Blue Mountain, also known as Dr. Lew Abrams, is a licensed clinical psychologist, sculptor, group facilitator, author, and life coach. Together with his wife, Mirayah Delamar, he has hosted community celebrations, full moon gatherings, and music and dance events for more than 25 years. He has found that with a clear intention to create sacred space, and an inviting energy of warmth and harmlessness, people from different backgrounds can come together to exchange ideas with mutual respect and reverence for the gift of Life. Blue Mountain is currently working on a book about teaching values to children and adolescents and lives on Ahimsa Sanctuary Farm in Haiku, Maui. He can be reached at  This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. , or as Blue Mountain on Facebook. His artwork can be viewed at www.BlueMountainSculpture.com.

Rev. Kedar St John is an ordained interfaith minister, a spiritual counselor, quantum healing and energy medicine practitioner, musician, teacher of inspired philosophy and the founder of the Temple of Peace International Spiritual Center in Haiku, Maui. Kedar brings a lifetime of ectatic chants from various traditions with his devotional songs jubilant spirit and has a talent for turning spaces full of strangers into connected family, by sharing his music, his soothing voice and his playful insight. www.templeofpeacemaui.com

Dr. Jacob Liberman is the author of Light: Medicine of the Future, Take Off Your Glasses and See and Wisdom From an Empty Mind. He earned a Doctorate of Optometry, Ph.D. in Vision Science, and honorary Doctorate of Science. Dr. Liberman has shared his discoveries and insights with audiences worldwide, and been endorsed by leaders in the fields of health, science, and spirituality. He is President of Exercise Your Eyes, Inc. ( http://www.exerciseyoureyes.com/ ), ISSSEEM ( http://www.issseem.org/ ), and Executive Director of SoulSpace Insitute ( http://soulspace.com/sanctuary/ )

Jonathan Yudis is a spiritual evolutionary and a visionary filmmaker, actor, artist, author, ordained interfaith minister, and certified yogi siromani. He has taught Kundalini Yoga classes and led inspirational workshops to thousands of students throughout the United States since 1995. His film and television work has garnered multiple Telly Awards and the student Academy Award. Jonathan is a graduate of New York University, American Film Institute, the Monroe Institute, the Light School, and Shift Network's Agents of Conscious Evolution. Jonathan is the founder of the Maui Film Alliance and the president of Infinite Entertainment Now. His mission is to embrace, embody, and express Divine Consciousness through creativity, spirituality, the arts, and being loving & present.  Website: www.JonathanYudis.com

Anam Thubten
As a young child growing up in Tibet, Anam Thubten was intent on entering the monastery, where for much of his childhood and young adult life he received the benefit of extensive academic and spiritual training from several teachers in the Nyingma branch of Tibetan Buddhism. He conveys the Dharma with the blessing of teachers Khenpo Chopel, Lama Garwang and others gone before in a lineage of wisdom holders and enlightened masters. During his formative years in Tibet he also developed a special affinity with a yogi and lifetime hermit Lama Tsurlo, who remains a deep source of inspiration in Anam Thubten's expression of the Dharma.Anam Thubten

After arriving in America in the early 1990's Anam Thubten began to teach the Dharma at the request of others. Today he travels extensively in the U.S. and occasionally abroad, teaching in fluent English and offering in a direct experiential manner the essence of the timeless, non- conceptual wisdom teachings of the Buddha. These teachings, free of any sect, point directly to one's true nature as boundless love and wisdom. In his teachings and presence with others, Anam Thubten invites the heart-opening, mind-emptying awakening to one's true nature that is already enlightened. The transformative power of these teachings that flow from the wisdom mind of the Buddha through teachers such as Anam Thubten is apparent in the lives of many who have embraced them.

Anam Thubten is the author of various articles and books in both the Tibetan and English language. His first book in English appeared under the title 'No Self, No Problem.' He is the founder and spiritual advisor of Dharmata Foundation based in Point Richmond, California.

Irv Katz, Ph.D., Chancellor of IUPS, is a licensed Clinical Psychologist who has been on the forefront of education and psychology for over 50 years. Dr. Katz, the former chairman of the Department of Psychology at the University of Nevada, and Director of the Graduate Program for AntiochUniversity in the State of Hawaii, has worked with important figures in the field of psychology, including Drs. Milton Erickson, Fritz Perls, & Carl Rogers. He has taught at numerous universities including the University of Houston, Fordham University, University of Humanistic Studies, Professional School of Psychological Studies, Michigan State University, and Pennsylvania State University.

Sat Santokh is a leader in the field of transformational social change workshops, and the application of yogic technology to living in the world while caring about it deeply. A former manager of the Grateful Dead, he is the senior Kundalini Yoga teacher in the San Francisco Bay Area. After leading workshops for over thirty-five years, he has spent the last ten years working on developing an understanding of the nature of self worth issues and how to effectively address them.

Prabhu Nam Kaur has a profound mastery of the sound current and is the mother of one of the most successful sacred music artists to date, Snatam Kaur. She is able to evoke a deeply sacred space with her devotional music. She has been studying the language Gurmukhi for more than 30 years and takes great joy in her ongoing studies of the Siri Guru Granth Sahib, the holy text of the Sikhs. She is one of the leading Ragis (musicians) in the Sikh community of the West, and is a well-known teacher of the Gurmukhi language and its musical form, Gurbani. www.satsantokh.com/prabhu-nam-kaur/

Mirayah Delamar is an experienced performer and certified instructor of Bellydance. She has trained with many great masters of this Art for 25 years, performing for 20 years and teaching for 18 years. Mirayah brings a devotional and spiritual approach to Bellydance, emphasizing its roots in trance, healing and creative self-expression. Mirayah embraces the mystical essence within the dance, with the clear intention to honor life, the Earth, and the body as sacred. Her artistry reveals a deep connection with the present moment as her vessel spontaneously interprets the magic of the music. www.sacredearthbellydance.com

DJ BOOGIEMEISTER 
BiOniC LoVe SoUnDsySteM founder Adrian Blackhurst (aka dj Boogiemeister) produces music, dj's & organizes music events onMaui, Hawaii. He uses the almighty laptop and plays bass, guitar, synths, melodica, & various percussion.  His debut full length album "EthnosonicSUBfunk Theories" was releasedJuly 2008– an album exploring genres such as global beats/dub/dancehall/breakbeats & glitch with instruments fromIndia, Persia,Korea, &Japan.  He is one-fourth Beats Without Borders collective, a Vancouver crew making global fusion dance parties since 2004, and soon will be launching Beat Bazaar nights on Maui.  Music is his longest love affair! He has shared the stages with artists such as Nickodemus, Cheb I Sabbah, David Starfire, Bassnectar, Bonobo…Adrian is currently focusing on new live & studio projects, as well as dj'ing. He spins dub, dubstep, global beats, glitch-hop, future funk, breakbeats, bass wompin' goodness & then some!

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Prema is the Spiritual and Creative Director of Tara Dhatu, a non-profit organization formed to preserve the integrity of  sacred dance practice with presently over 90 centers around the globe. Her work is timely and timeless, a bridge between eastern and western expressions of ancient wisdom, revealing the underlying power of  unified feminine spiritual energy to heal and transform oneself and the world.

http://www.taradhatu.org

Shabda Kahn has been a disciple of Sufism since 1969. He is a direct disciple of Murshid Samuel Lewis (Sufi Ahmed Murad Chisti) and worked closely with the great American Mystic Joe Miller. Shabda is currently the Pir (Spiritual Director) of the Sufi Ruhaniat International and the Director of the Chisti Sabri School of Music. He is also a disciple of the illustrious Tibetan Buddhist Master, the 12the Tai Situpa Rinpoche.

He spent 24 years (since 1972) developing as a vocalist under the living guidance of the late Pandit Pran Nath, the Master North Indian Classical Vocalist, who planted the 800 year old oral transmission of Chisti Sufi Vocal Music in the Western world.

Shabda has appeared in concerts ranging from Visions for a Perfect World at New York's St John the Divine Cathedral, for His Holiness the Dalai Lama, New Music America in Chicago, at Delhi University Music School and Shivaratri Festival in New Delhi. He is one of a handful of Americans who have dedicated themselves to carrying on the legacy of the treasure of North Indian Classical Vocal Music.

Shabda travels throughout the world spreading the Sufi Message of Love, Harmony and Beauty. Shabda brings warmth, humor and clarity in his efforts to help seekers on their Path to Awakening.