Olga Louchakova: Conferences
Plenary talks
2010
- Understanding the "transpersonal" brain: Neurophenomenological advances. Plenary speech at the ATP–ITP conference “Spirituality in Action: Bringing Transpersonal Psychology to a World in Crisis." Palo Alto, CA.
2009
- The history of the “I.” Plenary speech, Science and Non-Duality Conference, San Rafael.
2006
- Revisioning Transpersonal Psychotherapy: Feminist phenomenological approach. Plenary speech, Annual Conference of the European Association of Transpersonal Psychology, Loire Valley, France.
2005
- Ontopoiesis and Spiritual Emergence: Bridging Tymieniecka’s Phenomenology of Life and Transpersonal Psychology. Plenary speech. 55th International Congress of the World Society for Advanced Phenomenological Research and Learning, Phenomenology of Life: From the Animal Soul to Human Mind, Radboud University, Nijmegen, Netherlands.
2004
- Transpersonal Epistemologies: Research of the Whole Person. Plenary speech, EUROTAS Conference Research Section, London.
Invited lectures and workshops
2009
- Understanding consciousness and its brain: Advances in neurophenomenology. MAP lecture at the University of Seattle.
2008
- Sohbet in healing of the cultural trauma. International Association of Sufism Annual Symposium, San Rafael.
2007
- Spiritual Awakening. Cultural Integration Fellowship, San Francisco.
2006
- Mediating Intimacy: Essential Ibn-Arabi for education and psychotherapy. Muhyiddin Ibn’Arabi Society, Annual Symposium “Know Yourself.” Berkeley, California.
- Ontopoietic Healing of the Trans-Natural Soul: Foundations of Clinical Theory in the Thought of Anna-Teresa Tymieniecka. American Philosophical Association Annual Meeting, Washington.
2005
- Spiritual Guidance in Varied Traditions. Conference The Heart of Spiritual Guidance, Palo Alto, California.
2004
- Research Frontiers in Spiritual Awakening: Transformations of the Self. Colloquium at the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology.
2003
- Transpersonal methodologies in research and education: Kundalini process, cultural studies, and fitness of the researcher training. Annual meeting of the EUROTAS delegates, Bucharest, Romania.
- Transpersonal Psychology in the U.S. Annual meeting of the European Association of Transpersonal Psychology, Bucharest, Romania (with D. Lukoff).
2002
- Neuroimmunology vis-à-vis Kundalini Yoga: life-span as a subtle energy endeavor. Tesla Society, San Francisco.
1992 – 2001
- Talks at the Religious Science and Unity Churches conferences, TREAT conferences, Esalen and Institute of Noetic Science conferences.
Chair at the Symposia
2007
- Spirituality, Embodiment and Poetry in the Analysis of the Self. 115th Annual American Psychological Association Convention, San Francisco (with E. Miller).
2006
- Women’s wisdom in transpersonal psychology. ATP-ITP conference “100 years in transpersonal psychology.”
2005
- Frontiers in transpersonal psychological research. Symposium conducted at the meeting of the 24th Annual International Human Science Research Conference, Bournemouth, United Kingdom.
2004
- Transpersonal Perspectives on Life-Span Development. 112th Annual American Psychological Association Convention, San Francisco (with R. Smith).
Conference Papers
2010
- The World in the Heart: Global Aspects in Constitution of Embodied Identity. 8th International Conference on New Directions in the Humanities, UCLA, June 29-July 2.
- The World in The Heart: Antiquity and Tymieniecka’s Ontopoietic Logos. The 60th International Congress of Phenomenology, Logos and Life. Phenomenology/Ontopoiesis: Reviving antiquity. University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway, August 10-13.
- Neurophenomenology as Neuro-Ontology in meditation research. Division 24 Theoretical Psychology annual meeting, Florida.
2009
- Neurophenomenological Study of Tibetan Meditation: Merleau-Ponty-based design and analysis. 117th American Psychological Association Annual Convention, Toronto.
- Contra Husserl, body supports spiritual awareness. How? Flesh of the world in Tantrik meditation. 15th international Conference Toward a Science of Consciousness, Hong Kong, China.
2008
- Phenomenological Reconstitution of the Body and Psyche During Study of Advaita-Vedanta (Traditional Indian Teachings of Non-Dual Consciousness). 14thConference Toward a Science of Consciousness, Arizona.
- Influence of Meditation Styles on Visual/Spatial Cognition. 14th Conference Toward a Science of Consciousness, Arizona (with M. Kozhevnikov).
2007
- Developmental Influences of Spiritual Experience: A Closer Look. 116th Annual American Psychological Association Convention, San Francisco.
- Psychoanalytic Reading of the Body and Spiritual Dimension of Focusing. 116th Annual American Psychological Association convention, San Francisco.
2006
- Phenomenology of ego-transcendence: Methodological, cultural, developmental issues. International Human Science Research Conference, Pleasant Hill, CA.
- Esotericism of the Heart in Sufism and Hesychasm: Ibn-Arabi’s Interpreter of Desires and The Ladder of Divine Graces of Theophanis The Monk. 2nd Biannual Conference of the Association for the Study of Esotericism, Davis, CA.
- Ontopoiesis and the Self: Phenomenological Investigations of Egological and Non-Egological Condition. Arizona Science of Consciousness, Tucson, AZ.
2005
- Developmental Approach to Spontaneous Awakening: Case Histories and Clinical Strategies. 6th Annual Conference on Nondual Wisdom and Psychotherapy.
- Self beyond the Ego: Issues in Phenomenological Psychological Study. 24th Annual International Human Science Research Conference, Bournemouth, United Kingdom.
- Ontopoiesis and Spiritual Emergence: Bridging Tymieniecka’s Phenomenology of Life and Transpersonal Psychology. 55th International Congress of the World Society for Advanced Phenomenological Research and Learning, Nijmegen, Netherlands.
2004
- Transpersonal Psychology as Human Science: Overview of the Qualitative Research Methods in Transpersonal Psychology. EUROTAS, London.
- Spiritual Tracks in Life-Span Development: Restoring the Human Person. 112th APA Convention, Honolulu.
- Training of the Researcher’s Mind for Successful Qualitative Research. 112th APA Convention, Honolulu, 2004.
- Via Kundalini: Intentionality of consciousness according to Shakta-Vedanta. Science of Consciousness Conference, Tucson, AZ.
- Character Transformation in Spiritual Emergence: Alternative Clinical Interventions. Association of Transpersonal Psychology, Palo Alto, CA.
- Phenomenological Architecture of Self-Awareness: Applications in Education and Transpersonal Psychotherapy. Association of Transpersonal Psychology, Palo Alto, CA.
- Despertar Esiritual na Idade Moderna: Transformacoes do Ser. Emergencia Espiritual e Crise Religiosa: Patalogia, Equilibrio e Ampliacao da Conscioencia, Associacao Luso-Brasileira de Transpessoal, Lisbon.
- Transpersonal Epistemologies: Research of the Whole Person. EUROTAS, London.
- Prayer of the Heart as a Preventive Medicine. EUROTAS, London.
- Ontopoesis and Unity in the Prayer of the Heart: Contributions to Psychotherapy and Learning. 3d World Congress of Phenomenology, Oxford University, England.
- Towards the Comparative History of Esotericism: Kundalini Awakening in the West. 1st conference of the Association for the Study of Esotericism, East Lansing, Michigan.
2003
- Psychospiritual practices from the Prayer of the Heart in monitoring the cardiovascular disorders: a case study. Bi-annual “Spirituality & Health-care” Conference, Toronto, Canada.
- Culture and Body in Transpersonal Discourse. 111th annual American Psychological Association Convention, Toronto, Canada.
- Psychospiritual development through the life-span. 111th annual American Psychological Association Convention, Toronto, Canada.
1998
- Kundalini Yoga/Cognitive Science: The study and model of human emotions. 7th International Symposium, Kundalini Research Network “Understanding Kundalini: Quantum evolution for the new millennium. Norcross, Georgia.
- Research on effectiveness of contemplative psychological techniques. International Association of Applied Psychology, San Francisco, CA (with K. Wall).
1991
- Galactocerebrosides in research and clinics. Society for Neurology and Psychiatry, Leningrad, Russia
1989
- Early mutiple sclerosis diagnostics. 4th International Symposium "Mechanisms of Brain Function," Varna, Bulgaria.
