Leadership

Rev. Gregory Toole is an ordained minister with the Centers for Spiritual Living. He is the Founding Spiritual Director of Somseva whose mission is to inspire authentic, compassionate relationships through spiritual education, tools, and practices that promote peacemaking and conscious action. Gregory is also the author of the book, "A Simple Guide to Planetary Transformation."

Gregorys teaching is grounded in the idea that each person has great power to transform his or her life. He has taught thousands of students around the world through his classes, individual coaching, writing, and speaking engagements.

In his work with Somseva, Gregory has served five different Centers for Spiritual Living communities as their Interim Minister and has trained other ministers in the art and science of Interim Ministry. In this work, he has facilitated healing, reconciliation, and renewal by aiding communities in navigating transitions consciously for the purpose of long-term health.

Prior to founding Somseva, Gregory served for six years at the Centers for Spiritual Living Home Office, first as the Ecclesiastical Leader and then as Director of Member Support and Education. While at Home Office, he was also the President of Holmes Institute. Previously, Gregory served for five years as the Senior Minister of the Center for Spiritual Living in Davis, California.

Before becoming a minister, Gregory was Executive Director of a non-profit youth development organization in Oakland, California. His early career was in the computer industry where he started as a software developer and then moved into marketing and business development.

He holds a masters degree in Management from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and a masters degree in Consciousness Studies from Holmes Institute.