Robert Gass has been known for leading edge work in human consciousness for over twenty-five years. Holding a doctorate in Clinical Psychology and Public Practice from Harvard, he synthesizes an unusually diverse background in humanistic psychology, music, business, political activism and spiritual studies. Co-creator (with his wife Judith) of the Opening the Heart workshops, Robert Gass has led hundreds of thousands of people in seminars on spirituality, relationships and leadership at universities, businesses, educational centers and conferences around the world, including Body & Soul, Omega Institute, Massachusetts General Hospital, and Brown University. As an organizational consultant and healer, Robert has worked with senior level executives in corporations including Chase Manhattan, General Motors, and Pillsbury, as well as non-profits and government agencies such as Greenpeace and the EPA. He was also a pioneer in the hospice movement, working extensively with the dying and in the training of health care professionals. He currently serves as a personal coach to well-known business, political and spiritual leaders. Also a highly regarded composer, performer, and recording artist, Robert has released over twenty albums of music to uplift the human spirit with his renowned choral group On Wings of Song. His musical career spans classical, rock, and chant and he is the founder of Spring Hill Music, the foremost producer of transformational and chanting music in the country. RobertŐs CDs and tapes have sold over 600,000 copies and his recording of Om Namaha Shivaya was hailed by New Age Journal as “one of the twenty most influential recordings of the last twenty years.”