Dr. Bonnie Colby became intrigued with the nervous system through observing effects on group problem solving over decades of work on cross-cultural water and environmental conflicts. Dr. Colby focuses on the neuroeconomics* of collaborative problem-solving processes. Colby has provided invited testimony to indigenous councils, courts and the U.S. Congress. She has authored dozens of journal articles, seven books and taught at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government. Dr. Colby participates in research exploring effects of meditation and other nervous system interventions on personal and social well-being.
Bonnie has taught meditation classes and guided workshops, retreats and small groups for over 20 years — for University of Arizona Campus Health, College of Medicine and Honors College, Institute of Applied Meditation, Tucson Community Meditation Center, professional conferences and the broader public. She emphasizes “on-the-spot practices” to use right in the midst of challenges; to mitigate stress, balance our nervous system and deepen our appreciation of life’s varied experiences.
Dr. Colby focuses on sensory awareness practices that assist in nervous system regulation and has a background in Continuum restorative movement. She is certified in Dr. Stephen Porge’s Safe & Sound Protocol and active in learning and teaching real-time practices to address stress. Bonnie is a trauma-informed meditation teacher, with extensive training from the Institute of Applied Meditation, Unified Mindfulness and other organizations. She lives in Tucson with her husband Ted.
*Neuroeconomics studies human choices and processing of multiple alternatives, incorporating neuroscientific discoveries to guide models of individual and collective behavior and design of collaborative problem-solving processes.
Julianna received her BA in psychology from Duke University. As founder, president, and head trainer of Unified Mindfulness, she is dedicated to disseminating Shinzen Young’s comprehensive mindfulness meditation system through the creation and presentation of educational programs and teacher-training certification programs.
Dr. Hunter serves as associate professor of practice and is the founding director of the Executive Mind Leadership Institute at the Peter F. Drucker Graduate School of Management, Claremont Graduate University. He also serves as visiting professor at the University of Virginia Darden School of Business, where he developed and co-teaches the Leading Mindfully executive education program..
Dr. Eisendrath serves as chief psychologist and president of the Institute for Dialogue Therapy, P.C., where, as a Jungian analyst, she offers psychotherapy with individuals and couples, psychoanalysis, supervision, and training.
Dr. Vago serves as the research director of the Osher Center for Integrative Medicine and the director of the Contemplative Neuroscience and Integrative Medicine (CNIM) Laboratory at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. He is an associate professor in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and the Department of Psychiatry.
Stella is a psychologist, professor, and Zen practitioner. She became a formal student in 2008 in the Soto Zen tradition. She teaches courses in mindfulness based psychotherapies and the psychology of compassion at the Union Institute & University. She also co-facilitates a family program and young adult program at Shao Shan Temple, in Woodbury Vermont.
Dr. Creswell serves as a tenured associate professor in the Department of Psychology at Carnegie Mellon University. He is also the director of the Health & Human Performance Laboratory at Carnegie Mellon University.
Dr. McCormick currently serves as director of education at Unified Mindfulness. In 1975, he received a B.A. in psychology from the University of California Santa Cruz, where he was part of Dr. Elliot Aronson’s research team that examined cooperative approaches to reducing interracial conflict and academic performance problems in newly integrated school, and made Honors in Psychology, College Honors, and Thesis Honors.
UnifiedMindfulness.com is the official teacher training platform for Shinzen and the Unified Mindfulness System.
Created over 50 years of research and testing by Shinzen Young, Unified Mindfulness is a system of meditation that’s easily researchable by science, with clear terminology and rigorous precision around concepts and procedures.
The Unified Mindfulness system is a comprehensive, robust and refined support structure that any individual at any stage of meditation practice can rely on to go deeper in their insight and their ability to share it with others. It is also a secular form of meditation, which means it’s not religious in any way so anyone, of any faith, can do it.