open future | Interviews With The Leading Edge

Loch Kelly, Author, “Shift Into Freedom,” on the Path of Awakening

Loch Kelly is a meditation teacher, psychotherapist, and founder of the Open-Hearted Awareness Institute, and the author of the book “Shift Into Freedom,” which was selected as one of the 10 Best Books of the Year 2015 by Spirituality and Health Magazine (along with authors such as Matthieu Richard, Thich Naht Hanh, Pema Chodron, Mark Nepo, and Elizabeth Gilbert).

Robert “Skip” Backus, CEO, Omega Institute

Robert “Skip” Backus is the CEO of the Omega Institute for Holistic Studies in Rhinebeck, NY, the world’s leader in holistic education. Omega Institute, founded by Stefan Rechtschaffen and Elizabeth Lesser in 1977, is a global community that awakens the best in the human spirit and cultivates the extraordinary potential in us all.

Ken Kitatani, International Policy and Spiritual Activist

Ken is a global political and spiritual activist, working to further the transformation and evolution of humanity, both on a personal and societal scale. In this capacity, Ken has a number of projects that he is involved with, including working closely with the U.N. in helping to shape the U.N.’s Sustainability Development Goals that have gone into effect in the fall of 2015.

Michael Ben-Eli, Founder, The Sustainability Laboratory

Michael Ben-Eli is the Founder of The Sustainability Laboratory, the mission of which is “To act as a catalyst for accelerating the transition of world’s society and its economy to a sustainable basis by researching, developing, demonstrating and facilitating adoption of breakthrough sustainability practices, thereby expanding prospects, and producing positive, life-affirming impacts on people and ecosystems in all parts of the world.”