The Solaris Team

  • Barbara Aparo

    Founder, Chief Alchemist

    My talent always has been - in the spirit of Sam Harris - to spark important, meaningful conversations on key forces of change to shape our world away from its own demise.

    In that spirit, the idea of Solaris was born. After many night-long dialogues with scientists, thinkers and writers, it has become clear that the time is now. Eventually, looking into the eyes of my son, I asked what I could do possibly more for the world that he must inherit.
    Solaris came as an urgency.

  • Dr Anna Eckardt

    Chief Feet-on-the-Ground-and-Go Officer (CEO)

    I am and always have been a humanist and researcher. Curious, compassionate, and benevolent, trying to understand human nature. Ambitious to create conditions that allow me to bring out the best in myself and others: as humans.

    My key talent is to ask questions and to question, so it all started with a conversation full of questions with Barbara. Then also including Helena, the next generation. We debate about the state of humanity and how we can be better humans, live better lives, and help other people to do so.

    Solaris is the essence of our conversations. And as essence, it is fluid, and evolving as we are.

  • Helena Eckardt

    Chief Futurist / Social Media / Trends

    My ever-curious nature and interest in self-growth have led me into the health & wellness space from a young age. When it came to integrating my passion and care for people and their well-being by joining the Solaris team, it felt like a natural progression.

    Deeply passionate about creating a space integrating the newest research as well as connecting with oneself and one’s own inner knowledge to spark new ways of seeing the world while sharing it with like-minded people.

The Masters

  • Dr. Anetta Alexandridi

    Biomedical Engineering, Body/Mind Synthesis

    Anetta has always been driven by
    a deep desire to achieve the conscious integration of body and mind. Her journey has led her to embark on personal growth and establish the Synthesis Center in 2010, a place dedicated to transformative experiences.

  • Lulwa Al Khalifa

    Holistic Nutrition & Health Design

    Lulwa Khalifa Al Khalifa has been actively engaged in sports since her childhood, persistently searching for what fuels her passion. She was part of Bahrain's first-ever women's national football team in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region, in addition to participating in the Bahraini Sailing team for over 15 years.

  • Martin Carioli

    Meditation in Touch & Body Work

    Martin Cairoli is a therapist whose life work centers on helping others reconnect with themselves through the healing power of touch.

  • Dr. Jessica Cho

    Longevity & Regenerative Medicine

    Dr. Jessica Cho, MD., is a highly regarded Internal Medicine Physician whose clinical approach is focused on integrative wellness. She joins Solaris to discuss how to have total body wellness at a microscopic level, how to test how fast you are aging, how to control how genes are expressed.

  • Dr. Anna Eckardt

    Leadership Effectiveness & Learning Transfer

    Anna is one of the Managing Partners of MyLearningBoutique – an internationally active consulting, training and coaching company and the Co-Founder and CEO of Solaris. 

  • Hyon Gak Sunim

    Zen Meditation & Psychedelics

    Hyon Gak Sunim, a Zen monk, was born Paul Muenzen in Rahway, New Jersey. Educated at Yale College and Harvard University, he was ordained a monk under Zen Master Seung Sahn in 1992.

  • Dr. Berit Hippe

    Longevity & Epigenetics

    Managing director of HealthBioCare in Vienna, Austria.

    Adjunct faculty at the University in Vienna, Austria. PhD in nutrition science with a focus on molecular microbiology, epigenetics and personalised nutrition.

  • Louka Leppard

    Meditation in Touch & Body Work

    Louka Leppard is the founder of Meditation In Touch (Tula massage) & Tulayoga.
    The release of held emotion and trauma through the release of tension in the body, and the healing power of tenderness.

  • Dr. Joel & Michelle Levey

    Neuroscience & Mind-Fitness

    Dr. Joel & Michelle Levey are founders of Wisdom at Work and The International Center for Corporate Culture and Organizational Health at InnerWork Technologies, Inc.

  • Prof. Dr. Ferdinand von Meyenn

    Nutrition and Metabolic Epigenetics

    Professor for Nutrition and Metabolic Epigenetics and in the Department of Health Sciences and Technology at ETH Zurich, Switzerland.

  • Petri Räisänen

    Ashtanga Yoga & Pranayama (Breath Work)

    Petri Räisänen is an internationally known and respected Ashtanga Yoga teacher. Petri started practicing Ashtanga yoga in 1989 and teaching in 1991. He is co-owner and director of Ashtanga Yoga Helsinki, Finland, which he founded in 1997.

  • Eric Reiners

    Neuroscience & Peak Performance

    Eric Reiners is a former executive of a public cybersecurity company who is now a coach, consultant and advisor helping others achieve more joy, meaning, and impact in their lives.