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Mary
and Richard Groves, JCL, MA, MDiv. are co-founders
of the Sacred Art of Living Center and internationally
respected teachers of the sacred art of dying. Together,
Richard and Mary bring more than sixty years of education,
chaplaincy and pastoral counseling experience to The
Anamcara Project. Richard is the creator of the Sacred
Art of Living and Dying series and Mary offers her
dynamic skills as a ritual master and grief educator.
Their programs are now offered in North America, Europe
and Asia with invitations that include Australia and
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Paula
D’Arcy, PhD is the author of eight
books and is widely recognized as an eloquent and
powerful speaker and teacher around the world. She
is a counselor who lectures frequently on issues of
bereavement, loss and healing. Paula is also a skilled
retreat facilitator for women and the creator of A
Women’s Rite of Passage Retreat and an award-winning
play, “On My Way Home.” Paula lives and
writes in Kerrville, Texas. www.redbirdfoundation.com |
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Tom
Golden, LCSW is an author, speaker and psychotherapist
from Gaithersburg, Maryland. He has worked in the
field of healing and loss for twenty five years, particularly
in issues related to men and loss. His book, Swallowed
by a Snake: The Gift of the Masculine Side of Healing
is a groundbreaking work on male grief. Tom has created
an award-winning world wide website, “Crisis,
Grief and Healing” at www.webhealing.com |
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Stanislav
Grof, MD, PhD, is a psychiatrist with over
forty years experience of research into non-ordinary
states of consciousness and one of the founders and
chief theoreticians of transpersonal psychology. Stan
was born in Prague, Czechoslovakia, where he also
received his scientific training - an M.D. degree
and a Ph.D. from the Czechoslovakian Academy of Sciences.
At present, he lives in Mill Valley, California, conducting
training seminars for professionals in Holotropic
Breathwork and transpersonal psychology. He gives
lectures and seminars worldwide. www.holotropic.com |
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Michael
Kearney, MD, FRCPI has over twenty five years
experience in Internal and Palliative Medicine. He
has trained at St. Christopher’s Hospice in
London and served as medical director of Our Lady’s
Hospice, Dublin. Michael is an internationally respected
lecturer and author. In Montreal, he worked with Dr.
Balfour Mount as Visiting Professor at McGill Medical
School. He is currently based in Santa Barbara helping
to establish a hospital-based palliative care program.
Dr. Kearney is a permanent faculty member and medical
director of The Anamcara
Project. |
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Thomas
Keating, OCSO is a Cistercian priest, monk
and abbot who resides at St. Benedict Monastery in
Snowmass, Colorado. Father Keating is a modern spiritual
master. Founder of the worldwide Centering Prayer
and Contemplative Outreach movements, he is also an
author and retreat master whose work has influenced
many persons of all professions and faith traditions.
Through Keating, many Christian audiences have benefited
from a range of spiritual teachers and a variety of
contemplative traditions including masters from the
Hindu and Buddhist lineages. St.
Benedict's Monastary • Snowmass |
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Henriette
Anne Klauser, PhD is a best-selling writer
and co-author of The American Book of Dying: Lessons
in Healing Spiritual Pain together with The Anamcara
Project Director, Richard Groves. As the founder of
Writing Resources in Edmonds, Washington, she leads
workshops internationally on using the power of the
written word to build relationships, bring families
together, and heal emotional wounds. www.henrietteklauser.com |
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Christina
Tourin is a second generation harpist, who
began playing harp at the age of four. She received
Music and Education degrees from the University of
Vermont and also studied harp at the Mozarteum in
Salzburg, Austria and at McGill University in Montreal.
She is an active workshop organizer and has been instrumental
in the revival of the folk harp since the early 1970's.
In 1982 she founded the Scottish Harp Society of America
and is also the Director of the Int'l Harp Therapy
Program. Her latest book is: Cradle of Sound, a comprehensive
harp therapy manual.
Emerald Harp Productions |
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