Meet The Founders
Gary Simmons, TH.D.
Gary Simmons, TH.D. is a renowned peacemaker and spiritual leader whose teachings and ground-breaking Mission-centric Ministry Coaching program is transforming church organizations and helping church leaders energize their spiritual communities and expand their capacity to carry out their mission with greater integrity and congruence.
Jane Simmons, TH.D.
Rev. Dr. Jane Simmons is a powerful speaker, author, ordained minister and educator who holds a doctoral degree in Theology from Holos University. Since her ordination in 1999, Jane has ministered in four Unity churches in Canada and the United States as well as serving as the Teen Ministry Coordinator for Unity Worldwide Ministries and adjunct faculty for Unity Worldwide Spiritual Institute.
Dr. Rima Bonario
Dr. Rima Bonario is a best-selling author, shadow work practitioner, workshop leader, and ceremonialist dedicated to serve those awakening on the spiritual path through online and in person programs. Dr. Rima holds a doctorate in Transformation Psychology and has studied extensively in body-based processes that bring about trauma resolution and greater embodied sovereignty.
DR. GARY SIMMONS
Dr. Simmons is an ordained Unity minister having served the Unity movement for over 40 years; pioneering 3 Unity churches, serving on the Board of Trustees of the Association of Unity Churches International, and as a VP at the Unity Worldwide Ministries home office and an adjunct faculty member of Unity Worldwide Spiritual Institute.
He is the author of The I of the Storm: Embracing Conflict, Creating Peace, a Unity bestseller, now in its thirteenth printing, The Soul’s Conspiracy and is published in the Journal of Integral Theory and Practice. Gary’s work in applying integral principles to evolving church organizations is also cited in Wilber’s book, The Four Turnings.
Simmons is co-founder of Quantum Living and co-creator of the Quantum Process, a shadow work system that focuses on healing and integration.
He recently served as co-minister with his wife, Rev. Dr. Jane Simmons, at Unity Spiritual Center in Spokane Washington for nearly six years, where they have been intentionally moving from minister to mission-centric ministry.
Dr. Gary holds a 4th degree black belt taekwondo. He is an experimental aircraft builder and pilot, currently completing his fourth airplane. Gary and Jane are retired from pulpit ministry and now live in Kettle Falls WA in their tiny house, just 30 miles south of the Canadian border.
JANE SIMMONS, TH.D.
With a passion for heart-centered personal and cultural transformation, Jane is committed to helping bring forth a kinder, more compassionate world and is Unity’s 2020 recipient of the Light of God Expressing Award. She is a co-founder of Quantum Living and co-creator of the Quantum Process, a shadow work system that focuses on healing and integration.
Jane is the author of You Can’t Sleep Through Your Awakening and co-author of the popular best-selling book, Who Have You Come Here to Be: 101 Possibilities for Contemplation with Rima Bonario and Kelly Isola. She created youth and adult curriculum based on the Unity best seller The I of the Storm written by her husband, Rev. Dr. Gary Simmons.
She also adapted and expanded on his work authoring I of the Storm for Teens. The I of the Storm and I of the Storm for Teens along with their companion curricula for adults and teens teach peacemaking skills for youth and adults in the New Thought movement.
As a qualified HeartMath Instructor and graduate of the The Resilient Heart™: Trauma-Sensitive HeartMath Certification, she offers training for educators and spiritual leaders on the science of heart coherence.
A sought-after speaker, Jane has extensively shared keynote speaking engagements and workshops, both in person and online.
Dr. Simmons’ personal commitment to living heart-centered principles in all areas of her life is a true inspiration to all who know her. Her strong background in curriculum writing for adults and youth, her unique spiritual wisdom and her expertise in strategies to develop heart coherence are an integral part of Quantum Living programs.
Jane holds a first-degree black belt in the combined martial arts of Karate, Jiu Jitsu and Tae Kwon-Do. She recently retired from Unity Spiritual Center in Spokane and lives in a Tiny House in Kettle Falls, Washington with her husband, Rev. Dr. Gary Simmons and their dog, Jedi.
DR. RIMA BONARIO
Rima E. Bonario, Th.D., is an author, workshop leader and soul coach who is passionate about accelerating personal, professional, and planetary transformation.
With 25 years of executive and management expertise, and lifelong spiritual leadership development, Dr. Bonario joined forces in 2008 with renowned peacemaker Dr. Gary Simmons. Together they founded Quantum Living to support individuals and New Thought organizations in building a world that works for all.
Dr. Bonario earned her doctorate in Transformational Psychology from Holos University Graduate Seminary, where she designed a research study to quantify the shifts in consciousness created by The Quantum Living 21-day Shadow Work Practice.
Her research work earned her the Gold Medal Emerging Scientist Award from the International Society for the Study of Subtle Energy and Energy Medicine. She also holds a Master’s degree in Strategic Communications and Leadership from Seton Hall University and has many years of experience as a communications expert and as well as leadership development expertise.
Rima’s most recent offerings focus on supporting women in deepening their embodied feminine presence.
She brings her compassionate heart and thoughtful insight to her work, weaving together a safe and sacred place for her clients to experience programs that include elements of myth and archetype, ritual and ceremony, and Soul/shadow work. Her vulnerability and deep sharing make her teaching style deeply accessible and profoundly impactful.
Her Amazon best-selling book The Seven Queendoms: A SoulMap for Embodying Sacred Feminine Sovereignty, captures her belief that every woman can learn to open to, receive, and conduct her inherently feminine forms of power. In she shares the Seven Queen archetypes and their 14 shadow expressions and potent practices for healing from the past and integrating soul-level wisdom so that readers can lead turned on lives of soulful delight, making the world better by their embodied feminine presence and our purposeful contributions.
In addition to her doctoral studies, Dr. Bonario has studied with Soul Mentor Sera Beak, Master Energy Teacher Lynda Caesara, Toaist Healing Master Mantak Chia, and Master Tantric Educators Tj Bartel and Charles Muir.
Rima resides in Las Vegas, Nevada with her husband Tobias and her daughter Sophia.