Instructor Biographies

Gloria A. Dodd
Gloria A. Dodd is the director of The Inner Passage Center and Certified Primordial Sound Meditation Educator. She trained with Deepak Chopra, MD and currently works in association with the Chopra Center in La Costa, CA to promote well being through meditation. She is also the president of Charter Management Corporation, a commercial leasing and property management firm in Doylestown, PA.

Marge Nocton-Barr, MS, CRS
Marge Nocton-Barr, MS, CRS, has had a private practice in the Rubenfeld Synergy Method for 10 years and is an adjunct faculty member on the staff of the Rubenfeld Center's training program. Marge has her Master's of Science in Counseling Psychology and has worked part time as a group counselor in an intensive drug and alcohol program teaching Vita's decision making program and educating clients in their understanding of family systems. Her psychotherapy practice is located at 62 North Church Street in Doylestown, and she can be reached at 215-230-7121.

Lisa Byrne
Lisa Byrne is co-owner of Soulutions for Daily Living, Inc. located in Newtown, PA. Soulutions is a new- age/metaphysical gift store that also hosts workshops, special events and concerts. Lisa has been utilizing Sound to altar consciousness, promote relaxation, decrease stress and maintain health for the last couple of years. Lisa works with individuals and groups to facilitate Sound Energy Sessions. She also teaches individual and group Didgeridoo lessons. She believes that Sound alters our state of consciousness, awakens us to our true self and is a reflection of the Divine Oneness.

Bena Long, M.S.
Bena Long, M.S. is the principal of MindMovement, LLC, a corporate consulting firm based in New Jersey. MindMovement offers consulting, group training, and coaching in Emotional Integrity Training©, Global Moves©, Polarity Management© and leadership. Bena is also co-founder of the Center for Human Culture, an adult educational center that focuses on human evolution through direct personal experience for Self Mastery and Freedom.

Bena has been a student of Dr. Phil Nuernberger for more then eight years. He is a disciple of Tantric Master Sri Swami Rama Bharti. She is also a Registered Hatha Yoga Instructor, meditation teacher, and certified 10th Dot instructor of Human Attention. She also has a BA in International Politics from Rutgers University, and an MS in Business Management, with concentration in International Training and Development from Lesley University.

Sonia Swartley
Sonia Swartley has studied several healing modalities in this lifetime. Her earliest formal training in energetic healing began with Evelyn Isadore 20 years ago. Sonia is a Certified One BrainTM Stress Defusion Facilitator, having studied with Gordon Sokes, Co-Fouonder of Touch for Health™ and Three in One (the originator of One Brain), and with Barbara Rose, a nationally-known healer, teacher and counselor now practicing in Hawaii. She also studied with Sister Em at CHI (Center for Human Integration). She is also a Licensed Cosmetology Teacher/Manager and is developing a workshop for cosmotology professionals called "Healing Shampoos".