- "For over two years now I've been a part of a group that meditates with Michael Shandler on a weekly basis. The awareness and clarity this inspires is increasingly carrying over to my daily life.
Annique Boomsma, Massage Therapist
- "As a graduate of the eight-month Radiant Mind course, I was curious about a three day Introduction to Radiant Mind, so I attended two of Michael Shandler's three-day workshops. I was inspired and moved by the profound shifts that students experienced during these workshops. Many expressed their change in perception and experience as life altering. The direct transmission of this teaching was made possible through Michael's skillful, sensitive, and respectful response to each participant. This opened the group as a whole into greater and greater spaciousness. As a result of these workshops, I have personally experienced a shift into a deep awareness of the simultaneous existence of both the unconditioned and conditioned in the moment-to-moment flow of my life."
Susan Morton
Founder and Director, The Yoga and Meditation Center of Montclair, NJ
- "... the workshop provided a wonderful space for investigating our true nature, and experiencing the healing power in that connection. Your willingness to share openly withy the group, and the respect accorded to all who participated, was deeply appreciated. With warm regards and best wishes."
Bob Wachtel
West Orange, NJ
- "The 3-day Introduction to Radiant Mind with Michael Shandler was a true taste of Radiant Mind. Michael masterfully presented this work from his own authenticity. He skillfully blended together various elements that opened up the direct experience of resting in pure awareness. For me there was a real sense of timelessness, a felt sense of vast spaciousness, deep healing and truly natural contemplation."
Susan Wilson, Yoga and Meditation Teacher, Montclair, NJ
- "The workshop promised 'nothing' and delivered... Together we rediscovered our peaceful and intimate nature, and rested in that space... Although we tried diligently and persistently to 'make sense' of our experience, we resisted the compulsion to make it solid and just noticed the machinations of our thoughts over and over... Michael skillfully guided us through unfamiliar territories. He allayed our fears and helped us find our connections to all and everyone...
Bill Nathan
- For me the timing of the worhop was perfect; I was just emerging from a personal crisis and I felt particularly open and vulnerable. The material was exciting and provocative. It challenged us to examine entrenched beliefs that we were living by even though they were not always serving us. As a veteran of decades of self-improvement programs and leader of workshops myself, I was very impressed with the depth and breadth of Michael's highly professional skill in piloting the workshop. Whatever arose was addressed simply as the stuff of life in the moment. The matter of fact dealing with drama, combined with various exercises and periods of silence, created an environment where 'magical" transformation could and did occur."
Andrew Jordan, M.Sc., Art Therapist, Vancouver
- "Michael
Shandler's breadth of
knowledge and depth of wisdom will help you to find the path that is
just right for you. He will listen carefully as he
seeks to grasp your essence; he will draw on his
exceptionally strong intellect and on highly refined intuition. I have benefited at both the
deepest levels of my being as well as in more mundane areas such as
career and relationships. He has helped me to feel more unified, and
to take action so that my whole life is focused in a more genuine
way, bringing way more love to others as well as myself. "
Paul Roud, Ph.D., Psychologist
- "Michael Shandler has been most helpful as a coach. In one conversation he helped me develop confidence in two significant ways - providing me with strategic and practical advice for building the non-profit organization that I head and sharing spiritual insights that give me strength and courage to be
hopeful and joyful as I meet the unfolding challenges of the work."
Rabbi Rachel Cowan
Executive Director, the Institute for Jewish Spirituality
- “Over many years, when I, or others, have had complex and thorny issues with no clear resolution, speaking with Michael inevitably results in a new way of seeing, or framing, or holding those issues - and often a path out of the dilemma that didn't exist before.”
Alan Hurwitz, Ed.D., Consultant
- " Michael brings his great intelligence, skill and experience, fully informed with the wisdom of the heart. His psychological insight and incredible powers of listening never fail to make me hear myself in a new way; and his training and long experience as a consultant have made otherwise difficult meetings into a real ground for discovery not only of what I need to do next, but what the motivations of other players meant and ultimately what our organization as a whole was up against. It is rare to find someone who combines such strong intuition, dedication to spiritual growth and trained professional skills in personal and organizational development."
Herbert Bernstein, Ph.D., Physics Professor
- “Michael Shandler has been a valuable resource and guide for me, in both career and personal affairs, by helping me to see clearly the issues at hand, to come to an inner knowing of the best choice of action, and to have the confidence to move forward with that choice. He guides with wisdom, and he empowers through connection and clarity."
Joyce Duncan, M.D.
- "Michael Shandler is a highly skilled spiritual guide. With compassion and discernment, he helps the people he guides to open, receive, and experience the Divine in the present moment as-it-is."
Daniel Berlin, Psy.D., Psychologist and Jewish Spiritual Director
- " In my experience, Michael is one of the most resourceful healers and coaches I've met. For example, when I was receiving chemotherapy, I was so sick and weak that I couldn't really speak or listen. Every time he saw me, he did the one thing that made a profound difference. He gave me the best bodywork I've had in my life, and after each treatment, I'd be famished and energized. At other times he's offered verbal support that was always incisive and fertile in its results."
Martin Bock, Acupuncturist
- "For
over 25 years I have had the privilege and good fortune to have Michael
Shandler as a friend and mentor. His advice has been unique and
invaluable to me. His own path has included broad explorations of many
arenas from spiritual practice to business consulting, from healing
sessions to professional writing. He has been successful in all of
these ventures. His guidance is both pragmatic and deep. It is unusual
to find a person who has both the linear skills and discipline to “get
the job done” yet also values the open-endedness of creative expression
and intellectual inquiry. Michael has a special ability to
integrate mind and body, spirit and soul. He is a natural leader who
freely shares his knowledge with an awareness of others that flows from
his own self-reflection. I think that anyone who chooses to work with Michael will have rich and fulfilling experiences that will enhance
their ability to reach their goals."
Mary Bernstein, Artist
- “During
20 years of being clinical director of a human service agency, Dr.
Michael Shandler has at critical times helped me navigate treacherous
waters when my agency faced potential bankruptcy, negative cash flow
and intense external audits.
On many occasions, Dr. Shandler helped me rediscover my equanimity as I focused on difficult personnel challenges at all levels of my organization. His interventions have ranged from reminding me to ‘not do’ to strategic planning. He is supportive, intensely creative, and has a fine eye for an individual’s unique limitations and strengths.”
Jeffrey Kassis, Clinical Director
- "As a direct result of these contemplative sessions over the past few years, I am much less reactive."
Samuel Gladstone, M.D.