Natureza Gabriel (also known as Gabriel Kram) is the principal architect of Autonomics, an evolving framework for understanding autonomic physiology developed through 30 years of interdisciplinary research and collaboration with more than 5,000 wellness professionals and 100 mentors and advisors across 25 healing traditions and 24 cultures. His academic training at Yale and Stanford universities is complemented by personal experiences in contemplative practices and ceremonial traditions.
He is the founder of Hearth Science, a research translation firm that integrates insights from neurophysiology and traditional wisdom to deepen our understanding of human well-being.
He is the host and executive producer of Restorative Practices Film Series, The Connection Masterclass, Evoking Connection States, and Lectures on the New Foundation Model in Autonomics. In 2023, he led the global polyvagal study group on Facebook. He has been asked to teach Autonomics to people in 50 countries, executives in Fortune 500 companies, the faculty of medical schools, governments, international NGOs, and tribal leaders. Gabriel is the author of the Connection Phenomenology Series, The Autonomics Trilogy: The Neurobiology of Connection, Ground, Body as Verb, and a series of Autonomics handbooks. He has written about the nervous system for Psychology Today and the Psychotherapy Networker.