Pam Hale is a lifelong spiritual seeker who has studied with IAM Heart since 2009, is a 2024 graduate of IAMU, and is a student in The Heart’s Mysticism program. A graduate of Stanford and Columbia Universities, Pam has been a teacher, a photographic artist, a fundraiser and consultant, an energy healer and life coach, a spiritual director, and creator of the Earthskin Design™ photographic fabric creations. What means the most for her now is to live from her heart and to continue making contributions to the culture of the heart. Creator of the Sand Spirits Insight Cards and the award-winning book, Flying Lessons: How to Be the Pilot of Your Own Life, Pam is working on a new book, Double Vision: Seeing Through the Eyes of the Heart. A mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, Pam lives outside Tucson, AZ with her husband Jon Trachta.

Linda Longenecker is a classically trained musician having studied applied oboe at Houghton College in Western New York and at the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston. She later studied photography and worked for the premier portrait photographer in South Central PA. Linda was drawn to playing the Highland Bagpipes when a gentleman in the next town thought it would be nice if the town had a pipe and drum band. “He was right. Piping turned out to be one of the most wonderful things in my life. The other most wonderful thing in my life was learning.” Six years ago Linda started learning about Heart Rhythm Meditation. She graduated from IAMU in 2024 and is currently taking The Heart’s Mysticism graduate course. Linda is retired from the food industry, happily writing poetry, and still playing the pipes in South Central PA.

Robert Siddhartha Peterson has over a decade of experience practicing Heart Rhythm Meditation, with six years of combined training in meditation-based programs including the Institute for Applied Meditation on the Heart’s IAMU Program, Hurqalya Healing Practitioner Training, and the Graduate Program in Spiritual Leadership. He also served as winter programs coordinator at the Lama Foundation retreat center. Professionally, Robert is a senior technology executive in the banking industry and is currently completing his master’s degree at Georgetown University. He is the co-author of three books.

Kelly Bacon is a “Risk Manager” by day, an explorer by night, a nonprofit founder, an athlete, a world traveler, and a Kansas girl at heart. She currently lives in Washington State where she enjoys paddleboarding, karaoking with friends, and watching the sunsets over the ocean. Kelly has been practicing HRM since she was 15, thanks to her mom and friend, Sherry. She is currently about to start her 3rd year in IAMU. Her love of poetry started at a young age with her Oma Millie’s support but she didn’t start writing consistently until she started to connect with her emotions in 2021. Poetry has always been the deepest form of outlet and connection to the one. When she starts writing, she’s always excited to see where the poem takes her.

Elizabeth Crockett has been with iamHeart and living in Tucson, AZ for the past four years after graduating with a sociology degree from a college in Iowa. She’s been married to her husband Rowaen for three years, is a caretaker for her elderly grandfather, and recently became a dog mom to a mini dachshund named Darcy. During college, Elizabeth spent a lot of time on writing classes, got published in several school publications, and won first place in a writing competition for a story about her high school experience caring for an elderly man with dementia. She also dabbled in slam poetry. Elizabeth’s writing often dives into topics like religion, mental health, grief, and love.