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AIHT graduate Bruce Schneider, Ph.D.

Metaphysician, author, empowerment guru, Reiki master, former athlete and AIHT graduate Bruce Schneider, Ph.D., truly had a spring, 2002 rebirth. His best-selling Relax, You’re Already Perfect went into reprinting (Hampton Road Press).

Schneider first knew he was perfect when, at age 18, he was almost killed by a drunk driver. His months of recovery brought a burning question — “Why was my life spared, and what is my purpose?” — along with an intense sense of gratitude for receiving a second chance. Schneider found inner peace, joy and understanding by using the meditative centering techniques he describes within Relax, You’re Already Perfect. The goal, he says, is to simply remember what we were born knowing, that each of us is a perfect creation.

Founder of the Institute for Professional Empowerment Coaching (IPEC), Schneider leads four coaching schools — headquartered in Manalapan, New Jersey, with satellites in St. Louis, Missouri and two California locations: Sacramento and San Diego. Its series of independent study and weekend seminars train the trainers: IPEC graduates become professional empowerment coaches. Schneider recently shared his half-day Joyful Abundance workshop with his alma mater, AIHT: “Athletes use meditation and centering to ‘get in the zone’ before a big game, so why not employ psychoneuroimmunology — invoking the mind/body connection to minimize stress and maximize homeostatic balance — in the biggest game of all,” he says: “Life.” Employ all the senses, he adds, and then visualize specifically just what you want, many times a day. The universe wants to give what we want, to help achieve the greatest, highest good. It’s up to us to know it, affirm it, and then make sure that all that we do (including our jobs) makes the best use of our time, talents and energies.