<P> Omega's educational programs include workshops, professional trainings, retreats, and conferences . Workshops are organized into six categories: body, mind, and spirit; health and healing; creative expression; relationships and family; leadership and work; and sustainable living . </P> <P> New York City events have included speakers such as Al Gore, Christopher Reeve, and Eckhart Tolle . Annually, Omega hosts a yoga service conference, and the Omega Women's Leadership Center offers a conference that has included speakers such as Eve Ensler, Isabel Allende, and Sally Field . Omega offers scholarships to a variety of its workshops, trainings, conferences, and retreats . </P> <P> Other Omega speakers and teachers have included Adyashanti, Maya Angelou, Deepak Chopra, Pema Chödrön, Jeanne Fleming, Jane Goodall, Pir Vilayat Inayat Khan, Ram Dass, Thich Nhat Hanh, Allen Ginsberg, Gloria Steinem, Pete Seeger, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., Philip Glass, Betty Williams, Lon Milo DuQuette, and many others . </P> <P> Omega has a core staff of 85 and a seasonal staff of more than 250 . The core staff plan and develop the curriculum, marketing, and production for the season's programs, and its seasonal staff manage and staff campus departments . Inspired by Ram Dass, Omega created a curriculum for Omega's staff that includes classes designed to encourage self - development, mindfulness, and community service . </P>

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