About Us
Our Mission
Imagine World Peace
Thrive!
Their joy, health, and well-being ripple out.
Together, we make the world better.
Our Dreams
1. We want a half-million people from around the globe meditating with us every morning.
Then, we want a million.
When we can help this many people start their day in peace and serenity, that makes an impact on how the day goes for a lot of other people, too.
We are raising the vibe. We are bringing health. We are part of the solution.
2. We want to penetrate every industry, helping people everywhere achieve greater heights.
The truth is, the kinds of personal skills that employers are saying cannot be taught can indeed be taught. We teach them.
We want to enter every professional industry. From medicine to tech to construction, academia and schools to government offices and nonprofits.
We want to help all people learn to let their skills shine, without personal shortcomings getting in the way. It’s not their fault they haven’t learned these skills. Let’s teach them, and move forward together.
3. We want to raffle off awesome all-expense paid vacations to desirable destinations for our clients who do the work
When you invest yourself through this program, you will receive outstanding personal benefits.
We want to give all of our members even another incentive to do all of the work in this program, every day.
When the time is right, we want to throw into a hat everyone’s name who fully completed all elements of the program to date, and raffle off all-expense-paid vacations to great spots. You deserve it! It’s coming…
4. We want to enter the prisons and mental health facilities of the world to share knowledge and peace.
Prisons are filled with people who first of all never had a chance, and secondly never will have a chance. The mental health struggle is all too real for a lot of people.
This program teaches self-efficacy skills and tremendous social skills. It teaches compassion and mental wellness.
This program will help reduce criminal recidivism. It will let them have a chance.
Positive ripples. We want to help.
5. Accreditation & Scholarships
When the time is right, The Alignment Portal will seek accreditation under standard US accrediting bodies such as IACET.
This classification will permit us to offer CEU courses and provide certificates of completion with some cache.
Scholarships
We will also award scholarships to cover costs to attend top-level university programs, when the time comes.
6. Land Trust
When the time is right, The Alignment Portal will purchase pieces of primary rainforest in Costa Rica for preservation purposes. These mountains have a deep and rich energy of their own. New construction is destroying the jungle fast. The best way to protect land is to own it. So that is where we are headed, with your support.
The vision is that the natural gems on this land will somehow be made accessible for the public to safely enjoy. Also, clients of The Alignment Portal would enjoy special access to and enjoyment of this land.
We look forward to watching this vision take shape.
Our Core Team
Dr. Michele Poff, PhD
The Alignment Portal is envisioned and created by Communication scholar Dr. Michele Poff, PhD. Michele has lived in Central America since 2013. A scholar in the jungle, she has had plenty of time and space to deeply contemplate and study the path to a healed and happy life. She is well-versed in improving soft skills, well-being and internal alignment not only through scientific approaches, but she’s quite experienced with less traditional methods as well. On the journey of meditation and energetic discovery since 1996, Michele has found a vast array of extremely useful tools and insights to making each day healthier and happier. Meditation is key. The collection of insights is absolutely unique to Dr. Poff because it reflects her own unique toolkit of healing techniques.
The Alignment Portal represents a breadth of healthful techniques, with depth of insight on each one. Here, we talk about strengthening areas no one else is talking about, such as self-esteem strengthening and leading with consciousness
Michele has graduate-level training in adult instruction and 15 years of experience creating and teaching courses in university and corporate classrooms along the US west coast and in Western Europe. She has also worked extensively with online course delivery. As an instructor, she has always received exceptional feedback and ratings from all stakeholders. She is naturally gifted as an instructor and exceptionally well-trained. This is another facet that separates the Alignment Portal from anyone else out there.
Michele educational background includes a BA in English from University of California at Berkeley, MA in Linguistics & Teaching from Portland State University in Oregon, and PhD in Communication from University of Washington in Seattle. She also studied law formally under a US top-100 attorney mentor.
Sri Yogi Anand Ji
Most of our live classes will be led by the yogic professionals at Adwait Yoga School, located in Rishikesh, India. Nestled at the base of the Himalaya Mountains and along the sacred Ganges River, Rishikesh is the world’s home of yoga for more than 5,000 years. Adwait Yoga School is led by visionary yogi (and software designer) Sri Yogi Anand Ji. Adwait Yoga School guides students through powerful techniques to unlock their inner potential. Sound healing, kundalini, yoga, chakra healing, and meditation–all brought to us live from India through the magic of technology.
This element that Adwait brings to our program allows The Alignment Portal to offer truly tremendous journeys of inner fortitude, self-discovery and life transformation.
The teachers at Adwait are experts in the yogic arts and we are thrilled to have them augment our program through masterful delivery of energy clearing and meditation sessions. They will be delighted to meet you and share the true joy that this practice brings.
Namaste
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Advisory Panel
Dr. Mak Kishun, EdD
Mak is a visionary thought leader and accomplished learning strategist with over 12 years of experience in Organizational Development, Learning & Development, and Risk Management. Mak has spent her professional years in New York City, helping organizations align for success. As a Six Sigma Green Belt, Mak integrates data-driven methodologies with strategic foresight to drive talent management, operational excellence, and corporate alignment for multinational organizations. Known for impactful leadership in DEIB and cross-functional collaboration, Mak has successfully led geographically dispersed teams across North America, LATAM, APAC, and EMEA, delivering transformative solutions that elevate engagement, retention, and financial performance.
In addition to a distinguished corporate background, Mak is a seasoned educational leader who has contributed to workforce development initiatives at both state and federal levels. This unique combination of corporate and educational experience informs Mak’s dynamic approach to fostering high-performing, resilient teams and fortifying organizations from within.
Dedicated to fostering innovation and strategic alignment, Mak’s work at The Alignment Portal empowers organizations to achieve sustainable growth and cohesion through targeted alignment and development strategies. This holistic, people-centered approach equips individuals and teams to reach their full potential, ensuring measurable impact across industries and regions.
Amelia Cronan
Amelia (“Mimi”) is one of those rare humans that is interested in all things complex and is willing to do the work to understand them. Her formal intellectual interests range from political science to cyber security and election security. Mimi’s vast interests and play-as-you-go lifestyle have landed her in a highly successful marketing role in Southern Louisiana. Her latest obsession is being the very best marketer she can be, using all of today’s modern tools to create eye-catching advertising materials.
In addition to Mimi’s role as our marketing director and video production artist, she provides ongoing support and challenge to program design and development. Her endless creativity is vastly appreciated, even when it seems other-worldly at first.
Mimi and Michele are friends from graduate school at University of Washington, where Mimi earned her MA in Political Science. The two also entered the world of MMA together as partners in boxing, kickboxing, and submission wrestling in one of Seattle’s premier MMA gyms, working off the stress of grad school together. Mimi is an invaluable sounding board and strategist at The Alignment Portal and we are delighted to have her insights and expertise in all ways.
