Jamie Wheal
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University of Colorado at Boulder
Author
Jamie Wheal | |
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| Alma mater | St. Mary's College of Maryland University of Colorado at Boulder |
| Occupations | Businessperson Author |
Jamie Wheal is a writer and cofounder of the Flow Genome Project. He is the author of Stealing Fire: How Silicon Valley, the Navy SEALs, and Maverick Scientists Are Revolutionizing the Way We Live and Work as well as Recapture the Rapture: Rethinking God, Sex, and Death in a World That's Lost Its Mind.
Jamie Wheal was born in England and moved with his family to the US at the age of eight,[1] spending much of his youth in Maryland. His father served as a Royal Navy test pilot and his mother was a South African nurse. He graduated from St. Mary's College of Maryland and received his MA in American studies and environmental history from the University of Colorado Boulder.
Career
Wheal created a Montessori school with his wife in the early 2000s.[2] In 2011 Wheal founded the Flow Genome Project in Austin, Texas in order to put together spiritual retreats where attendees learn about his concept of "Flow",[1] a philosophy that focuses on altered states of consciousness and their economic impact on individuals and communities.[3] Flow Genome Project leads retreats at his property called the Summit[1] and in smaller areas he call "dojo domes", adventure trainings in remote wilderness settings and weeklong retreats, and at purpose-built Flow Dojos,[1] which the Financial Times calls a "cross between a playground and a lab."[4]