Jane Katra holds a Ph.D. in Public Health from the University of Oregon, where she taught mind-body health classes in the 1980’s. Dr. Katra has also practiced as a natural spiritual healer for thirty-four years, after receiving instructions in a near-death experience. Katra is the coauthor with physicist Russell Targ of the books Miracles of Mind: Exploring Nonlocal Consciousness and Spiritual Healing (1998), and The Heart of the Mind (1999). Her work has been featured in the book Reinventing Medicine by Larry Dossey, and in Science of Mind, Natural Health, Alternative Therapies, New Dimensions, Spirituality and Health, and Noetic Sciences Review.

Dr. Katra transmits an evolutionary experience of naturally radiating energy, and teaches classes in Esoteric Wisdom, Psychic & Spiritual Development, Remote Viewing, Forgiveness as Transformation, Facing Death & Meeting Soul, Awakened Activism; Patanjali, Ramana Maharshi & Becoming Who We Are. Dr. Katra is active in healing research, is featured as part of The Science & Consciousness Visionary DVD Club, and has presented at Omega, Esalen, The Institute of Noetic Sciences, The Monroe Institute, The International Conference on Science & Consciousness, the Rhine Research Center where she is on the advisory board, and to medical schools and spiritual organizations internationally.

Curriculum Vitae

Education

Ph.D. - Health Education 1993
University of Oregon, Eugene
Dissertation Title:
Enhancing Women's Decision-Making Concerning the Use of Hormone Replacement Therapy: A Pilot Study.

M.S. - Interdisciplinary Studies: Health, Nutrition, Educational Psychology 1987
University of Oregon, Eugene
Thesis Title:
Use of Learning Style Theory In a College Seminar to Reduce Eating Disorder Risk

5th Year Teaching Credential - Art Specialist 1973
University of Washington, Seattle

B.A. - Graphic Art, Ceramics 1971
Pomona College, Claremont, California

Professional Experience

Healer & Immune System Coach 1974- Present

Consciousness Researcher and Writer - Bay Research Institute, Palo Alto, CA 1994-97

Health Educator - Student Health Center, University of Oregon

Nutrition, Eating Disorders, Weight Management, Stress Reduction, Sexuality Issues, Alcoholism, Smoking Cessation.

Graduate Teaching Fellow & Adjunct Professor - University of Oregon 1989 - 92

Department of School and Community Health - Designed and instructed classes in Nutrition, Health Behavior Change, Eating Disorders, Psychoneuroimmunology, - to undergraduate and graduate students.

Health Educator - Nutrition, Health, and Fitness Associates, Eugene. 1984-89

Corporate, state and federal government, and community wellness programs, and individual counseling: Nutrition, Promoting Energy, Diets Don't Work, Lowering Cholesterol, Stress Management, Changing Eating Behavior, Coping with Catastrophic Illness, Moving through Grief & Loss, Breast Cancer Support, Enhancing Immunity.

Employee Health Programs - Lane County Health Advisory Committee 1988 - 90

Willamette National Forest & National Forest Service 1989

Washington State Department of Labor and Industries 1987

University of Oregon Employees Health Program 1987

Oregon State Department of Education 1985 - 89

Health Educator - Sacred Heart General Hospital, Eugene 1987

Stress Management and Nutrition for Heart Patients

Instructor - Lane Community College, Eugene, Oregon 1984 - 90

Nutrition, Weight Control, Therapeutic Touch

Research Assistant to Robert Hackman, Ph.D., Nutritional Biochemistry

University of Oregon Department of Community Health 1983 - 85

Manager of research projects dealing with nutritional status of runners. Recruitment, motivation and compliance, data collection, endurance testing, blood assays.

Honors & Awards

University of Oregon:
Betty Foster McCue Graduate Scholarship Award 1992 - 1993
Graduate Teaching Fellowships 1985 - 87; 1989 - 1992

Publications

Hackman, R.; Katra, J.; Geertsen, S. The athletic trainer's role in modifying nutritional behaviors of adolescent athletes: Putting theory into practice. Journal of Athletic Training, 27(3), 1992, pp. 262 - 267.

Targ, Russell; Katra, Jane; Brown, Dean & Wiegand, Wenden. Viewing the future: A pilot study with an error-detecting protocol. Journal of Scientific Exploration, 9(3), 1995, pp. 367-380.

Targ, Russell & Katra Jane. Psi-conducive Protocols. European Journal of Parapsychology, (13) 1997.

Books

Targ, Russell & Katra, Jane. Miracles of Mind: Exploring Nonlocal Consciousness and Spiritual Healing. San Rafael, Calif.: New World Library, 1998.

Katra, Jane & Targ, Russell. Heart of the Mind: How to Experience God Without Belief. San Rafael, Calif.: New World Library, 1999.