Cynthia Bourgeault
Modern day mystic, Episcopal priest, writer, and internationally known retreat leader, Cynthia Bourgeault divides her time between solitude at her seaside hermitage in Maine, and a demanding schedule traveling globally to teach and spread the recovery of the Christian contemplative and Wisdom path.
Cynthia has been a long-time advocate of the meditative practice of Centering Prayer and has…
Vera de Chalambert
Vera de Chalambert, MTS, is a spiritual storyteller and scholar of comparative religion. She speaks and writes about spiritual culture, mindfulness and the Divine Feminine and offers spiritual direction and healing process work. She has been a speaker at the Science and Nonduality Conference in the US and Europe, Sister Giant in Washington DC and other gatherings around the world. Vera holds a…
Rachael Kessler
Rachael Kessler, Founder of the PassageWorks Institute died on January 27, 2010 in Boulder, CO surrounded by family and friends.
Recognized by Daniel Goleman as a “leader in a new movement for emotional literacy,” Rachael developed a framework for nurturing the inner life of students and teachers that honors the interests of educators, parents, and policy-makers. Her groundbreaking book, The…
Marko Pogačnik
UNESCO Artist for Peace 2016, born in 1944 in Kranj, Slovenia, Marko Pogačnik studied sculpting at university and acquired an international reputation in conceptual land art. He has developed this further into earth lithopuncture, which aims at healing disturbed landscapes and power points. He leads seminars in earth healing in several countries and provides advice on landscape matters for…
Ralph Peterson
Father Ralph E. Peterson is a retired episcopal priest who lives in Lenox Massachusetts and visits his four grandchildren reguarly. His “Pastoral Soul” was focused on metropolitan, New York with parishes in Manhattan and suberbs such as Scarsdale and Oyster Bay. He held the Chair of Bible at the Master’s School, Dobbs Ferry, New York. He continues in his passion for the arts with an active…
Chris Taylor
Chris Taylor is the Director of the Oasis Foundation in the UK. www.oasishumanrelations.org.uk
Chris de Bode
Chris is a documentary and portrait photographer and film director. He became interested in photography during his previous career as a professional climbing instructor. Following a trip to Palestine, he decided to focus his work on humanitarian issues. He has travelled to more than 70 countries collecting stories.
Chris always tries to find different angles to visualize a story. Currently, he…
Filippo Minelli
Filippo Minelli, born 1983 in Brescia, Italy, is a contemporary artist living and working between Barcelona and London, analyzing and searching architecture, politics, communication, and geography to create installations and performances documented through photography and video. Interested in the landscape and public spaces, Minelli initially engaged in unauthorized actions, which made him a…
William Keepin
William Keepin, PhD is co-founder of the Satyana Institute and the Gender Reconciliation International project, which has organized more than 100 workshops and trainings in nine countries for social healing between women and men. Keepin has studied and practiced intensively in Eastern and Western spiritual disciplines for 35 years, and immersed himself in contemplative practices from the…
Judy Norman
Judy Norman is a director of Sydney Goodwill Unit of Service.
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