Lynne Twist
For more than 40 years, Lynne Twist has dedicated her life to alleviating poverty and hunger, and supporting social justice and environmental sustainability. She is the founder of The Soul of Money Institute and co-founder of The Pachamama Alliance.
For more than 40 years, Lynne Twist has dedicated her life to alleviating poverty and hunger, and supporting social justice and environmental sustainability. Her humanitarian work with Mother Theresa, refugee camps in Ethiopia, and her environmental advocacy concerning the Amazon is awe-inspiring. She is the co-founder of the Pachamama Alliance and the Soul of Money Institute.
The Institute is a center for exploring and sharing the best practices, theories, and attitudes that enhances people’s relationship to money and money culture, thus creating greater freedom, power, and effectiveness. The mission of the Pachamama Alliance is to empower indigenous people of the Amazon rainforest to preserve their lands and culture. Using insights gained from that work, the Alliance seeks to educate and inspire individuals everywhere to bring forth a thriving, just and sustainable world.
Lynne Twist is also an author and regular key-note speaker for several accredited institutions and conferences, having also shared the stage with globally recognized leaders such as His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Deepak Chopra, Jane Gooddall, and Jean Houston. She is also the recipient of several awards, including the United Nations Woman of Distinction award.
Wim Hof
Wim Hof, also known as The Iceman is a Dutch extreme athlete who gained recognition from breaking several world records to freezing cold exposure. After 30 years of intense training in nature coupled with scientific research to support his findings, Wim Hof created The Wim Hof Method: cold therapy, breathing and meditation.
Wim Hof, also known as The Iceman, is a Dutch extreme athlete who gained recognition through breaking several world records by exposing himself to freezing cold temperature.
He currently holds 26 Guinness Book World Records.
After 30 years of intense training in nature coupled with scientific research to support his findings, Wim Hof created The Wim Hof Method: cold therapy, breathing and meditation. The method has similarities to Tibetan Tummo meditation and pranayama, both of which employ breathing techniques.
Scientific research suggests that followers of the Wim Hof Method have a
stronger immune response to pathogens compared to others.
In maintaining a disciplined practice towards becoming the master of your body and mind, Wim Hof includes commitment as an integral component of his philosophy. He believes that only through dedication and consistency is one able to walk the natural path towards an optimal state of body and mind.
Flow Genome Project
The Flow Genome Project is an interdisciplinary, global organization committed to research-based training of ultimate human performance. Created by Jamie Wheal and Steven Kotler, the authors of Stealing Fire, the Flow Genome Project aims at giving the public tools, training and resources to activate their highest potential.
In positive psychology a flow state, also known as being in the zone, is the mental state of operation in which a person performing an activity is fully immersed in a feeling of energized focus, full involvement, and enjoyment in the process of the activity. In essence, flow is characterized by the complete absorption in what one does, and a resulting loss in one's sense of space and time.
The Flow Genome Project is an interdisciplinary, global organization committed to research-based training of ultimate human performance, or flow state. Created by Jamie Wheal and Steven Kotler, the authors of ‘Stealing Fire’, the Flow Genome Project aims at giving the public tools, training and resources to activate their highest potential.
Discover your flow superpowers and join the largest citizen science project in optimal psychology history to date!