Kerry Brady, M.A., supports people in awakening to their deepest nature and following its inherent wisdom. She has over 15 years of experience in transformational modalities including psychotherapy, Somatic Experiencing trauma work, energy/body work, depth astrology, nature based practices and vision quests. Her deepest informant, however, is the wisdom gleaned through the unfolding of her own spiritual path. Kerry's greatest love is in being with others as they shed limiting stories, identities and patterns and open to the uniqueness of what naturally wants to bloom.
Her nature based retreats invite a more intimate engagement with all that seeks to awaken us in order to align more fluidly with our own deepest nature and realize our inherent place amidst the ever evolving web of life. Kerry works with individuals as well as groups and has served as faculty at Animas Valley Institute. Serving as adjunct faculty at CIIS, she and Brian Swimme co-teach Nature and Eros - an exploration into what it is to live in participatory engagement within a living universe and in more authentic alignment with the cultural and ecological shift of our time.
Brian Swimme received his Ph.D. (1978) from the Department of Mathematics at the University of Oregon for work in gravitational dynamics. In his books and courses he explores a meaningful interpretation of the human within an evolutionary universe. He was a faculty member in the Department of Mathematics and Physics at the University of Puget Sound in Tacoma, Washington from 1978-1981 and at Holy Names University in Oakland, California from 1983-1990. He is a graduate faculty at the California Institute of Integral Studies in San Francisco.
His publications include The Universe Is a Green Dragon (1984), The Universe Story (1992), a collaboration with cultural historian Thomas Berry, and The Hidden Heart of the Cosmos (1996). Brian produced a twelve-part video series, Canticle to the Cosmos (1990), participated in the BBC television series, Soul of the Universe, the PBS series, The Sacred Balance, and most recently, produced the DVD series The Powers of the Universe (2005). Dr. Swimme lectures worldwide and has presented at conferences sponsored by the American Association for the Advancement of Science, The World Bank, UNESCO, The United Nations Millenium Peace Summit adn the American Natureal History Museum. Currently he is completing work on a two hour PBS documentary film project. www.brianswimme.org
Jeffrey Allen, M.A.C.P., a Vermont psychologist in private practice since 1984, supports people in making deeper connections with soul, spirit, and community. He is a father, husband, naturalist, drummer and he guides vision quests and wilderness journeys. Jeffrey has led dream workshops throughout the United States for the past five years. He has also led wilderness rites-of passage programs in Vermont, California, Colorado, Utah, North Carolina and New York. He co-founded the Burlington Taiko Group, a troupe nationally performing Taiko drumming (a Japanese musical and martial art), and has recently devoted himself to trance drumming. In 1987, he co-founded Men Alive, an organization that creates transformative experiences for men. As a healer, guide and mentor, he delights in evoking the mystery of our deepest truths. He brings a playful spirit and a keen intuition to his work.
Cathryn Couch, M.B.A., is a professional chef, evolutionary astrologer and activist who is passionate about changing our relationship with food as a vehicle for discovering a deeper relationship both with onexxxs Self and with the larger universe. She has worked in the corporate and not-for-profit worlds, including four years as Director of Communications for The Hunger Project-U.S., an educational organization focused on changing our understanding of the causes of and solutions to hunger in the world.
In 2006, Cathryn founded The Ceres Community Project to bring together teens in Sonoma County to prepare meals for families dealing with health challenges. She is also writing a book about food, Cooking is a Radical Act. Her work with individuals focuses on empowering people to step into the fullness of who they are by connecting them more deeply to their own wisdom and by supporting them in discovering the unique meaning and purpose of their lives. She can be reached via her website at www.kitchencosmology.com
Michael Brant DeMaria, Ph.D.,is a clinical psychologist, author, poet and musician with 25 years of experience in the work of guiding others on their life journeys. His life mission is helping others wake up to the miracle of Being through innovative healing practices weaving together his love of nature, creativity and spirituality. He is an Adjunct Professor at the University of West Florida, the Institute for Transpersonal Psychology and the Institute for Integrative Health.
He is the author of Ever Flowing On (2001), Horns and Halos (1992) and the CD, The River (2003). He is a popular speaker and workshop leader nationally and internationally and is the founder and director of ONTOS, a consulting company which is dedicated to helping individuals and groups live more effective, creative, and meaningful lives. Michael's greatest joy is using his gifts of creativity, spontaneity and openness to help those he works with enter the present moment more deeply and embrace the possibilities of the next moment more fully. www.ontos.org
