Our Faculty
Welcome to our ever expanding faculty page!
Our faculty here at the BodyMind Institute has brought about a leap in education delivery and technology. Each of our teachers are masters in their fields, bringing decades of experience and wisdom to you in the comfort of your home.
Lars Gustafsson
Founder of The BodyMind Nutrition System™
Founder of The BodyMind Institute
Author, Speaker, Life & Nutrition Guide
Born in East India to Canadian parents, I spent my childhood living an authentic mix of tribal and western life. This upbringing created a balance between the scientific passion of the west and the ancient wisdom of the Far East.
I have spent 23 years exploring and developing nutrition, lifestyle, fitness, and personal development programs.
In 2002, I founded The BodyMind Nutrition System™ to bring you the principles of nutrition that connect the physical and mental, emotional, spiritual aspects of life. The BodyMind Nutrition Certification and BodyMind Life Coaching programs meet a new demand in the market for true to life systems, formulas and programs. These programs have created the opportunity for people to personally discover and pass on a nutrition and lifestyle process that creates a personal discovery of balance in body, mind and spirit.
And now, it is my utmost honour and privilege to work with world leaders in the field of health, consciousness and education to bring you the very best in education right into your home. It is my greatest desire that you find the perfect courses and teachers that will match exactly what you are looking for and wishing to accomplish in your life. I truly believe that when the student is ready the teacher will appear… and visa versa, all of us on The BodyMind Institute faculty believe that when the teacher is ready the student will appear.
Thank you for visiting our college and becoming part of the legacy of passing on knowledge and wisdom to all you know through what you learn here.
Courses:
The BodyMind Renewal Membership -- now in the "Free Student Pass"
The BodyMind Nutrition Certification
The BodyMind Sports Nutrition Certification
David Wolfe
www.davidwolfe.com
Health, Eco, Nutrition, and Natural Beauty Expert
CO-FOUNDER: TheBestDayEver.com Online Health Magazine
PRESIDENT: The Fruit Tree Planting Foundation (www.ftpf.org)
You’d think he was a rock star with a fan base like his — America’s TOP CEO’s, Global Ambassador’s, Hollywood celebrities, busy professionals, and even the most powerful buying influence in the nation — Mom’s! But it’s not rock n’ roll that they flock to him for…it’s his nutrition mission and the natural-health and beauty eco-revolution that David Wolfe champions.
With a masters degree in nutrition, and a background in science and mechanical engineering, David Wolfe is considered one of the world’s top authorities on natural health, beauty nutrition, herbalism, chocolate, and organic superfoods. Leading the field with his vision, mission, education, and business, David has over 15 years of dedicated experience and understanding of the inner workings, the delicate chemistry, and hardcore mechanics of the human body and how the body is affected by the modern-day stressors of today’s fast-paced, over-worked, and unbalanced lifestyle, which is literally a “killer” to our beauty, health, and longevity.
With a life-long passion for inspiring people to “Have The Best Day Ever,” David has touched the hearts and minds of hundreds of thousands of people across the world. David is a true living master of what it means to “walk the talk” on the road to higher and higher levels of natural beauty, vibrant health, and peak-performance.
Through his down-to-earth and simple approach, David shows us that no problem is created without a solution and that we DO have the opportunity, right at our fingertips, to make new choices about our lifestyle and take our health back into the power of our own hands.
As the author of the best-selling books, Eating for Beauty (4th Edition), The Sunfood Diet Success System (8th Edition), Naked Chocolate (2nd Edition), David Wolfe on Raw Foods, Superfoods, and Superherbs (www.21daystohealth.com), Amazing Grace (3rd Edition), Superfoods: The Food and Medicine of the Future (North Atlantic Books/distributed by Random House, 2009), and The LongevityNOW Program (www.longevitynowprogram.com), David Wolfe empowers and inspires people to take charge of their health even up against all the modern-day demands of bills, technology, environmental pollution, commuting, and inflation. By making simple, informed decisions, David shows us that we can all enjoy quality time for ourselves and with our family, because, after all, Health is Wealth!
Course:
The Raw Nutrition Certification
Dr. Terry Willard
www.wrc.net
Founder: Wild Rose College
President: Canadian Association of Herbal Practitioners
Author, Speaker, Lecturer
For over thirty years, Terry Willard, Cl.H.,Ph.D., has studied the medicinal properties of plants. He is recognized as one of North America 's leading Clinical Herbalists. He appears regularly in the print and electronic media as an exponent of responsible herbal use. He currently serves as the President of the Canadian Association of Herbal Practitioners, a professional member of the American Herbalist Guild and in the Canadian Health Food Association's Hall of Fame.
Dr. Willard is the author of ten books on the subject of Herbs including the pivotal Wild Rose Herbal Series - a series of three textbooks written to educate herbalists. Two of his books, Mind-Body Harmony and Dr. Willard Encyclopedia of Herbal Uses , have been particularly popular with the general public.
An active practitioner and teacher, Terry has a clinic in Calgary , Alberta . He is also director of the Wild Rose College of Natural Healing, which serves both classroom and correspondence students around the world.
Lectured on the main lecture circuit to trade shows and MLM rallies, training sessions for the Health Food Industry, Pharmacy Industry, Mass Market Industry.
Terry lives on an organic herb farm on the Eastern Slopes of the Rocky Mountains, outside Calgary , Alberta , Canada.
Courses:
Herbology 1
WRC - Cleansing Certification
WRC - Flower Essences
WRC - Mayan Prophecies For Changing Times
Sascha Kalivoda
www.bodymindnutrition.com
Co-Author: The BodyMind Nutrition Certification Programs
Author: Your Pregnancy Guide, Speaker, Nutritionist, Pregnancy Nutrition & Guidance Expert
For the last 20 years, Sascha Kalivoda has actively pursued her passion in the areas of nutrition and wellness. Inspired to train as a holistic nutritionist, she eventually left a career in petrochemicals research to pursue her new career. Inevitably, her path led her to becoming one of the founding nutrition coaches and teachers with the BodyMind Nutrition Center. Her love for nutrition has compelled her to specialize in researching the vast amount of mis-information about nutrition and revealing the truth that is hidden beneath.
Since becoming a mother in 2009 to a beautiful and healthy boy, the scope and depth of her passion has grown to encompass conscious pregnancy and parenting. In an effort to become the most effective parent that she could be, Sascha has dedicated herself to researching the most empowering and progressive parenting material available today. Her research has led her to discovering that the development of healthy, confident and loving adults is fundamentally linked to the circumstances around conception, pregnancy and the early childhood years.
While observing the world around her through the eyes of a new and conscious parent, it became very clear to her that there was a need to bring the amazing details of her research to the mainstream. She has made it her mission to share this information by offering to educate as many people as possible as to how to raise healthy and conscious children so that they do not have to spend their adulthood recovering from their childhood.
Sascha believes that by healing our parenting practices we create the best opportunity to heal ourselves and the planet, and to return our world to a place of peace and harmony. She now shares her passion and findings in a comprehensive course, Your Ultimate Pregnancy Guide, through the BodyMind Institute.
Course:
Your Conscious Pregnancy and Parenting Guide
Larry Wayne
www.thespiritualpathfinder.com
Author, Speaker, Spiritual Guide
Larry Wayne grew up on a farm in southern Saskatchewan. He was a specialist in private investigation before he graduated from the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT) in business administration. He trained in hypnotherapy with the master, Harvey Misel, and from 1969 to 1977, he studied spiritual healing and upliftment, metaphysics and mediumship, with the renowned Dr. Elsa Lund. He was the first to teach self-hypnosis and self-awareness in the colleges of Alberta.
He led seminars in the United States, Great Britain and continental Europe. With Grace Johnston, he co-authored The Gentle Counsel of White Cloud (1989) and Songs from Spirit (1990), gems of higher guidance. A spiritual counsellor of the first rank, he instantly and unerringly pinpoints the solution to any client’s problem.
A spiritual healer of immense power and love, he revitalizes and renovates the ill and infirm. A spiritual teacher of vast understanding, he has been counseling, healing, and teaching for over forty years.
Called "The Spiritual Pathfinder", Larry has been the best kept secret behind many successful business clients in Alberta and beyond.
Course:
Awakening Certification
Self Hypnosis & Self Awareness Intensive
Margaret Ashley
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Author, Motivational Educator
Margaret Ashley is an entrepreneur, educator and single parent who has been involved in education for the past 12 years. She has worked with school boards and Alberta Education to expand alternative education delivery options to parents and educators.
In addition to educating her own daughter over the past 11 years, Margaret been interviewed many times by various media educating the public on alternative education methods, written articles for magazines, been chair of numerous non-profit organizations, organized education trade shows and conferences, conducted workshops and seminars at conventions and conferences, and helped develop the foundation of two private schools.
Margaret continues to serve the education community through her company Experiential Education providing fun, experiential and interactive learning through online programs to schools, parents, teachers and home educators. She is thrilled to bring you these programs through the Body Mind Institute.
Courses:
Natural & Intuitive Grade 1
Natural & Intuitive Grade 2
Natural & Intuitive Grade 3
Jeff Sutton
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www.medabolic.ca
Author, Teacher, Human Biologist
Jeff Sutton is a human biologist and health practitioner specializing in the effects of stress on health, pain, and performance. His studies in biology and anthropology began at Lakehead University in Thunder Bay, Ontario. Originally driven toward a career in medicine, he relentlessly pursued knowledge and experiences in health, emergency response, and physical training. His direction eventually took a turn when his eyes opened to the rapidly emerging
field of energetic medicine.
Jeff’s first professional stress management experiences were in handling emergencies as a Coast Guard search and rescue specialist and ambulance medic. In the mid-1990’s, he trained as an NSCA strength and conditioning specialist and spent several years in the fitness industry.
In 2000, Jeff founded Medabolic Inc, a professional service firm that applies energy medicine technologies to assist clients with stress reduction, pain management, performance optimization, and general health education. In 2008, he helped to develop a biofeedback
program for medical staff and Olympic athletes at the Federal Sports Hospital in Beijing, China. He has since lectured internationally, and he maintains a private practice in Calgary.
Course:
Fight or Flight or First Place! "Using Pressure and Managing Stress for Better Results in Everything."
Daniel Ross
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www.atmalayaashram.com
Author, Teacher, Yogacharya
Daniel Ross Has been coaching individuals & groups in the areas of health & fitness, yoga & meditation, as well as business planning, sales, & systems implementation for over 23 years. Daniel has coached over 4500 people and certified nearly 1000 coaches in his career. Daniel’s clients have included professional athletes; first time entrepreneurs to billionaires, and have ranged in age from 12 to 89 years old.
“Every human being has the potential to do anything they want. My job is to reveal to you and apply the same principles that every successful person has applied since the beginning of time.”
Daniel is an internationally recognized Yoga teacher and holds the highest level certification in the world and has been awarded the title Yogacharya (Yoga master). He is recognized by The International Yoga Federation, The World Yoga Congress, and has been voted into the Indian Academy of Yoga as a life member. As Yogacharya Gowrishankarananda, he is the founder of the Yoga Sadhana Foundation™, The Atmalaya® Ashram, the Atmalaya® Meditation Program, and the Atmalaya® Institute.
Yogacharya Gowrishankarananda belongs to the 6800 year old Brighu Rishi Paramparai (lineage) and while utilizing modern teaching methodologies he integrates the far more advanced and time tested yogic facilitation practices he has learned to propel seekers of Self mastery along their own spiritual paths. Having spent years practicing the austere techniques of Yogic facilitation Daniel now guides students to their inner guru though a variety of self guided techniques that are typical of the Yogic process of Spiritual coaching.
Daniel has 6 years of post secondary education in Kinesiology specializing in Sports Psychology, Athletic Therapy, Bio-Mechanics, Physiology, & Sports Nutrition. Daniel is the author of over 15 internationally published articles and is working on his forthcoming book, “The Mystical Aspects of Seva Shakti”.
Course:
Atmalaya® S.E.L.F. Coaching Certification Program
Patty Lager
www.rawcompassion.com
Tenured College Professor of Human Anatomy & Physiology I and II, General Biology, and Introduction to Chemistry
Patty Lager has been teaching community college students for over nine years. However, growing up, she wanted to be a medical doctor. She was a premed student at St. Louis University, graduating Summa Cum Laude, with a degree in Biology. She then went to medical school. However, she became disenchanted with allopathic medicine. Intuitively, she came to realize that this was not the best way for her to help others reclaim lost health. She became depressed; and, following her inner guidance, left medical school.
After leaving medical school, Patty was introduced to Carolyn Myss via her book, Anatomy of the Spirit. This book opened her to a whole new world of spiritual anatomy. After reading this, she became more interested in health, from a spiritual outlook. Not sure how to express her knowledge of the human body with her passion for helping others find their spiritual and physical health, she began tutoring at St. Louis Community College. She absolutely loved helping others learn often difficult topics, including Chemistry, Anatomy, and Physiology. She felt that teaching at a community college would be a worthwhile pursuit. She then went back to school, earning a Master’s Degree in Biology, with an emphasis in Biochemistry. With her graduate degree, she began to teach full time as a community college professor.
She began teaching chemistry, but then found her niche in teaching Human Anatomy and Physiology. Most of her students were pursuing careers in nursing and other allopathic health fields. While teaching, Patty always emphasized the amazing ability of the human body to heal itself. She never criticized medicine and surgery, but would often remind her students that, with correct nutrition and a peaceful mind, the body would naturally find homeostasis and health.
Naturally, when given the opportunity to teach for the Body Mind Institute, Patty jumped aboard. This establishment offers the information that can help others find their highest potential, physically, mentally, and spiritually. Patty is so happy to find an organization that shares her values and beliefs.
Patty currently teaches full time at Lincoln Land Community College (www.llcc.edu), and she lives in central Illinois with her four dogs, two cats, and wonderful boyfriend.
Course:
Human Anatomy & Physiology 1
Troy White
smallbusinesscopywriter.com
Troy White has been involved in sales and marketing for over 21 years. He has worked with many of the biggest names in business around the world, as well as effectively helped hundreds of small businesses grow their businesses and fatten their bank accounts.
Troy’s writing has been mentioned on Forbes.com, has been in major city newspapers (i.e. Business Edge, Calgary Sun, and The National Post), Networker News and Rising Women Business Magazine to name a few. Troy has also been interviewed on talk radio shows around North America.
On top of all that, he writes a weekly newsletter called Small Business Mastery, which is read by over 25,000 subscribers weekly. The Small Business Mastery Newsletter goes out to the database of direct marketing great, Mr Clayton Makepeace, who earns millions of dollars a year writing sales letters for companies from around the world (http://www.smallbusinessmastery.com) .
He has hosted the highly praised Wild West Wealth Summit in Calgary for 2 consecutive years, with glowing accolades from all those in attendance. Bringing in trainers, speakers and multi-millionaire entrepreneurs to share their most successful strategies for growing your business fast.
Troy recently won the 2008 Business Leader of Tomorrow Award presented by Business in Calgary and the Calgary Chamber of Commerce. He was also nominated for the 2009 Calgary Business Oscars in 2 individual categories (only to be beaten by the $2.5 Billion dollar success story, WestJet Airlines).
Marketing Expert
Shelley McQuerter
Owner and director of Learn Homeopathy Now
http://www.learnhomeopathynow.com
Shelley McQuerter, owner and director of Learn Homeopathy Now, has inspired countless healing professionals with her passion for Homeopathy. In her brilliant Homeopathy Certification Training, Shelley has captured her extensive knowledge into a series of five, user-oriented, and content-rich seminars that assure success for the novice, as well as the clinician. Simple to use, her self-paced, time-tested method allows parents and young adults, chiropractors and psychologists, acupuncturists and massage therapists, medical doctors and nurses, to progress from basic home care skills to mastering an additional healing modality.
Shelley is a gifted educator. With the command of a woman who knows and loves her topic, she blends anecdotal storytelling, sharp witticism, and intuitive know-how into thoroughly entertaining and instructive workshops. She strips away the mystique of the esoteric and scientific tenets of homeopathy and creates a lasting impression that empowers you with the skills you need to use homeopathy effectively. Shelley's vibrant, authentic presence embodies the power homeopathy promises.
Course:
Homeopathy 1 & 2