Ann Dyer, yoga instructor and vocal artist, is known for her unique work blending the practice of asana with the mystic yoga of sound. Ann’s latest venture is Zyoga: The Yoga Sleep Ritual and the Zyoga Lullaby, a creative collaboration with Sleep Garden Enterprises on the use of yoga for stressinduced insomnia. Ann’s extensive yoga training is rooted in the Iyengar tradition, supported by a decade of study with Pandit Mukesh Desai in the area of Nada Yoga. A professional vocalist for 25 years, she is on the staff of Rodney Yee’s Piedmont Yoga Studio in Oakland, California.

www.anndyeryoga.com

Christa Reynolds has been teaching yoga in the Bay Area for ten years, developing her own unique style Anasara/Iyengar inspired Hatha Yoga. Christa’s instruction supports students in creating more focus, developing greater awareness, building muscular and core strength while enhancing flexibility. “It’s important we learn to listen more to our core intelligence that resides in the body, leaving the mind to be the listener—the witness to all that’s beautiful and strong within us,” says Christa. Christa also developed the board game Enlighten, which takes individuals and groups on a spiritual journey around the globe to learn more about the many world religions and spiritual practices. She presently takes groups to different places in the world to practice yoga and touch base with their spiritual ancestry.

Rick Hanson, Ph.D. is a clinical psychologist, author, and teacher with a great interest in the intersection of psychology, neurology, and Buddhism. He has written and taught extensively about the essential inner skills of personal well-being, psychological growth, and contemplative practice—as well as about relationships, family life, and raising children.

A summa cum laude graduate of UCLA, Rick did management consulting before earning his Ph.D. from The Wright Institute. He is first author of Mother Nurture: A Mother’s Guide to Health in Body, Mind, and Intimate Relationships (Penguin, 2002), and first author (with Rick Mendius, M.D.) of a book for New Harbinger in progress titled, “The Awakening Brain: Practical Methods from the Neuroscience of Happiness, Love, and Inner Peace.”

Rick has been President of the Board of FamilyWorks, and he sat on the Board of Spirit Rock Meditation Center for nine years. He began meditating in 1974 and has practiced in several traditions. Christina Feldman has been a major influence, with a focus on steadiness of mind in householder life (his wife and two young adult children have also been good teachers). A graduate of the Community Dharma Leader training program of Spirit Rock, he leads a weekly meditation group in San Rafael and teaches daylongs at Spirit Rock, Sati Center, and other organizations.

Rick’s personal interests include rock-climbing and other wilderness activities, reading, and having fun with his family and friends. You can contact him at drrh@comcast.net

Nigerian-born Ifeoma Ikenze, MD, is a practitioner and national advocate for homeopathy. Dr. Ikenze began her career as an allopathic (western) doctor and made the transition to homeopathic remedies after studying the teachings of Samuel Hahnemann, an 18th-century German physician who is the founder of modern homeopathy. Dr. Hahnemann believed that medical problems could be relieved by taking tiny doses of the natural substance that actually caused symptoms and he began extensive experiments on the curative properties of a wide variety of ingredients from the natural world.

Dr. Ikenze is a licensed MD and has been practicing homeopathic medicine for over twenty years. Dr. Ikenze earned her medical degree at Albert Einstein Medical School in New York and her homeopathic certification from the British Institute of Homeopathy.

Dr. Ikenze believes in the homeopathic philosophy that there are no remedies for diseases, but rather remedies for individuals. I love having a practice where I can take the time to get to know people and help them discover what really works for them and their health issues.

Committed to individual transformation, Dr. Zan Nix consults with businesses on issues of diversity, creativity, employee development and leadership. She teaches psychology at Southern Oregon University and keeps a private practice as a life coach. Quoting Marty Marquez, diversity consultant and co-facilitator, “the hallmark of Zan’s life and work continues to be an abiding awareness of the sacred in every individual and in their potential to engage in the work of transformation.”

Zan has an extensive background in designing and delivering workshops and seminars, currently teaching workshops on Spirituality, Passion, Playfulness, and Creativity. The college courses she teaches include The Psychology Of Love, Human Behavior and Film, Adult Development, Personal and Social Adjustment, Theories of Personality, Humanistic Psychology and Human Sexuality.

Zan holds a bachelors degree in psychology, a master’s degree in business psychology and a doctoral degree in spirituality.

Zan’s passion for creativity and her love for the arts informs and inspires her personal life as well as her work life as she is an award-winning singer-songwriter, having co-produced her 2002 CD “This Life,” a published poet, and an intuitive guide when it comes to assisting others in viewing their own lives as unfolding works of art.

Joyce Arnowitz is a Healer, Intuitive Counselor, Health Ritual Practioner and Minister. Over the last 15 years, Joyce’s practice has focused on energy and healing for the mind, body, heart and soul. She is certified in Bodywork, Self-Healing, and Reike Levels I and II. Clients feel a deep sense of peacefulness, while gaining access to inner knowing about the sources of their tensions and patterns. The foundation of this work is the teaching of Grounding/Centering Process that supports an individual through life’s changing events and transitions. Joyce has a deep interest in ceremonial ritual honoring our inherent connections to the magic and awe of Life.

Holly is a Professional Intuitive, Life Coach and Transpersonal Facilitator. Holding credentials from an intensive 25 year background in various forms of healing arts, Holly specializes in working with women to empower them to live authentically and tap into the wellspring of intuition and healing that comes from contact with one’s true authentic self. She brings a holistic approach to her nationwide clients, beneficial for personal issues as well as relationship and business matters. Holly is a true visionary and guide dedicated to serving other’s on the path of personal and planetary fulfillment.

www.soulcenterdynamics.com

Dr. Matthew A. Johnson—“Dr. J.”—is a licensed clinical psychologist. He holds degrees from the University of Alaska, Rutgers University and George Fox University. He has worked with parents and children in the mental health field since 1982 in group homes, residential treatment centers, inpatient psychiatric hospitals, and outpatient settings. Dr. Johnson was the Clinical Director for Charter North Outpatient Counseling Center in Fairbanks, Alaska. He is also the President of FAMILY Rules, Inc. He wrote “Positive Parenting with a Plan (Grades K-12): FAMILY Rules” and has taught this successful research-based behavior modification system for families in a variety of settings across the United States. Dr. Johnson has lectured extensively on child and adolescent health issues and improving families. He has been featured on “The Early Show,” CNN, ESPN2, USA Today, and 250+ radio programs. Today, Dr. Johnson speaks in 80 cities per year all over the USA. He trains psychiatrists, pediatricians, psychologists, social workers, marriage and family therapists, mental health counselors, pastoral counselors, probation officers, teachers, and parents how to use “Positive Parenting with a Plan” with their families. He receives a 95% to 100% approval rating everywhere he speaks via the evaluation forms at the end of every seminar.

www.family-rules.com