Richard Freeman Mary Taylor

Richard Freeman has been a student of yoga since 1968. He spent nine years in Asia studying yoga āsana, prāṇāyāma, Sufism, Sanskrit language, and Indian philosophy. He has studied asana with B.K.S. Iyengar and K. Pattabhi Jois and has worked with numerous Buddhist teachers to draw insights into the interfacing of Buddhism and yoga as a reflection of life. Richard’s metaphorical, humorous, teaching style appeals to students of many backgrounds and nationalities.

Mary Taylor began studying yoga in 1971 and her studies have grown into a deep interest into how yoga āsana, meditation and the interfacing of yoga with Buddhism combine to support us through complex times. Her main āsana practice is in the internal forms of the aṣṭāñga vinyāsa tradition. She is part of the core faculty of the Being with Dying program at Upaya Zen Center and the UZIT training program, both of which apply contemplative practices to improved and sustainable wellness within medical settings.

Together they teach workshops and trainings online and throughout the world. Richard’s instructional videos and CD’s on yoga set the gold standard for approaching yoga as a contemplative art. They’ve authored and co-authored numerous books, most recently, When Love Comes to Light, Ancient Wisdom from the Bhagavad Gīta for Modern Life, (Shambhala Publications, 2021).

Saul David Raye

Saul David Raye is an acclaimed teacher and spiritual activist known for his unique and transformational approach to yoga, and spirituality. Saul’s teaching draws on 25 years of study and practice in the depth of the Yoga tradition, Bhakti, Tantra and all forms of universal light, love and wisdom. His teaching is authentic and empowering, it comes from the heart, allowing students to connect deeply with their own inner power and light. Saul’s teachings are grounded in a deep love and respect for Mother Earth and the great Spirit that flows through all of life. He is able to bring alive ancient wisdom teachings for modern seekers and still retain the essence of deep yoga and mysticism.

He holds certifications in Yoga, bodywork and energy healing, is a practicing minister and sacred musician who infuses his classes with healing music and chants. He has been on the faculty of many conferences and festivals and has been featured in different health publications. Saul shares this work through teacher trainings, workshops, classes, sacred jounrney’s and music. For more information, please visit sauldavidraye.com.

Sreedevi Bringi

Sreedevi Bringi is a retired core faculty member in Yoga Studies/ Religious Studies at
Naropa University in Boulder, Colorado. A native of South India, she has received
formal training in yoga, meditation, Sanskrit, and Hindu/yoga traditions from family
elders and swamis of yoga ashrams and Vedanta Foundations. With advanced yoga
nidra training at the Bihar School of Yoga, Sreedevi has offered yoga nidra classes,
workshops and teacher/practitioner trainings for over 25 years.

She has been an invited presenter at several yoga festivals such as Grand Valley Yoga
Festival, Hanuman Festival, Moksha Festival and at yoga academies like the Hanuman
Yoga Academy, Rasa Yoga Collective and Inner Power Yoga. Sreedevi has taught
topics such as yoga nidra meditation, Vedas, Upanishads, Bhagavad Gita, Yoga
Sutras, Sacred Sanskrit, Goddess Traditions of India, Shiva-Shakti Tantra, Hanuman
deity teachings, etc.,.  She is also a contributing author for an anthology textbook
entitled, “Beacons of Dharma” (2019), for an invited chapter about Amma, the
charismatic ‘hugging saint’ of India.

A brief audio-track of Sreedevi’s yoga nidra guided meditation with handouts is available
at http://www.shakti-institute.com . Video replays of her Fall 2021 yoga nidra series
using the five elements are available on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQIb2aob2fY .
Her youtube Channel offers nidra sessions and other spiritual teachings from India .
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5inUHCqrkl1ILupR6fg3GA

With graduate degrees in Chemistry, Atmospheric sciences, and Environmental
Education, Sreedevi likes to infuse scientific perspectives into Vedanta-Yoga-Tantra
teachings and contemplative practices.   Her prior teaching careers in Chemistry and
Science Education have been at the public school, community college and university
levels in Fort Collins, Colorado.

Sianna Sherman

Sianna (she/her), is committed to being Love-In-Action here on earth to serve. For nearly three decades, she has been an international yoga teacher, training tens of thousands of students and yoga teachers from around the globe. As the visionary of the Rasa Yoga Collective, Mythic Yoga Flow®, and RITUAL, Sianna shares her voice in the way of community and collaboration. She is a gifted storyteller and awakens the imagination through the language of the soul. Sianna is an apprentice of shadow work and weaves this into every offering.

She is dedicated to social justice activism, anti-racism, mantra, ritual, emotional intelligence, Tantric yoga philosophy, and Celtic studies. Sianna brings a genuine presence to every offering with humility, devotion, and deep care for the collective. She leads Rasa Yoga teacher training courses, a 13 Moon Mystery School, and is a featured contributor to magazines, podcasts, and summits around the world.

Rasa Yoga Collective: https://www.rasayoga.com
Mythic Yoga Flow: http://mythicyogaflow.com/
RITUAL: http://siannasherman.com/ritual

Dr. Manoj Chalam

Manoj (people call him a spiritual standup comedian) uses an uniquely entertaining, interactive story telling style using Hindu/Buddhist deities in his workshops to illuminate Bhakti practices as well as deep non dual philosophy. He uses these deity archetypes to help people in their hero’s journey as elucidated by Joseph Campbell and Carl Jung. An Indian-born scientist with a PhD in Chemical engineering from Cornell University, Manoj helps individuals find their archetypes in Hindu/Buddhist Yogic deities and teaches the 5 practices to work with their archetype as a spiritual practice. He has also compiled a book on the symbolisms of these deity archetypes.

Manoj is in the business of story telling to inspire people. He has many you tube videos with deity statues as a compelling media to tell stories. Manoj was interviewed by the Ram Dass foundation for their podcast on “The Deities”. Manoj, Jyothi and Kurt have created an “online ashram” under Patreon. Under Murtis and Vedanta Youtube Chanel. They have a physical ashram in San Diego called Vivekodayam Ashram where Manoj conducts retreats, all for no charge as Seva. Manoj’s workshops are usually 70% lecture/group exercises, 15% archetypical deity yoga meditations, 10% Mantra chantings and 5% light spiritual stretches.

You Tube channel / Patreon: Murtis and Vedanta

Amy Ippoliti

Amy Ippoliti is known for bringing yoga to modern-day life in a genuine way through her intelligent sequencing, clear instruction, and engaging sense of humor. She shares her passion for yoga, health, social justice, soil advocacy, marine conservation, and sustainability through her teaching and writings for Yoga Journal, Organic Life, Prevention, Mantra, Origin, Mind Body Green, and Elephant Journal.

Monticue Connally

Monticue Connally is a Colorado Herbalist, Shaman and Artifact Medium who resonates with the sounds of African Drums, Rhythmic Chanting and Afro-Caribbean Folklore. Herbal Men’s Health, The Art of Tree Talking, Blessing with Herbs, Herbal Tarot and many other esoteric/ nature related topics are classes that you can find Monticue offering either on his Patreon account or workshops around town. He’s led various workshops and herb walks at places like Ruby Hill Tiny Farm and the lovely Woodbine Ecology Center.

He taught for the Denver Botanic Gardens Herbal Certification Program and is also co-owner of Jiridon Apothecary, a business specializing in loose leaf herbal tea remedies. He now teachers for the Colorado School of Clinical Herbalism and sees patients for both physical and spiritually related illnesses out of his home in Englewood Colorado.

He’s a drummer for the annual Kwanzaa celebrations where he is often asked to speak to the children or rap songs to them about the many wonders of plant medicines. He has made himself available to come to the homes of Colorado residents with his holy prayers and plants to get rid of negative energy or spiritual entities that are hurtful and ill intentioned.

Herbs, Medical Astrology, African Spirituality, Shamanism, singing and alternative healing methods have been a lifelong interest for the Denver native who plans to continue to use workshops and music to teach people in urban areas how to access the earthly medicines growing around them. He received the Preventative Care Leadership Award from the Be Well Health Initiative in 2019 for being of service to diverse black and brown communities, pushing them towards the accessible and immediate plant medicines growing all around them.

Instagram: @monticue_the_herbalist
Facebook: Monticue Connally
Patreon: Patreon.com/arootawakening
TikTok: A_Root_Aw8kening

Max Ribner

What are the common threads that bridge jazz, soul, and classical music with spiritual connection and community service?

This is the question that drives international touring artist Max Ribner. The sound that answers is rich, reverent, and intimate, connecting us through the lineage of music, to the stories of our ancestors. In the past, Max’s unique and fusion-inspired approach to Flugelhorn and trumpet has led him to perform with artists such as Esperanza Spalding, Nahko And Medicine For The People, Trevor Hall, The Polish Ambassador, Liv Warfield and many more. The result of years of collaboration with such a broad musical community is powerfully illustrated on Max’s debut solo album, 1st Language. The 11-song debut album brings 50+ artists together in a cross-continental collaboration for the ages. Featured artists include: Bobby Sparks II (Roy Hargrove, Snarky Puppy,) Mark Lettieri (Snarky Puppy,) Saeeda Wright (Prince,) Sharay Reed (Chaka Kahn,) to name a few.In addition, the album was mixed by Grammy award winning mix engineer, Ben Kane (D’Angelo PJ Morton and Emily King) Completed in late 2020, 1st Language is a sonic calling together of our collective humanity.

Daphne Tse

Daphne is a spirited, soulful artist and teacher originally from Texas. Her passion for music started from a young age and took her west to Los Angeles after university. Since her initial yoga class 25 years ago, she has explored merging her spiritual practice with her contemporary folk singer songwriter style. She studied music at The University of Texas at Austin, The Old Town School of Folk Music in Chicago, kirtan with Jai Uttal and sound healing with Jonathan Goldman. She has traveled extensively sharing her music and teachings around the world.

Her music has been featured on yoga music compilations released by Soundstrue, Samahita and Yoga Music JP. She has recorded five albums around the world including, Bali (Mata), Hawaii (Finding Water), Koh Samui (Samahita Live), Kyoto (Arigato) and Soulsongs, recorded in Nagano, Japan.
Daphne has been teaching yoga since 2004 after completing multiple teacher trainings with Shiva Rea, Max Strom, Erich Schiffman and Sherry Brourman in Los Angeles, California. She is a Yoga Alliance 500 hour E-RYT and the founder of SoulSongs, her signature brand of vocal expression and reconnecting to your authentic voice. She is a co-creator of Vibrance (with Ellen Watson and Ashley Johnson), an embodied movement, sounding, singing and fully integrated practice that brings us back to our medicinal roots of the yoga of dance & sound.
She embraces the teachings of Ammachi, Pema Chodron, O.P. Tiwari, and Shiva Rea in her daily practice. Daphne shares her soulful teachings with grace and joy for living life fully.
https://www.daphne-tse.com/

Sheela Bringi

Indian American musician Sheela Bringi has been exploring the connections between her ancestral and actual homelands her entire life. The singer and instrumentalist plays the harp, harmonium and bansuri (Indian classical bamboo flute).

As a young woman Bringi was influenced by M.I.A. and Dead Can Dance, studied with Cecil Taylor and Meredith Monk, while at the same time deepened her studies with Indian classical masters like Pandit G.S. Sachdev and Ustaad Aashish Khan.

She has released two albums as a solo artist (“Shakti Sutra” and “Incantations”), and her work to bridge the musical worlds of India and America has been profiled by NBC News, NPR, Public Radio International, Yoga Journal, and others.

She has performed in a wide range of venues, including concert halls and universities presenting traditional material, yoga studios leading kirtans and in dance clubs overtop throbbing, bass-heavy beats (she’s toured with Karsh Kale, DJ Drez, and many others).

Bringi’s lush Indian vocals, soaring bansuri flute, and harp have graced 50+ world & new age records (including the Grammy-nominated Bhakti Without Borders) as well as several acclaimed film & TV scores.

Sheela is adjunct faculty in Music & Indian Devotional Singing at Naropa University in Boulder, CO. In 2020, Sheela and her partner Brent Kuecker founded an online music school called the Sacred Sound Lab where they offer training to students from around the globe. Find out more about Sheela’s music at www.shebrings.com and teaching at www.sacredsoundlab.com.

Katie Wise & Bhakti Explosion

Katie Wise is a Boulder, Colorado conscious music artist fusing the sweetness of devotional mantra with roots Americana. Heart-centered yogis who love to rock ‘n’ roll have been flocking to sing along with Katie and her band Bhakti Explosion, to get their bodies moving and spirits soaring. Katie has appeared at the biggest sacred music festivals in the US and internationally, such as Lovelight (MD), Unify (NM), Arise (CO), Folks Fest (CO), Hanuman Festival (CO), Bhakti Fest (CA), Shakti Fest (CA), Festival of Colors (UT), Stonehenge Music Festival (UK), and Holistic Manchester (UK).

Bhakti Explosion currently includes band members: Yoshi Aono on guitar, John Hoelle on electric bass, JJ Jones on percussion, and lead vocalist Katie on guitar and keyboards. Their debut album, Lovolution, produced by Grammy-nominee Ben Leinbach and featuring guest vocals by Jai Uttal, has received acclaim in the US (Yoga Journal, Yoga International), UK (Kindred Spirit, Yoga Magazine) and Australia (Soul Traveller Radio, and Australian Yoga Life), and was named “best chant album of the year” by American promoter Lloyde Barde. To capture the magic of their live events, they released two live albums: Live at the Starhouse (2019), and Live at ETown (2021) from their electrified sold out show at Etown Hall. Their second studio album is due out this year, and production has begun on a third studio album. The band continues to look for ways to serve the greater community through music, through livestreams during the pandemic, and benefit concerts like #BoulderStrong, Yoga Gives Back for India, and StopBatten.org concert, where thousands of dollars were raised for the families of Boulder shooting victims families, better gun policy, Covid relief, and efforts to eradicate a rare children’s disease.

David Newman calls Katie a “a solid force and presence for those who look to their music for peace, heart, groove, and spiritual inspiration.” Australian Yoga life writes “Wise’s soulful, earthy voice embodies vulnerability in a way that turns emotion into art.” Katie Wise + Bhakti Explosion are America’s pioneers of mantra-rock music. Their music has the power to heal and inspire the world.

More at bhaktiexplosion.com.

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Ashley Johnson

Ashley Johnson is a multi-instrumentalist and singer-songwriter. She has been facilitating music and movement classes for nearly 20 years and is a Yoga Alliance certified yoga teacher. Ashley’s classes and workshops crack open constrictive patterns, inspire freedom in the body and mind and cultivate an expanded sense of creative possibilities. Her playful and integrative approach to creating community through singing and dancing catalyzes a transformative experience for students that results in an enlivened sense of well being.

Azuraye Wycoff

Azuraye grew up in Boulder, on the land at Yellow Barn Farm (known as Autumn Hill Equestrian Center back then). She studied International Affairs and Chinese at CU Boulder, and has lived abroad in China and Spain during her college years.

Her primary experience is in entrepreneurship, logistics and operations, cross-cultural communications, and nature-based people systems. She has returned to Colorado to help steward the test pilot a “full-stack” regenerative systems design & implementation at the Yellow Barn.

Brandilyn Tebo

Brandilyn Tebo is an acclaimed Transformational Life Coach, bestselling author, inspirational speaker and founder and host of The Shift Retreats. For the past 10 years, she has been studying and teaching transformational modalities and healing arts. Originally from Boulder, CO, she is now a world traveling coach who has helped thousands of people from many different countries to empower themselves and their communities.

She teaches people how to transform challenges into opportunities, step into their leadership and lead inspiring, meaningful and impactful heart-centered lives. Through her retreats, books, 1-1 coaching and online programs, she equips people with the tools to no longer be at the effect of their past, their thoughts, their emotions or their circumstances and start being the architects of their own reality. She specializes in inner child work, subconscious belief reprogramming, Parts Work (Internal Family Systems), The Feel Good Life Methodology, Authentic Relating, The Work of Byron Katie and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy.

She has traveled the world to teach empowering workshops with groups as diverse as 6th grade girls in an apartheid-established township in South Africa – to young entrepreneurs from over 100 different countries – to graduate students at Princeton – to male inmates at a maximum security prison – to financial executives at a Fortune 500 company – to workshops at sororities, fraternities and in High School classrooms!

Carla Johnson

Carla Johnson is a geologist, hydrologist, environmental engineer, and entrepreneur with over 30 years of experience in geospatial sciences, 3D virtual earth software development, environmental hydrogeology and engineering to clean up contaminated groundwater resources, and is an expert witness in some of the biggest environmental litigations in US history.

In 1994, she founded Waterstone Inc., a world recognized environmental consulting firm specializing in complex hydrogeologic flow and transport modeling, remediation of contaminated global water resources, assessments of human health and ecological risk associated with environmental damage, and contaminant flow engineering. A leader in the early application of 3D satellite and geospatial imaging, Carla’s company, in partnership with NASA, created and deployed the first commercially available 3D virtual earth platform (before Google Earth).

In 2009, she founded Earthvisionz, a location intelligence software company that creates location-aware consumer and enterprise applications in a variety of verticals including; telecommunications, transportation, sports, charitable giving, renewable energy, green living, world news, healthcare and more. Earthvisionz produced the first-ever LIVE-play mobile app for all PGA TOUR events and the virtual earth websites for the 2008 Beijing Summer and 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics, the ATP Barclay’s World Tour Finals, National Geographic, a Middle East peace negotiation summit, and the green living initiative for Fox News.

She has been seen on CNN and in documentary films as an expert in groundwater hydrology and water issues in the Southwest (Hopi and Navajo Tribal Lands), appeared on the cover of the LA Times Sunday Magazine concerning water issues in the southwest, and was interviewed in The Economist with Microsoft and Google for an article on the emerging geospatial ‘WHERE’ world. She was also nominated in the Lbx Journals “Top 10 Women in Location” globally. Ms. Johnson’s vision is to be able to connect people with their passion through place. She envisions using the power of live social interaction combined with the beauty of earths visual realism to crowd-sourced relevant data through one single pane of glass interface. She believes a deeper connection with the earth can impact social and  environmental issues, politics, science, and consumer behavior, through an entertaining, immersive, personal, and emotional web experience.

HIGHLIGHTS
Earthvisionz founder – 2009
Waterstone founder – 1994
Pioneer in Geospatial and Virtual Earth Software Technologies
International Water-Resource Development Expert
Nationally Recognized Groundwater Flow and Transport Modeling Expert
Expert Witness/Litigation Support for the Largest Environmental Litigations in US History

EDUCATION
Ph.D. coursework – Environmental Engineering, University of Colorado, Boulder, 1993-1996
M.S. Structural Geology, University of Colorado, Boulder, 1985
B.S. Geology and Biology, University of South Florida, Tampa, 1978
Undergraduate also attended: Oregon State University, 1976; Princeton University, 1977

Zen Drummer & Lauren

In 2019, Damon Zen Drummer and Lauren’s Sukha were invited to create a cacao ceremony for Grand Valley Yoga Festival. The Spirit of Cacao called them to facilitate, since then they have co-created Rhythm Ceremony and offer it at yoga studios, festivals and in-house settings .

Damon Zen Drummer has used his modern approach to fuse ambient sounds with the ancient drum and his resonant voice for many years both before and after training as a monk in the ashrams of Self Realization Fellowship. In 2020, Damon greatly enhanced the musical experience by layering vocals, his beloved djembe and ambient sounds in Ableton Live.

Lauren Adamo is trained in yoga, meditation and cacao facilitation. She brings intention and deep inner work to all of her offerings. Lauren and Damon Zen Drummer weave the art of music, spirituality, meditation, and mantra together. They guide an immersive journey they call Rhythm Ceremony.

Website
www.rhythmceremony.com

Dayna Seraye

Dayna Seraye is a teacher and facilitator of personal transformation, guiding individuals and teams to greater awareness, resilience and connection. Her passion is to co-create regenerative communities and cultures where humans live in right relationship with the earth and the whole of life. She is a Senior Course Leader and Director of Leadership and Facilitator Training for ART International where she educates and trains participants in the skills of authentic relating, emergent leadership and group facilitation. She also works with individuals and couples in her Relational Coaching practice to uncover and heal relational blindspots, amplify conscious communication and transform conflict into intimacy and connection.

A student and teacher of yoga and earth-based wisdom for over two decades, Dayna has led retreats, trainings and immersions around the world and has taught internationally at renown conferences and festivals. She is the Co-Founder of Hanuman Academy and Hanuman Adventures, and she offers yoga and meditation online at gaia.com where she synthesizes her passions for self care, evolution and healing into digestible practices for people on the go. She feels in deepest alignment with her soul when she is guiding experiences of embodied connection – where healing happens and wholeness is remembered.

Visit her website at daynaseraye.com

Jenna Manheimer

Jenna Manheimer is an on-scene coordinator with the Environmental Protection Agency in the Pacific Northwest, USA, responding to environmental emergencies, including chemical and oil spills, and removing hazardous waste from contaminated sites. For the last decade, she worked with the EPA in drinking water throughout the Northwest, South and Southwest, most recently managing the regional tribal drinking water program that ensures Tribes in Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Alaska maintain safe drinking water. She is a national expert on conducting inspections and enforcing the Safe Drinking Water Act.

Jenna has served in various technical roles on public health and the environment, including on a bi-national presidential advisory board focused on environmental and health impacts along the US-Mexico border, compiling policy recommendations on climate change mitigation & resiliency from multiple stakeholders.

Jenna holds a Masters in Public Health with focus in environmental health from Columbia University and undergraduate studies in biology and Spanish from the City University of New York. Jenna has served indigenous & migrant communities around the globe, including in tuberculosis control with the NYC Department of Health, water & sanitation in India with UNICEF, women’s health in Nicaragua and human rights in Mexico. She also worked at the Earth Institute’s Center for Environmental Sustainability on water resources, climate change, sustainable investment and environmental education.

Jenna is a yogini, dancer, sailor, global citizen, and lover of the outdoors and languages.

Kat Tudor

Kat Tudor is the visionary behind SunWater Spa, SunMountain Center, and the Smokebush Foundation for the Arts in Manitou Springs. Her gift is bringing the arts and the healing arts together in inspiring classes, unexpected collaborations, and community projects.

She has been teaching art, dance and yoga since 1979 in Colorado and around the world. She is grateful to all of her teachers: Saul David Raye for his awakening of Thai and Tantra teachings within her soul; Celina Kaelin for teaching her Native history and Miguel Angel for his teachings in bringing in the light.

Learn more about Kat and her teachings, art and community at SunWater Spa.

Kristen Masi

Kristen Masi is a Certified Astrologer, teacher and Coach living in Boulder, Colorado. Kristen works with Astrology on a somatic level to ensure increased capacity and connection to your inner worth & power. She is interested in fostering intimate, vulnerable spaces to show you what your superpowers are and shine light on the growth edges and challenges that lead to potential blocks in your life. Kristen works closely with Mother Earth & our bodies as the wisest & safest resources we have for healing. These resources combined with the ancient, deeply knowing language of Astrology create a potent space for cultivating secure attachment to self, others, & our world. From this place we thrive. 

Here are ways to connect: 

Website: https://www.kmastrology.me/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/km_astrology/

Email: kristen.astrology@gmail.com 

Marissa Pulaski

As a graduate of Environmental Studies and the Psychology of Health and Healing at Naropa University, Marissa is passionate about igniting the innate human-earth connection within herself and others. She runs Folk Farm at Elk Run, encouraging play and the importance of intuition. A trained Doula, skilled herbalist, and cultural advocate, Marissa continues to evolve through practicing ritual, embodiment, and communication with the unseen.

Miguel Gil

Miguel Gil is a passionate climate advocate, blessed to move to Boulder from Europe in 2019 to
take up the post of CEO at Organic India, as well as its sister company CLEAN Program
specialized in the area of gut health. Certified permaculture designers, Miguel and his partner
Yetta, bought a farm in Southern Portugal six years ago, abandoned for 25 years, they poured
their love and newly acquired permaculture skills into revitalizing this land. This life changing
experience, inspired them to now dedicate their time to education and awareness around
regenerative agriculture, the magic of permaculture and the importance for all humans, to be
always in some way, connected to nature. Miguel & Yetta have just acquired land in Todos
Santos, Mexico, where they hope to implement a permaculture project that will inspire others,
much in the way Marissa and Nick have done with DAR here in Boulder County.

Nick DiDomenico

Hailing from the foothills of the Rocky Mountains, Nick is a regenerative designer, farmer, and builder. Inspired by indigenous culture and ancient farming practices, he works passionately to design the future of living systems. In 2015, Nick began farming on a barren and desertified 14 acre parcel of land in rural north Boulder County. Despite discouragement from government agencies and conventional farmers, Nick began exploring regenerative solutions for the arid west to restore what is now Elk Run Farm.

Now the pilot research project for Drylands Agroecology Research (DAR), the nonprofit that he and his partner Marissa Pulaski founded in 2017, thousands of fruit trees have been planted in restored ecosystems where others thought it was impossible. Today, Nick is working to develop climate change solutions through regenerative farming, working with private and public landowners across Boulder County.

https://www.dar.eco/

Pamela Tanner Boll

Pamela Tanner Boll, an artist, filmmaker, writer, and activist, is the Founder and CEO of Mystic Artists Film Productions. She directed and produced A Small Good Thing, a film that asks how can we live in a better way; Who Does She Think She Is?, a film about five artists who are mothers; and her current project To Which We Belong highlighting farmers and ranchers who use regenerative practices that help to reverse climate change.

She is the Co-Executive Producer of Academy Award-winning Born into Brothels, and the Executive Producer of eight documentaries: Connected; In a Dream; Our Summer in Tehran; Strange Powers: Stephin Merritt and the Magnetic Fields; Living in Emergency: Stories of Doctors without Border; She’s Beautiful When She’s Angry; Close to the Fire; E-Team; Teen Press; Obit; and Storm Lake.

Queen of Air

Music is Queen — invisible, profound and moving. Inspired by the elements, nature and global explorations, Queen of Air shares music that is deep, melodic and uplifting. Weaving aspects of both the sacred and profane into her sets, she uses music to create an expansive experience that inspires dancing and freedom. Whether in a night-club or under a night-sky, there is heart, passion and life pulsing through her craft of sound.

https://www.queenofairdj.com/

Waylon Lewis

Elephant Journal
Founder + Author
Boulder, CO

Waylon Lewis is the founder of Elephant Journal, the 20-year-old biggest mindful publication in the world, and author of “Things I would like to do with You,” a story of modern love, commitment, and loneliness from a Buddhist point of view. Host of Walk the Talk Show, named a top ten video series and top spiritual podcast, Waylon is a mediocre climber, lazy yogi & 365-day bicycle commuter. His new book, “It’s Never too Late to Fall in Love with Your Life,” is now available.

https://elephantjournal.com/

Yoshi Aono

Yoshi is a mindfulness visionary, company builder, musician and humanitarian, whose mission is to bring high-level presence and consciousness into global entrepreneurship and community. Through his passion for music and communal wellness, he has participated in various social impact projects around the world. His humanitarian work has led him to Africa, Haiti, Cambodia, Thailand, Peru, India, Indonesia and Louisiana, USA. He has coordinated and led tent city aid distribution projects along with leading teams into disaster zones.

Based in Boulder, Colorado, USA, he is the co-founder of Hanuman Festival, Academy, and Adventures. Yoshi serves on the board of directors for the Yoga Alliance. He has also served as CEO for midsized companies and is a 43-year student of the guitar.