Dr. Magdalena

Instructor

Opt For Light Rejuvenation Center

Dr. Magdalena holds a Ph.D. from the Department of Philosophy, Cosmology and Consciousness, at California Institute of Integral Studies, a Master’s Degree in Religious Studies from Naropa University and a Bachelor’s Degree in Communications/Journalism from James Madison University. She is an adjunct professor at the New Seminary, NYC, an ordained Interfaith Minister, a certified Intuitive Life Coach, and holds numerous healing arts certifications. She is a documentary filmmaker and founder of EmerjAnew, a transformational consulting and media company dedicated to educating others in transformational techniques and practices for stress reduction and increased well-being, through workshops, lectures, one-on-one consultations, as well as the creation of conscious and uplifting media  She gives lectures and workshops in her area of expertise and has been a keynote at Yale University’s Society of Consciousness Studies conference and presented at University of Arizona’s Towards a Science of Consciousness conference. Current Work: Manuscript exploring consciousness and  cocreation of reality. Web Series-Going Local: Discovering the Heartbeat in Your Home Town.  Areas of Research: consciousness, meditation, mysticism, philosophy, neuroscience, philosophical theology; cosmology; women’s spirituality; comparative religions; biblical studies; history of religion; American intellectual and cultural history, evolutionary sociology, quantum physics, transpersonal and integral psychology and “transformative technology.”  Media Advisor 2007-2019  Society for Consciousness Studies, Ervin Laszlo Center for Advanced Studies, Screen Actors Guild, American Federation for Radio and Television, Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Certification, Interdisciplinary Yoga Teacher Certification, Thai Yoga Healing Arts School (Chiang Mai, Thailand), Nosara Institute (Nosara, Costa Rica), Court of Sommeliers Level I Certification. Neuroaucoustic Healing training and more than a dozen mind/body healing certifications.