Living in Balance: A Dynamic Approach for Creating Harmony & Wholeness in a Chaotic World by Joel & Michelle Levey, with a forward by the Dalai Lama
Michelle and Joel Levey
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Dr. Joel & Michelle Levey are founders of the The International Center for Corporate Culture and Organizational Health at InnerWork Technologies, Inc. (WisdomAtWork.com) a Seattle-based firm dedicated to developing and renewing organizational cultures and communities in which extra-ordinary levels of change resilience, cooperation, synergy, collective intelligence, and inspired leadership can thrive. They serve as clinical faculty of the University of Minnesota Medical School at the Center for Spirituality and Health and are adjunct faculty for the Institute for Religion and Health at University of Texas Medical Center. Their combined 70 years of intensive research & practice draws inspiration from the world's great wisdom and healing traditions as well as from contemporary mind-sciences and integral medicine. In this spirit, the Dalai Lama, an advisor and supporter on a number of the Leveys' projects, encouraged them in their work, writing: "You are presently engaged in work that has great prospects for bringing the inner sciences and technologies of human development and transformation to a very wide section of people who may not under ordinary circumstances come into contact with these teachings." Their work has also been praised by: Margaret Wheatley; Andrew Weil, M.D.; Jon Kabat-Zinn; Daniel Goleman; Larry Dossey, M.D., Joan Borysenko; Willis Harman; Gladys Taylor McGarey, M.D.; Meg Jordon, Kent Peterson, M.D.; Michael Ray; and Charles Terry. As advisors to business leaders and teams in over 200 leading organizations around the globe, their clients include: NASA, World Bank, Intel, Hewlett Packard, Qualcomm, Microsoft, Abbott Labs, Shell Oil, Petro Canada, Washington Mutual Bank, Miraval, Boeing, Phillips, M.D. Anderson Cancer Research Center, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, NOAA, U.S. Army Green Berets, West Point Military Academy, Stanford Research Institute International, and MIT. The Leveys also served as Chairpersons for the Center for Corporate Culture & Organizational Health at the Institute for Health & Productivity Management and as faculty at Antioch University, Indian Institute of Management (Ahmedabad, India), International Center for Organization Design, Bastyr University, and The World Business Academy. Michelle and Joel were honored by the Institute of Noetic Sciences as "leading teachers of transformation." Their pioneering work in the emerging field of Collective Wisdom and Intelligence began in the '70s and they have designed and facilitated extensive successful programs on collective and intuitive intelligence for hundreds of leading businesses. They have also served as personal advisors for many senior business leaders, coaches for Olympic Gold Medalist and record holding World-Class Athletes, and are members of the founding team of SportsMind, Inc. They were honored to serve at the Clinton Global Initiative as facilitators of dialogue among world leaders seeking to find solutions to the greatest challenges of our times. Joel Levey, directed clinical programs in Biofeedback, Stress Management, Pain Management, Psychophysiological Therapy, and Hospice Training for Group Health Cooperative of Puget Sound. Michelle Levey, directed similar programs at Children's Medical Center in Seattle. Their pioneering work in Complementary & Alternative Medicine (CAM), Integral Medicine, Mind-Science & Medicine, and "Ethics, Psychophysiology, and The Sacred," has inspired faculty and students at dozens of medical and nursing schools around the globe. Michelle & Joel Levey have coached a number of Olympic and World Class champions and designed & directed biocybernautic training for the US Army Green Berets' acclaimed "Ultimate Warrior Training Program," aka "Jedi Warrior." This six-month full-time training program was described by West Point leaders as, "The most exquisite orchestration of human technology that we have ever seen." Michael Murphy & George Leonard, founders of the Esalen Institute, praised this work, saying, "Jedi Warrior was the most extensive and advance leadership development program to be offered in modern times." At the end of this program one of their teams was selected as the most outstanding team in the NATO games. The Leveys' published works include: Living in Balance: A Dynamic Approach for Creating Harmony & Wholeness in a Chaotic World; Wisdom at Work; A Treasury of Tools for Cultivating Clarity, Kindness, & Resilience; Luminous Mind: Meditation and Mind Fitness; Corporate Culture & Organizational Health: A Critical Analysis of How Workplace Culture Influences Business Success, A Moment to Relax and The Fine Arts of Relaxation, Concentration, and Meditation: Ancient Skills for Modern Minds. They have contributed chapters to many anthologies including: Voices on the Threshold of Tomorrow; Intuition at Work; Community Building in Business; Learning Organizations; Rediscovering the Soul in Business; and The New Bottom Line. True to the spirit of "living in balance" the Leveys have a base in Seattle as well as Hawaii where they steward organic permaculture farm and learning center in Hawi, North Kohala on the northern tip of the Island of Hawaii. Joel & Michelle Levey work with organizations and communities around the globe to inspire people to deepen the wisdom, wonder, compassion, resilience, and creativity they bring to life, work, and relationships amidst the myriad changes, challenges, and opportunities of these turbulent times. For more information on the Leveys' work, please visit: http://WisdomatWork.com |
Dr. Joel Levey and Michelle Levey