenges. She aided families and individuals cope effectively with challenges such as depression, anxiety, marital issues, childhood trauma, parenting-child relationships, integration of spiritual openings, and strengthening recovery. She also provided psychological evaluations including intelligence testing, personality evaluations, and neuropsychological evaluations.

Dr. Nicely has been a residential trainer for week-long seminars at the Monroe Institute in Faber, Virginia since 1993.

John Kortum is a self-taught biological 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 biological 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.

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

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.

Author of many Japanese books about his interesting experiences in the afterlife realms & beyond by using the Hemi-Sync® technology, Mas is the president of the Aquavision Academy and was born in Yokosuka, Japan in 1954. After graduating from the University of Tokyo, he worked for Sony for 10 years and SDL in San Jose, California for 13 years as a semiconductor laser engineer. At the age of 46, he decided to change the course of his life and started to research the area in which he had been interested, spiritual realm.

Franceen has been a life-long consciousness explorer, and a Monroe Institute Residential and Outreach Trainer since 1986. Over the years she has designed several of Monroe's programs, including Exploration 27, Starlines, Starlines II, and TDAP (1997). She experienced a major “awakening” in 1971, and participated in her first Gateway Voyage in 1979.

She began her career as a Management Intern at the National Institutes of Health, and eventually worked with many government agencies through her own consulting firm in the Washington, D.C. area, which focused on Organization Development, and Executive and Management Development. Since moving to Florida in 1980, she has maintained a healing practice with individuals and couples as a Licensed Mental Health Counselor, and has conducted numerous personal growth and energy healing workshops through her business, The Self-Awareness Institute. She has a Masters Degree in Community Mental Health Counseling, and a Ph.D. in Clinical Sexology. She is also an ordained minister; occasional conference speaker; radio, TV, or print interviewee; and published author in the sexology field: Amazon.com: Waking Into "The Big O": A New Look at Sleep-Related Female Orgasms (2012).

Franceen has studied a wide variety of healing, metaphysical, and consciousness-expanding teachings and is committed to empowering participants to know better their Total Self and fulfill their highest purposes and aspirations.