Our Ministers

Rev. Dr Robert Wilson is an ordained Religious Science minister and serves as the assistant minister at CSLPS.  Rev Dr Robert has been associated with the Center as member and practitioner since 2006. Prior to retirement in 2000, Rev Robert was employed by the Los Angeles Unified School District in teaching and administrative positions. He holds a BS, BA and MA in education from Kent State University and Ohio State University respectively. He is an MS graduate from the Holmes Institute of Consciousness and holds a Doctorate of Religious Studies from Emerson Theological Institute.

I am an ordained senior minister with the Centers for Spiritual Living, I formerly served as the Director of CSL spiritual community in Raleigh NC, Assistant Staff minister in Chicago, and as Director of Youth and Family Ministries at CSL Palm Desert. In 2011 I founded his CSL focus ministry, “Evoke Peace Now” to serve in addiction recovery and in the community at large. I have developed Spiritual Education curriculum using simple ancient practices and spiritual principles combined with emerging evidence based addiction recovery practices. I support people in developing spiritual practices that have been proven to help those in addiction recovery and in finding a connection with their inner-wisdom and higher power. I coach and guide people in regaining purpose, inner peace, and self-confidence while supporting them in having a greater ability to handling life’s challenges and living a fulfilling life.

Rev Rebecca Venkatraman is a native of Northern Minnesota. After 30 years as a corporate wife living the expatriate life, she began her journey with CSL in 2012. She began her practitioner training CSL in Palm Desert.  She is a graduate from the Ernest Holmes Institute, San Diego campus and served as the Director of Compassionate Care at Seaside Center for Spiritual Living.  After graduation, Rebecca returned to the desert as a Staff Minister at the Center for Spiritual Living Palm Desert where her main focus has been on her Women’s Ministry.  She also led the weekly Saturday Meditation group and restructured and retrained the Centers Ambassador/Volunteer team.  Rev Rebecca facilitates her weekly women’s group, and is Co-Leading the Core Practitioner Group at CSL Palm Springs among other staff minister responsibilities.