Colm Kelleher / Dr. Joyce Hawkes

Prompted by a near-death-experience, Joyce embarked on a radical change inprofessional focus in 1984. After 15 years as a respected and prolificresearch scientist, she set aside her career to pursue an intensiveexploration of spiritual and healing traditions. She worked extensively withhealers in the Philippines and Bali, and toured the southern part of India,off the beaten track in search of indigenous healing wisdom.