Dr. Yvonne Kason MD, MEd, CCFP, FCFP, is the President and Co-Founder of Spiritual Awakenings International. A retired Family Physician and MD Transpersonal Psychotherapist, she was previously on faculty at the University of Toronto. She is the Co-Leader of Toronto Awakenings Sharing Group, and the Past-President of IANDS. A pioneer in the field of spirituality in healthcare, in 2000 she co-founded then chaired the Spirituality in Health-Care Network, and in 1990 she co-founded the Kundalini Research Network.
Dr. Kason is the person who first coined the phrase “Spiritually Transformative Experiences” in 1994.
Dr. Yvonne Kason has had 5 Near-Death Experiences and multiple STEs herself. She is an internationally renowned medical expert on Near-Death Experiences, (NDEs) Kundalini Awakening, and Spiritually Transformative Experiences (STEs). Dr. Kason is in demand as a media resource, has given hundreds of professional presentations, and has appeared on many television, radio, and online podcasts and shows.
Dr. Kason has 5 books, her latest, Touched by the Light: (Dundurn Press, 2019), which is a synthesis of her personal experiences, her clinical experience counselling hundreds of STE Experiencers, and her 40 years of research on STEs and their profound after-effects on the body, mind, and spirit. Filled with over 100 case stories, it is an inspirational and informative read for anyone, as well as a powerful guide for all STE Experiencers.