Paul Robear is the President and Executive Director of the Cuyamungue Institute.  Paul became involved with the Cuyamungue Institute in the early 1990′s. In 2011, Paul joined the Board of Directors of the Cuyamungue Institute and was elected President a short time later. Reporting to the Board of Directors, as President, Paul has overall strategic and operational responsibility for the Cuyamungue Institute programs, facilities, and execution of its mission. 

The identification of a global phenomenon of Ecstatic Trance Postures and a scientific exploration of the effect of their use, in a ritual context, is the heart of the work of the Cuyamungue Institute. Founded by Anthropologist Dr. Felicitas Goodman, who’s research revived a tradition—at least 36,000 years old—that uses the capacity of the human nervous system to enter expanded or non-ordinary states of consciousness. Using a collection these postures from the artwork of hunter-gatherer and horticultural people as a doorway to a state known as ecstatic trance is achieved through a relatively simple, safe, and teachable method. The Cuyamungue Institute has its home on 472 acres of mountain desert at the northern outskirts of Santa Fe, New Mexico, adjoining the reservation land of the Pojoaque Pueblo.

Paul has developed a life long appreciation of the teachings of wisdom traditions and following the common threads from traditions from around the world led him to his role at the Cuyamungue Institute. Paul is driven with intensity, focus and passion to facilitate greater awareness of these “age old” technologies and considers it a blessing to help facilitate the work of CI. Paul feels that the time has come to recognize the need to bridge these cross-cultural wisdom traditions with the needs in today’s world. It is with the direct experience triggering spiritual insight, that we can provide practical solutions for modern cultures and technologies.

Instructor / Facilitator
Asside from the responsiblities of directing the institute, Paul real passion is for facilitating the Ecstatic Trance Postures events both at the headquarters of the Cuyamungue Institute in Santa Fe NM and worldwide via ZOOM.  Paul draws on his real life experiences along with the research conducted by founder of the Cuyamungue Institute, anthropologist Dr. Felicitas Goodman and other key researchers in the field of trance and consciousness studies

Roots
Paul Robear grew up in Maine, among a large extended family.  By their very nature people from Maine are fiercely independent thinkers. It has been observed that Maine is the only foreign country in the United States. There is no question that Maine is definitely unique and the people are not afraid to  challenge the status quo. Paul was more interested in spiritual affairs, and by his late teenage years he joined a group researching a cross-cultural study of spirituality. This began a lifelong interest in development and quality of well being — physically, emotionally, psychologically, and spiritually. He became a meditator and vegetarian at age 18, and toured Switzerland, France, and across the US as part of this journey. This began a life long “call to adventure”

Professional Background
Paul’s professional background ranges from management, multi-media distribution, sales, marketing, publishing. Paul created a media company which included a talk show hosted by his wife Laura Lee devoted to self-discovery and featured interviews with leading researchers in the fields of wisdom traditions, ancient mysteries, holistic health, and consciousness studies. They syndicated the program on radio nationwide and on the web. In addition, Paul also was the founder of a publishing company with international distribution that sold over 200,000 books, videos, and audio books.

PaulRobear.com His contact info is: paulrobear@cuyamungueinstitute.com