Gabriel Kram (Natureza Gabriel)
Curriculum Vitae
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
Ancestral neuroscience pioneer, connection phenomenologist, writer, inventor, entrepreneur. Principal architect of Autonomics, an animist revisioning of the neural cartography of the Autonomic Nervous System. 23 years of experience in clinical applications of neurophysiology, mindfulness, curriculum development, instructional design, participatory action research, and business leadership. Visionary thinker and organization/ movement-builder with multidisciplinary doctoral-level education in neurophysiology, autonomic physiology, neurobiology, trauma healing, mindful awareness, relational mindfulness, diversity equity & inclusion work, nature awareness, cultural linguistics, creativity, and behavior design. Author of 15 non-fiction books. Host and Director of multiple educational film series.
RELEVANT PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
THE AUTONOMICS CLINIC 2025-present
Founder and Clinical Director
Clinical Director of functional neurology clinic focused on autonomic physiology. The Autonomics Clinic treats clinical autonomic cases as either primary or adjunct clinical home. We consult on complex neurological disorders with a primary autonomic component. We work clinically utilizing proprietary autonomic diagnostics technologies, our proprietary foundation model of Autonomics, and various non-invasive therapeutic and naturalistic approaches to the resolution of allostatic loads. We are known for successfully treating neurological cases that allopathic medicine has been unable to treat successfully.
Successfully documented treatment of Complex Regional Pain Syndrome
Successfully documented resolution of multiple vestibular impairment cases
Successfully documented resolution of multiple cases where neurobiological sequelae of early childhood adversity led to systemic impairment
HEARTH SCIENCE, INC. 2010-present
Founder and Head of Product and Research
Principal researcher and product architect of Autonomics: developing an integrated applied social medicine model of transformative wellbeing in alliance with world-leading experts in neurophysiology, trauma healing, mindfulness, relational mindfulness, deep nature connection, and Indigenous Lifeways. Expertise in the design and implementation of measurably-effective, demographically-targeted, outcome specific behavioral change interventions.
developed new Foundation model of Autonomic physiology
architected proprietary autonomically-informed diagnostic and treatment software platform
personally delivered over 2,500 trainings internationally in medicine, mental health, social services, government, education and private sectors since company founding
Translation research division, software development division, film division, visual design division, consulting division
Lead our neurotechnology incubator
raised over $500,000 from 30 angel investors
Convened international advisory board of world-leading experts in their respective disciplines
Author of 15 books in this subject area
MIND BODY AWARENESS PROJECT 2004-2009
Executive Director
Executive Director of 501c3 building a new national model of trauma-informed mindfulness for incarcerated youth populations. Final round consideration for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Local Initiative Funding partners (2008). Tripled program size & increased revenues seven-fold overseeing development of evidence-based program. Oversaw all business and programmatic aspects of a non-for-profit in alignment with 5-Year Strategic Plan ensuring attainment of benchmarks across key dimensions of organizational function. Supervised re-design of a proprietary curriculum with national expert collaborators in the fields of mindfulness, transformative justice, youth development, and corrections
• Created Research Advisory Council of nationally-relevant scientists to advise research design
EDUCATION
Candidly, despite having attended Stanford and Yale Universities, I have had a very hard time finding the trans-disciplinary mentoring and support that I need through traditional academic programs, and have therefore actively sought out and pursued mentors for the past 15 years. Some of these have been more formal mentorships, some less formal, but all have deeply shaped the way that I approach my work, problems, and life in general. They are, in aggregate, more responsible for my education than a particular institution:
MENTORS & ADVISORS
Jeffrey Bronfman, Ecological Activist and Psychedelic Ethics
Dr. Nadine Burke Harris MD MPH FAAP, Formerly First Surgeon General of California
Tiokasin Ghosthorse, Lakota Earth and Peace Activist, Founder of the Akantu Institute
Rick Hanson, PhD, Neuroplasticity
Adam Johnson, PhD, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award
Lee Mun Wah, Documentary Film-maker of The Color of Fear; Master Mindfulness and Diversity trainer
Ilarion Merculieff, Unangan (Aleut), President of the Global Center for Indigenous Leadership & Lifeways
Darcia Narvaez, PhD, Developer of The Evolved Nest
Stephen Porges, PhD, Developer of the Polyvagal Theory
Dr. Karla Scott, PhD, Rainbow Markell, Pete Erschen MS: Anti-Racism
John Stokes, Founder of the Tracking Project, Deep Nature Awareness, Cultural Practices
Richard W. Vacha, Founder of the Point Reyes Tracking School, Hard-ground Tracking
PROGRAMS
STIRFRY SEMINARS, Berkeley, California
Yearlong Mindful Facilitation Certification Program with Lee Mun Wah, 2020
SOMATIC EXPERIENCING TRAUMA INSTITUTE, Boulder, CO
Somatic Experiencing Practitioner, SEP certificate coursework complete, elected not to complete certification
Trauma therapy training, three-year program with additional study
UNIVERSITIES
STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Palo Alto, California
Bachelor of Arts in English with Distinction, June 2003
Creative Writing Focus, Graduate coursework in creative writing, narrative structure & trauma narratives
YALE UNIVERSITY, New Haven, Connecticut
Undergraduate Student, 1993-1995
Neurobiology, Neuropsychology
RESEARCH
Hearth Science, Inc. Research Advisors: Heather MacDuffie, PhD, Samar Singh, PhD, JD Daniels MD, Aubrey Wallace ND.
Towards an accurate in vivo conceptualizing of Autonomic State
A typology of chronic defensive autonomic states as specific antecedents to disease etiology
Autonomic Diagnostics: Towards Accurate In Vivo Autonomic Measurement
Autonomic Tracking: Methodological Viability of an Alternative Epistemological Approach
Moving Past the Polyvagal Controversy: An Expanded Clinical Framework for Observing Autonomic State
Seneca Center Institute for Advanced Practice. Research Advisor: Sam Himelstein, PhD. “Testing the efficacy of a mindfulness and neurophysiology-based experiential curriculum for adolescents in a level 16 group home for severely emotionally disturbed youth: the Inner Life Skills Curriculum for Youth”
Bayview Child Health Center, Research Advisor: Dr. Nadine Burke Harris, MD MPH, FAAP. “Testing the efficacy of a mindfulness and neurophysiology-based experiential curriculum for trauma recovery in adolescents with four or more diagnosed adverse childhood experiences in a medical clinic”
SELECTED BOOKS
Body As Verb: The Genius of the Vertebrate Movement System (forthcoming 2027)
Restoring Human Nature: A Relational Neuro-Ontology of the Ancestral Future (with Darcia Narvaez, PhD)(forthcoming 2027)
Placing the Lineage History of Neuroscience on a Sacred Foundation (2026)
GROUND: How Modernity Disconnected from the Earth, Why it Matters, and How to Fix it (December 2025)
A Field Guide to Awakening Human Connection (2025)
The Role of Autonomics in the Origin and Healing of Chronic Illness (2025)
Autonomic Compass: Finding Home in Your Nervous System (2025)
Autonomic Triage: A Handbook for Responders (2025)
Initial Conditions: A Primer for Somatic Therapy (2025)
The Neurobiology of Connection: Re-Wilding the Deep Nervous System for Wellbeing (2024)
Keywords: A Field Guide to the Missing Words (2023)
Restorative Practices of Wellbeing (2021)
Inner Life Skills for Youth (2011)
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Separating Signal from Noise in the Polyvagal Controversy, a personal history, Psychotherapy Networker (forthcoming)
Tragic Exiles and the Ache for Belonging (an excerpt from GROUND), Kosmos Journal
Cultivating Safety in a World of Existential Threat, Wise Brain Bulletin
Polyvagal Theory: How Your Nervous System Works, Psychology Today
INSTITUTIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Omega Institute for Holistic Studies, Rhinebeck, New York, Faculty