Causes: Counseling, Health, Health (General & Financing), Mental Health, Religion, Technology
Mission: IANDS Vision Statement: We envision a future where people from all walks of life, religions and cultures will look at near-death and related experiences as a source of meaning and inspiration for a better world. Mission: Through research, education and support, IANDS is dedicated to creating a greater awareness and understanding of near-death and related experiences.
Results: In 2016 we will host our 22nd annual conference in Orlando FL. Every conference provides the opportunity to Explore the Extraordinary in the field of near death experience research. Our featured speakers include many best selling authors with their personal experiences, yet we also include the results of academic research on the elements of these events and the after effects. We have provided many workshops for the inspirational and experiential exposure to the reality of these special experiences. We have over 47 support groups spanning across the United States and in 10 International locations. Our current goals include an expansion of training of the medical professionals supporting our veterans who have had an NDE.
Target demographics:
•Inclusivity: We welcome multidisciplinary viewpoints in the search for greater understanding of these experiences.
•Community: We connect and support people who are interested personally or professionally in such experiences.
•Responsibility: We honor, promote, and publish discussion of balanced, research-based and thoughtful views about near-death and other related experiences.
Direct beneficiaries per year: 20 veterans who had difficulty relating their experiences to assigned medical professionals, 15 other individuals who had not shared theri experience in the past, translating one book on Veridical Perceptions, translating 2 brochures into Spanish.
Geographic areas served: Durham NC where the main office shares a building with the Rhine Institute. We are in the Duke University community where we collaborate our purpose of facilitating research into the field of near death experiences (NDEs). Yet our locations truley are global as we have support groups in over 10 countries and many locations in the United States.
Programs: Support groups- where individuals meet and share with other experiencers to help integrate the changes which usually follow the NDE. Academic research at the doctoral level. Annual conference with over 350 in attendance.
Mission: IANDS Vision Statement: We envision a future where people from all walks of life, religions and cultures will look at near-death and related experiences as a source of meaning and inspiration for a better world. Mission: Through research, education and support, IANDS is dedicated to creating a greater awareness and understanding of near-death and related experiences.
Results: In 2016 we will host our 22nd annual conference in Orlando FL. Every conference provides the opportunity to Explore the Extraordinary in the field of near death experience research. Our featured speakers include many best selling authors with their personal experiences, yet we also include the results of academic research on the elements of these events and the after effects. We have provided many workshops for the inspirational and experiential exposure to the reality of these special experiences. We have over 47 support groups spanning across the United States and in 10 International locations. Our current goals include an expansion of training of the medical professionals supporting our veterans who have had an NDE.
Target demographics:
•Inclusivity: We welcome multidisciplinary viewpoints in the search for greater understanding of these experiences.
•Community: We connect and support people who are interested personally or professionally in such experiences.
•Responsibility: We honor, promote, and publish discussion of balanced, research-based and thoughtful views about near-death and other related experiences.
Direct beneficiaries per year: 20 veterans who had difficulty relating their experiences to assigned medical professionals, 15 other individuals who had not shared theri experience in the past, translating one book on Veridical Perceptions, translating 2 brochures into Spanish.
Geographic areas served: Durham NC where the main office shares a building with the Rhine Institute. We are in the Duke University community where we collaborate our purpose of facilitating research into the field of near death experiences (NDEs). Yet our locations truley are global as we have support groups in over 10 countries and many locations in the United States.
Programs: Support groups- where individuals meet and share with other experiencers to help integrate the changes which usually follow the NDE. Academic research at the doctoral level. Annual conference with over 350 in attendance.
Health
Durham
