Presenters Page

Judith Ansara Gass, full bio

Coach, spiritual guide, creator Women, Spirit and Power leadership training, cofounder Peacemaker Institute

Workshop: with Judith Ansara Gass: Dropping the Veil

Himayat Inayati, ThD, PhD, full bio

Spokesperson for Universal Awakening, former head of The Sufi Healing Order, founder of the Raphaelite Work (a method of spiritual healing that utilizes presence, breath and touch), catalyst for the transformation process in others

Workshop: Tools for Awakening

Richard Lang, full bio

Author, Seeing Who You Really Are, shares Douglas Harding's direct method of Awakening to Who you really are, teaches Five Rhythms dance in UK.

Workshop: Seeing Who You Really Are

Nigel Taylor, full bio

Visionary teacher from Australia, healer, author, God Introduces God, The Divine Seduction and many others

Workshop: The Divine Marriage

Issac Shapiro, full bio

Author, It Happens By Itself and Outbreak of Peace, satsang facilitator

Workshop: An Ecstatic Love Affair With the Beloved

Nick Arrizza, MD, full bio

Psychiatrist, energy researcher, energy healer, developer of Mind Resonance Process, author, Esteem for the Self: A manual for Personal Transformation

Workshop: Spiritual Embodiment: Key to Spiritual Enlightenment

Joyce Vissell, RN and Barry Vissell, MD, full bio

Founders and directors, Shared Heart Foundation, authors, The Shared Heart, Models of Love, Risk To Be Healed, The Heart's Wisdom and Meant To Be

Workshop: Relationship as a Path to Enlightenment

Keynote: Living from the Heart

Alberto Villoldo, PhD, full bio

Founder, The Four Winds Society, medical anthropologist, author, Shaman, Healer, Sage; Dance of the Four Winds and Island of the Sun

Keynote: Shaman, Healer, Sage

Workshop: Energy Medicine of the Americas

Victor Sanchez, full bio

Former anthropologist, now anti-anthropologist (places emphasis on the human experience in encounter with otherness), author, The Teachings of Don Carlos, Toltecs of the New Millennium, The Toltec Path of Recapitulation: Healing Your Past to Free Your Soul, and The Toltec Oracle, founder, Art of Living Purposefully (allows people to nourish themselves with the magic preserved among indigenous communities)

Keynote: The Shamanic Leap: The Role of True Shamanism in the Future of Humanity

Workshop: Shamanism beyond Shamans: How to Activate Your Shamanic Awareness by Yourself

Brant Secunda, full bio

Shaman, healer and ceremonial leader in the Huichol Indian a tradition of Mexico, Director, Dance of the Deer Foundation Center for Shamanic Studies

Keynote: Huichol Shamanism: Medicine for the Soul

Workshop: Huichol Practices of Shamanic Health and Healing

Brooke Medicine Eagle, full bio

Ceremonial leader, songwriter, descendent of Nez Perce leader Chief Joseph, ecologist, author, Buffalo Woman Comes Singing, Dancing Awake the Drum, The Last Ghost Dance and others

Evening Event: Sacred Ceremony: Empowering the Heart

Workshop: Creating Powerful Ceremony

Olga Kharitidi, MD, full bio

Researcher of healing approaches from different cultures about the transformation of trauma, author, Entering the Circle: Ancient Secrets of Siberian Wisdom Discovered by a Russian Psychiatrist and The Master of Lucid Dreams

Workshop: Transformation of Trauma

Carlos Warter, MD, PhD, full bio

Transpersonal psychiatrist, alternative healing pioneer, author, Recovery of the Sacred, Despertar, Who Do You Think You Are? and Pathways to the Soul

Workshop: Rites of Passage: The Missing Link to a New Civilization

Jose Stevens, PhD, full bio

Author, Praying With Power: How to Use Ancient Shamanic Techniques to Gain Maximum Spiritual Benefit and Extraordinary Results, The Power Path: The Shaman's Way to Success in Business and Life, Transforming Your Dragons, Secrets of Shamanism and eight other books, executive coach and corporate consultant

Workshop: Praying with Power

Barbara Tedlock, PhD, full bio

Initiated shaman practicing within the ancient Mayan subtle energy system of highland Guatemala, Professor of Anthropology at SUNY, Research Associate at School of American Research, granddaughter of an Ojibwe woman shaman, author, The Woman in the Shaman's Body: Reclaiming the Feminine in Religion and Medicine

Workshop: Blood Lightning: The Mayan Subtle Energy System

Leonard Shlain, MD, full bio

Author, Art and Physics, The Alphabet Versus the Goddess and Sex Time and Power: How Women's Sexuality Shaped Human Evolution, professor of surgery at UCSF.

Keynote: The 'G' Spot, The Big 'O', Homosexuality and Other Mysteries of Human Sexuality

Workshop: Art, Sex and Physics: The Flip-Flop from Masculine to Feminine in Arts and Science

Antra and Richard Borofsky, Ed.D, full bio

Directors, Center for the Study of Relationship, authors, On Intimate Ground: A Gestalt Approach to Working with Couples and Joyful Wedding: A Spiritual Path to the Altar, a couple for 35 years, Antra, Gestalt therapist and Marriage and Family therapist, Rich, clinical psychologist and instructor at Harvard Medical School

Workshop: Blessing Our Union: The Sacrament of Sex

2006 CONFERENCE WEAVERS

Robert Gass, EdD and Judith Ansara Gass, MSW full bio

Robert and Judith Gass, cocreators, Sharing the Path Deepening in Love workshops for couples, married 37 years.
Robert, musical director, On Wings of Song and chanting CDs Om Namaha Shivaya, consultant, trainer for MoveOn.org and Greenpeace.
Judith, coach, spiritual guide, creator Women, Spirit and Power leadership training, cofounder Peacemaker Institute

Evening Event: Transformance

Workshop: The Sacred Art of Relationship

Workshop: with Judith Ansara Gass: Dropping the Veils

Raphael Cushnir, full bio

Author, Unconditional Bliss, Setting Your Heart on Fire, How Now: 100 Ways to Celebrate the Present Moment, filmmaker, Sexual Healing

Workshop: Vessels of Mystery: A Non-Dual Approach to Sexual Union

Juliana Dahl, PhD, full bio

Transpersonal Psychology, author, The Journey of a Sexual Healer, video producer, Evocation of the Female Ejaculate, certified Dakini (sexual healer)

Workshop: Sexual Energy as a Transformative Vehicle To Heal and Transport You to Higher Consciousness

Gay Hendricks, PhD, and Kathlyn Hendricks, PhD full bio

Authors, Conscious Loving, The Conscious Heart, Breathing Ecstasy, Lasting Love, Radiance and others

Keynote: Spirit-Centered Relationship

Workshop: The Power of Presencing

Susan Campbell, PhD, full bio

Author, The Everything Great Sex Book, Truth in Dating: Finding Love by Getting Real, Sex and Intimacy Enrichment Kit and seven other books, Truth in Dating and Truth in Sex games

Evening Event: Truth in Sex: Getting Turned On to One Another Here and Now Workshop: What to Do When Love Hurts

Ron Shane and Monique Lasky full bio

Workshop: The Intriguing Art of the Feminine Mystical Sexual Enchantress

Sita Jamieson, full bio

Sita has been chanting for 15 years. As a native of Ireland, her voice somes out of her Celtic roots. Originally, her chanting was inspired by the Hindu tradition of Kirtan.

Morning Classes: Sound Healing and Chanting

Gail Ackerman, full bio

Gail has been practicing the art of Hatha Yoga since 1980. She is the owner / director of White Iris Studio and has been teaching in Santa Fe, New Mexico since 1984.

Morning Classes: Hatha Yoga

Joe Miguez full bio

Joe Miguez, nationally known as the "labyrinth man," has designed sacred space and conducted workshops across the United States.

Morning Classes: The Labyrinth Experience: A Walking Meditation with Joe Miguez

Tara and Maboud Swierkosz full bio

Tara Andrea Swierkosz and Maboud are certified dance leaders and members of the Mentor Teacher's Guild of the Dances of Universal Peace.

Evening Classes: Dances of Universal Peace