Willow Dea MS OTR is passionate about providing integrative coaching and training for those committed to sustained peak performance in their lives and organizations. She holds a bachelor’s and master’s degree in occupational therapy, the science of human performance. After 16 years in private practice, she turned to facilitating seminars for educators, and is the Editor of Igniting Brilliance: Integral Education in the 21st Century. A communicator by nature, Willow is currently the Executive Director of Advanced Integrative Training, a group that develops custom courses for an array of practice areas, and provides coaching. She blogs for Huffington Post regularly and contributes to educational magazines regularly. After work, she can be found running, meditating, dancing Argentine Tango, or writing.
Affiliations: Member of American Occupational Therapy Association, Board of Trustees for The Khabele School, Member of Association for the Center for Contemplative Mind in Society.
Willow utilizes her twenty years of therapeutic, embodiment and contemplative training to complement her coaching. She utilizes experiential practice, language distinctions, emotional integration and highly customized Jedi skills to assist her clients to have breakthroughs on a regular basis. She has successfully supported entrepreneurs, educators, actors, public speakers and executives to enjoy peak performance.
Matthew Rich, coach, consultant and independent scholar, has a diverse background in alternative learning and human development. He holds a diploma in Early Childhood Development from the Sustainability Institute (Cape Town). A native of South Africa, he immersed himself in alternative education including unschooling, critical pedagogy, Montessori education, and democratic education. After a number of years at Nahoon Montessori School, Matthew went on to consult and work with a number of organizations including the Sustainability Institute and the Montessori Foundation.
Following that, he spent over two years in China and India where he co-directed a bilingual Casa dei Bambini program, developed training materials and curricula with Nurture International, co-created an in-service program for orphanage caregivers, and served as adjunct faculty at an American Montessori Society teaching college.
Matthew is completing a Master’s degree in Psychology and Consciousness Studies through the International Centre for Integral Studies (Delhi). Additionally, he holds post-graduate certifications in Montessori Early Childhood Education and TESOL. He is also a graduate of BayNVC’s North America Leadership Program (2008), Core Integral, The Centre for Partnership Studies’ Caring Economics Leadership Program, and the Integral Sustainability Centre’s Conscious Leadership for Sustainability course.
Matthew’s scholarship has been published in journals (Journal of Unschooling and Alternative Learning (JUAL), Encounter: Education for Meaning and Social Justice, Integral Leadership Review, Montessori Leadership) and book chapters (The Directory of Democratic Education: 2nd edition (AERO Books); Excellence in School Education II: Pedagogy, Curriculum, and Assessment (Scholastic)) and he provided expert review for scientific publications (International Journal of Peace and Development Studies, Educational Research Journal, The Journal of Unschooling and Alternative Learning). A regular speaker at international conferences, Matthew is also a Certified Life Coach and is in the final stages of completing his Certification as an NVC trainer.
He lives with his partner Anneke in Utrecht, in the Netherlands.
Jordan Myska Allen is a natural leader and expert at systemic thinking. He has a personal history of following his dreams, developing social ventures, and a knack for coaching others to do the same. His successful funk rock band regularly toured nationwide for three years, and the fun run he brought to Austin raised over $100,000 for Mountain Gorillas in two years. He graduated from Rice University with a BA in Religious Studies in 2008, and has over a decade of experience leading small business, designing websites, and promoting brands.
Deeply immersed in integral life practice, Jordan brings a wholehearted commitment to leadership from a distinctly fresh point of view. A greater awareness of our self-concept is required to truly make a difference in today’s world. We can only develop this perspective through intense meditative and psychological processes, which Jordan has explored his entire life. He acts as a psychological, spiritual, and professional advisor to people of all ages, in a wide variety of professions.
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