Cultures + Generations + Hearts + Connected

Galina is a 1993 cum laude graduate of Baruch College CUNY with major in accounting. She received her CPA license in 1997. Galina is a member of AICPA. She currently works as a Controller for ATA Enterprises - NYC Real Estate Company. Galina has a small home-based tax practice and offers group and private classes on financial planning, accounting, bookkeeping.

Barnaby is an American artist, academic and six-time world champion boomeranger. As an artist, Ruhe, a professor at New York University, Gallatin school of individualized study, is best known for his painting marathons, otherwise known as endurance feats. ​ Barnaby holds doctorate degree in shamanism and art practice, an interdisciplinary effort combining psychology, anthropology, art history, phenomenology, and art studio action.

Urszula received her BA degree in elementary education and pedagogy at Teachers Training College in Radom and University of Jan Kochanowski in Kielce, and also studied elementary education at Cedar Crest College. Pedagogist, art navigator, she is the owner of Amber Connection in Emmaus, PA, a shamanic healer and explorer, and a dedicated mother and friend. Changing community through art is her aim.

Lynn is an author of "Let the Spirit Move You”, poet, photographer, wife and mother. As an actress she was in national commercials and guest hosted on QVC. She taught commercial acting and filmmaking to children and teens. Her TEDx talk on "The Power of a Smile," is an inspiration for everyone. She speaks at businesses, schools and universities.

Olga is a 2003 magna cum laude graduate of New York Law School, where she was a member of the New York School Law Review. Olga serves as Associate General Counsel for a New Jersey-based company specializing in financial products. Olga co-curates Nature Spirit Libraries Community Project, building free outdoor libraries for public parks. Olga lives in Holmdel with her husband and their two children. She is actively involved in charitable educational incentives.

Sonia is a homesteader, forager, and artist living in Mason, WI. She is passionate about inspiring families and individuals to safely and respectfully get out and explore the natural world. Along with online education, Sonia also enjoys live learning presentations both locally and at events such as this year's Midwest Women's Herbal Conference where she will be leading two fungal forays.

Margarita is a Program Manager working at a major insurance company for more than 15 years. Her career in the financial institution has been interwoven with her extensive spiritual studies and work.

Alex has background in the early days of IT when computers were still a novelty. With passion for outdoors and advanced tech, exploring solar and other options for off-grid living was a logical option. Alex built many off-grid-tied and grid systems.

Dina Ostrovsky weaves modern psychology, creative expression, and ancient spiritual Earth practices into her transformational programs.  She  is a Shamanic Healer initiated in the Eastern European Tuva Lineage and is studying for a Master's Degree in Process Oriented Psychology.   For the last 15 years she has also been practicing Dzogchen Buddhism and Qigong with master teachers.

I went to the University of Akron and studied Spanish and Special Education. Although my life led me down a different path, I have often been able to use my language skills to my advantage. As a member of the National Forensics league (NFL is the umbrella for competitive public speaking in high school and college and encompassed coaching), I competed at the college level and also coached High School Speech and Debate for many years.

Eleina Pomerants has been a practicing dental hygienist for 17 years. Throughout her career she has learned how nutrition affects the body and not just the mouth. She has been watching her patients devour tons of harmful medication without getting any education in nutrition from their physicians. "It's heartbreaking to watch and I am finally taking action. I would like to share a wealth of information that I have acquired over the years with help from friends, family, and education.

She is an adventurous naturalist whose interest in woodworking, wood/bone carving, wood-burning, wool-spinning/feling, fermentation, science, drumming, belly dancing, herbalism, writing and paleoethnobiology has lead her to carve the uncarvable, spin the unspinnable, dye the undyable and keep mastering her wide spectrum of skills as part of her everyday life.

Michelle is a book editor and writing teacher in New York. She teaches at Westchester Community College, Wainwright House, and more. She is also an environmental educator at Sheldrake Environmental Center in Larchmont. Her interest in labyrinths came about through using the labyrinth as a tool for coping with labor during the birth of her two children. It has since become a hobby to visit walking labyrinths around the world.