JEANIE BENGTSON, M.Ed. is the Founder and President of the Living Awareness Foundation and the Director of the Silva Method for the Greater Philadelphia Area and Delaware. Trained and guided by Jose Silva, she is a consistent award-winning instructor and is considered one of the top Silva Lecturers in the United States. She presently serves on the International Board of Advisors for the Silva Organization.

Her seminars and workshops, both Silva Method as well as her own creations, have touched the lives and hearts of tens of thousands of people throughout the last three decades.

Jeanie graduated from Mt. Holyoke College with a degree in Psychology and received a Master's in Education from Syracuse University. She is a Reiki Master Healer, a member of the Association for Research and Enlightenment, the Institute of Noetic Sciences and the Junior League of Philadelphia. She is an avid investigator of different disciplines and alternative approaches to metaphysics, spiritual growth and healing.

Jeanie has been doing private consultations for years and has been providing Life Coaching services over the phone and the Internet for the last 8 years where she has both a national and international following. Compassion and intuition have contributed to her success as an effective change agent and creative problem solver in supporting her clients.

Having lived abroad and coupled with extensive travel, Jeanie brings a planetary focus to her workshops. A popular speaker at community sponsored functions, she has appeared on many radio and TV shows. Jeanie is an enthusiastic and dynamic professional speaker who combines warmth and humor in her presentations.