Seamus Norgaard,
Spiritual mentor and life coach
Seamus Norgaard has been a practicing teacher, mentor and spiritual guide to many for 20 years. His life path is ripe with adventures that have brought him near death, through grieving, and on to joy. He carries a deeper sense now that all of what life brings our way is transformative, and is here to be welcomed without regrets. As a much sought out professor at North Central Michigan College, Seamus has mentored diverse students for 20 years through the trials, challenges, and joys of their lives. His classes have special experiential components that incorporate cultural and spiritual wisdom, effective communication techniques, and unique processes for personal healing. Seamus is also the owner and main facilitator for Tara’s Meadow retreat center on Beaver Island, where for 16 years individuals have traveled for solace in nature, spiritual guidance and uplift, healing and self discovery. He brings all these talents to play as your personal life coach and spiritual mentor.
Contact Seamus directly at celticbodyprayers@gmail.com or by phone at 231.347.7957.
Contact Seamus directly at celticbodyprayers@gmail.com or by phone at 231.347.7957.
Loren stewart
Loren Stewart served for 25 years as a resident and staff member of the Findhorn Community in Scotland. During his time there he served in many capacities—and moved in a circular pattern through basic maintenance positions to and through high level management, returning to front line work. He is passionate about understanding and clarifying the subtle and not so subtle dynamics of group process bringing sensitivity and awareness to each member of the circle. Loren has done extensive work with men's groups and helps shift the male dominant culture to a more balanced gender coexistence. His attentiveness to the ebb and flow, his sparkling insight to the challenges and his ability to cut through to the core has helped shift groups from chaos to consensus. His insights can assist small groups in fulfilling their agendas, deepening their sharings, and lending light, grace, and joy to the small group process. Loren’s sense of humor, his intuitive heart and his great smile help to create a safe place for all to share.
Emily Presley
Healer, Dancer, Earth-Lover, Visionary Activist--Emily’s deepest passion is for healing our collective wounds so we can thrive. With a Bachelor’s training in Neuroscience and Religion, 500 hour Certification in Energy Healing and Massage, and Certification in the trauma healing practices of Capacitar International, she taps into Earth wisdom through the lenses of science and embodied spirituality. Emily facilitates wellness workshops for releasing the energies of stress and trauma. Her ultimate goal is to empower people to recognize their own healing capacities, and to melt into the juicy reality that wellness is ever available, inherent to earthly existence. Emily now resides in Ann Arbor, MI, we she offers intuitive energy healing and massage through Heirloom Healing Arts, her bodywork practice. Her guidance and callings may take her far from our Great Lakes Region, but she always remains a valued lifetime contributor to the spirit and vision of Tara’s Meadow. For more info about Emily and Capacitar International, visit emilypresley.com
ryan doran-fisher,
buddhist teaching monk - ven. ansu sunim
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Ryan Doran-Fisher holds a B.A. in World Literature and Philosophy in addition to a graduate degree in Celtic Language and Literature from the University of Wales, Aberystwyth. He has been teaching philosophy since 2004 with emphasis in teaching students to awaken the spirit of practical self-inquiry and to realize the wisdom of humility in knowing that we do not know. In 2012, Ryan was ordained by Haju Sunim of the Buddhist Society of Compassionate Wisdom as a Dharma Teacher after five years of training in the Maitreya Buddhist Seminary and in May of 2015 he was ordained as a full Teaching Monk by Deokwum Sunim of the Grand Rapids Buddhist Temple and Zen Center. Drawing on comparative mythology, the Buddhist masters of past and present, the desert fathers of early Christianity, five years experience with urban homesteading, and deep involvement with an old order Amish community, Ryan has fallen in love with the simple life. The simple life is not an easy life, but rather one of full engagement with ordinary activities, which Ryan believes to be the very ground of our awakening, a profoundly ordinary path into the heart of everyday life.
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Kathryn Doran-fisher,
naturopath
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Traditional Naturopathic Doctor, Kathryn Doran-Fisher has been practicing in the field of natural health since 2005. Dr. Kathryn has a deep commitment to a multi-generational approach to healing that inspires and encourages a fundamental transformation in lifestyle to root out the cause, not just the symptoms of dis-ease. An avid researcher, Kathrynʼs special areas of expertise include nutrient-dense food, herbs, and supplements to support the bodyʼs innate healing potential against gut-dysbiosis, digestive disorders, intestinal imbalances, and food sensitivities. Kathryn is an honest seeker of the knowledge from midwives, herbalists and the wise-women traditions that have sustained us through the ages. She is attempting to integrate this wisdom into working with infants, children, and women during their childbearing years by helping others to listen to their bodies and honor the cycles of life. Kathryn currently sees clients through her business Elder & Sage in Grand Rapids where she lives with her husband, Ryan, and their three children.
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