“My musical journey began when I was young. Drums were a regular part of our lives. In the summer were the war dances, now called powwows. As kids, we would imitate the drummers on my mother’s galvanized washtub. The very first time I heard the flute, I was a young boy living on the Northern Cheyenne Reservation located in Southeastern Montana. Grover Wolfvoice was the flute man playing this wonderful music. The music was beautiful to my ears, yet it scared me. There was much poverty and depression at that time. The sound of the flute touched my heart, where there was much pain and uncertainty. Through all of the hardships of reservation life, the beauty and wonder of our homeland beckoned to me.” -Joseph FireCrow

Southwestern College , located in Santa Fe , NM , is a Graduate School offering Masters degrees in Counseling, Counseling, and Art Therapy/Counseling. They also offer certificates in Transformational Ecopsychology, Psychodrama, and Integral Somatic Psychology. Southwestern strongly promotes a holistic approach to counselor training and development. Our belief is that more global movement toward peace and understanding begins at these very personal levels and ripples outward through our therapeutic efforts.

Ms. Ensler has devoted her life to stopping violence, envisioning a planet in which women and girls will be free to thrive, rather than merely survive. THE VAGINA MONOLOGUES is based on Ensler’s interviews with more than 200 women. With humor and grace the piece celebrates women’s’ sexuality and strength.

“I believe that the Internet is a gift we have been given. It provides an image of how the energy of life can flow freely in a way that defies the barriers of nationality and geography. Yet sadly because we are so immersed in the surface activity of this technology, in its tools of commerce and communication, we do not realize its deeper, symbolic dimension. A symbol is a connection to the sacred ground of our being which alone gives real meaning to our daily life.”

Josie RavenWing, MA, MFCC, has made the study of multi-cultural healing systems and spiritual paths her life’s work. She is an internationally known workshop presenter and author… Josie divides her time primarily between the U.S. and Brazil – where she works with John of God/Joao de Deus and has written a book, “The Book of Miracles: The Healing Work of Joao de Deus” on the miraculous experiences she and others have had at John of God’s spiritual healing center in central Brazil.

Artistic talent combined with life-long exploration of consciousness and devotion to self-realization has given Daniel B. Holeman an ability to depict uplifting and profound sacred imagery. His inspirational paintings have a strong impact and an uncanny affect on people. Many are deeply touched emotionally — sometimes brought to tears – and describe his paintings as the most beautiful pictures they have ever seen.

Dr Godagama has established many successful and thriving clinics throughout the UK and has worked with immense dedication in pioneering and pushing Ayurveda into the public domain. Upon arriving in the UK, he recognised the need for a more complete system of health in the West and over the years his work has been rewarded through the respect and recognition from his professors, colleagues, students and last but not least his patients. Through this Dr Godagama has become renowned worldwide as an expert in this unique healing tradition.

“Those of us still trapped in a time-based mentality will therefore automatically associate 2012 with devastation; our own. What we will not be able to perceive from this restricted point of view is that it more accurately means “the end of our time-based experience of this world”, not the end of the world we are presently experiencing.”

Drew Dellinger is a spoken word poet, professor, writer, activist and founder of Poets for Global Justice. He has inspired minds and hearts at hundreds of events in many countries, performing poetry and keynoting on justice, ecology, cosmology, activism, democracy and compassion. Dellinger has shared podiums and stages with luminaries such as Alice Walker, Cornel West,Robert F. Kennedy Jr.,Danny Glover, Ani Difranco, Billy Bragg, Michael Franti, Eve Ensler, Chuck D, Paul Hawken, Van Jones and many others.