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Official 2009 GODDESS GROVE Speakers Bios
(see harmonyfestival.com for times)
* indicates speaker with Bay Area ties – line-up subject to change

*LUISAH TEISH is a writer, performer and ritual priestess as well as the author of several books on African and African American Spiritual Culture and Feminist Myth whose other credits include published articles in magazines such as Essence, Ms., Shaman’s Drum, and the Yoga Journal. Teish is an initiated elder (Iyanifa) in the Ifa/Orisha tradition of the West African Diaspora, and she holds a chieftaincy title (Yeye’woro) from the Fatunmise Compound in Ile Ife, Nigeria. Awarded a Ph.D. in Spiritual Therapeutics from Open International University’s School of Complementary Medicine in Colombo Sri Lanka in 1993, Teish has taught at the University of Creation Spirituality- Naropa Oakland, John F. Kennedy University, The Institute for Trans-personal Psychology and New College of California. A resident of the Bay Area for thirty years, Ms. Teish has been actively involved in teaching transformation, working to insure justice and peacekeeping.

*ANODEA JUDITH & LION GOODMAN is an evolutionary activist and the author of many books, audio programs, and the best-selling video, “The Illuminated Chakras”.  Her most recent award-winning book, Waking the Global Heart, is a new view of the human story.  She teaches and lectures worldwide. LION GOODMAN is an Evocateur – one who evokes the best in others. He teaches “The Spiritual Technology of Manifestation” with his partner, Anodea Judith.  He is a co-founder of The Tribe of Men and the author of Menlightenment: Awakening Fullness and Openness. As a personal coach, he guides seekers to become fully developed human beings. Anodea will host and together they will lead the Men’s and Women’s Wisdom Council at Harmony Festival. HYPERLINK "http://www.SacredCenters.com", HYPERLINK "http://www.EverydayAwakening.com

SYLVIA BRALLIER is a respected author and spiritual teacher who offers intensive workshops around the world. Her loving and wise approach to personal transformation has been instrumental in changing many lives. She is a master at the art of helping people overcome their limitations with impeccability, kindness and humor. She appears with Rickie Byars Beckwith and Ambe’ Ray to provide everyday tools for Conscious Evolution. HYPERLINK "http://SylviaBrallier.com

DREAMING BEAR Baraka Kanaan is an internationally renowned spoken word artist, author, and peace advocate who elegantly blends quantum understandings of the universe with inner expressions of the heart. His "love spells" are divinely orchestrated to deeply inspire, passionately move, and spiritually intoxicate the listener to rise soul over senses in love. DreamingBear has delighted audiences around the world at diverse venues including refugee camps throughout the Middle East, the Agape International Spiritual Center in Los Angeles, and The Meta Center in New York City. A former college professor, he is now a frequent media guest, and an acclaimed keynote speaker conducting seminars, playshops, and inspired gatherings worldwide. Mark Victor Hansen, co-creator of the Chicken Soup for the Soul series, calls DreamingBear “the best conscious poet on the planet. His love spells magically open the heart!" HYPERLINK "http://www.DreamingBear.net

*ONYE ONYEMAECHI is a Master drummer-emissary-facilitator, performer, composer and recording artist who brings people together to celebrate life in the United Spirit through conversations, drumming and dance, promoting unity and good will. He blends the qualities of compassion, humor and respect with an infectious joy and exuberance. He has brought the excitement and soul of African culture and "village values" to individuals and organizations in America and Europe for over thirty years. HYPERLINK "http://www.villagerhythms.com"

*LESLENE DELLA-MADRE has been a student of shamanism for 35 years and a student of Goddess spirituality for 15. She has a background in spiritual midwifery, community living, foster parenting, and psychology from UC Berkeley. Leslene is the author of Midwifing Death: Returning to the Arms of the Ancient Mother, host of the monthly TV show Wildfire: Tell-A-Vision for Women, and mother to the two founding daughters of The Goddess Alchemy Project, an all-female music collective. HYPERLINK "http://www.leslenedellamadre.com"

AMBE’ RAY CMT, CYT, HHC is a passionate guide for embodied awakening and conscious evolution. Her devotion to personal and planetary awakening has lead her to nearly twenty years of practicing and teaching Integrative Healing, and Expressive and Transformational Arts worldwide. She is a trained and Certified Clairvoyant Bio-Energy Intuitive, Holistic Life Path Consultant, Integrative Yoga Therapist, Healing Tao Practitioner and Ordained Minister of the Beauty Way. She appears with Rickie Byars Beckwith and Sylvia Brallier to provide everyday tools for Conscious Evolution. HYPERLINK "http://www.evolutionaryarts.info"  

DE ANNA L’AM, author of Becoming Peers - Mentoring Girls into Womanhood, has been teaching in the United States and internationally since 1980 in the fields of team building, conflict resolution, peacemaking, and women spirituality. Since founding Red Moon – Cycles of Women’s Wisdom™ in 1994, DeAnna has been holding regular classes for women, girls, mothers and daughters, locally and globally. She works toward cultivating Red Tents in every neighborhood, for women and girls to replenish, connect, and celebrate cycles of life, as well as trains women to facilitate Red Tent circles in their communities. HYPERLINK "http://www.deannalam.com/

*ELIZABETH MORIARTY is a community leader, healer and embodied arts educator with a deep presence and playful, warm heart. She has performed and facilitated rituals for over a decade at the Harmony Festival and brings her love of Sacred Space and conscious evolution together in service to our collective awakening. HYPERLINK "http://www.sacredministry.com"

*MARC GRAIL is a committed and devoted “man’s man”. He has steeped in the Men’s work movement for over a decade. He facilitates circles, assists New Warrior weekends, and derives daily pleasure in the deepest expressions of intimate presence.

*CASSANDRA FERRERA Astrologist and “The Cosmic Waitress” is a lifelong student of the Cosmos and a practicing Astrologist since 1999. She brings a fresh and adaptive perspective to life on planet earth as well as compassion, humor, and whole-hearted dedication to her work. She lives in a micro-community in the hills of west Sonoma County with her husband, son, two other families and many animal friends. In addition to channeling her super hero identity as the Cosmic Waitress, Cassandra catalyzes community as a Regenerative Real Estate Agent, facilitating sustainable community and affordable housing through cooperative real estate purchases. HYPERLINK "http://cosmicwaitress.com"

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June 11-13, 2010