Aaron was “a Buddhist monk and scholar in previous lifetimes. In his final lifetime, he was a Vipassana meditation master in the Theravadin tradition.”

George Aboud is a Certified Hypnotherapist and Biofeedback technician.

Linda Adamcz, LMSW, has worked as an individual therapist, group facilitator, and manager in the field of mental health for over 19 years, and is certified as a practitioner of Integrative Breathwork with Eupsychia Institute for ten years.

Betsy Adams (Shoh Nah Hah Lieh) has worked with animals in varied settings for 30 years and is a biologist, homeopath and intuitive.

Ann Arbor Institute of Massage instructors are highly trained to assist each student on an individual basis. They are members of the American Massage Therapy Association and are certified by the National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork.

Ann Arbor Kirtan is a not-for-profit organization of volunteer musicians and singers coming from a variety of yoga disciplines who engage in chanting as a spiritual practice.

Leland Austin, MA, is a Certified Advanced Rolfer and has practiced Rolfing for 23 years. He studied Bodynamics, a body-oriented psychological work from Denmark, for five years as well as the spiritual practice of the Diamond Approach for ten years.

Eve Avrin, PhD, is a clinical psychologist who has been in practice for over 15 years. She has been studying and applying the Law of Attraction for the past two years.

Aruna Olga Bachmann is a longtime mantra meditator and student of Jain Master Gurudev Shree Chitrabhanuji. She is also an advanced student of Russian Byzantine Master Iconographer Vladislav Andreyev.

Marcia Bailey, MA, PhD, has taught yoga since 1999 as a certified Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapy Practitioner and Kripalu Yoga Teacher, and has taught connected breathing for over 25 years. She is a Certified Transformational Breath Facilitator and a Senior Trainer with the Transformational Breath Foundation.

Gail Balden is a writer and educator with over 30 years teaching experience. She is founder/director of Creative Journeys, a writing institute in Oregon.

Beth Barbeau, BS, is a homebirth midwife, childbirth educator, and instructor in the Holistic Labor Companion program at the Naturopathic Institute in Mt. Pleasant. With over 25 years experience in the field of birth, she is co-owner of Indigo Forest.

Christopher Barbeau has 34 years experience as a stuntman, martial artist, and movement specialist. Founder of Ring of Steel, he also runs summer stunt camps for children.

Ann Barden has studied meditation and the dharma with Barbara Brodsky and Matthew Flickstein. She lives and teaches meditation in Ann Arbor and San Miguel de Allende, Mexico.

Robin Becker is an internationally recognized teacher who is a professional dancer and choreographer. She began studying Continuum in 1992 and became an Authorized Teacher in 2001.

Deanne Bednar, sustainability teacher, illustrator of three natural building books, and earth artist, has been doing natural building since 1996. She co-designed and co-built the Strawbale Studio and Kensington Kids Cottage, which have strawbale walls, earthen plasters, and thatched roofs.

Rev. Dave Bell, senior minister at Interfaith, is a trained singer who has sung professionally in small ensembles at the Renaissance Festival and Ann Arbor Civic Theatre.

Linda Benedict is an energy healer, Reiki Master, and massage therapist.

Ildiko Benyak, originally from Hungary, is a licensed Cosmetologist and Esthetician. She is a practitioner, teacher, and sales rep, and has been practicing Esthetics, Spa Service, and Facelift Massage at Bellanina Day Spa since 2004.

Ruchi Bhatnagar has practiced meditation for over ten years and has conducted classes in Michigan for over five years.

David Black is a Senior Yoga Teacher and Acarya.

Carol Blotter has been teaching meditation for ten years and is currently a teacher at Deep Spring Center. Her practice draws from dual roots in the Quaker and Buddhist traditions.

BODY-MIND-SPIRIT Wellness Center endeavors to promote meditation, natural healing and inner peace through various mind-body fitness classes and meditative oriented sessions.

Michele Bond is a student and teacher of Anusara yoga with a background in martial arts, dance, competitive synchronized swimming, gymnastics, stunt fighting and swordplay. Her yoga practice began in her teens and continues to grow under the guidance and mentoring of John Friend, founder of Anusara yoga.

Cristo Bowers has studied world religions and practiced meditation for ten years.

Michael Bratcher, NCTMB, combines energy work with therapeutic massage. He has studied Reiki III, Healing Touch, Polarity Therapy and Chinese Energetic Medicine.

Ann Bradley is a psychotherapist in private practice in Plymouth. She became interested in shamanism and energy medicine after visiting Peru.

Patty Brennan has over 25 years experience working as midwife, doula, and childbirth educator. She is founder and Director of Center for the Childbearing Year, editor of Whole Family Recipes: For the Childbearing Year and Beyond, and author of Guide to Homeopathic Remedies for the Birth Bag and Vaccine Choices, Homeopathic Alternatives, and Parental Choice.

Barbara Brodsky is the founding teacher of Deep Spring Center and is an ordained Interfaith Minister. She has been practicing meditation since 1960 and teaching since 1989. Her teaching draws from dual roots in the Buddhist and Quaker traditions. She became totally deaf in 1972; living with silence has greatly influenced her life and teaching. Barbara is also a channel for the spirit, Aaron.

Rev. Bob Brown became convinced, through Mohandas K. Ghandi, that nonviolent resistance is not only workable, but in keeping with his Christian faith. This conviction has guided him throughout 62 years of ministry.

Lorna Brown is a Melchizedek priest, shaman, spiritual coach and healer, and performs personalized wedding ceremonies. She has been presenting workshops on meditation and metaphysics since 1972.

Simbo Camara is a teacher from Guinea, West Africa. He has performed with several West African ballets and was a principle dancer with Les Ballet Africains.

Kellie Carbone, MA, MFT, is a spiritual life coach and licensed therapist in Ann Arbor.

Center for the Childbearing Year is a unique community resource center offering a variety of classes and support groups for expectant and new parents, as well as training for professionals who work with pregnant women or new moms and their families. Professional birth and postpartum doula certification is offered through DONA International.

Barbara Christensen is a 6th degree black belt in Shorin Ryu Karate.

Diana Christoff Quinn, ND, is a licensed naturopathic physician specializing in women’s health, endocrinology, and chronic illness. She has a private practice in Ann Arbor where she offers holistic approaches to healing.

Jennifer Coffman, MPH, is an epidemiologist and women’s health educator. She has taught fertility awareness to women for over ten years.

Stefanie Cohen is a dance/movement artist and facilitator of improvisation, Authentic Movement, and performance skills, and has produced GLACIER (Great Lakes Area Contact Improvisation Enthusiasts Retreat) anually since 2001.

Community of Mindful Living was established 12 years ago in accordance with the teachings of Buddhist monk and author Thich Nhat Hanh.

Tammy Corwin-Renner is a mother, partner, teacher, home educator, musician, folk dancer, gardener, and priestess.

Tom Cowan is an internationally respected teacher, author, lecturer, and tour leader, and has written Fire in the Head: Shamanism & the Celtic Spirit and The Way of the Saints: Prayers, Practices, and Meditations, among other books. He is a shamanic practitioner specializing in Celtic visionary and healing techniques.

Dorothy Ann Coyne is a Professional Level Kripalu Yoga Teacher and has been training as a teacher of Vipassana Mindfulness Meditation since 1998 at Deep Spring Center.

Judy Crookes is a conscious channel who has channeled Jacob for six years. Jacob does private consults, classes, healing sessions, weekends and writes articles. Based in Ann Arbor, she travels to present Jacob across the U.S.

Paula D’Arcy is an author and spirituality retreat and workshop leader. In 1975, she survived a drunk driving accident that took the lives of her husband and baby daughter. She is President of the Red Bird Foundation, supporting the growth and spiritual development of persons in need.

Maya Datta, PhD, is trained in the Integrative Restoration method designed by Richard Miller. She has been a practitioner of spirituality, yoga, qigong and meditation for over 20 years.

Donna Davison is a middle school teacher and craniosacral therapist.

Christy DeBurton, RYT, is a certified and registered interdisciplinary yoga teacher trained at the Omega Institute for Holistic Studies in New York and the Center for Yoga in Michigan. She has taught yoga since 1998 and is the owner of The Yoga Room.

Deep Spring Center for Meditation and Spiritual Inquiry is a non-profit organization devoted to offering teachings of non-duality and the meditation practices which support the teachings. It is governed by a Board of Directors with Barbara Brodsky as guiding teacher. As a part of its work, the Center offers the channeled teachings of Aaron, a discarnate entity. Other Deep Spring teachers have many years vipassana practice and teaching experience with training through the DSC’s teacher training program.

LaRene Dell, ND, is a clinically trained homeopath and shamanic healer. She is a graduate of Bastyr University specializing in Counseling.

Michael Demkovich, OP, is the Founding Director of the Dominican Ecclesial Institute, a theological and pastoral resource in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He is a member of the Dominican Province of St. Albert the Great and holds his PhD in Religious Studies and the Pontifical Doctorate.

Matt Demmon owns an organic landscaping business and has a passion for fungi.

Krista Dragun is a certified Birthing From Within mentor, mother, and birth/postpartum doula.

Rita Dryman studied art at Wayne State University and Pratt Institute in New York. Her teaching experiences range from the Boston Studio to Gaylord Community Schools.

Kate Durda, MA, is a shamanic practitioner, esoteric healer, educator, developmental psychologist, reiki practitioner and co-founder of Spirit Weavers, an organization dedicated to providing experiential training in shamanism. She is a graduate of the Foundation for Shamanic Studies and has trained with Sandra Ingerman.

Michael Dwyer has been vegetarian since 1999 and 100% raw since 2005.

Rachel Eckenrod is an intuitive and energy healer.

Tammy Edinger, LMSW, ACSW, RYT, is a licensed social worker and gradute of Ann Arbor Yoga and Meditation.

Dori Edwards, dance director and choreographer of LikeWater Drum and Dance, has studied West African dance for a decade and travels to conferences around the U.S. with intensive studies in West Africa. She has been a dance teacher for several years.

Ryan Edwards, experienced teacher of music and folklore and artistic director of Like Water Drum and Dance, has been drumming, performing and studying for 15 years in the U.S. with many travels to Guinea, West Africa to absorb and celebrate rhythm.

Connie Lee Eiland has been a physical therapist for 39 years, a shamanic practitioner for eight years, and has studied with Sandra Ingerman for five years.

Diane Evans has specialized in the areas of interpersonal and intra-personal communication for over 30 years. She has done intuitive/psychic readings and counseling since 1995. She maintains a private practice, offers intuitive/psychic readings in the Crazy Wisdom Tea Room, facilitates the Intuitive Heart Discovery Group Process and works part-time at Crazy Wisdom Bookstore.

Linda Diane Feldt is a local author, teacher, and full time private practitioner since 1980. Her work provides an integrated approach to holistic health care, primarily utilizing cranialsacral therapy, polarity therapy, massage, and herbology.

Patricia Fero is a psychotherapist and author of Mining for Diamonds and When Women Wake Up.

Bon Rose Fine has been an avid student of astrology since 1993, and writes, teaches, lectures and offers consultations.

Betty Finn is a Reiki Master, teacher, and practitioner.

Kathi Finney has an extensive background and experience in meditation, astrology, crystal healing, intuitive healing, and women’s empowerment, with advanced training in Esoteric Healing.

Lori Fithian is founder and creator of Drummunity and has been facilitating drum circles and rhythm workshops since 1998.

Matthew Flickstein, former psychotherapist, has been practicing and teaching insight meditation for 32 years. He has studied with teachers from many spiritual traditions and was formerly an ordained monk in the Theravadan Buddhist tradition.

Flowering Tree Lodge offers ceremonies and teachings in the Sweet Medicine tradition.

Jenni Flowers is a Reiki Master, massage therapist and mother of five children.

Marcella Fox is an intuitive and channel with extensive training in shamanism in Peru, the U.S. and Canada, and is a Reiki Master.

John Friedlander is an internationally acclaimed psychic, author and teacher with degrees from Duke and Harvard Law School. He co-wrote Basic Psychic Development: A User’s Guide to Auras, Chakras, and Clairvoyance.

Melanie Fuscaldo, LPC, NCC, is a Licensed Professional Counselor with a National Counseling Certification. Her mission within her private practice is to help individuals live their dreams and enhance their happiness using the inner wisdom of body, mind and spirit.

Sally Gabany, a spiritual director facilitating retreats, days of reflection and workshops on the labyrinth, has been drumming for many years.

Cia Gabriel is a doula and life coach at Growing Together Life Learning Center. She has a Ph.D. in medical anthropology from the University of CA and is a mother of two.

Gaia Center for Holistic Studies offers continuing education in beginning and advanced topcis of herbalism in a variety of class formats, held on a medicine farm, in classroom, herb lab, botanical sanctuaries and the outdoors.

Georgie Galante is an instructor with ten years experience with polymer clay, and is certified in faux techniques.

Kelly Garner, RYT, is owner/director of Joy Tree Yoga in Big Rapids, MI. She has been practicing and teaching yoga for eight years and is certified through the National Yoga Alliance.

Bronwen Gates, PhD, is an herbalist, botanist, indigenous healer, spiritual counselor, and joy coach whose gifts are in the uses of the healing resource within plants that support optimal functioning, and in helping access innate body wisdom.

Gateways Center for Life Enrichment is a spiritual and holistic educational organization providing various avenues to explore body-mind-spirit. The Center offers ritual and ceremony, workshops and seminars, and health-oriented classes and services.

Gehlek Rimpoche is the Founder and Spiritual Director of Jewel Heart. Among the last generation of incarnate lamas tutored by the great masters in Old Tibet, Rimpoche’s command of contemporary western culture allows him to convey Tibetan Buddhist tradition with wisdom, kindness and wit.

Ray O. Golden, MSE and Reiki Master for over ten years, trained in the traditional Japanese manner by Dr. Gabriel Cousens. The opening of his healing and spiritual abilities was facilitated by his work with his spiritual teachers, Michael Silverman and Dr. Brenda Morgan. He is the founder of the Center for Intuitive Health and has studied psychic development for over 25 years.

Jocelyn Granger is director and founder of the Ann Arbor Institute of Massage Therapy. Since 1982, she has had extensive advanced training in Myofascial Therapy, Neuromuscular Therapy, and Sports Massage.

Mariela Griffor has been named Honorary Consul of Chile in Michigan. She experienced threats on her life and the killing of her fiance during the Chilean Pinochet regime’s Reign of Terror in the 80’s.

Alice Greminger is a graduate of the Alexander Foundation of Philadelphia and has been teaching since 1985.

Lisa Gutowski is a Reiki Master who was gifted with New Earth Reiki as a method of preparing for the shift coming in 2012. She is a massage therapy instructor, a level 4 Healing Touch Practitioner, a second degree black belt and a meditation teacher.

Mark Handler, former Associate Director of Midland-Gladwin Community Mental Health, is a seminar leader, Tibetan singing bowl trainer, composer, musician, meditation teacher, and certified Amrit Yoga instructor.

Nirmala Nancy Hanke is a long-time meditator who teaches meditation classes at the Lighthouse Center. She is also a psychiatrist who integrates psychotherapy, Reiki, healing and meditation in her private practice in Whitmore Lake.

Kathryn Hannan, BA, NCTMB, is a Nationally Certified Massage Therapist and Bodyworker, graduate of the Ann Arbor Institute of Massage Therapy, trained in Reiki III and is certified in Myofascial Therapy, Neuromuscular Therapy and Pregnancy and Postpartum Massage.

Elizabeth Hazel is an author, columnist and editor and lectures extensively on astrology, tarot and pagan topics.

Sierra Hillebrand, MA, is a midwife, doula, and psychotherapist who has provided clinical services to women and their families since 1997.

Dr. Barry Hobbs is a local cervical chiropractor who has helped many with fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome.

Dan Hoffman is a Certified Massage Therapist who has been practicing Martial Arts and Standing Meditation to improve his mind/body connection.

Dennis Hunt has participated with Ken Wilber’s Integral Institute and has read most of Ken Wilber’s books.

Karen Husby-Coupland is a certified Iyengar yoga instructor teaching since 1999.

Indigo Forest, Ann Arbor’s holistic family center, provides one-stop support through classes and products that nurture healthy pregnancies, parenting, and lifestyles.

Molly Ann Indura is a channel who helps her clients clear issues that are energetic, physical, mental, emotional and karmic in nature. She is also a Kabbalist, adept and teacher.

Inward Bound Yoga Program was founded in 1995 by Barb Linderman. Instructors include Janine Bennett, Barbara Brookens-Harvey, Dorothy Ann Coyne, Sandy Hines, Cathy King, Martha Laatsch, Marlene McGrath, Lynette Smith, Jonathan Tyman and Roddy Wares.

Jaya is a Madison, WI based group of musicians known for their subtle, uplifting blend of voice, guitar, dulcimer, percussion, and other instruments. They lead kirtans regularly and perform concerts of original songs and chants.

Marilyn Jeffs is a pediatric nurse with a graduate degree in Maternal/Child Health from the U of MI School of Public Health. She has lead private parent/infant support groups in Ann Arbor for over 20 years.

Liz Jelinek, MA, LLP, is a licensed psychologist in private practice in Ann Arbor. She has studied astrology since 1967 and incorporates it into her therapy practice.

Jewel Heart Tibetan Buddhist Center offers a graduated study and practice program based on the teachings of Gehlek Rimpoche. Open to all, these classes are especially intended for those wishing to study the Tibetan Buddhist path in a systematic and in-depth manner, and include meditation and discussion.

Navtej Johar has practiced and studied yoga in the tradition of the Krishnamacharya Yoga Mandiram Chennai since 1980 and has been teaching since 1985. He directs Studio Abhyas at New Delhi, India.

George Johnston has taught hatha yoga, holistic healing, and meditation principles since 1962.

Mary Ann Johnston, energy worker and healer, is the author of Messages from Jesus.

Ann Jones, PhD, has worked as an internal consultant for Fortune 500 companies, including the Cleveland Clinic and American Greetings. She wrote Woman Heal Thyself Guidebook for the Stillpoint Institute and is owner of Build Your Practice.

Judith Kerman is an editor and poet, and established Mayapple Press in 1978.

Sheila Kern is a licensed Cosmetologist in Michigan and is a certified Bellanina Instructor. She first received her cosmetology degree in 1982.

Rev. David Keyes is the Senior Interim Minister at the First Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Ann Arbor.

A-tsal Khandro is a body-centered psychotherapist who has studied yogic methods of the Buddhist and Bonpo traditions. She is an ordained yogini of the Nyingmapa tradition for over seven years.

Gaia Kile is a Family Nurse Practitioner and Mind-Body therapist. He received his Masters in Nursing from U of MI and has been co-counseling for 15 years.

Robert King, founder and past president of Chicago School of Massage Therapy, has authored manuals, books, videos, curricula, and dozens of clinical articles in massage therapy spanning more than 30 years.

Carole Kirby, LMSW, has 30 years experience as a therapist, coach, and inspirational teacher. She is a certified Imago therapist and workshop presenter offering group, couples, and individual therapy.

Hanna Kitchens has extensive background in pre- and postnatal support and has taught infant massage for 15 years.

Dave and Pat Krajovic are Certified Transformational Breath Facilitators and Senior Trainers for the Transformational Breath Foundation. As nationally Certified Massage Therapists, they also have advanced training in CranioSacral Therapy, Pranic Healing and Esoteric Healing.

Marian Lage is a nationally certified sign language interpreter. She was born to deaf parents and is a native user of American Sign Language and English.

Jeremiah Lee received his BA in Psychology from Alma College and teaches workshops for expectant fathers and doulas. He is an at-home father of three young children.

Leo Leo is an entrepreneur/businessman who began studying the application of astro-cycles to economies and markets over ten years ago.

William (Temperance) LeTourneau has read tarot and worked as a professional psychic and intuitive counselor in Pittsburgh before moving to Michigan. He also creates spiritual art focusing on past lives.

Eva Leventer attended Rudolf Steiner School, majored in painting at Earlham College, and is currently finishing a degree in visual arts education at EMU. She has taught at Richmond Friends School, Ann Arbor Art Center, Chelsea Center for the Arts, and New Beginnings Academy, and incorporates nature, sculpture, ceramics, weaving, drawing, painting, and printmaking into her children’s classes.

Arner Levy has a Masters degree and a PhD in plant genetics from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem and is doing his Post-Doc at University of MI.

Frank Levy and Larissa Czuchnowsky have both studied extensively with Tom Brown Jr. and other skilled outdoors folk. Larissa is a middle school teacher in Ann Arbor.

Robert Lewanski is a certified Chi Kung instructor with over 30 years practice, teaching, and research.

Mary Light has maintained a private practice and teaching center in the natural healing arts since 1995. She is director of Gaia School of Herbal Studies and Natural Therapeutics, and is an herbalist and naturopath.

The Lighthouse Center is a nonprofit center for spiritual development founded by Catherine Chetana Florida. It offers ongoing classes and programs in spiritual development, meditation, Reiki and related topics.

Like Water Drumworks is a Washtenaw County based group of drummers and dancers specializing in traditions from Guinea, West Africa. They teach and perform in schools and communities across the state.

Ellen Livingston, MAT, RYT, is owner of Living Yoga, LLC, is a counselor and registered yoga teacher. She has thrived on a raw, vegan diet for six years and has trained in raw food nutrition.

Rev. Tom Lumpkin is the director of (Dorothy) Day House in Detroit.

Diana Machnak is a Certified Healing Touch Practitioner and Quantum Healing Practitioner who incorporates Therapeutic Communication with Energy therapy.

Laura MacKimmie, MS, is a limited license psychologist turned life coach, spiritual seeker, and nature lover.

Jacqui Magon is a holistic physician trained in hatha yoga, Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapy, Thai Yoga Massage, Ayurvedic medicine, and bioresonance.

Donna Mahoney is a nationally certified sign language interpreter. She was born to deaf parents and is a native user of American Sign Language and English.

Laura Massaro is a facilitator, music and dance teacher, songwriter, and musician. She has taught songwriting classes at WCC and privately.

Debbie Mast is a 22-year apprentice to the Sweet Medicine SunDance tradition. She is co-leader of the Flowering Tree Lodge and instructor in the Red Lodge shamanic training program.

Kathleen Matz, CDP, is a member of the Sisters of Divine Providence from Pittsburgh and ministers in the Archdiocese of Detroit as an Associate Director in the Office for Faith Formation/Catechetics. She has danced with the Chicago Anawim Dancers and is choreographer for the Providence Praisedancers.

Tiffany Mazurek, LMSW, NCTMB, is a psychotherapist, massage therapist, and craniosacral practitioner.

Barb McConnell, LPN, CHTP/I, has over 30 years experience in clinical and industrial nursing and industrial management. She is a Certified Healing Touch Practitioner and Instructor with a private practice in Grass Lake.

Jim McDonald has been practicing the art of herbcraft for over 14 years and blends western folk and indigenous views of healing with the Vitalist traditions of 19th century western herbalism.

Lani Kwon Meilgaard, MA, is a member of the International Coach Federation, public speaker, and a contributing columnist to The Crazy Wisdom Community Journal. She holds an MA in Creative Writing from the University of Colorado.

John and Sylvia Middlebrooks have studied the Sufi path of the heart for the past 25 years. Both are Certified Leaders of the Dances of Universal Peace.

M. Brady Mikusko, MSW, ACC, is an experienced meditator, divorce and life coach.

Julie Molner is a certified Professional Co-Active Coach and a graduate of both the Co-Active Leadership Program and the ADP Coach Academy where she was trained to coach people with AD/HD. She has coached professionally for eight years and is an author and presenter.

Jane Mueller is a lactation professional and experienced nursing mom. She has been instructing mothers in successful breastfeeding experiences in individual and group settings since 1995.

Rev. John Mundy co-founded both the New Seminary for the training of Interfaith Ministers in New York in 1981 and the Interfaith Fellowship in 1989. He currently lectures in philosophy at the State University of New York and has authored eight books.

Irena Nagler is a director and performer with Nightfire Dance Theater and has facilitated community dance events since 1987.

Ramesh Narula, BSME, MBA, is an experienced facilitator for helping individuals and businesses achieve breakthrough achievements. He possesses a unique background of yoga, meditation, engineering and business experience.

Sandra O’Donnell, E-RYT 500, is a certified Registered Yoga Teacher, yoga therapist, and directs the Sun Moon Yoga Teacher Certification program recognized by the Yoga Alliance. She is a mother of three and certified in the Radiant Child Yoga Program.

Heather O’Neal is the chime master in the Tower at Kerrytown and is owner/tour guide of her adventure company, Of Global Interest. Her Ann Arbor home is also a bed and breakfast.

John Orr is a former Theravadin Buddhist monk who spent eight years in monastic training in Thailand and India. He has been teaching meditation since 1979 and lives in North Carolina where he practices transpersonal counseling and teaches at Duke University.

Nicole Pacquin, CTN, is a graduate and instructor of the Naturopathic Institute of Therapies and Education in Mt. Pleasant. She is nationally certified by the American Naturopathic Certification Board and is co-owner of Indigo Forest.

Lucile Palancher and Anton Simper have dedicated and varied backgrounds in the healing arts.

Milagros Parades is a shiatsu therapist in practice since 1994. She has spent the last eight years seeking an understanding of and solution for her son’s digestive disorders.

Craig Parian trained at the International School of Shiatsu under Saul Goodman, and his interests include yoga philosophy and Third Level Mastery of Himalayan Bowl Healing.

Genie Parker has trained and taught Wu style Tai Chi Chuan for over 19 years. She is disciple of Grandmaster Eddie Wu Kwong Yu.

Felix Paulick is a life coach at Growing Together Life Learning Center with an MBA from U. of M., and has studied Gestalt Therapy at the Gestalt Institute of Toronto.

Amy Pershing, LMSW, ACSW, is the Clinical Director of the Center for Eating Disorders in Ann Arbor. She has worked with eating and body image disorders for 20 years.

Beverly Price, MA, is a Registered Dietitian/Nutritionist and Registered Yoga Teacher, and author of Reconnect with Food — Unplugged! dvd.

Marc Rafferty is an experienced bead lover.

Ita Reyes, RYT, is a certified Registered Yoga Teacher, who received her certification through Sun Moon Yoga Teacher Certification Program.

Barbara Robertson is a lactation consultant, owner of the Breastfeeding Center in Ann Arbor, and mother of two.

ShuNahSii Rose is a feminist educator specializing in women’s spirituality and female rites of passage. She offers consultation, mentorship, classes, and workshops locally and nationally since 1990.

Anita Rubin-Meiller, LMSW, and Dawn McCalla, LMSW, have been working in the fields of addiction and trauma recovery for over 25 years. The have co-facilitated Tapestries for six years.

Renee Rutz is an approved training manager through the American Polarity Association and has been teaching Polarity since 1998.

Sally Rutzky is certified by the National Iyengar Yoga Association.

Sue Salaniuk holds a Junior Intermediate III National Yoga Certificate, one level higher than is required in the Iyengar system to be eligible to teach prenatal yoga. She has been teaching since 1988.

Sandya is a lightworker and vibrational practitioner since 1990, specializing in channeling the 13th frequency.

Bob Sanger is an energy healer and musician.

Rev. Jim Scheick is pastor of Sacred Heart Church in Grosse Ile.

Marie Schoonover is a 4th generation healer who has earned Master level certification in Chinese Energetic Healing with Feng Shui. She is a level 3 Reiki practitioner, animal communicator and intuitive reader.

Sara Schreiber, Ph.D., is founder and artistic director of the former Empatheatre and has been a group and individual therapist for 35 years. She presently works with people who are living with cancer and other auto-immune deficiency diseases.

Self Realization Meditation Healing Centre, founded by Mata Yogananda Mahasaya Dharma, is a 501 (c)(3) public charity near Lansing. Its aim is to give support to those struggling or suffering in life on any level, and to assist those who seek inner knowledge and personal growth in the pursuit of peace, health, and happiness.

Elizabeth Shadigian, MD, is a board-certified obstetrician/gynecologist, teacher, researcher, and consultant specializing in the safety and well-being of women. She founded the Battered Women and Children’s Memorial Garden, and recently opened a private practice, WomanSafeHealth.

Sarah Ann Sharkey, OP, is a Dominican Sister of Adrian, MI and teaches Scripture at the Oblate School of Theology in San Antonio, TX.

Mary Ellen Sheehan, IHM, teaches theology at St. Michael’s College of the Toronto School of Theology and offers workshops and retreats that draw on the contemplative character of theology.

Jewel Shelden is a certified hypnotherapist, Reiki master, psychic counselor, author, and ordained minister.

Vijayalaxmi Shinde is a scholar of both Eastern and Western traditions in palmistry. She is available for readings and guidance relating to birth traits and aptitudes, career, relationships, business, wealth and wellbeing, as well as all other aspects of life.

Malcolm Sickels earned his MD from U of MI and is Board Certified in Family Medicine and Holistic Medicine. He practices on the west side of Ann Arbor.

Jaspirt and Teresa Singh run and own RussaYog and have decades of yoga training.

Bonnie Slayton is a certified Expressive Facilitator thorugh Natalie Rogers and Shellee Davis at the Saybrook Graduate Research Center in San Francisco. She holds a certificate in Holistic Health from Western and an MA in Art Education from Central, and has been teaching for over 25 years.

SMART (Southeast Michigan Astrologers’ Round Table) is a consortium of series astrology students and professionals who have been meeting since 1994. They are a chapter of the National Council for Geocosmic Research. Formerly known as Astrology Study Group of Washtenaw County.

Ema Stefanova, E-RYT 500, member JAYT, is a master yoga teacher, Yoga and Meditation RYS 200 and RYS 500, school owner, teacher trainer, author and yoga therapist in private practice since 1979.

Gari Stein, an active member of the early childhood community with degrees in psychology and dance, has been an educator for 40 years and music specialist for 15 years.

Kate Stroud is a certified birth doula, childbirth educator, certified massage therapist, belly caster, and mother of two. She has been working with pregnant women and their families since 2000 and is founder and editor of The Birth Project magazine.

Monica Stuhlreyer, IHM, has a background as a religious educator, pastoral associate, formation director of both religious and laity, and spiritual director. She is on the staff of Visitation Spirituality Centers and is the Coordinator of the IHM Associate Program.

Patty Sutherland is a Song of the Morning staff member.

Bobbi Talaiv has been a dream worker for over 30 years.

Nancy Tappe has been working in metaphysics and parapsychology for over 35 years and has seen auras since she was a child. She majored in Theology and Philosophy in college and is a noted speaker.

Amy Teddy, Certified Child Passenger Safety Technician/Instructor, BLS First Aid and CPR Instructor, and Certified Fire and Life Safety Educator, has been a childhood injury prevention educator for over seven years. She received her degree in Community Health Education from Central and has worked in fire department, public health department, and hospital settings.

Kay Thomas-Hogan is a certified yoga and tai chi instructor and experienced workshop leader.

Mary Tillinghast has managed Castle Remeides for over 25 years. She has received hands-on training with Dr. Lev Linkner and worked with him in his medical practice.

Tree of Life Cultural Arts Studio, located in Chelsea, is devoted to contributing to the global community through movement, dance and drumming classes of various ethnic and cultural traditions.

Tsogyelgar Dharma Center, a small residential meditation center outside Ann Arbor, teaches the Nyingma lineage of Tibetan Buddhism.

Nancy Udow is certified by the National Iyengar Association and has taught yoga for 12 years.

Karen Ufer, certified in the Iyengar method, established Yoga Focus in 1994 and has 20 years of teaching experience.

University Musical Society is a non-profit arts presenter bringing the best touring music, dance and theater to Ann Arbor for 126 years, hosting more than 60-75 performances and over 100 free educational events each season.

Visitation Spirituality Center in Monroe offers a spacious natural setting including a barn-chapel, library, retreat house and hermitages. Opportunities for individuals and groups include space for quiet, prayer, study, reflection, retreats, spiritual direction, supervision for spiritual directors and communal prayer. People of all beliefs welcome. Visitation North is located in Bloomfield Hills.

Cam Vozar, MSW, LMFT, is a psychotherapist in private practice with men and their families for over 20 years. He is a Level II EMDR certified therapist.

Billie Wahlen is a kundalini yoga instructor and massage/bodywork practitioner in Ann Arbor.

Noga Waissman Levy, certified Infant Massage Instructor, has been teaching children and adults yoga, fitness, body awareness, and infant massage for over ten years. She is a therapist in the diagnosis and treatment of developmental learning functioning disabilities and holds a Master’s of Science in Genetics.

Christia West is a graduate of AAIMT, nationally certified through the NCBTMB, and has been practicing massage therapy since 1999.

Suzy Wienckowski, a Reiki Master and Registered Massage Therapist, has 27 years experience in the healing arts. Reiki has been the focus of her work since 1993. She teaches the traditional Usui System of Reiki Healing and is a member of The Reiki Alliance.

Wild Swan Theater is Michigan’s premier theater for families, presenting over 150 high quality and affordable performances each year to the community for 25 years.

Suzanne Willets Brooks earned her degree in dance, drama, and education from EMU. She has also studied yoga and somatic studies, and holds certifications in massage therapy and transformational breathwork.

Rebecca Williams has been reading tarot cards intuitively for over ten years.

Eve Wilson, a natural intuitive, has been a full-time healer and teacher for 22 years.

David Winfree has explored a wide range of spiritual practices and is an experienced spiritual growth group facilitator. His current teaching ministry through the Interfaith Center focuses on the dissolution of the ego, forgiveness, releasing attachments, higher states of consciousness, enlightenment, and love.

Julie Wolcott, MA, CSW, LPC, has practiced in the fields of counseling and psychotherapy for over 40 years. She is a Licensed Professional Counselor, Certified Social Worker, Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapy Practitioner, Kripalu Yoga Teacher, Certified Transformational Breath Facilitator, and Senior Trainer with the Transformational Breath Foundation.

Lisa Wolf, MA, LLP, is a clinical psychologist and Pathwork Helper. In addition to her work as a therapist, she is also a musician and mother.

Wasentha Young is a Master and scholar in the art of T’ai Chi Ch’uan and Chi Kung and received formal instruction in Taoist and Buddhist meditation. With over 40 years experience in her field, she lectures on the benefits of TCC, Chi Kung, and meditation as it relates to emotional, spiritual and physical wellbeing. She teaches at the Peaceful Dragon School of T’ai Chi Ch’uan and Chi Kung.

Ann Zalek, BS, NCTMB, is a Nationally Certified Massage Therapist and Third Degree Reiki Master/Teacher at TheraCare Therapeutic Massage and Healing Arts Center in Ann Arbor. She is a graduate of Towson State University and the Ann Arbor Institute of Massage Therapy.

Christy Zarek is a graduate of AAIMT and has practiced massage for over five years. She had extensive training in the LaStone method and is Nationally Certified through the NCBTMB.

Karlta Zarley, RN, CHTP, has 27 years experience in preventative and holistic nursing care, and is a Certified Healing Touch Practitioner. She has been in private practice in Ann Arbor for 8 years as a professional Patient Advocate, Educator, Healer and Spiritual Director, teaching and working with Healing Touch energy.

Zen Buddhist Temple in Ann Arbor offers meditation and yoga classes, as well as retreats, lectures, and Sunday services. Classes and retreats are led by Reverend Haju Sunim, Resident Priest, who has been teaching yoga since 1975 and meditation since 1985, as well as other senior members of the Temple.