Too Intimate for Words
John Astin, PhD, is something of a modern-day Renaissance man – singer, songwriter, psychologist, poet, scientist, and spiritual teacher. For the past 25 years, through his music, his scholarly research, and his teaching work with individuals and groups, John has been actively studying and applying contemplative spiritual practices to promote human health and well-being and transform human consciousness. He is a research scientist at California Pacific Medical Center in San Francisco and a lecturer at the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology and Santa Clara University. He has produced five recordings of original contemplative music that are distributed worldwide and is the author of "Control Therapy: An Integrated Approach to Psychotherapy, Health & Healing."