2012 Speakers
Keynote Speakers
Jhenah Telyndru - Author, Educator
Jhenah is the author of Avalon Within: A Sacred Journey of Myth, Mystery, and Inner Wisdom (Llewellyn 2010) and creator of a unique Avalonian Posture System demosntrated on the instructional DVD Trancing the Inner Landscape: Avalonian Landscape Postures. She presents Avalonian Intensives and workshops across North America and facilitates Pilgrimages to Sacred Sites in the British isles. Jhenah is a postgraduate student at the niversity of Wales, Lampeter where she is earning a master's degree in Celtic Studies.
Jhenah has been blessed to walk a Goddess path for more than two decades. She is the founder and Morgen of the Sisterhood of Avalon, and serves as Director of the Avalonian Thealogical Seminary.
For more about Jhenah, visit her website at: www.ynysafallon.com
Join Jhenah for her Keynote, Saturday, Session 1 in the Oak Room and her workshop Sunday, Session 7 in the Barrister's Lounge.
Jhenah has been blessed to walk a Goddess path for more than two decades. She is the founder and Morgen of the Sisterhood of Avalon, and serves as Director of the Avalonian Thealogical Seminary.
For more about Jhenah, visit her website at: www.ynysafallon.com
Join Jhenah for her Keynote, Saturday, Session 1 in the Oak Room and her workshop Sunday, Session 7 in the Barrister's Lounge.
Damh the Bard
Damh the Bard (born Dave Smith) was obsessed by music from a very tender age. Regularly found by his parents singing at the top of his voice on his rocking horse to John Denver and Ralph McTell it soon became apparent what his life-long goals would be. He got his first guitar aged 8 years old, and was taught Irish folk by his teacher, a multi-instrumentalist Irishman by the name of Tim O’Leary. Dave played his first live concerts at the age of 11 in pubs on the Isle of Wight, and took his guitar to school at every opportunity to entertain his classmates.
For more about Damh the Bard, visit his website at: www.paganmusic.co.uk
Join Damh for his Keynote Lectures Saturday, Session 2 and Sunday, Session 7 in the Oak Room.
For more about Damh the Bard, visit his website at: www.paganmusic.co.uk
Join Damh for his Keynote Lectures Saturday, Session 2 and Sunday, Session 7 in the Oak Room.
Martyn Pentecost - Originator of Celtic Reiki & Personal Development Instructor
Martyn Pentecost is a pioneer of more than fifteen forms of therapeutic practice and personal development systems. His vast experience in ancient energy arts, progressive science theories and modern perspectives on psychology is combined with a distinctive humour and deep compassion for all forms of life. He lives in London, England, writing, teaching and developing the mPowr Realm Experience, an immersive "living storybook" that is chaning the way people achieve personal excellence. .
For more about Martyn, visit his website at: www.celtic-reiki.com and www.mpowrpublishing.com
Join Martyn for his Keynote Lecture, Saturday, Session 3 and Sunday, Session 6 in the Oak Room.
For more about Martyn, visit his website at: www.celtic-reiki.com and www.mpowrpublishing.com
Join Martyn for his Keynote Lecture, Saturday, Session 3 and Sunday, Session 6 in the Oak Room.
Elizabeth Cunningham - Author, Minister, Counsellor
Elizabeth is the author of The Maeve Chronicles, a series of novels featuring the feisty Celtic Magdalen who is nobody’s disciple. Her other works include three previous novels, two collections of poetry, and a recently released album, MaevenSong.
An ordained interfaith minister, Cunningham is in private practice as a counselor. She is also the director of the Center at High Valley where she leads singing and poetry circles as well rituals celebrating the Wheel of the Year. The mother of grown children, she lives in New York State’s Hudson Valley.
For more about Elizabeth, visit her websites at: www.passionofmarymagdalen.com and www.highvalley.org.
Join Elizabeth for her Keynote Lectures, Saturday, Session 4 and Sunday, Session 5 in the Oak Room.
An ordained interfaith minister, Cunningham is in private practice as a counselor. She is also the director of the Center at High Valley where she leads singing and poetry circles as well rituals celebrating the Wheel of the Year. The mother of grown children, she lives in New York State’s Hudson Valley.
For more about Elizabeth, visit her websites at: www.passionofmarymagdalen.com and www.highvalley.org.
Join Elizabeth for her Keynote Lectures, Saturday, Session 4 and Sunday, Session 5 in the Oak Room.
Workshop Presenters
Nicole Ferrill - Yoga
Co-facilitator of the SPARKS Symposium, Nicole is also a Hatha Yoga Instructor! Having studied under Rita Cupitt of Blue Heron Body and Soul Studio, Nicole enjoys sharing the philosophy of Yoga with others.
Join Nicole for her workshop, Session 1 in the Crystal Ballroom and Session 3 in the Barrister's Lounge. Early-risers can also join Nicole for Early Bord Yoga in Victoria Park on Sunday at 8:00. Mats will be provided.
Join Nicole for her workshop, Session 1 in the Crystal Ballroom and Session 3 in the Barrister's Lounge. Early-risers can also join Nicole for Early Bord Yoga in Victoria Park on Sunday at 8:00. Mats will be provided.
Julie Wise - Author
Julie Wise is a motivational coach who helps people navigate change in thrie lives and reach their personal and professional dreams. Julie is the author of Dream BIGGER: Reclaiming a Life of Joy and Ease. She in an intuitive, trained in Advanced Energy Awareness and Healing, a Celtic Reiki Realm Master and a practitioner of Karmic Regression Therapy. In her workshops and one-to-one sessions, she combines her gifts to help people find the answers the seek to create the life they desire.
For more about Julie, visit her website at: www.juliewiseconsulting.com
Join Julie for her workshop, Dream Bigger - Create the Life You Want Now!, Saturday, Session 1 in the Baroque Room.
For more about Julie, visit her website at: www.juliewiseconsulting.com
Join Julie for her workshop, Dream Bigger - Create the Life You Want Now!, Saturday, Session 1 in the Baroque Room.
Renee Shaidle - Raw Food Coach and Chef
Bio Coming Soon!
Join Renee for her workshop, Saturday, Session 1 in the Barrister's Lounge.
Join Renee for her workshop, Saturday, Session 1 in the Barrister's Lounge.
Jennifer Drummond - The Belly Dancing Psychotherapist
Jennifer has combined her training and experience as a belly dance instructor/performer and psychotherapist to create a new system of healing called Beyond Belly Dance. Her goal is to witness her clients increased self-esteem, assist them to move emotional blocks and incorporate body, mind and soul. Her unique belly dancing style is rooted in folkloric dances from Egypt. She has performed and taught classes and workshops all over Ontario.
For more about Jennifer, visit her website: www.jenniferdrummond.com
Join Jennifer for her workshop, Saturday, Session 2 in the Crystal Ballroom.
For more about Jennifer, visit her website: www.jenniferdrummond.com
Join Jennifer for her workshop, Saturday, Session 2 in the Crystal Ballroom.
Deb Loyd - Educator, Humourist
With over 20 years of experience as a professional entertainer, Deb has turned her talent toward speaking and motivating people to laugh more and rediscover the joy of life! With an extraordinary ability to blend humour and storytelling, she connects with her audience and gives them tangible, take home ideas to begin a new way of thinking and living!
Deb is trained in theatre arts and has performed internationally as a storyteller and mime artist. Deb is founder of Deb Loyd and Company which offers a series of workshops to academic and corporate audiences.
For more about Deb, visit her website at: www.debloyd.com
Join Deb for her lecture, Sunday, Session 2 in the Baroque Room.
Deb is trained in theatre arts and has performed internationally as a storyteller and mime artist. Deb is founder of Deb Loyd and Company which offers a series of workshops to academic and corporate audiences.
For more about Deb, visit her website at: www.debloyd.com
Join Deb for her lecture, Sunday, Session 2 in the Baroque Room.
Dana Rourke - Holistic Nutritionist, Healing Chef
Bio coming Soon!
Join Dana for her lecture, Saturday, Session 2 in the Barrister's Lounge.
Join Dana for her lecture, Saturday, Session 2 in the Barrister's Lounge.
Tiffany Lazic - Holistic Psychotherapist, Educator
Tiffany Lazic is a holistic psychotherapist, spiritual counselor and owner of The Hive and Grove Centre for Holistic Wellness and Gifts for the Soul Shop. She received a B.A.A.(Honours) in Film Studies at Ryerson University and her psychotherapy training at the Transformational Arts College of Spiritual and Holistic Training in Toronto where she also taught in the College’s Discovering the Total Self Program, Spiritual Psychotherapy Training Program, Spiritual Directorship Program, Esoteric Studies Program and served as a clinic counsellor and intern supervisor. She is thrilled to continue her association with Transformational Arts College by teaching the Discovering the Total Self Program at The Hive and Grove in Kitchener.
Tiffany is a Celtic Reiki Realm Master and serves as the Global Community Director for Celtic Reiki. She has a passion for facilitating personal growth and healing and for building community. She is a co-founder of the SPARKS Symposium and creator of "The Glowing Hive": an e-magazine about holistic healing. She is currently a student in the Avalonian Thealogical Seminary.
For more about Tiffany, visit: www.hiveandgrove.ca
Join Tiffany for her workshops, Saturday, Session 3 in the Crystal Ballroom and Sunday, Session 6 in the Barrister's Lounge.
Tiffany is a Celtic Reiki Realm Master and serves as the Global Community Director for Celtic Reiki. She has a passion for facilitating personal growth and healing and for building community. She is a co-founder of the SPARKS Symposium and creator of "The Glowing Hive": an e-magazine about holistic healing. She is currently a student in the Avalonian Thealogical Seminary.
For more about Tiffany, visit: www.hiveandgrove.ca
Join Tiffany for her workshops, Saturday, Session 3 in the Crystal Ballroom and Sunday, Session 6 in the Barrister's Lounge.
Deirdre Norman - Consultant and Author
Deirdre Norman is a
spiritual consultant, certified Karmic Regression Therapist,
professional
witch, and passionate teacher. Known for her pragmatic approach,
she believes
that all knowledge needs to be accessible in order to develop
strategies for
self-awareness. For
more than 20 years Deirdre
has shared with the world her passion for the
esoteric. To learn more about her
services or classes contact her at:www.tinkerwoman.com
Join Deirdre for her workshop, Saturday, Session 3 in the Baroque Room.
Join Deirdre for her workshop, Saturday, Session 3 in the Baroque Room.
Ginette Veugelers - Journey Dance Instructor and Spiritual Psychotherapist
Ginette has always
been curious about the human psyche and what makes us who we are. She
completed her undergraduate degree in Psychology and went on to become a
teacher, a profession she practiced for 20 years. She recently
completed the Spiritual Psychotherapy program at the Transformational
Arts College of Spiritual and Holistic Training in Toronto and now has a
private practice at her home in Aurora, Ontario. She always loved to
dance and after being introduced to JourneyDance and appreciating its
therapeutic effects, completed her instructor training in July 2010.
She now integrates teaching JourneyDance into her practice as an
alternative form of self-exploration and transformation.
Ginette guides adults into self-discovery through Spiritual Psychotherapy and JourneyDance. Helping individuals to connect with their Spirit and follow their heart is her passion. Using various modalities such as talk therapy, energy work, bodywork and movement, she invites her clients to go within and explore so they become aware of their limiting beliefs, tap into their inner light and feel empowered to take action in order to transform, heal, love, and accept themselves, and lead a meaningful, authentic, and joyful life.
Join Ginette for her workshop, Saturday, Session 4 in the Crystal Ballroom.
Ginette guides adults into self-discovery through Spiritual Psychotherapy and JourneyDance. Helping individuals to connect with their Spirit and follow their heart is her passion. Using various modalities such as talk therapy, energy work, bodywork and movement, she invites her clients to go within and explore so they become aware of their limiting beliefs, tap into their inner light and feel empowered to take action in order to transform, heal, love, and accept themselves, and lead a meaningful, authentic, and joyful life.
Join Ginette for her workshop, Saturday, Session 4 in the Crystal Ballroom.
Dawn James - Author, Musician, Healer
Her near death experience gifted her with new knowledge about spirituality, consciousness and vibrational frequency. Musician, speaker, author and healer, Dawn James now teaches others to live consciously, with less stress and more inner peace. Her knowledge and research on the connections between vibrational frequencies, health and consciousness are now expressed in her books Raise Your Vibration, Transform Your Life and Raise the Vibrations Around You. Dawn enjoys teaching by way of lectures, workshops and retreats.
For more about Dawn, visit her website at: www.raiseyourvibration.ca
Join Dawn for her workshop, Saturday, Session 4 in the Baroque Room and for her performance at lunch on Sunday in the Meditation Tent.
For more about Dawn, visit her website at: www.raiseyourvibration.ca
Join Dawn for her workshop, Saturday, Session 4 in the Baroque Room and for her performance at lunch on Sunday in the Meditation Tent.
Cheryl Weber Good - Artist
Whence did the wondrous mystic art arise
of painting speech and speaking to the eyes?
That we by tracing lines are taught
how to embody and to colour thoughts." - William Massey
Cheryl Weber Good is passionate about communication across the millennium connecting humanity through quotations, then capturing and elevating the power of those texts on various artists' mediums. Much of her inspiration comes from hiking the fields and forests where she lives, at her farm close to New Hamburg, Ontario, Canada.
Cheryl’s enthusiasm for art is truly contagious. Her classes focus on finding the unique vibrancy of the student, teaching through experimentation and play to release creativity. She takes opportunities to speak or facilitate painting workshops for leisure as well as linking art and healing. She is available to facilitate workshops and speaking based on her experience of healing from depression through art. Her studio and gallery on a farm between New Hamburg and Baden on Bleams Road, is open by appointment.
For more about Cheryl, visit her website at: www.writehand.ca
Join Cheryl for her workshop, Saturday, Session 4 in the Barrister's Lounge.
of painting speech and speaking to the eyes?
That we by tracing lines are taught
how to embody and to colour thoughts." - William Massey
Cheryl Weber Good is passionate about communication across the millennium connecting humanity through quotations, then capturing and elevating the power of those texts on various artists' mediums. Much of her inspiration comes from hiking the fields and forests where she lives, at her farm close to New Hamburg, Ontario, Canada.
Cheryl’s enthusiasm for art is truly contagious. Her classes focus on finding the unique vibrancy of the student, teaching through experimentation and play to release creativity. She takes opportunities to speak or facilitate painting workshops for leisure as well as linking art and healing. She is available to facilitate workshops and speaking based on her experience of healing from depression through art. Her studio and gallery on a farm between New Hamburg and Baden on Bleams Road, is open by appointment.
For more about Cheryl, visit her website at: www.writehand.ca
Join Cheryl for her workshop, Saturday, Session 4 in the Barrister's Lounge.
Loril Shannik - Musician, Harp Therapist
Bio to come soon!
Tambre Leighn - Life Coach
Tambre is a certified professional coach and innovator of the 7 step i-Thrive! System. In her private practice, she helps cancer survivors, caregivers and those who feel like they are merely surviving life's circumstances find the energy to thrive again. Tambre also works with top corporations, educational institutions and major organizations using her i-Thrive program to help employees overcome overwhelm, reduce stress and be fully engaged instead of feeling like they are just getting by.
Tambre is currently working on her memoir about recreating her life after losing her husband to cancer. Tambre uses her personal experiences of both loss and living a life filled with extraordinary moments to help others love from the sidelines to become leaders in the own lives.
Tambre sets the bar high and inspires those who work with her to generate a powerful legacy through their daily actions and interactions by being the hope that even when life throws you the biggest curveball you can imagine, you can overcome it far beyond what you ever thought possible.
For more about Tambre, visit her website at: www.coachingbytambre.com
Join Tambre for her workshop, Sunday, Session 5 in the Baroque Room.
Tambre is currently working on her memoir about recreating her life after losing her husband to cancer. Tambre uses her personal experiences of both loss and living a life filled with extraordinary moments to help others love from the sidelines to become leaders in the own lives.
Tambre sets the bar high and inspires those who work with her to generate a powerful legacy through their daily actions and interactions by being the hope that even when life throws you the biggest curveball you can imagine, you can overcome it far beyond what you ever thought possible.
For more about Tambre, visit her website at: www.coachingbytambre.com
Join Tambre for her workshop, Sunday, Session 5 in the Baroque Room.
Jocelyn Russell - Educator, Artist
Jocelyn Russell lives and works in New York City as
an artist and art teacher. She received her MFA from Parsons in
Installation Sculpture in 2001. Since then she has continued to make
temporary outdoor installations based on her spiritual experiences. When
she is indoors she creates ceramic finger labyrinths and other Goddess
inspired art.
Please visit her website jocelynaerussell.com and her Etsy store Art of Awen.
Join Jocelyn for her workshop, Sunday, Session 5 in the Barrister's Lounge.
Please visit her website jocelynaerussell.com and her Etsy store Art of Awen.
Join Jocelyn for her workshop, Sunday, Session 5 in the Barrister's Lounge.
Katherine Beynon - Arts and Drumming Educator (Organic Groove)
Organic Groove's mission? Creative expression through art & rhythm. We help create connections, to others & ourselves. Connecting to ourselves and others meets basic human needs. When we drum together, we entrain to the same ancient pulse or heartbeat. When we create art, we express our authentic selves.
Organic Groove's Kat, the Drumming Diva, facilitates drumming and art workshops for all ages & populations. Kat's most recent work: making music and art with children diagnosed with mental illness to help guide their journey to better emotional self-regulation. And Organic Groove's live performing group shares high-energy rhythms from around the world.
Join Kat for her Drumming workshop, Sunday Session 6 in the Crystal Ballroom. (Drums Provided)
Organic Groove's Kat, the Drumming Diva, facilitates drumming and art workshops for all ages & populations. Kat's most recent work: making music and art with children diagnosed with mental illness to help guide their journey to better emotional self-regulation. And Organic Groove's live performing group shares high-energy rhythms from around the world.
Join Kat for her Drumming workshop, Sunday Session 6 in the Crystal Ballroom. (Drums Provided)
Norah Nasturas - Astrologer
With over 30 years of Astrological experience as a student, teacher and practitioner, Norah is fluent in both Western and Vedic Astrology. Norah has edited, translated and written articles for Saptarishis Astrology.com. Currently, Norah is teaching Astrology in Toronto and the Kitchener-Waterloo areas in English and French, and in Switzerland by teleconference. Norah speaks four languages: Spanish, Italian, French and English.
For more about Norah, visit her website at: Norahs Astrology
Join Norah for her workshop, Sunday, Session 6 in the Baroque Room.
For more about Norah, visit her website at: Norahs Astrology
Join Norah for her workshop, Sunday, Session 6 in the Baroque Room.
