John Ventura

Collaborating with Brian Justice, D.C., and John Ventura, D.C., of the Rochester Chiropractic Group, John has written and recorded hypnotic scripts that are used by their patients during various treatments to enhance the benefit of the procedures.
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After studying physics at the University of Rochester (BS, 1972), John provided computer consulting for research groups at Strong Memorial Hospital, the Laboratory for Laser Energetics, and the Physics and Electrical Engineering Departments at the U of R. He continued consulting as a systems engineer through 1997 for many of Rochester's optics and metrology companies.

He earned a Masters Degree in Education from the U of R in 1982. John taught music theory and guitar at Hochstein School of Music, software engineering at RIT, and high school science at The Harley School between 1978 and 1983.

From 1976 through 1992 he performed throughout New York and New England as a solo guitarist and collaborated with dance troupes, mimes, poets, improv theater groups, and other musicians. He produced and recorded three albums of his own music and two albums with storyteller Jay Stetzer.

For 16 years starting in the mid-1970s, John was an active member of the Rochester Zen Center and the Springwater Center for Meditation.