Deepak Chopra
DEEPAK CHOPRA MD, FACP, founder of The Chopra Foundation, a non-profit entity for research on well-being and humanitarianism, and Chopra Global, a modern-day health company at the intersection of science and spirituality, is a world-renowned pioneer in integrative medicine and personal transformation. Chopra is a Clinical Professor of Family Medicine and Public Health at the University of California, San Diego and serves as a senior scientist with Gallup Organization. He is the author of over 90 books translated into over forty-three languages, including numerous New York Times bestsellers. For the last thirty years, Chopra has been at the forefront of the meditation revolution and his 92nd book, Abundance (Harmony Books) provides an enlightening guide to success, fulfillment, wholeness, and plenty, offering practical advice on how to cultivate a sense of abundance in times of fear and insecurity. TIME magazine has described Dr. Chopra as “one of the top 100 heroes and icons of the century.” www.deepakchopra.com
Kumu Pualani Case
Kumu Pua Case, born and raised on the Island of Hawai’i surrounded by the high mountains of Mauna Kea, Mauna Loa, Hualālai and Kohala, the fresh waters of Kohākōhau and Waikoloa and the plains of Waimea.
Pua’s life path and purpose has led her to become a Kumu Hula, a teacher of traditional dance and chant, and a teacher of the life ways, culture and traditions of the kanaka maoli or native peoples of Hawai’i.
Pua has been a part of the Mauna Kea Movement over the past ten years and has been involved in both community and frontline actions to safeguard the mountain and unify peoples of all nations in a collective mission to network, plan, and support one another. Pua has supported many stances around the world including Standing Rock in North Dakota, Split Rock Camp in New York, Ohlone and Winnemem Wintu in California, Oak Flat in Arizona, and has assisted organizations and individuals in areas including New York, Louisiana and Minnesota in their efforts to protect their rivers, bayous and wetlands.
Mamos & Zagas of the Sierra Nevada de Gonawindua
The Mamos and Zagas are coming from the Sierra Nevada of Santa Marta. This Sacred Mountain is located in Colombia, South America and comprises 3 states of that country: Magdalena, Cesar and Guajira. There are four ethnicities in the Teyuna: the Kogis, the Wiwas, the Arhuaco and the Kankuamo and they work as a unit. They share the same Cosmology, Sacred Wisdom and Knowledge but each of them speaks their own dialect.
In unbroken lineage for over a millennia, Mamos and Zagas belonging to the planet's last pre-Columbian people have undergone life-long training in Earth stewardship. They hold the Feminine as absolutely sacred. They communicate directly with Mother Nature and minister to living beings, elements and plants in ecosystems worldwide through pagamento, literally payment to Mother Earth for her constant and abundant gifts. Pagemento has mitigated drought, prevented disease in flora and fauna, calmed storms and prevented disaster worldwide since time immemorial.
Mamos and Zagas see you through the Mother's eyes as an interconnected individual within the natural environment, not as something separate from it.
Levi Herne Tehonwenhniseráthe
Jasmine Jimerson (Teyútkwʌ) and Levi Herne (Tehonwenhniseráthe) were both born into families who prioritized their traditional knowledge by providing an environment for learning their traditional language and culture to maintain relationships with the natural world. Growing up, Jasmine was homeschooled amongst the remaining knowledge holders within her community. Simularily, Levi was taught by elders within his community and graduated from the Akwesasne Freedom School. Through their unique educational experiences, Jasmine and Levi developed a passion for utilizing traditional practices for growing and harvesting indigenous foods, plants, and trees. Their efforts to learn and share the knowledge passed down by their elders, and ancestors is how they continue their responsibilities as Onkwehón:we (Original People).
Jasmine Jimerson Teyútkwʌ
Jasmine Jimerson (Teyútkwʌ) and Levi Herne (Tehonwenhniseráthe) were both born into families who prioritized their traditional knowledge by providing an environment for learning their traditional language and culture to maintain relationships with the natural world. Growing up, Jasmine was homeschooled amongst the remaining knowledge holders within her community. Simularily, Levi was taught by elders within his community and graduated from the Akwesasne Freedom School. Through their unique educational experiences, Jasmine and Levi developed a passion for utilizing traditional practices for growing and harvesting indigenous foods, plants, and trees. Their efforts to learn and share the knowledge passed down by their elders, and ancestors is how they continue their responsibilities as Onkwehón:we (Original People).
Life is in our hands
Joel and Aiste Gazdar are wellbeing pioneers, conscious entrepreneurs and plant-based alchemists leading a movement of transforming humanity’s relationship with food. They are authors of the innovative plant based and wellbeing book “WILD: Plant Based Recipes & Rituals to Nourish your Wild Essence” (Penguin, Random House 2019). In 2011 they founded their first Wild Food Cafe in London, UK as a culmination of their work and long-term interest in integral practices of nourishment and wellbeing. It has grown to become an iconic oasis of a new generation of delicious, innovative and nourishing raw-centric plant-based food in the centre of the city: a beacon of community, wellness and innovation. Wild Food Cafe has received numerous accolades for its culinary achievements, creativity and commitment to quality and seasonality by local and international media including BBC, CNN, The Evening Standard, Huffington Post and others; and has been recently voted as the best raw food restaurant in the world by American Express; featured among top 5 plant-based Paleo restaurants in London by Vogue, and among 9 best vegetarian restaurants by The Handbook. Since then Joel and Aiste have been instrumental in crafting the recipes of Wild Food Cafe, leading the team of professional plant-based chefs and hospitality experts and building an online and offline community of the wild wellbeing tribe. Alongside this, for the last 9 years they have been guiding thousands of students from all over the world into upgrading their plant-food skillsets in the practical raw food and wellbeing immersions, retreats, training courses, cleanses and workshops. Combined, they have over 35 years of personal and professional experience in integral practices of wellbeing, including multiple modalities of plant-food, herbalism, nutrition, cleansing, astrology, yoga and other holistic movement and personal development practices. Their inter-disciplinary training brings a wealth of knowledge and a sense of all-inclusivity, playfulness, ease and integration of varying (complementary, although at times seemingly contradictory) approaches to nourishment and wellness. Joel & Aiste are students of Maestro Manuel Rufino and have been fortunate enough to travel in all four directions and have been apprenticed to many traditional peoples of knowledge from different cultures of the world, from Ayurveda in India, Tibetan and traditional Chinese medicine, European herbalism, African herbalism and the global shamanic cornucopia and plant medicines of South and North America.
Yasha is an emcee, polymath, and founder of Worldchangers Organization 501(c)3 and of its many initiatives — such as Sanctorum Ecovillage, HeartFire Festival and more. Having completed his Bachelor’s in World Wisdom Traditions at Naropa University and his Master’s in Jungian Psychology and Archetypal Studies at Pacifica Graduate Institute, Yasha is now completing his PhD in Psychology, in the research and dissertation writing stage. As a Zakir with the Inayati-Maimuni Order, a student of the Initiatic College, a Karma Yogi and a certified instructor with Rocky Mountain Tai Chi Chuan, Yasha also guides meditations and practices, interprets dreams, and facilitates retreats and rites of passage. Born to an immigrant family of Jewish dissidents from the Soviet intelligentsia, Yasha has been continuously traveling around the world since early childhood while sharing a wide range of multilingual creative work — from large music concerts to public murals on multiple continents. He lives happily with his beloved wife and community in Colorado, where he continues unlearning daily for the benefit of all. Lately, this means digging trenches for solar power, building yurts, growing gardens, and producing The Colorado Sustainable Living Conference. Worldchangers Mission Statement: Worldchangers Organization 501(c)3 for Inner World Peace is an interdisciplinary nonprofit, international movement, and interspiritual school. We are dedicated to the vision of a new planetary paradigm, where people live in harmony with the cosmos, nature, each other, and themselves. We recognize community service as a vehicle for consciousness expansion and personal maturation, which also leads to collective transformation on a larger scale. Therefore, our Two Pillars are Inner Work for Global Change and Global Work for Inner Change, and our Eight Limbs are Creativity, Healing, Education, Sustainability, Spirituality, Leadership, Diversity, and Reciprocity.
Flowering Sun Farm and Ecology Center is a place for people of all ages to reconnect with oneself and remember the wisdom of the earth. It is a place of learning, study and healing. We grow organic food as a community oriented educational practice in sustainability and generational resilience. We are a small community of people dedicated to the creation of health in our local communities through supplying food grown with care in mineral rich soil. On the farm we focus on creating nutrient dense foods by protecting and supporting the living microbes of the soil. We recognize the earth as a living organism which breathes life into the foods we grow. Maintaining a good relationship with ourselves and all of nature is how we flourish. We cultivate our produce using local (when possible), organic amendments, compost, and teas. One acre of permanent raised beds fill in behind our home. The food we eat can be a great source of health and longevity if we use these practices to produce it. Our community and education are important to us and we hope to be able to share delicious, homegrown produce with as many people around our area as possible. We wish to partner with people and businesses who are interested in good, local, delicious produce that’s grown by people who care about the earth and community relationship.
Rachael Sessions is a devotional singer, mother, and shamanic practitioner. Between homeschooling lessons Rachael loves to play with her beloved plant friends and allies, making medicines and remedies for her family and community. She shares many of these herbal remedies, like her popular Adaptogenic Elderberry Syrup, online in her shamanic market and apothecary: https://ayamstore.myshopify.com She currently offers distance and in person sessions, sings, and pursues deeper learning and peace in Upstate NY. https://my.practicebetter.io/#/61730c4639803312e0b51d4f/profile
The Mission of Root to Heaven is to work alongside communities, municipalities, individuals, and trusts, our mission is to plant 1,000,000 indigenous plants within the next 5 years. By doing this we hope to become an internationally recognized and trusted leader in regeneration. Nicole Adriana Casanova is a Boriken born student of Maestro Manuel Rufino, a Taino Elder who founded the Golden Drum cultural center in Brooklyn and many communities around the world. She is a graduate of the New School in New York City. Her cross-disciplinary study included Food Justice and Sovereignty, Environmental Economics and Psychology. Nicole is a writer, poet, songkeeper and storyteller. Over the past decade, Nicole has been blessed to travel the world and study with great teachers, elders, and spiritual traditions. As a healer, she has administered to 1,000s of people and her passion is to shift from individual healing to collective healing. Growing up, Nicole’s best friends were trees and this organization gives her the opportunity to keep good on the promises she made in the wisdom of childhood. Root to Heaven in Nicole’s prayer for the Waters of the Earth.
Dream Seed is a sound healing ensemble created by members of Golden Drum, Sacred Arts Research Foundation and Didge Project. Shamanic chanting, mantras, overtone singing, Native American songs, indigenous music, didgeridoos, crystal singing bowls, bells, gongs, harmoniums, tuning forks and other overtone-emitting instruments are used to create an environment conducive to deep relaxation and inward investigation. Participants are led through guided meditations and sound healing practices designed to harmonize body, mind and spirit.
About Groundcycle: Groundcycle is a sustainability company closing the loop between produce and compost through our bin swap program. We believe that everyone who eats should compost and that food production and food waste belong in a completely zero-waste system. We are healing the agricultural cycle through education, individual participation, and collective action. Besides this, we collect Hard-to-Recycle items to get properly upcycled and reused and deliver sustainable everyday products to our members to help everyone live a more sustainable lifestyle. About me: Vivian Lin recently left her design career to fill the massive composting gap in New York City at the onset of the pandemic by founding Groundcycle. Groundcycle collects compost scraps from New York residents in exchange for farm-fresh produce, improving access to fresh food, reducing food waste, and connect New Yorkers and nearby farms to each other. Vivian is especially passionate about expanding access to NYC's green programs to all residents of the city.
Nicole Grossberg is the founder and CEO of Zero Waste NYC Workshop, a hands-on sustainability education series that provides resources for people to adopt a low waste lifestyle and actively fight climate change. In addition to running the workshop series, Nicole is a full-time Freelance Content Creator, an active Sustainability Advocate, and a TRUE Zero Waste Advisor. She has worked and collaborated with corporations, startups, nonprofits, and social enterprises—and interviewed and conversed with hundreds of sustainability experts from CEO's, to zero waste film producers, climate change advocates and local community members. Nicole practices low waste in her daily life and diverts as much as possible from going to landfills. In September 2019, Zero Waste NYC Workshop teamed up with Sanitation Foundation to start a monthly workshop series, with a focus on sustainability and waste. Through these workshops, both groups are able to bring together the environmentally-conscious community in New York City and provide as many tools as possible to make low waste an approachable way of life.