Claes Lilja

Claes is a life coach and meditation facilitator who has been studying and working with the Enneagram since 1993. He worked as Director of Programs and Operations for the Enneagram Institute where he produced personal growth retreats throughout the world. He has been featured as an Enneagram expert on FOX News, CNBC News (with Chris Matthews), Starting Over (NBC) and in many news and magazine articles. Claes teaches workshops at i-coach in Stockholm, Sweden and is a Diamond Heart student in the Ridhwan School. He is also a meditation instructor and emotional support group facilitator trainer for The Life Group LA.
An independent artist and filmmaker, his documentary on sex, Beyond Vanilla, was released theatrically by Strand Releasing in 2003. His latest project is a short film: Stronger. He was nominated for a Weho Award as Outstanding Photographer in 2008 and 2009. Born in Sweden, he also lived in France, where he went to school at E.S.C.P., before coming to the U.S. to study theater and film.

Dr. Michael Picucci

Michael is a practitioner, researcher and author. He has a healing practice in NYC and is the architect of Focalizing. Michael has been on the cutting edge of the HIV phenomena since its earliest days. In the mid-eighties he survived two cancers and a near-death experience. Since that miraculous recovery, his life has been focused on recovery of emotional, spiritual & sexual wholeness and so has his award-winning research. He is an author of several books and many articles on addictions, trauma healing, sexuality, disease transformation and group (community) dynamics. His books include Organic Solutions to Real-Time Challenges: An Introduction to Focalizing, Ritual as Resource: Energy for Vibrant Living, and The Journey Toward Complete Recovery. www.michaelpicucci.net