Sacred Activism & Andrew Harvey
Andrew Harvey is an Oxford scholar and visionary, believes that our survival depends on Sacred Activism, a fusion of profound mystical awareness, passion, clarity and sacred practice with wise, dedicated, radical action. This fusion, he warns, may be the sole key to preservation of man and nature.
Akasha Arts seeks to bind the sacred web of tradition and modernity through the arts. Viewing art as a form of action in the world, Akasha creates events and performances inspire us to live passionately, creatively, and to have fun while creating fulfillment. Akasha accomplishes it’s objective through cultural celebrations that bridge traditional and modern art forms, local non-profit organizations with the public, and our personal dreams with collective aspirations. Each event opens with a ritual that unites the individual with the group consciousness, helping create a tone for the evening that encourages connection.
To live life fully and freely is an art, requiring skills, intuition, creativity and knowledge. The Art of Living Foundation, through its many innovative programs, brings these values to our society by strengthening the individual.
Her passions go into a multitude of projects always coming from a place of being sustainable through love.
Ela has her master degree in Interior Architecture from the Faculty of Architecture and Industrial Design.
Leonid Sharashkin PhD (Forestry) MPA (Natural Resources Management) wrote his doctoral dissertation on the spiritual, cultural and economic significance of the Russian dacha gardening movement, at the University of Missouri at Columbia.
Linda Bassingthwaighte is a grandmother who works as a RMT. She is a peace walker, environmental activist, and cares deeply about social justice issues.
Brock Tully
is an inspirational speaker and author of a series of Reflections books (over 140,000 copies sold). In 2000, Brock sold his business and cycled 18,000 kilometers around North America to raise awareness for kindness. In addition to being a main cyclist and spokesperson for the Cycling for Kindness project.
Mahara is known as a “Mid-Wife for Souls”, a “Planetary Change-Agent” and has been teaching many workshops including ones on the Divine Feminine since the 80’s. As a Priestess, Mahara is often invited to open events with sacred ceremony, and as a Minister, Mahara performs specially designed marriages and memorial services.
Percy Schmeiser is a distinguished speaker, Canadian farmer and seed breeder and saver who has become famous for displaying courage and tenacity in legal battles with Monsanto. Percy has travelled the world campaigning for food safety, and for the right of farmers to save and reuse their seed.
John Wong is an integrator of science, ancient wisdom, and spirituality, together with his own personal insights (SAWSI). After 33 years of engineering as an owner, principal, and partner, he finally gave up his lucrative career to study the intersections of these three main disciplines in order to bridge the new and the old, the west and the east, and outer and the inner realities.