Joy Manne has a degree in Psychology and a PhD in Buddhist Psychology. She has practiced Vipassana meditation since 1965, and was taught by Dhiravamsa. She was trained in Spiritual Therapy by Hans Mensink and Tilke Platteel-Deur in Holland from 1986-1988. She had her own school of personal and spiritual development in Switzerland between 1989-1995. Joy is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of the peer-review internet journal i> The Healing Breath: A Journal of Breathwork Practice, Psychology and Spirituality /i> originally available through her own website www.i-breathe.com and now through www.healingbreathjournal.org.
