Magda Solé (General coordinator)

Transpersonal Psychologist and Psychotherapist, Professor at the University of Barcelona,  Psychosintesis, with Dr. Salvador Roquet in U.S.A.  Several researches with Mexican Shamans and healers, Mexico. Formation Cycle in Transpersonal Therapy Inside the I.R.E.T.T, manage by B. Blin and F. Lery in Paris. Founder and Director of “Institut de Psicologia Transpersonal de Barcelona” (IPTB), Co-Founder and President of the “Associació Catalana Transpersonal (ACT), “Voyage et Trance-Formation au Mexique Profond” organized during more than 15 years with B. Blin and F. Lery.

BA in Tourism in Barcelona. Expert on adventure and shamanic travels to Mexico. Coaching trainer specialized on participants from Eastern Europe and CEI countries as project Coach MTP of the European Union. He has taken part as a participant in several Conferences in Moscou, Paris, Freiburg, New Delhi, promoting EUROTAS.

Jordi Borràs  (Programming & audiovisuals)

Psychologist. Parallelly to his career education, he explores his own creativity in different areas (theatre, comics and illustration, music, etc.) and he develops himself through different workshops and therapeutic processes (gestalt, bioenergetics, shamanism, tai-chi, yoga...).
 
He started years ago investigating the possibilities of dreams as a therapeutic tool and as a way of developing consciousness.

Business consultant, personal and entrepeneurs
Coach. MA in Economic Sciences in ESADE. Trained in different techniques of transpersonal psychology. Qualified by the Coachville Spain, acredited by the IAC. She is currently organizing workshops and seminars.

Cristina Beleña (Administration & treasury)

BA in Human Resources and MA in Health and Safety. ACT Secretary, she has been collaborating with the IPTB for many years. Hatha Yoga practiser.

Elisenda Pascual (Translation)

Graduate in Psychology by the University of Barcelona. Literate and fond in other disciplines which have enabled her to understand the human being in an holistic way, such as Transpersonal psychology, shamanism, bioenergy, natural therapies, radiesthesy, yoga, dance, etc.

Writer of tales for all ages, from children to adults. Keen traveler, at present she is living in Australia learning  Aboriginal Studies,  getting into didgeridu and dealing with her personal growth in depth.

She has been working as organizer and collaborator  in The Exchange Psycho-Cultural Conferences at  the University of Barcelona during four years.

Eva Bas (Comunication & Audiovisuals)

Degree in Audio-Visual Communication in the URL (Barcelona). Master in creative and social documentary. Photographer and editor in different magazines (Nova Ciutat Vella, monoverde...). She has produced photographic reports for Clowns without Borders, Amnesty International, the Immigration Department of the Generalitat de Catalunya, etc.
She has worked in production for Ethic Report, an audio-visual company specialized in social and cultural subjects, solidarity, environment, etc. She has been responsible for communication, for two years, at the Gandhiji Cultural Association for the International Festival of Cinema and Human Rights.
Cofounder of the cultural association Cinecafé, dedicated to carry out social cinema exhibitions all around Catalonia.

She is currently working as a project developer and as the coordinator of the magazine Carrer in La Roda.

Fernando Pardo (Programming)

BA in Philosophy, University of Barcelona. Editor and literary Director of “Los Libros de la Liebre de Marzo” collection. He has started up the Transpersonal Collection orientated to publish works of transpersonal authors. He has been practising Zen Budism for years founded by the Korean Master Seung Sahn (Kwan Um school). He also  takes part in Vipassana Training Program of Dhiravamsa, being the editor at the same time. He is cofounder of the I.P.T.B and of the ACT.

Rosanna Zanarini (Programming)

She has studied Philosophy. Collaborator and translator of “Los Libros de la Liebre de Marzo” collection.
Practising Zen (Senior Dharma Teacher) since 20 years in the school Kwan Um (Korean zen Buddhism), and also of Vipassana with the Thai teacher Dhiravamsa. Founder of the Bori Zen Centre of Barcelona.

Iker Puente (Collaborator)

Graduated in Psychology, University of Deusto, and in Social and Cultural Anthropology, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona. Iker was born in Bilbao in 1978. He has trained in altered states of consciousness at the Society of Applied Ethno Psychology and Cognitive Studies (SdEA) and in Gestalt Therapy in the Institut Gestalt of Barcelona. He works as a psychotherapist in Barcelona. He is currently completing a PhD in Psychology (Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona), studying the therapeutical effects of different hyperventilation procedures (holotropic and holorenic breathwork) and making the Grof Transpersonal Training (GTT). He has traveled along different countries (Colombia, Brasil, India...) studying the methods that each culture uses (in different contexts and with different goals) to access to altered states of consciousness.

Gabriel Jaraba (Programming)

MS in Journalism and PhD in Communication. Events coordinator in  nature, energy, conscience and meditation workshops. Trained in Yoga, Reiki, Mediation and Comunication. Cofounder and member of the both the I.P.T.B and A.C.T.

Silvia Morales (Programming)

Facilitator in Active Meditation and Body Work Groups. Educator and Coordinator in  Children and Teeneagers´ Leisure. Trained in Familiar Sistemic Therapy (Bert Hellinger System); Ludotraining; Therapeutic Theatre; Personal Growth and Emotional Intelligence; PNL (Neuro-Linguistic Programming) and Gestalt and Clown. Currently collaborating in the I.P.T.B and A.C.T.

Roser Camats (Comunication)

MS in Psychology. Her interests include several branches of energy medicine and alternative therapies. Excited about the world of human relations and spirituality, she has completed her academic training with courses on humanistic, transpersonal and systemic orientations, with an emphasis in integral and holistic approaches to the human being. She is an active member in the Catalan Transpersonal Association in Barcelona. She is currently residing in California continuing her post-graduate studies in the Transpersonal Psychology field

Sandra Estragués (Translation & Administration)

Degree in Modern and Contemporary History. Course in Pedagogy. She has taken part in a voluntary work team, teaching within a women´s prison. Introductory course in Reiki. Free student and passionate  reader in chamanism, transpersonal psichology, alternative therapies, etc. After a year in the UK, working in a school, she is back and collaborating with the IPTB with translations and other issues.

Carmen Planas (Logistic)

Ms in Art History. Studies of Sociology. Dedicated to the art promotion Coordinator of art and of culture in general. Projects of cultural management and of art heritage.
Coordination and organization of acts and events in different social and cultural areas.

Daniel Turon

Integral Gestalt Therapist . Formed in Gestalt and PNL in the IG. Professor of Yoga(IKYTA).
Rebirthing Therapist , Bioenenergy and Tantra. Formed in the Multiversity, Pune, India.

Explorer of the sacred places of power and of the states modified of conscience.

Psicology in the UOC. Coordinator of the project EcoUnivesity of the campus for the peace, UOC.

Paco Abril (Webmaster & webdesign)

Sociologist. Gender and masculinities researcher and trainer. PhD student in new technologies and masculinities. Interested in shamanism.

Conference Mascot
Kentish Plover (Charadrius alexandrinus)

Resident site in the Delta of the Llobregat and other nearshores. It is a regular and common migratory bird.  

Catalan Population: 1.650-1.850 couples
European Population: 22.000-35.000 couples

State of conservation
Catalonia: Vulnerable
Europe: In decline!