SHANTI MAYBERRY HHP, Ph.D.
Inspirational Speaker, Educator, Consultant and Author
In practice for over thirty-five years, Dr. Shanti is skilled in helping her clients discover their innate self-healing capacities, release painful or traumatic patterns, reconnect with nature, and manifest their most fulfilling, authentic life. She is a depth ecopsychologist, somatic ecotherapist, holistic health consultant, meditation and movement instructor and university teacher.
Known for her insight, down to earth perspective and vivid personal stories, Shanti holds a Ph.D. in psychology, an MA from the University of New York and a BA with honors from UC Berkeley. She works at Inner Balance Health Group in Solana Beach, CA, where she offers private sessions and several programs for groups and individuals.
Through her classes, sessions and retreats, Dr. Shanti has shared nature therapies, women’s empowerment and the sacred feminine, meditation, somatic practices and new paradigm principles to thousands of clients and students. She also served as an instructor at the California Naturopathic College and was an adjunct professor of somatic studies and Jungian depth psychology at Pacifica Graduate Institute in Santa Barbara.
Dr. Shanti integrates contemplative, somatic and nature therapies in her work and draws on a background in Yoga, Zen, Taoism, Western metaphysics and several Earth wisdom traditions. She has been blessed with opportunities to meet and practice with numerous spiritual leaders, including sages from India, Buddhist and Taoist masters, the Dalai Lama and Eckhart Tolle.
Her writing has appeared in several nature publications and peer-reviewed journals. Currently, she is completing a book on the ecological paradigm and the new era we are entering. Dr. Shanti believes that restoring the bond between inner and outer nature is imperative now for our survival as a species and also for personal and planetary well-being. Her deep love for Nature also inspires her work as a photographer, writer and outdoor acrylic painter. She lives with her extended family near a wildlife preserve and enjoys a contemplative and creative nature-oriented lifestyle.