Guest Profile: Dr. Matt James

URL: http://www.nlp.com

Matthew B. James, MA, PhD, international trainer, lecturer, and educator, embodies the principles he teaches. While devoting himself to his integrity with his Huna lineage, Dr. James has built an international firm dedicated to personal transformation and heads a university that provides in-depth education in consciousness studies. Throughout his work, Dr. James weaves effective modern technologies with timeless ancient wisdom.

Dr. James has been immersed in spiritual studies and the science of human potential since the age of five. He began his training in childhood, learning meditation and Siddha Yoga directly from such teachers as Baba Muktananda, as well as studying Huna, the primordial science of consciousness of Hawaii, from masters like Uncle George Na'ope. In the '80's, Dr. James studied directly with several well-known teachers in the human potential movement, including Tony Robbins and Richard Bandler. In the last fifteen years, Dr. James has become the Trainer of Trainers himself, by training many other prominent trainers who have spent time studying with his organization, learning both the modern techniques for personal transformation and the ancient practices of Huna.

Dr. James is President of American Pacific University, which offers degrees in Transpersonal Psychology, as well as in clinical therapeutic disciplines. He is also President of the Empowerment Partnership, a firm that delivers transformational seminars & intensive trainings throughout the US, Canada, Asia, and Europe.

Most importantly, Dr. James has the honor and responsibility of carrying on the lineage of Kuauhaoali'i and the Bray family teachings of Huna. This 28th generation Huna lineage that Dr. James teaches, was passed into his family in the early 80’s from David “Papa” Bray, Jr., the son of one of the last practicing Kahuna’s in the Hawaiian Islands. The lineage of the Bray family was brought into the James family through the studies and relationship with Uncle George Na'ope (named by the State of Hawaii as a Golden Living Treasure). Dr. James is committed to teaching the Huna tradition, fully and undiluted, to as many students as are called to it.

Dr. James's degrees include an MA in Organizational Management, a Doctorate in Clinical Hypnotherapy, and a Ph.D. in Health Psychology.