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Instructor Profile: Richard Freis, Ph.D.
 Richard Freis,
Professor of Classical Studies at Millsaps
College, works within an integral framework to
shape personal and organizational development.
He is a member of three integral communities,
Integral University, Spiral Dynamics Integral,
and Leadership University. “My life has brought
me,” he says, “to work across the spectrum of
body, mind, and spirit. I work with the body as
a Qigong and EFT energy healer, with the mind as
an integral educator and leadership development
coach, and with the spirit as a spiritual
director and retreat leader and as a Benedictine
Oblate, a lay member attached to the community
of Sacred Heart Monastery in Cullman, Alabama.
Of course, the elements of this spectrum all
coexist in and with each other.”Richard’s concern with development extends to development in groups and communities. In May 2004, he was recognized by Mississippi Governor, Haley Barbour, for his role as founding member and first president of the prestigious USA International Ballet Competition, which became a member of a four-year cycle then embracing Moscow, Varna, Bulgaria, Tokyo, and the new site, Jackson, MS. “Almost nobody thought we could pull it off,” he says. “But it still thrives after twenty-five years and many Jackson medal winners have gone on to major international careers. Also many of the innovations we established have been taken up by other Competitions.” |
