Your guide for these Self-Guided CD programs, Dr. Joel Levey, is someone who demonstrates a strong commitment to positive change at both a personal and a global level.   For more than twenty-five years he has been actively involved in the research, practice, and teaching of various forms of "mental fitness" and peak performance. His work with people in healthcare, business, sports, and the military has proven the practical value of his methods of dynamic relaxation.

Joel's unique approach to mental fitness training blends a deep experiential understanding of relaxation, concentration, and meditation with scientific validation of these mental states through clinical testing and psycho-physiological research and training.

Joel Levey, Ph.D. and Michelle Levey, M.A. are founders of Seattle-based InnerWork Technologies, Inc., a firm that specializes in developing and renewing organizational cultures in which team spirit, community, creative intelligence, life-work balance, and inspired leadership can thrive. The Leveys serve on the national advisory board for the Institute for Health and Productivity Management as Chairpersons for the Center for Corporate Culture and Organizational Health.

Over the past 25 years they have worked with over 200 leading organizations including: AT&T, NASA, Advanced Technologies Laboratories, Hewlett-Packard, DuPont, World Bank, NOAA, Petro Canada, Shell, Stanford Research Institute, the U.S. Army Green Berets, many medical centers, professional organizations, world class and Olympic prize-winning athletes, and community service and youth groups. As faculty for ICOD (International Center for Organization Design), the International Institute for Innovation, the Performance Edge, and members of the World Business Academy, their work with change strategy teams from large organizations focuses on building synergy between personal, professional and organizational change, creativity and development.

Joel Levey, Ph.D. has also served as graduate faculty and advisor for Antioch University, Director of Psychophysiological Therapy and Stress Management for the Group Health Cooperative in Seattle, Director of Corporate Education for American Biotec Corporation, and Director of MindBody Fitness Training for SportsMind, Inc.

The Leveys' work offers a unique synthesis of insights woven from contemporary disciplines and enduring wisdom traditions including: systems thinking; mind-body medicine; social architecture and organization design; community building; peacemaking; quality communications and high performance teamwork; peak performance training; comparative religion and contemplative traditions; global travel and cross cultural study.

Their publications are available in seven languages and include:

Wisdom at Work: A Treasury of Tools for Cultivating Clarity, Kindness and Resilience (Berkeley: Conari Press, 1999)

Living in Balance: A Dynamic Approach to Creating Harmony and Wholeness in a Chaotic World (Berkeley: Conari Press, Jan. 1998)

Quality of Mind: Tools for Self Mastery and Enhanced Performance (Boston: Wisdom Publications, 1990)

The Focused Mindstate, a 14-part business tape series (Nightingale Conant, 1993)

The Leveys are based in Seattle and offer services to organizations around the globe. For more information, visit the Levey’s Web site: www.wisdomatwork.com.

Joel Levey