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Robin Rose Bennett
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Robin Rose Bennett is a story-teller, writer, and herbalist. She has been offering classes in WiseWoman Healing Ways: Herbal Medicine and EarthSpirit Teachings since 1986 – at herb conferences, festivals, clinics, medical and nursing schools, and most joyously, outside with the plants. Robin Rose shares herbal medicine with gratitude for the loving generosity of the plants and the magic, mystery, and beauty of the web of life. She is on the faculty of the New York Open Center and the Arbor-Vitae School of Traditional Herbalism, and is the author of two meditation MP3’s and the books: Healing Magic- A Green Witch Guidebook to Conscious Living and The Gift of Healing Herbs – Plant Medicines and Home Remedies for a Vibrantly Healthy Life. To sign up for the Newsletter click here.
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Peter Bongiorno
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Peter Bongiorno, N.D.LAc. is a naturopathic doctor and acupuncturist, he was recently President of the New York Association of Naturopathic Physicians and a NYANP Physician of the Year. An accomplished national speaker and published author, Dr. Bongiorno’s focus is mental-emotional health for the whole family. He is the author of How Come They’re Happy and I’m Not and Put Anxiety Behind You: The Complete Drug Free Program.
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Steve Bass
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Steve Bass
Steve Bass is an architect in practice since 1974. He holds a Bachelor of Architecture degree from Pratt Institute and a Master of Arts from the Royal College of Art, London, where he studied under the direction of Dr. Keith Critchlow. He was a participant in the initial Prince of Wales Summer Course in Architecture and is currently a Fellow of the Institute of Classical Architecture and Art in New York City where he teaches on the theme of proportion and geometry in design. He is the author of Beauty, Memory, Unity and also a regular presenter at the Open Center’s Esoteric Quest
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Joanna Crespo
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Joanna Crespo
Joanna Crespo, MBA, is the director of The Open Center’s training program for Reiki Systems of Natural Healing and a Reiki teacher and practitioner with more than ten years of experience. Joanna is also certified in Chinese Herbalism and Family Constellation work, which is an effective therapeutic process that helps break destructive family patterns of unhappiness, illness, failure and addiction. She is also a KRI Certified Instructor of Kundalini Yoga. Joanna has a private practice, Reiki Rhapsody, in Montclair, New Jersey.
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Mama Donna Henes
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Mama Donna Henes is an internationally renowned urban shaman, spiritual teacher, award-winning author, popular speaker and workshop leader whose joyful celebrations of celestial events have introduced ancient traditional rituals and contemporary ceremonies to millions since 1972. She has published five books, a CD, an acclaimed Ezine and writes for The Huffington Post, Beliefnet and UPI Religion and Spirituality Forum. A noted ritual expert, she is a consultant to the film and television industry and maintains a ceremonial center, ritual practice and consultancy in Exotic Brooklyn, NY, working with individuals, groups, institutions, municipalities and corporations to create meaningful ceremonies for every imaginable occasion.
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Gary Strauss
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Gary Strauss
Gary B. Strauss, BCPP, RPE, MS, is the founder of the Holding Space Method™, which is the result of his more than 30 years’ experience in energy medicine, nutrition and natural healing. He is also founder and director of Life Energy Institute, where he has helped thousands of people find greater health and well-being through his work and mentoring.
Gary Strauss is a master practitioner and instructor of polarity therapy and Craniosacral Unwinding™. Created by Gary Strauss, Craniosacral Unwinding is a synthesis of craniosacral therapy, the healing approach originated by the groundbreaking osteopathic physician John Upledger and polarity therapy, the energetic healing modality created by the energy healing pioneer Randolph Stone. Gary B. Strauss is also the founder of Polarity Healing Arts.
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Dr. Joel Fuhrman
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Dr. Joel Fuhrman
Joel Fuhrman, M.D., a board-certified family physician who has been in practice for 30+ years, is an internationally recognized expert on nutrition and natural healing. He specializes in preventing and reversing disease through nutritional methods and operates the Eat to Live Retreat in San Diego. President of the Nutritional Research Foundation and on the faculty of Northern Arizona University, he coined the term “nutritarian” to describe a nutrient-dense eating style. His PBS specials have raised millions for public broadcasting, and his seven best-selling books include Eat for Life, and Super Immunity.
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Deepak Chopra
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Deepak Chopra, MD, FACP, founder of The Chopra Foundation, a non-profit entity for research on well-being and humanitarianism, and Chopra, a modern-day health company at the intersection of science and spirituality, is a world-renowned pioneer in integrative medicine and personal transformation. Chopra is a Clinical Professor of Family Medicine and Public Health at the University of California, San Diego and serves as a senior scientist with Gallup Organization. He is the author of over 90 books translated into over forty-three languages, including numerous New York Times bestsellers. For the last thirty years, Chopra has been at the forefront of the meditation revolution and his 91st book, Total Meditation (Harmony Books) helps to achieve new dimensions of stress-free living and joyful living. TIME magazine has described Dr. Chopra as “one of the top 100 heroes and icons of the century.”
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