Description / Biography

Joan Budilovsky <aka Dr J> has been teaching meditation for decades. She has served on several college faculties, including Columbia College Chicago, Dance Faculty - 7 years, College of DuPage, Physical Education and Continuing Education Faculties - 8 years. Traveled 10 years with NY Fordham University’s DeMello Spirituality Center teaching weekend retreats in Awareness. Keynote Speaker for many organizations including Brazil’s International Stress Management Association. Author of numerous popular books on yoga and meditation, translated into multiple foreign languages. A long-standing and current Chicago-Area Newspaper Columnist on Stress-Management (Yo Joan- Shaw Media). In her spare time she plays the harp by ear and at other times uses her fingers.