The Crazy Wisdom Community Journal • January - April 2015 • Page 115
Teachers, Lecturers, Workshop Leaders and the Centers Dona M. Duke is a certified Usui Reiki master and instructor who specializes in medical and animal Reiki. She is the Reiki master at the Humane Society Huron Valley and Leuk’s Landing. Laurel Emrys, musician, soundhealer, astrologer, and psychic, has facilitated communication between animals and humans for more than 35 years. Mara Evans, MTP, is co-founder New Myth Works, an organization with the mission to create a dynamic sanctuary for conscious evolution. Linda Diane Feldt, a student of the healing arts since 1973, is a holistic health practitioner, teacher, and writer who has taught herbal classes locally for over 30 years. Gerry Fialka has interviewed Amiri Baraka, John Sinclair, and Jack Hirschman. Fialka has been praised by the LA Times as “the multi-media Renaissance man.” The LA Weekly proclaimed him as a “cultural revolutionary.” Janice Firn, LMSW is a clinical social worker on the Adult Palliative Care Consult Team at the U-M Medical Center and author of “Brent’s World.”
Jocelyn Granger is the owner of the Ann Arbor Institute of Massage Therapy and author of The Neuromuscular Therapy Manual. Karen Greenberg is a steward of the Archangel Raphael Third Ray of Healing Human Mystery School and Third Degree Ceremonial Master in the Brotherhood and Sisterhood of Light who has a degree in physical therapy and has danced professionally. Abbe Grossman, MA, CPT, a Certified Embodied Pulse Therapist and teacher at Sensology Institute, offers Sensology healing sessions, and has served the community for 20 years.
Lori Fithian is founder and creator of Drummunity and has been facilitating drum circles and rhythm workshops since 1998. A student of drumming tradition for 20 years, her teachers include Arthur Hull and Barry Bateman, and has made a career out of her passion for building community by bringing people together to drum.
Paulette Grotrian is a registered Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction instructor, trained at the U. Mass. Medical School. She teaches mindfulness meditation in Ann Arbor and is a former college faculty member.
Gayle Fitzgerald, founder of Celestial Vibrations, LLC, is a Master Numerologist, Medical Intuitive, and Celestial Conduit with over 33 years of experience.
Mark Handler is an international recording artist and certified Amrit yoga instructor.
Marcella Fox, MS, LLSMW, EdS., has a Limited License in Social Work with a Master’s in Social Work in Mental Health for Adults from the U-M. She has experience working with trauma, depression, and grief.
Nirmala Nancy Hanke, MD, is a long time meditator and teacher of meditation at Lighthouse Center. She is a psychiatrist and therapist who integrates meditation, Reiki healing, and other spiritual practices with psychotherapy.
John Friedlander is a psychic, author, and teacher with degrees from Duke and Harvard Law. He has studied with Jane Roberts and at the Berkeley Psychic Institute with founder Lewis Bostwick. His newest and third book, with Gloria Hemsher, is Psychic Psychology: Energy Skills for Life and Relationships. Julieanna Frost is Associate Professor of US History at Siena Heights University and researches women’s history and religious studies. Melanie Fuscaldo, MA, LPC, NCC, is a counselor and life coach specializing in joyful transformations. Cynthia Gabriel, PhD, is an author, doula, and medical anthropologist who has studied birth cross-culturally. She specializes in distilling the skills that work for families to achieve natural hospital birth. Amy Garber has been a psychic and channel since 1991 and is involved with a number of local and national spiritual organizations. David J. H. Garvin, LMSW, is the Chief Operating Officer of Catholic Social Services of Washtenaw County and Founder of Alternatives to Domestic Aggression. Barbara Niess May, MPA, MSW, is the Executive Director of SafeHouse Center of Washtenaw County. Robin Goldberg earned her Hatha Yoga teaching certification in 2010, and has completed additional trainings in Street Yoga, Laughter Yoga, and Therapeutic Yoga. Jen Gossett, BS, CTRS, acts as Regional Inclusive Community Coalition Region 1 Coordinator and National Core Indicators Coordinator for Washtenaw Association for Community Advocacy.
Photo by Rachael Waring
Su Hansen, MA, LLP, is a certified Enneagram teacher in the narrative tradition, psychotherapist, spiritual advisor, relationship coach, and workshop leader.
Lori Fithian is founder and creator of Drummunity and has been facilitating drum circles and rhythm workshops since 1998. She leads monthly drum circles at Crazy Wisdom. See the Drumming section on page 93.
Constance Hart is a certified Soul Coach, past life coach, and board-certified naturopath who has completed advanced training with Denise Linn. Craig Harvey has been leading peace meditations and world healing vigils since 2001. Katy Held has been a licensed Brain Gym/Bal-A-Vis-X instructor since 2004. MaryAnn Short has been teaching Bal-A-Vis-X since 2008 and has trained in schools in Chicago, Kentucky, and Michigan. Abby Humphrey has studied traditional Chinese medicine, facilitates workshops on Five Element Theory and Shiatsu, and has lectured at the U-M School of Public Health and Medical School. Karen Husby-Coupland is a certified Iyengar Yoga teacher who has been practicing yoga since 1993 and teaching since 1999. Insight Meditation Ann Arbor is a community supporting the practice of insight (vipassana) meditation through sittings, classes, and retreats.
Dale Jensen is a guild-certified Feldenkrais Practitioner. Jewel Heart was founded by Gelek Rimpoche and is dedicated to the preservation of Tibetan Buddhism and to bringing the practice of this rich tradition within the context of contemporary life to everyone. Jeff Jay and Debra Jay are intervention specialists, chemical dependency therapists and trainers, and authors of Love First: A New Approach to Intervention for Alcoholism and Drug Addiction. Liz Jelinek is owner and trainer at Midwest Institute for Systemic Constellations. Virginia June, MSW, earned her Doctorate of Divinity from the Midwest Academy of Healing Arts and is an ordained minister with the Church of Tzaddi. She is a registered trainer with the National Acupuncture Detoxification Association and Certified Advanced Alcohol and Drug Counselor.