Daniel Deslauriers, PhD is Professor in the Trans- formative Studies Doctorate at the California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS) in San Francisco, and former chair of East-West Psychology program. Teacher, author and performer, he directs narrative, theoretical, and art-based research at CIIS. He co- wrote Integral dreaming. A holistic approach to dreams (Sage). His work intersects contemplative, transpersonal, and consciousness studies, as well as embodied relational practices, which led him to study and teach Contact Improvisation.