He has an unusual ability to distill and synthesize these disciplines, tapping into ancestral sources of wisdom, while connecting them to the stories we are living today. He is the author of The World Behind the World, The Water of Life: Initiation and the Tempering of the Soul; editor, with James Hillman and Robert Bly, of Rag and Bone Shop of the Heart; and editor of Crossroads: A Quest for Contemporary Rites of Passage. Meade is founder of Mosaic Multicultural Foundation, a nonprofit network of artists, social activists, and community builders formed to organize, sponsor, and support programs and events that encourage greater understanding between diverse peoples: elders and youth, and those of various cultural and spiritual backgrounds.
As they say “We grow like trees, holding onto the teachings with the roots of our traditions, while connecting with the light of understanding, growing and purging”. Thanks to Don Ignacio Duri Palomeque, Don Alonso Del Rio (Popoquatl), Don Lucio Tayakope
(Oambaiorokeri), Don Roberto Masia Sehue (Shaejame), Don Edilberto Vargas (Master Bechin), Don Edinson Panduro for your teachings and inspiration during the ceremony of life.
Andy Warren – I’m a musician and web developer in Vancouver, Canada. I’ve been practicing yoga since 2000, primarily Ashtanga, but I have a deep respect for all forms and traditions. I’ve had an interest in consciousness studies and shamanism for some time.
Parvathi was born in India into a family with ancient lineage of Yoga and Vedanta. Raised with these teachings and principles, at a very young age she began her training. She was formally initiated into the Pratyabhijnana Marga School of Kashmir Shaivism by a yogini adept.
