Paul Robear – President
Paul became involved with the Cuyamungue Institute in the early 1990′s and recently was elected President.
Paul experience ranges from management, multi-media distribution, sales, marketing, publishing, and with wife, talk show host Laura Lee, Paul developed a media company which includes a talk show devoted to self-discovery and features interviews with leading researchers in the fields of ancients mysteries, holistic health, and consciousness studies. They syndicated the program on radio nationwide and on the web.
Paul also created several companies including a “bookstore” mail-order company and publishing company with international distribution that sold over 200 thousand books, videos, and audio books.
Currently, Paul and Laura Lee own and manage multiply properties both residential and commercial.
In addtion to his work with the Cuyamungue Institute, Paul’s personal journey into spiritwork includes meditation, yoga, self help programs, cross-cultural religious/spiritual studies and ceremony. His contact info is: paulrobear@cuyamungueinstitute.com
Rae LeCompte – Vice President
675 S. Gulfview Blvd.
Clearwater Beach, Florida 33767
727-443-1654
sunraelec@aol.com
Rae has served as a member of the Cuyamungue Board for three years and is presently the Vice-President. She has been interested and involved in the work of the Cuyamungue Institute since attending a workshop in the 1980′s led by Felicitas Goodman and Belinda Gore.
Rae is a retired educator of thirty-eight years; having been a Biology Teacher, Guidance Counselor and Administrator. She spends six months a year at Buckeye Lake, Ohio and six months at her Clearwater residence. She is involved in the Buckeye Lake Historical Society where she serves on the Board and also conducts nature tours on the Cranberry Bog, in addition she is on the Board of the Cranberry Bay Homeowner Association and the Board of Directors for Continental Towers in Florida.
Rae has a deep love for the Institute and is dedicated to continuing the work of Felicitas Goodman.
Jackie Haworth Hoy – Secretary
2115 Eastgate Rd.
Toledo OH 43614
419-382-6268
jhaworth_wj@yahoo.com
Jackie has served as a member of the Cuyamungue Board of Directors for six years and is currently the secretary. She became involved in the Ecstatic Trance work in the 1980′s after attending an introductory workshop by Dr. Goodman. Since that time she has participated in and led weekly trance groups, introductory workshops, and numerous Masked Trance Dances. Jackie plans to be retiring in the near future from her career as a teacher and counselor, and plans to expand her work as an instructor for Cuyamungue Institute.
Stephanie Stephens – Treasurer
3014 Olive Ave
Columbus, OH 43204
musesteph1@yahoo.com
Board member Stephanie Stephens lives in Columbus, Ohio, which is where she became involved with the Cuyamungue Institute. Her first experience with trance work was at a workshop lead by Belinda Gore. Stephanie graduated from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, with a Bachelor of Music degree and has an M.A. in Music Education from The Ohio State University. She presently teaches vocal music to middle and high school students, but is fast approaching retirement, this being her 31st year of service. She is very involved in theatre, working regularly as a music director in and around Columbus. She lives in a quiet neighborhood on the west side of Ohio’s capital city with her partner Bruce and their two dogs Waldo, a boxer, and Zoe, a French Bulldog.
Laura Lee – Visioneering Project
PO Box 3010
Bellevue WA 98004
lauralee@cuyamungueinstitute.com
Laura Lee first met Dr. Goodman over the phone in an interview for her nationally syndicated radio show. “I was immediately taken with the idea of “psychological archeology”, as she put it, “and experiencing the worldview of our ancestors from the inside out. I also felt comfortable with this work not being a human construct or dogma or belief system, all of which I held suspect. Rather, here was the rediscovery of an innate ability to throw open the doors of perception on the level of the physiology, something the body/mind already knew how to do and only needed activation of the ‘ON’ switch.”
“I value the purity and self-empowerment of that. Felicitas then sent me a little booklet that explained how to do this on my own. I had an experience that demonstrated without question that this was real, that here was a way to continue, safely, easily, and ‘on demand’, the spontaneous such moments I’d had since childhood. Soon Paul and I were heading to Santa Fe for workshops at the Institute, and further interview with Felicitas. I felt I’d come home! And now I’m happy to be involved with the outreach effort to bring this, universal a method
as it is, to all who resonate with this.”
Laura Lee created the Visioneering Project to introduce the Cuyamungue Method to a wider audience. She’ll also post new interviews on related research to the website. She brings her years of media and business experience, with husband Paul Robear hosting and producing a nationwide radio show syndicated on over 100 stations. “Working with the Institute is, for me, a way to continue my personal quest,” she says, “which was also the defining mission of the radio show — that age-old question — who are we, where did we come from, where are we going, and what’s it about? The Cuyamungue Method offers access to ’visioneering’ our way to a vital, rich, profound experience of big-picture perspective”
Kathy Mackey – Director of Development
5157 East 64th Street
Indianapolis, IN 46220
KMackey@re-directions.com
Kathy is President of Redirections Sign and Design, a sign and marketing company located in Indianapolis, Indiana. She is a certified WBE and her company has been “telling people where to go” for over 25 years. She is grateful that her two children, Ryan Mackey and Kerry Griffith, work with her at Redirections. She has two playful grandchildren, Rogue and Corra.
“I am committed to living a conscious and intentional life. In doing so, I become a messenger to myself and others. And of course my favorite saying is “Make every hour happy!”
Merry Norris
I am an artist whose work is focused on art as a spiritual path, and my studio is dedicated to providing a safe place for other seekers. I am a mandala painter and teacher, meditation coach, and creativity mentor. In response to the difficulty many of my students have in recognizing their inherent sacredness, I developed the GODDESS AND ANGEL workshop to assist women in their search for wholeness. Empowerment and transformation are my key enthusiasms. I have assisted Belinda Gore in presenting several Ecstatic Trance Dance workshops and co-facilitated the enthusiastically received Goddess Postures Trance Dance.
I am a member of IONS, the Columbus Jung Haus, SLMM (Society of Layerists in Multimedia), and the Center for Spiritual Living
Advisor to the Board:
Belinda Gore, Ph.D
Director of Training / Instructor Certification
Member of the Institute’s Research Committee
3105 Waukeegan Avenue
Lewis Center, Ohio 43035
740-548-8587
belindagore@hotmail.com
Belinda Gore, Ph.D
3105 Waukeegan Avenue
Lewis Center, Ohio 43035
740-548-8587
Belinda@BelindaGore.com
Belinda is the former vice-president then president of The Cuyamungue Institute, and currently serves as an advisor to the Board of Directors as well as Director of Training. For over twenty years, she was a close friend and colleague of Dr. Goodman. Her books Ecstatic Body Postures: An Alternate Reality Workbook and The Ecstatic Experience: Healing Postures for Spirit Journeys introduce fifty-seven different postures and the method for using them, and is an essential resource for practitioners of ecstatic trance.
Belinda is the founder and co-director of the Enneagram Institute of Central Ohio and a leadership consultant and coach. All of her work emerges from a deeply held vision of supporting the evolution of consciousness in all aspects of life.
As a psychologist and teacher, Belinda has over thirty years’ experience helping people to identify and transform core issues in relationships, work life, and spiritual development. She is the founder and co-director of the Enneagram Institute of Central Ohio and a leadership development consultant and executive coach with The Exetor Group and with S-4 Consulting. All of her work emerges from a deeply held vision of supporting the evolution of consciousness in all aspects of life.
