Elizabeth Meacham, PhD

Elizabeth E. Meacham, PhD, is an environmental philosopher, award-winning teacher, healer, and musician. She received her PhD in Philosophy, Cosmology, and Consciousness from the California Institute of Integral Studies, and her MA in Philosophy from Cleveland State University (summa cum laude). She is the founding director of Lake Erie Institute, a nonprofit educational center that offers face-to-face and online workshops in environmental thought, ecospiritual practices, and earth-connected healing modalities. She is currently completing a book entitled, Reconnect with Earth: Spiritual Practices for Individuals and Groups. She also works in private practice as an energy healer and spiritual coaching. Learn more about Liz at: www.elizabethmeacham.com.

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Katherine Jackson, PhD

Dr. Katherine Jackson earned her B.A. in Psychology from the University of Cincinnati and her M.A. degree in Expressive Psychotherapy from the University of Louisville. After several years of working in the mental health field, she attended the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology in Palo Alto, California, where she completed her Ph.D. in Psychology. Her emphasis in her doctoral research was dyadic relationships, human interconnectedness, exceptional human experiences, stress/anxiety disorders, and eco-psychology. Dr. Jackson has been a practicing psychotherapist and registered art therapist for over 20 years, and is currently in private practice at Beachwood Counseling Center, where she enjoys providing services for a variety of clients including children/teens, couples, and adults. Dr. Jackson practices holistic therapy utilizing the creative healing arts. She is deeply committed to self-evolution and personal growth and values all types of learning endeavors. She has taught in the Counseling and Art Therapy Graduate Program at Ursuline College since 1993 as an adjunct faculty, and recently became a full time Assistant Professor in 2012. Dr. Jackson created the service learning program for students, and is currently the Thesis Coordinator. Dr. Jackson is a member of the American Counseling Association, Ohio Counseling Association, Association for Counselor Educators and Supervisors, American Mental Health Counselor Association, and American Art Therapy Association.

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Bill Pfeiffer, aka Sky Otter

Bill Pfeiffer aka «Sky Otter» is the founder of Sacred Earth Network (SEN) which continues to implement leading edge visions after almost 25 years. In that time, Bill has made Russia a “second home” having traveled there 42 times assisting the environmental movement through SEN. This has given him a rare cross-cultural perspective. He has also led over a hundred spiritual ecology workshops, including men’s and breath work. He has 25 years of experience in Re-evaluation Counseling and Vipassana meditation, and has undergone extensive training with Siberian shamans. Bill has partnered with and designed experiential workshops with Joanna Macy, John Perkins, and John Seed. He has also spent much time in the US Southwest learning about Native medicine ways and the crucial importance of the petroglyphs and pictographs. His book, Wild Earth, Wild Soul: A Manual for an Ecstatic Culture has been met with high acclaim. Bill has been living in the forests of Nichewaug (Petersham) Massachusetts for 23 years.

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Christopher M. Bache, PhD

Christopher M. Bache has been a professor of Religious Studies at Youngstown State University for almost 30 years as well as an intermittent adjunct faculty member at the California Institute of Integral Studies. From 2000–02 he was Director of Transformative Learning at the Institute of Noetic Sciences located outside of San Francisco. At YSU he teaches courses in Eastern religions, transpersonal psychology, consciousness research and Buddhism. His writings explore reincarnation, the philosophical implications of non-ordinary states of consciousness and the dynamics of collective consciousness within the classroom. He was awarded YSU's Distinguished Professor Award twice, once for teaching and once for research. His publications include: Lifecycles: Reincarnation and the Web of Life (Paragon House, 1990) Dark Night, Early Dawn: Steps to a Deep Ecology of Mind (SUNY Pr, 2000) The Living Classroom: Teaching and Collective Consciousness (SUNY Pr, 2008) Other writings Is the Sacred Medicine Path a Legitimate Path? The Scientific and Medical Network Mysticism and Psychedelics: The Case of the Dark Night The Primal Psychotherapy page A Reappraisal of Teresa of Avila's Supposed Hysteria The Primal Psychotherapy page

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Mary Alice Mastrovito, Certified Forest Therapy Guide

I have been a liturgical music director, a teacher in a city public school system, taught adult ed programs, and experienced a fun filled year teaching little ones in pre-school. I have worked in retail garden centers, a botanical garden, created custom flower arrangements and designed and maintained gardens in my own company, Gardenfocus, Inc. During all this, my interest in health, well being, inner growth and spirituality led me to gain certification in Soul Coaching®, begin studying the healing possibilities of Flower Essences, and to become a Reiki Master in the Usui Shiki Ryoho lineage. Most recently, I have completed the training and certification process to become a Bach Flower Registered Practitioner, completed a magnificent two year Ministerial Training Program through the Center For Sacred Studies that resulted in my ordination as an inter-faith minister and have become certified as a Forest Therapy Guide. To an outsider, this may look like a wandering path, but for me, it has been a natural progression of personal evolution, allowing me to share myself in meaningful ways that combine my love of music, healing in its broadest sense, and respect for nature in a way that is unique to me.

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