Guillaume Néry is a French freediving champion, specialized in constant weight, which is the queen of all freediving disciplines (descent and ascent using only fin propulsion). He broke the freediving world record four times and won the world champion title twice. In 2015, he stopped competing...
Before spending 7 years in a traditional Buddhist monastery and 3 years in meditative retreat, Soizic Michelot studied art and literature. Today, she is an instructor for secular mindfulness programs (MBSR and MBCT) both in private practice and in public hospitals. Soizic is now returning...
Journalist specialized in societal issues, spirituality and personal development, Elisabeth Marshall is editor-in-chief of the magazine Sens et santé, executive director of the weekly La Vie (Press Company Le Monde ) and at the initiative of the "Meditation Day" presented at Châtelet and Pleyel theatres....
From San Francisco to Mumbai, from the Amazon forest to the European countryside, Guibert del Marmol works with entrepreneurs who change the world and reconcile the notions of economy, ecology and sense. For over 15 years Guibert directed various service companies operating in Europe and also...
Dr. Antoine Lutz is a director of research at the French Medical Research Institute (INSERM) in the Lyon Neuroscience Research Center (CNRL). He did his PhD in cognitive neurosciences in Paris, France, with Francisco Varela on the first-person dimension of attention. During his postdoctoral work with...
Frédéric Lopez is a journalist and a TV producer. He presented the following France 2 TV shows: "Panique dans l’oreillette", "La parenthèse inattendue", "Mille et une vies" and now "Rendez vous en terre inconnue" rated as the French viewers’ favorite TV show. He discovered meditation eight years...
Journalist on Radio France Internationale. Producer of the scientific program Autour de la Question. One hour live radio talk show with researchers from all fields and horizons about the mutations and evolution of humankind. The aim is to build bridges and not walls between men...
Jean-Philippe Lachaux is Director of Research INSERM, at Lyon Neuroscience Research Center. He focuses his research on attention and concentration neuronal mechanisms with a special interest in questions we all ask ourselves daily: why are we easily distracted? Is focusing based on effort? How is attention improving...
Perla Kaliman holds a Ph.D. in Biochemistry. She has developed her scientific activity at the Universities in Buenos Aires, Nice, San Diego and Barcelona. Currently, she is a research associate at the Center for Mind and Brain at the University of California at Davis; collaborator of...
Journalist, speaker and writer, Aurélie Godefroy presents the program Sagesses Bouddhisteson France 2 TV channel and collaborates with the newspaper Le Monde des Religions and the magazines Sens et Santé, Ultreia and Question de in which she was the coordinator for the ones dedicated to body and meditation. She is the author of Rites et...