The Cast & Crew
The Awesome Cast
Without you all this film would not be what it is. Thank you for being part of our poetic science documentary and inspiring hearts across the world.
Director of Research | PhD | Heartmath Institute
Rollin McCraty
Rollin McCraty, Ph.D., is director of research and a founding member of the HeartMath Institute, where a group of scientists in Northern California have been researching the science of the heart for almost thirty years. They focus on a physiological state termed the “heart-coherent state.”
His research interests include the physiology of emotion, with a focus on the mechanisms by which emotions influence cognitive processes, behavior, and health.
Medical Doctor | Author
Thomas Cowan
Dr. Cowan is a well-known alternative medicine doctor, author and speaker, with a common-sense, holistic approach to health and wellness. Over the last three decades helping people heal through diet and natural medicines, Dr. Cowan has witnessed firsthand the healing power of a diet rich in vegetable diversity, nourishing fats and wholesome grains and legumes. He is the author of several books, "Human Heart, Cosmic Heart", among those.
Bestselling Author | International Speaker
Anita Moorjani
Up until my NDE, I’d lived my entire life in fear of disappointing others, and I believed there was something wrong with me in the moments I failed to meet their wishes. While I did go on to pursue some of my greatest desires - one of them being marrying the love of my life - fear always remained underneath all my choices. At age 42, I was diagnosed with cancer. After suffering for four years and having a near-death experience (NDE) I learned how to live.
Psychologist | Author | PhD | Registered Nurse
Wendy Anne McCarty
Dr. Wendy Anne McCarty is a global holistic educator, mentor, and practitioner. She specializes in optimizing human potential and relationships from the beginning of life and repairing early-origin patterns at any age. She was the co-creator of the Prenatal & Perinatal Psychology Program, Santa Barbara Graduate Institute. Her book, Welcoming Consciousness, is a early development model incorporating transcendental & human awareness and she has written over 30 papers and articles.
Professor of Bioengineering | Author
Gerald Pollack
Gerald Pollack maintains an active laboratory at the University of Washington in Seattle. He is the Founding Editor-in-Chief of WATER: A Multidisciplinary Research Journal, Executive Director of the Institute for Venture Science and founder of the Annual Conference on the Physics, Chemistry, and Biology of Water. He has received numerous honors including: the Prigogine Medal for Thermodynamics; the NIH Director’s Transformative Research Award; and the 1st Emoto Peace Prize.
PhD Bioengineering
Zheng Li
Author | Sufi Teacher | Shaik in the Mevlevi Order
Kabir Helminski
Kabir Helminski is co-director of the Threshold Society, a non-profit educational foundation rooted in the traditions of Sufism and inspired by the life and work of Mevlana Jalaluddin Rumi. He is an author, a translator of the works of Rumi and others, and a shaikh in the Mevlevi Order which traces back to Rumi. He has authored some of the finest modern English translations of Rumi's poetry, and is the author of two contemporary classics on Sufism which have been published into at least twelve languages: Living Presence: The Sufi Path to Mindfulness and the Essential Self and The Knowing Heart: A Sufi Path of Transformation.
Cardiovascular Surgeon
Dr. Mukesh Goel
As one of the best cardio-thoracic and vascular surgeons in Delhi, Dr. Goel has over 21 years of experience. He has successfully performed many cardiac surgeries, including bypass surgery, ECMO, heart and lung transplants, and treatment of valve defects like mitral regurgitation or stenosis.
Heart Patient
Raj
Raj, an elderly lady from New Delhi trusted his heart and life to Dr. Goel as he performs an open heart surgery to help Raj regain more quality of life again.
Researcher | Heartmath Institute
Mike Atkinson
Fresh Parents & Son
Katie, Dave & Aiden
The Seeing Girl & Mom
Millie & Alice
Midwife
Lindsey Mehleis
Midwifery is not a job to me, it is who I am, it is my passion. I trust & have deep reverence for the pregnancy & birth process. Everything else I offer are different modalities of things that help with the process of pregnancy, birth and parenthood. In addition to be a midwife and graduating from the only California State accredited midwifery school, I am a Doula, Lactation Consultant, Prenatal Yoga Instructor, CPR Instructor and a Emergency Medical Technician who is a provider in Neonatal Resuscitation.
‘My Intuitive Heart’ Teacher
Darlene Waddell
Darlene Waddell, RN, enjoys teaching ‘My Intuitive Heart’ classes to children, a program wherein children can learn to 'see', read, and play without using their physical eyes. The 'My Intuitive Heart’ program empowers children to return to the light within by tapping into the unlimited potential of their ‘intuitive heart’. Darlene also offers ‘My Intuitive Heart’ Teacher Training workshops to adults who have a desire to teach this beautiful and empowering program to children. Please contact Darlene if you are interested in organizing a ‘My Intuitive Heart’ Teacher Training event in your area. www.awakeningourhearts.com
The Awesome Filmteam
Benedikt Just | Director / Producer
At age 13, director Benedikt became obsessed with finding the secret of life and started reading books to become a theoretical physicist and deliver a unified field theory. Realising that no amount of knowledge would help him grasp the mystery of life, he fell into a long, dark night of the soul. Exploring diverse spiritual traditions, his path took him beyond the well-known Eastern and Western fulfilment paradigms. He now shares his findings through films, music, articles and collages. The rest of his life is dedicated to delivering a new story of life based on a redefinition of emotions and the human heart.
Alexandra Wedenig | Editor / Producer
Alexandra is an award winning filmmaker and professional editor with more than a decade of experience. Her feature film ‘Reflection of Maya Rose’ has won awards at festivals on multiple continents. Her background involves studying directing at the Vienna film school and she runs her own production company. She is a member of the Austrian Editors Association (aea) and has edited numerous documentaries.
Elizabeth Rovere | Executive Producer
Elizabeth is keenly interested in spiritual experience as a profound aspect of psychological transformation. Her current work interests include contemplative neuroscience, climate justice, and esoteric religious history. She is an executive producer of The Heart Revolution, a documentary film exploring the heart being more than a pump. Elizabeth is a faculty member of The Nalanda Institute of Contemplative Science where she teaches Contemplative Reading (Lectio Divina/Cintya Bhavana) for the enhancement of creativity and intuition.
Tobias N. Siebert | Advising Producer
Tobias studied Production and Media Economics at the Munich State Academy for Film and Television from which he graduated with honors. Tobias is partner and shareholder of BASIS BERLIN Postproduktion and CEO & Producer of BASIS BERLIN Filmproduktion. For THE STORY OF THE WEEPING CAMEL, he received an Oscar Nomination for Best Documentary. The film sold in more than 60 countries. His film OF FATHERS AND SONS won the Grand Jury award for best international documentary at Sundance 2018. He is a member of the German Producers Association and an EAVE and Sundance DFP Alumni.
Anna Kuelein | Composer
Her professional musical education started at an early age of four. She wanted to become a composer since she was nine years old and her dream specified at the age of twelve, when she decided to become a film composer. Anna studied music production with focus on recording, composition and piano at Hochschule der populären Künste Berlin. Since October 2016 she is working on her music master studies at the renownded Filmuniversität Babelsberg. She has been composing and producing for several different short films, documentaries and commercials.
Janet Wakelin | Impact Producer
Keith Ochwat | Impact Advisor
Keith is a filmmaker and Founder of Show&Tell. Over his 12 year career as a documentary filmmaker, Keith produced three films that appeared on PBS and Netflix. His film Age of Champions screened in over 3,000 communities and generated over $1.5 million—powered by partnerships with groups like AARP and the Alzheimer’s Association and companies like Cigna Health. Keith has since taught and advised hundreds of filmmakers on their distribution and fundraising strategies. He's delivered keynote presentations on distribution at filmmaking organizations like IDA and IFP and his work has appeared in IndieWire and Documentary Magazine.
Silver | Asisstant Editor & Heart Ambassador