Richard Dance, an entertaining teacher and former world traveling musician, created Mindful Medicine after many colorful years in the worlds of international business and music. He has written four books, The Education of Adam Speaker, Mindful Medicine Essays Vols. 1 and 2, and Quest Mythology in Film. Since 1999, Richard has stirred the minds of hundreds of people, leading them through the curving labyrinths of Mindful Medicine.

Life Experience, Highlights:

Six years in international construction, residence abroad, traveling and working in multi-cultural environments-Middle Eastern, European, Asian, African, and Australian

Eighteen years in commercial real estate; co-creator and owner of a commercial appraisal firm and two investment companies.

Simultaneously, a professional musician for twenty years, performing worldwide, sharing the stage with players from the bands of Count Basie, Fifth Dimension, Dionne Warwick, Dr. John, Stevie Nicks, and Lyle Lovett.

Adjunct faculty, Philosophy, Religion, and Mythology, Prescott College, since 2001

Co-Founder and Chair, Arizona Crawfish Festival Benefit, 1986-1996, annual fundraiser benefiting Phoenix Day Child Development Center

Board of Directors, New Leaf Community School, a progressive boarding high school, Pine Hill, New Mexico, 1999-2002

Philosophical counseling case study published in the worldwide bestseller, Plato Not Prozac by Lou Marinoff, 1999

Featured speaker, International MENSA Conference, 2002

Valley Big Brothers Mentor, 1999-2001

Regular writer for Arizona Networking News, a holistic health journal, since 1999

Education & Training:

BS, Business & Economics, Florida State University

MA, Philosophy & Religion, Prescott College, Arizona

Certified Hypnotherapist, New Beginnings Center

Certified Client Counselor, American Philosophical Practitioners Association

Private meditation training within two sects of Buddhism: Thervada and Shin-Gon

Training Staff, Omega Personal Growth Seminars, Phoenix

dance@mindfulmedicine.com