This workshop will focus on ayahuasca, a psychoactive brew (prepared from two plants indigenous to the Amazon) that is used in both traditional indigenous healing practices and modern syncretistic religious rituals. A panel of researchers and practitioners will discuss ayahuasca’s rapid globalization in the past decade and its various contemporary therapeutic and spiritual uses. Specific themes include an overview of the psychological and physiological effects of ayahuasca, the role of culture in mediating the ayahuasca experience (and issues of cross-cultural transferability), ethical issues pertaining to ayahuasca’s uptake in modern Western contexts, and policy challenges arising from the tea’s legal ambiguity in some countries.
Ivan Rados’ body was born in Former Yugoslavia in 1962. He is an established and internationally recognized artist, as well as a gifted distance energy healer, psychic and spiritual teacher, and the author of the acclaimed Create yourself – Secrets of Self Discovery & Healing with Sacred Geometry, published in 2006. His first book, The Transparent Man – the Last Anti-manifesto about Transcendental Art, was published in UK in 1994 and sold out at its launch. Ivan wrote another 2 books ‘Soul Reunion’ Healing with Sacred Geometry and ‘Infinite Consciousness’ the Meditation waiting to be published at the beginning of 2009.
A captivating keynote speaker and international consultant, Karen Rae Wilson is the founder of Wisdom Culture Consulting – a leading edge company that designs unique leadership experiences and life changing Quests that inspire both personal and social change. She has a special gift for empowering individuals to live their highest potential. She draws upon the Wisdom Teachings of many ancient traditions, and has worked with tribal elders and spiritual teachers from Celtic, Native American, African, Tibetan and Indian traditions.
His message is simple and powerful – inner peace for world peace. His Holiness, Paramhans Swami Maheshwarananda, known simply as Swamiji, is a one of the world’s foremost proponents of peace and a renowned humanitarian. For 40 years, Swamiji has pioneered interfaith dialogues and meetings throughot the world in order to establish global harmony amongst religions and nations. He initiated annual International Peace Summits and founded a World Peace Council. Yoga in Daily Life is a non-profit organization in roster Consultative Status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations.
