Nita Gage, DSPS, trained with RD Laing and his associates at the Philadelphia Association from 1974-1980. She left London and returned to America in 1980 and pursued postgraduate education in psychology and psycho spiritual studies. She trained and studied with shamanic teachers and specializes in integrative psycho spiritual healing. Nita is co-founder of the NeuroImaginal™ Institute (www.neuroimaginalinstitute.com); director of Healer Within Retreats (www.healerwithinretreats.com), which teaches medical and addiction professionals NeuroImaginal Practices for health and well-being. She is the author (with Linda Star Wolf) of Soul Whispering: The Art of Awakening Shamanic Consciousness and lives in Maui, Hawaii.