Sally will explore the definition of roadblocks such as ‘egocentricity’, ‘identity conflict’, ‘intolerance’, and ‘exhaustion’ that interfere with our ability to maintain astute interactions and life-style choices.  She will outline the common characteristics for each of the eight  roadblocks so you can do a personal ‘check-up’, and will teach the flower essences associated with each of the roadblocks so you can release the ‘hold’ they have on your life.  Sally presents channeled information related to the eight roadblocks: how roadblocks are counter-productive in our personal relationships; how certain personality-types are associated with particular roadblocks; how roadblocks can lead to emotional, mental, and physical problems; how world events such as the economic down-turn in America can intensify our roadblocks; and how roadblocks have caused strife in the lives of famous people (i.e. Heath Ledger).

Sally is the Executive Director of the Dying to Live Again Foundation.  As a medium and social worker (MSW), Sally has brought great comfort to those experiencing loss and struggles with relationship issues.

Sally will be available for private spirit readings throughout the event.  Connections can be made with loved ones who have passed-over, spirit guides, one’s own super-consciousness, and the soul of others alive on the Earthplane.  Contact the Chapter One Bookstore for an appointment.

A discussion of the physical body structure as it applies to human consciousness.

Dr. Mark Dunn received his undergraduate degree from Colorado State University and his doctorate in Naturopathic Medicine from Bastyr University.  Dr. Dunn has been practicing medicine and teaching seminars for nine years.  He has an intense love of nature, its creatures and its creator. He is a dedicated humanitarian with a focus on the illumination of the human potential.

Marla Frees, a Transformational Psychic Medium and Spiritual Life Coach, will discuss working for law enforcement, and how you can use your intuition to be your own personal detective. Marla will explore the tools used in working crime cases and how to use them in your daily life.  Marla’s communication with those who have passed on and the messages Marla hears from Spirit bring a new healing methodology to individuals looking for guidance and closure on the loss of loved ones.   She has helped provide spiritual insight for numerous personal, professional, and medical issues. Marla has mediated relationships between the dead and the living, and worked all over the country assisting law enforcement agencies unravel homicide cases.  Marla credits her advanced training in consciousness, spirituality,  religion, alternative healing, quantum physics, energy work, transformational life coaching and remote viewing (trained by US military psychics) as being the foundation of her work, however it is the many years of the undeniable confirmation in communicating with Spirit that Marla feels has been her greatest education and blessing.

Explore the wonder of your body's cells where mind, body and spirit converge for healing. Join Dr. Hawkes, biophysicist, cell-biologist, and experienced healer for a journey to the far reaches of the universe deep inside the life-centers of your body: your brilliant cells.

Following a near-death-experience, Joyce changed careers in 1984 and began an extensive study of spiritual and healing traditions. She completed a Masters Degree at Seattle University in Pastoral Ministry (including Pastoral Counseling) in 1989. Embarking on a three month sojourn in the Philippines to work with a native healer, she began her exploration of SE Asian healing traditions.   She continued her study and work in Eastern philosophy and practice with a month-long stay in south India and six trips during a 10 year period to Bali, immersing herself in learning from indigenous healers.

John W. Herbert, Ph.D. will share his "Proof Positive" experience of the direct connection to the Otherside. Drawing on the channeling experiences of Sally Baldwin, John will discuss the importance of the dreaming process and how it relates to our ability to be in touch with the highest wisdom available to each and every one of us.

Trained as a Mechanical Engineer at M.I.T., John spent much of his life involved in Commercial Aviation. In the 1960s, his life and interests changed, and he became deeply involved in studying biofeedback and the mind. In 1970, his Masters Thesis in Psychology was a study of the EEG Changes During Zen Meditation.  His study of the realm of dreams and dream-work led to his Doctorate in Psychology in 2000 at the age of 77. He is a Certified Dream Work Facilitator and was an onstage co-host on America Online's "Dr. Jeremy Taylor's Dream Show," five days a week, for over a year.

His personal dream journal contains over 9,000 dreams. He has been able to compare his evolving dream imagery with his business diaries, confirming the value of dreams as a source of information and guidance in the realms of health, business decisions, and relationships.  He is a published author in the field of Aviation and Dream Work and has developed methods of working with dream groups online utilizing the "If It Were My Dream" approach to sharing dreams. Dr. Herbert works with individuals and groups, in person and with computers, assisting them in understanding their dream symbology.

Brenda Mohalapua Ignacio is a Hawaiian Minister and Licensed Instructor (Kumu) of Hawaiian Healing Arts.   She has appeared in several films on Hawaiian Healing, including “Hawaiian Healing,” “Hawaiian Meditations,” and “Pule Wailele,” for which she was also a Coordinating Producer, and for which she and filmmaker John C. Zak won a coveted Telly Award in 2007.    She has been featured in books on Lomilomi Massage, Sacred Touch of Aloha.  Co-founder of Hawaii Healing Arts College on Oahu, Kumu Brenda has taught many students to fulfill their purpose and become empowered by the wisdom given to her by her own teachers, many of whom entrusted her with formerly secret knowledge that was held sacred by Hawaiian families.  Her credentials include Licensed Massage Therapist, Hawaii DOE Licensed Instructor, Approved Instructor with The Hawaiian Lomilomi Association, and she is the co-founder of a healing center and her own school, Lomilomi Aloha in Kailua, Hawaii.  As a Kahu, or minister, she performs weddings and other types of special services for friends with her special brand of loving uniqueness.  Kumu Brenda has traveled extensively throughout Europe and Asia  representing the State of Hawaii and speaking on cultural richness and oneness.   She, together with Spiritual Teacher Nana Veary, author of “Change We Must,” met privately with the Dalai Lama in Hawaii during the 1980s. 

A native of Hamakua, Big Island of Hawaii, Kumu Brenda was taught from birth the connection of the spirit of love in all things, especially nature.   Formal training in the sacred manner of hula used in youth opened her heart and mind to her inner dance and expression.  It is Kumu Brenda’s belief that in the sharing of some of the history and philosophy of various aspects of Hawaiian Healing with grace and a genuinely caring heart, that others can awaken to and appreciate their own awareness of the healing power within.  In an open and joyful manner, Kumu Brenda guides participants to deepen their awareness and importance of bringing themselves to a place of being pono, (in balance) within and without, allowing passion for life and the healing power within to be ignited.  She invites all to claim the fulfillment, peace and joy that can come, according to one’s belief and allowance.

Kumu Brenda lives on Oahu, is the mother of three grown children, Marla, Barclay and David, and grandmother of three,  Mikaela, Sofia and Kaisei.

Azim Khamisa was first introduced to our community at the Sun Valley Spiritual Film Festival, where he was featured in the film The Power of Forgiveness. Azim became a social activist after his 20-year-old son Tariq was senselessly murdered while delivering pizzas in January 1995 by Tony Hicks, a 14-year-old gang member. Out of unspeakable grief and despair, Khamisa was inspired to transform his loss through the miraculous power of forgiveness. Believing that there were “victims at both ends of the gun,” Azim forgave Tony and founded the Tariq Khamisa Foundation to stop kids from killing kids and to plant seeds of hope in their future. A month after establishing the foundation, Azim invited Ples Felix, Tony’s grandfather and guardian, to join him. Together, since November 1995, the two have brought their story and message through TKF’s Violence Impact Forums. The duo has reached a half a million elementary and middle school children live and over 20 million via video programs, guiding the youth to choose a peacemaker’s life of non-violence and forgiveness.

In this presentation, which Azim has delivered over the years to thousands all over the country and abroad, you will learn – through experiential exercises – the pathway of peace with the same three steps of forgiveness Azim used to forgive the murderer of his son. Azim also leads all in a deeply moving meditation that will free your soul.

Azim has given 300 keynote address speeches all over the world, including an audience of 300,000 at the “Stand for Children” rally in Washington D.C. in 1996.  He has received  the National Crime Victims Special Community Service Award presented by President Bill Clinton and Attorney General Janet Reno, the Search for Common Ground international award for Building Peaceful Communities along with Archbishop Desmond Tutu and Ted Koppel, the California Peace Prize, the Freedom Heroes Award, the Death Penalty Focus Award and The Spirit of Crazy Horse Award, given alongside Muhammad Ali. In 2004 Azim participated in the Synthesis Dialogues, with His Holiness the Dalai Lama, held at the Pope’s summer residence in Castelgandolfo, Italy. Azim’s work has been featured in the New York Times, Oprah Magazine, People Magazine, Parade Magazine, Washington Post and U.S.A. Today as well as on NBC’s Today Show and KPBS Fresh Air.

Noah Levine, author of Dharma Punx and Against The Stream, is a Buddhist teacher, author and counselor. He was trained to teach by Jack Kornfield of Spirit Rock Meditation Center in Woodacre, CA. He is the founding teacher of Against the Stream Buddhist Meditation Society, with a center in Los Angeles and over 20 affiliated groups around North America. He teaches meditation classes, workshops and retreats internationally. Noah holds a Masters degree in counseling psychology. He lives in Los Angeles.

There are levels of consciousness in the mind where only peace abides – regardless of circumstances – aspects of mind with the power to transform turbulence into health and harmony. In this talk, Dr. Levy describes how to access them using simple mentalistic techniques that anyone can employ.

A licensed clinical psychologist, serving an international clientele, Dr. Rick Levy has been a pioneer in the field of mind-body medicine and quantum-level thought since 1976. Levy proves that the power of the human mind is infinite. His methods work with scientific precision to unleash this power, allowing his clients to achieve any noble goal: freedom from stress and illness, the ability to heal others, success in business, a gratifying personal life without limits, the power to lead and serve, or the realization of any vision for the social good on a local, regional or global scale.      
 
A noted author and speaker who is fluent in Spanish, French and English, Dr. Levy has taken his techniques to five continents - to people of every culture, class and age - from the world’s international power-elite to the indigenous people of the Amazon and Africa, demonstrating that his techniques work universally well for all people and that anyone can apply them.

Dr. Levy’s work has been featured on Prime Time Live, FOX News, ABC radio, PBS, in The Times of India, and in Washingtonian and Positive Health magazines. He is host of the US public television series Miraculous Health. His is the author of Miraculous Health: How to Heal Your Body by Unleashing the Hidden Power of Your Mind. His unprecedented success in treating post-traumatic stress is described in the book Hidden Battles on Unseen Fronts by Celia Strauss. 

As a respected clinician, Dr. Levy has consulted with the U.S. Congress and with numerous government agencies, business leaders, health organizations, universities, and peace-keeping organizations world-wide. He was awarded the Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from Duquesne University in 1976. He is board certified in clinical psychology, psychotherapy, hypnosis, forensic medicine, and forensic examination. After earning his Ph.D., he served as Chairman of the Departments of Psychology at Somerset State and Holidaysburg State Hospitals and Assistant Professor of Psychology at Frostburg University. Early in his career, he led the national hospital privileges movement in the U.S., which ensured that patients in general hospitals would have access to psychological services. He also authored the first national credentialing standards for psychologists who work in hospitals.

This class provides a creative, comprehensive, educational experience about energy medicine, as well as in-depth healing and intuitive states for all in the room. Our brains have an amazing ability to tap into expanded information particularly in a state of creativity and intuition.  Marie will conduct readings with participants and then use this information to provide real-life illustrations about the concepts she is teaching.  Her uniquely compassionate presence allows people to heal on a quantum level. 

Matthew will talk about the Oneness phenomenon and how it affects us and our everyday lives. This session with Matthew is an opportunity to experience the Oneness Blessing, a transfer of Divine energy, its peace and how it brings one to a deeper connection with the Divine Presence. The Oneness Blessing facilitates deep emotional and physical healing as well as harmony in relationships. This session will include a talk, a meditation, and the Oneness blessing.

Matthew has dedicated his life to helping individuals and humanity as a whole rise to a state of Oneness, connection and freedom from personal suffering. As a Oneness Being and National Coordinator of Oneness North America, he provides guidance and inspiration for spiritual growth and the direct experience of Divine Grace though the Oneness Blessing.

Penney weaves together her vast knowledge about the intuitive process with the new material from her book, FREQUENCY: The Power of Personal Vibration, to give you an experience of your personal energy vibration and how you can raise it to resonate permanently at your "home frequency"—the tone of your soul. You'll learn about the 9 Stages of the Evolution Process, find out how far along you are—and where society is, and see what you can do now to effortlessly shift into the new energy reality, or The Intuition Age. You'll find greater clarity through an experiential exercise that works with the principles of frequency-sorting and frequency-matching. Finally, you'll see how your own personal vibration can have a positive affect on the world.

Penney Peirce is a gifted intuitive empath, visionary, and author, as well as a popular lecturer, counselor, and trainer specializing in intuition development and personal evolution. She is an expert in dreamwork, expanded perception, and energy dynamics, working throughout the US, Japan, South Africa, South America, and Europe. Since 1977 she has been a coach to business executives, psychologists, scientists, and those on a spiritual path. She has been involved with The Center for Applied Intuition (scientists and intuition), The Institute for the Study of Conscious Evolution and The Arlington Institute (futurists), and The Kaiser Institute (a fellowship in intuition for hospital CEOs). Penney is known for sophisticated, useful, intriguing insights into the hidden dynamics of what makes for true success. She weaves together teachings in psychology, philosophy, personality typing, and metaphysics with her experience in writing, advertising, design, and corporate art direction. She is the author of a series of popular guidebooks: Frequency: The Power of Personal Vibration, The Intuitive Way: The Definitive Guide to Increasing Your Awareness, Dreams for Dummies, Dream Dictionary for Dummies, and The Present Moment: A Daybook of Clarity and Intuition.

Steven G. Pratt, M.D., is a world-renowned authority on the role of nutrition and lifestyle in the prevention of disease and optimization of health. As author of several books including SuperFoods Rx: Fourteen Foods that Will Change Your Life, SuperFoods HealthStyle: Simple changes to get the most out of life for the rest of your life, SuperFoods Rx Diet: Lose Weight with the Power of SuperNutrients, and SuperHealth: 6 Simple Steps, 6 Easy Weeks, 1 Longer, Healthier Life. Dr. Pratt teaches that if your "tank" is filled with the right foods, you can increase your chances of living a longer, healthier life.  Dr. Pratt also stresses that while diet and exercise are important, total health is achieved by a network of efforts, sleep and stress management can have just as much impact on one's daily health and functioning.

Dr. Pratt is currently a senior staff ophthalmologist at Scripps Memorial Hospital in La Jolla, Calif. He has practiced medicine since 1981. Dr. Pratt received his medical degree from Jefferson Medical College in 1975, served his internship specializing in Internal Medicine and did his residency specializing in ophthalmology at the Naval Hospital in San Diego, California.  He did his ophthalmology fellowship at Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary, and he was Board Certified by the American Board of Ophthalmology and the Society of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery in 1981.  Dr. Pratt received his board certification by the American Board of Holistic Medicine in 2007.  He has four adult children and three step-children, and lives with his wife Gunilla in Rancho Santa Fe, California.

Come deepen your understanding of the practice of yoga beyond the realm of bodily form and flexibility.  In this morning discussion, learn how this ancient practice is designed to heal the mind and overcome habitual tendencies that cause dissatisfaction in everyday life.

Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche, the youngest son of the great master Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche, is a gifted teacher of the new generation of Tibetan Buddhist masters trained outside of Tibet. As a child, Mingyur Rinpoche was recognized by the His Holiness the16th Karmapa to be the 7th incarnation of the great terton Yongey Mingyur Dorje, a legendary Tibetan meditation master and scholar of the 17th century. At the unusually young age of 13, Rinpoche entered a traditional three-year retreat and at age 17 was asked by Tai Situ Rinpoche to undertake a second three-year retreat and serve as its retreat master. At age 20, Situ Rinpoche asked Mingyur Rinpoche to oversee and teach at the monastic university at Sherab Ling Monastery in India. Rinpoche has devoted his entire life to the study, practice and teaching of the dharma. He teaches actively in North and South America, Europe, and Southeast Asia and is known for his remarkable ability to convey the teachings with great clarity and humor. He is the author of the best selling book The Joy of Living. His new book, Joyful Wisdom, will be published by Crown/Random House in the spring of 2009.

“Until there is peace in the heart of every person on the planet, we will not have world peace.”  Pope John XXIII, 1963

How do we go about finding peace in our hearts?  That is the offering of the Winter Feast for the Soul:  a worldwide interdenominational forty-day spiritual practice period.  January 15, 2010 we will begin the third Winter Feast for the Soul.  How it began, what we have learned, and how you can participate no matter where in the world you are will be discussed during this seminar.  How to uncover the inspiration that can change your life will also be covered during this session.  Even if you already have a daily spiritual practice, you will find inspiration here.

Valerie has studied the Sufi Path of the Heart for nearly thirty years.  In 2007, her spiritual teacher told her to begin her work as a teacher of mystical studies. In 2007, as she prepared for one of her classes, Valerie was inspired by a simple three-line poem by the 13th Century Persian mystic and poet, Jelaluddin Rumi. From this moment of inspiration she created the Winter Feast for the Soul.  Well into her retirement, Valerie followed the thread of this inspiration to create a movement that has been embraced by thousands of people around the world within less than two years.  Join this Feast and you will find “your own thread.”

Lynne Twist is a consultant, executive coach, award-winning speaker, author, fundraiser extraordinaire and global activist. She has dedicated her life to global initiatives that empower humanity. She has raised hundreds of millions of dollars and trained thousands to be more effective in fundraising. Lynne’s methodology is highly applicable to both the private and public sectors.

Lynne is Founder and President of the Soul of Money Institute in San Francisco. The Institute fosters the message of her award-winning book, The Soul of Money, Reclaiming the Wealth of Our Inner Resources. An original staff member of The Hunger Project, an organization started in 1977 to end world hunger, Lynne served as a leader of this global initiative for 20 years. During those years she created and managed the worldwide fundraising operation. As she traveled the world learning how to work in a multitude of different cultures, Lynne developed profound wisdom about our relationship to money and the way it governs, dominates, and stresses our lives.

Lynne is also principal consultant to the Nobel Women’s Initiative, whose mission is to leverage the influence of women Nobel Peace Laureates to address and prevent the root causes of violence by spotlighting and promoting the work of women’s rights activists, researchers, and organizations to advance peace, justice, and equality. In addition, she has worked with corporate clients on organizational transformation initiatives including most recently, Johnson & Johnson.  She is a trustee of the Fetzer Institute, a foundation whose mission is to foster awareness of the power of love and forgiveness in the emerging global community, and serves on many other boards and advisory councils including the International Museum of Women, Educate Girls Globally, Center for Partnership Studies, Institute of Noetic Sciences (former board chair), and Youth for Environmental Sanity.

Lynne and her husband Bill co-founded The Pachamama Alliance, whose mission is to preserve the Earth’s tropical rainforests by empowering the indigenous people who are its natural custodians, and to contribute to the creation of a new global vision of equity & sustainability for all.  She is a member of the Social Venture Network, the National Society of Fundraising Executives, the International Coach Federation, and the Transformational Leadership Council. She resides in San Francisco with her husband.

Lynne Twist is a consultant, executive coach, award-winning speaker, author, fundraiser extraordinaire and global activist. She has dedicated her life to global initiatives that empower humanity. She has raised hundreds of millions of dollars and trained thousands to be more effective in fundraising. Lynne’s methodology is highly applicable to both the private and public sectors.

Lynne is Founder and President of the Soul of Money Institute in San Francisco. The Institute fosters the message of her award-winning book, The Soul of Money, Reclaiming the Wealth of Our Inner Resources. An original staff member of The Hunger Project, an organization started in 1977 to end world hunger, Lynne served as a leader of this global initiative for 20 years. During those years she created and managed the worldwide fundraising operation. As she traveled the world learning how to work in a multitude of different cultures, Lynne developed profound wisdom about our relationship to money and the way it governs, dominates, and stresses our lives.

Lynne is also principal consultant to the Nobel Women’s Initiative, whose mission is to leverage the influence of women Nobel Peace Laureates to address and prevent the root causes of violence by spotlighting and promoting the work of women’s rights activists, researchers, and organizations to advance peace, justice, and equality. In addition, she has worked with corporate clients on organizational transformation initiatives including most recently, Johnson & Johnson.  She is a trustee of the Fetzer Institute, a foundation whose mission is to foster awareness of the power of love and forgiveness in the emerging global community, and serves on many other boards and advisory councils including the International Museum of Women, Educate Girls Globally, Center for Partnership Studies, Institute of Noetic Sciences (former board chair), and Youth for Environmental Sanity.

Lynne and her husband Bill co-founded The Pachamama Alliance, whose mission is to preserve the Earth’s tropical rainforests by empowering the indigenous people who are its natural custodians, and to contribute to the creation of a new global vision of equity & sustainability for all.  She is a member of the Social Venture Network, the National Society of Fundraising Executives, the International Coach Federation, and the Transformational Leadership Council. She resides in San Francisco with her husband.

John W. Herbert, Ph.D. will share his "Proof Positive" experience of the direct connection to the Otherside. Drawing on the channeling experiences of Sally Baldwin, John will discuss the importance of the dreaming process and how it relates to our ability to be in touch with the highest wisdom available to each and every one of us.

Trained as a Mechanical Engineer at M.I.T., John spent much of his life involved in Commercial Aviation. In the 1960s, his life and interests changed, and he became deeply involved in studying biofeedback and the mind. In 1970, his Masters Thesis in Psychology was a study of the EEG Changes During Zen Meditation.  His study of the realm of dreams and dream-work led to his Doctorate in Psychology in 2000 at the age of 77. He is a Certified Dream Work Facilitator and was an onstage co-host on America Online's "Dr. Jeremy Taylor's Dream Show," five days a week, for over a year.

His personal dream journal contains over 9,000 dreams. He has been able to compare his evolving dream imagery with his business diaries, confirming the value of dreams as a source of information and guidance in the realms of health, business decisions, and relationships.  He is a published author in the field of Aviation and Dream Work and has developed methods of working with dream groups online utilizing the "If It Were My Dream" approach to sharing dreams. Dr. Herbert works with individuals and groups, in person and with computers, assisting them in understanding their dream symbology.

There are levels of consciousness in the mind where only peace abides – regardless of circumstances – aspects of mind with the power to transform turbulence into health and harmony. In this talk, Dr. Levy describes how to access them using simple mentalistic techniques that anyone can employ.

A licensed clinical psychologist, serving an international clientele, Dr. Rick Levy has been a pioneer in the field of mind-body medicine and quantum-level thought since 1976. Levy proves that the power of the human mind is infinite. His methods work with scientific precision to unleash this power, allowing his clients to achieve any noble goal: freedom from stress and illness, the ability to heal others, success in business, a gratifying personal life without limits, the power to lead and serve, or the realization of any vision for the social good on a local, regional or global scale.      
 
A noted author and speaker who is fluent in Spanish, French and English, Dr. Levy has taken his techniques to five continents - to people of every culture, class and age - from the world’s international power-elite to the indigenous people of the Amazon and Africa, demonstrating that his techniques work universally well for all people and that anyone can apply them.

Dr. Levy’s work has been featured on Prime Time Live, FOX News, ABC radio, PBS, in The Times of India, and in Washingtonian and Positive Health magazines. He is host of the US public television series Miraculous Health. His is the author of Miraculous Health: How to Heal Your Body by Unleashing the Hidden Power of Your Mind. His unprecedented success in treating post-traumatic stress is described in the book Hidden Battles on Unseen Fronts by Celia Strauss. 

As a respected clinician, Dr. Levy has consulted with the U.S. Congress and with numerous government agencies, business leaders, health organizations, universities, and peace-keeping organizations world-wide. He was awarded the Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from Duquesne University in 1976. He is board certified in clinical psychology, psychotherapy, hypnosis, forensic medicine, and forensic examination. After earning his Ph.D., he served as Chairman of the Departments of Psychology at Somerset State and Holidaysburg State Hospitals and Assistant Professor of Psychology at Frostburg University. Early in his career, he led the national hospital privileges movement in the U.S., which ensured that patients in general hospitals would have access to psychological services. He also authored the first national credentialing standards for psychologists who work in hospitals.

Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche, the youngest son of the great master Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche, is a gifted teacher of the new generation of Tibetan Buddhist masters trained outside of Tibet. As a child, Mingyur Rinpoche was recognized by the His Holiness the16th Karmapa to be the 7th incarnation of the great terton Yongey Mingyur Dorje, a legendary Tibetan meditation master and scholar of the 17th century. At the unusually young age of 13, Rinpoche entered a traditional three-year retreat and at age 17 was asked by Tai Situ Rinpoche to undertake a second three-year retreat and serve as its retreat master. At age 20, Situ Rinpoche asked Mingyur Rinpoche to oversee and teach at the monastic university at Sherab Ling Monastery in India. Rinpoche has devoted his entire life to the study, practice and teaching of the dharma. He teaches actively in North and South America, Europe, and Southeast Asia and is known for his remarkable ability to convey the teachings with great clarity and humor. He is the author of the best selling book The Joy of Living. His new book, Joyful Wisdom, will be published by Crown/Random House in the spring of 2009.

Brenda Mohalapua Ignacio is a Hawaiian Minister and Licensed Instructor (Kumu) of Hawaiian Healing Arts.   She has appeared in several films on Hawaiian Healing, including “Hawaiian Healing,” “Hawaiian Meditations,” and “Pule Wailele,” for which she was also a Coordinating Producer, and for which she and filmmaker John C. Zak won a coveted Telly Award in 2007.    She has been featured in books on Lomilomi Massage, Sacred Touch of Aloha.  Co-founder of Hawaii Healing Arts College on Oahu, Kumu Brenda has taught many students to fulfill their purpose and become empowered by the wisdom given to her by her own teachers, many of whom entrusted her with formerly secret knowledge that was held sacred by Hawaiian families.  Her credentials include Licensed Massage Therapist, Hawaii DOE Licensed Instructor, Approved Instructor with The Hawaiian Lomilomi Association, and she is the co-founder of a healing center and her own school, Lomilomi Aloha in Kailua, Hawaii.  As a Kahu, or minister, she performs weddings and other types of special services for friends with her special brand of loving uniqueness.  Kumu Brenda has traveled extensively throughout Europe and Asia  representing the State of Hawaii and speaking on cultural richness and oneness.   She, together with Spiritual Teacher Nana Veary, author of “Change We Must,” met privately with the Dalai Lama in Hawaii during the 1980s. 

A native of Hamakua, Big Island of Hawaii, Kumu Brenda was taught from birth the connection of the spirit of love in all things, especially nature.   Formal training in the sacred manner of hula used in youth opened her heart and mind to her inner dance and expression.  It is Kumu Brenda’s belief that in the sharing of some of the history and philosophy of various aspects of Hawaiian Healing with grace and a genuinely caring heart, that others can awaken to and appreciate their own awareness of the healing power within.  In an open and joyful manner, Kumu Brenda guides participants to deepen their awareness and importance of bringing themselves to a place of being pono, (in balance) within and without, allowing passion for life and the healing power within to be ignited.  She invites all to claim the fulfillment, peace and joy that can come, according to one’s belief and allowance.

Kumu Brenda lives on Oahu, is the mother of three grown children, Marla, Barclay and David, and grandmother of three,  Mikaela, Sofia and Kaisei.

Penney weaves together her vast knowledge about the intuitive process with the new material from her book, FREQUENCY: The Power of Personal Vibration, to give you an experience of your personal energy vibration and how you can raise it to resonate permanently at your "home frequency"—the tone of your soul. You'll learn about the 9 Stages of the Evolution Process, find out how far along you are—and where society is, and see what you can do now to effortlessly shift into the new energy reality, or The Intuition Age. You'll find greater clarity through an experiential exercise that works with the principles of frequency-sorting and frequency-matching. Finally, you'll see how your own personal vibration can have a positive affect on the world.

Penney Peirce is a gifted intuitive empath, visionary, and author, as well as a popular lecturer, counselor, and trainer specializing in intuition development and personal evolution. She is an expert in dreamwork, expanded perception, and energy dynamics, working throughout the US, Japan, South Africa, South America, and Europe. Since 1977 she has been a coach to business executives, psychologists, scientists, and those on a spiritual path. She has been involved with The Center for Applied Intuition (scientists and intuition), The Institute for the Study of Conscious Evolution and The Arlington Institute (futurists), and The Kaiser Institute (a fellowship in intuition for hospital CEOs). Penney is known for sophisticated, useful, intriguing insights into the hidden dynamics of what makes for true success. She weaves together teachings in psychology, philosophy, personality typing, and metaphysics with her experience in writing, advertising, design, and corporate art direction. She is the author of a series of popular guidebooks: Frequency: The Power of Personal Vibration, The Intuitive Way: The Definitive Guide to Increasing Your Awareness, Dreams for Dummies, Dream Dictionary for Dummies, and The Present Moment: A Daybook of Clarity and Intuition.

Steven G. Pratt, M.D., is a world-renowned authority on the role of nutrition and lifestyle in the prevention of disease and optimization of health. As author of several books including SuperFoods Rx: Fourteen Foods that Will Change Your Life, SuperFoods HealthStyle: Simple changes to get the most out of life for the rest of your life, SuperFoods Rx Diet: Lose Weight with the Power of SuperNutrients, and SuperHealth: 6 Simple Steps, 6 Easy Weeks, 1 Longer, Healthier Life. Dr. Pratt teaches that if your "tank" is filled with the right foods, you can increase your chances of living a longer, healthier life.  Dr. Pratt also stresses that while diet and exercise are important, total health is achieved by a network of efforts, sleep and stress management can have just as much impact on one's daily health and functioning.

Dr. Pratt is currently a senior staff ophthalmologist at Scripps Memorial Hospital in La Jolla, Calif. He has practiced medicine since 1981. Dr. Pratt received his medical degree from Jefferson Medical College in 1975, served his internship specializing in Internal Medicine and did his residency specializing in ophthalmology at the Naval Hospital in San Diego, California.  He did his ophthalmology fellowship at Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary, and he was Board Certified by the American Board of Ophthalmology and the Society of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery in 1981.  Dr. Pratt received his board certification by the American Board of Holistic Medicine in 2007.  He has four adult children and three step-children, and lives with his wife Gunilla in Rancho Santa Fe, California.

Marla Frees, a Transformational Psychic Medium and Spiritual Life Coach, will discuss working for law enforcement, and how you can use your intuition to be your own personal detective. Marla will explore the tools used in working crime cases and how to use them in your daily life.  Marla’s communication with those who have passed on and the messages Marla hears from Spirit bring a new healing methodology to individuals looking for guidance and closure on the loss of loved ones.   She has helped provide spiritual insight for numerous personal, professional, and medical issues. Marla has mediated relationships between the dead and the living, and worked all over the country assisting law enforcement agencies unravel homicide cases.  Marla credits her advanced training in consciousness, spirituality,  religion, alternative healing, quantum physics, energy work, transformational life coaching and remote viewing (trained by US military psychics) as being the foundation of her work, however it is the many years of the undeniable confirmation in communicating with Spirit that Marla feels has been her greatest education and blessing.

Sally will explore the definition of roadblocks such as ‘egocentricity’, ‘identity conflict’, ‘intolerance’, and ‘exhaustion’ that interfere with our ability to maintain astute interactions and life-style choices.  She will outline the common characteristics for each of the eight  roadblocks so you can do a personal ‘check-up’, and will teach the flower essences associated with each of the roadblocks so you can release the ‘hold’ they have on your life.  Sally presents channeled information related to the eight roadblocks: how roadblocks are counter-productive in our personal relationships; how certain personality-types are associated with particular roadblocks; how roadblocks can lead to emotional, mental, and physical problems; how world events such as the economic down-turn in America can intensify our roadblocks; and how roadblocks have caused strife in the lives of famous people (i.e. Heath Ledger).

Sally is the Executive Director of the Dying to Live Again Foundation.  As a medium and social worker (MSW), Sally has brought great comfort to those experiencing loss and struggles with relationship issues.

Sally will be available for private spirit readings throughout the event.  Connections can be made with loved ones who have passed-over, spirit guides, one’s own super-consciousness, and the soul of others alive on the Earthplane.  Contact the Chapter One Bookstore for an appointment.

Come deepen your understanding of the practice of yoga beyond the realm of bodily form and flexibility.  In this morning discussion, learn how this ancient practice is designed to heal the mind and overcome habitual tendencies that cause dissatisfaction in everyday life.

Matthew will talk about the Oneness phenomenon and how it affects us and our everyday lives. This session with Matthew is an opportunity to experience the Oneness Blessing, a transfer of Divine energy, its peace and how it brings one to a deeper connection with the Divine Presence. The Oneness Blessing facilitates deep emotional and physical healing as well as harmony in relationships. This session will include a talk, a meditation, and the Oneness blessing.

Matthew has dedicated his life to helping individuals and humanity as a whole rise to a state of Oneness, connection and freedom from personal suffering. As a Oneness Being and National Coordinator of Oneness North America, he provides guidance and inspiration for spiritual growth and the direct experience of Divine Grace though the Oneness Blessing.

“Until there is peace in the heart of every person on the planet, we will not have world peace.”  Pope John XXIII, 1963

How do we go about finding peace in our hearts?  That is the offering of the Winter Feast for the Soul:  a worldwide interdenominational forty-day spiritual practice period.  January 15, 2010 we will begin the third Winter Feast for the Soul.  How it began, what we have learned, and how you can participate no matter where in the world you are will be discussed during this seminar.  How to uncover the inspiration that can change your life will also be covered during this session.  Even if you already have a daily spiritual practice, you will find inspiration here.

Valerie has studied the Sufi Path of the Heart for nearly thirty years.  In 2007, her spiritual teacher told her to begin her work as a teacher of mystical studies. In 2007, as she prepared for one of her classes, Valerie was inspired by a simple three-line poem by the 13th Century Persian mystic and poet, Jelaluddin Rumi. From this moment of inspiration she created the Winter Feast for the Soul.  Well into her retirement, Valerie followed the thread of this inspiration to create a movement that has been embraced by thousands of people around the world within less than two years.  Join this Feast and you will find “your own thread.”

A discussion of the physical body structure as it applies to human consciousness.

Dr. Mark Dunn received his undergraduate degree from Colorado State University and his doctorate in Naturopathic Medicine from Bastyr University.  Dr. Dunn has been practicing medicine and teaching seminars for nine years.  He has an intense love of nature, its creatures and its creator. He is a dedicated humanitarian with a focus on the illumination of the human potential.