The Crazy Wisdom Community Journal • January - April 2016 • Page 119
Teachers, Lecturers, Workshop Leaders and the Centers
Dr. Amanda Childress (left) and Kerry Cradit (right) of The Nutritional Healing Center of Ann Arbor. Both practitioners are offering classes this winter. Visit www.thenutritionalhealingcenter.com for information. 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.
Ann-Margaret Giovino and Jan Katz are Sun Shen tai chi instructors and senior students of Sun Shen tai chi founder Master Sang Kim.
Gerry Fialka is an artist, writer, and paramedia ecologist lectures world-wide on experimental film, avant-garde art and subversive social media. Fialka has been praised by the Los Angeles Times as “the multi-media Renaissance man.” The LA Weekly proclaimed him “a cultural revolutionary.” Though he may contradict himself so as to not conform to his own ideas, Gerry welcomes your feedback and feedforward.
Robin Lily Goldberg holds certifications in Hatha Yoga, Street Yoga, Laughter Yoga, and Therapeutic Yoga. She is also a writer, reflexologist, and Reiki instructor/ practitioner.
Janice Firn, LMSW, is a Clinical Social Worker, U-M Hospital.
Karen Greenberg is a registered physical therapist who has taught for many years at University of Maryland Hospital, dance studios, and via Skype throughout North America. She is currently a metaphysical teacher of personal and spiritual growth.
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.
Carole Grace is a psychic medium, Healing Touchcertified practitioner, Reiki master, and meditation instructor.
Carl Gunderson of Simply Holistic Fitness is a certified personal trainer, certified yoga instructor, and chakra energy healer.
Gayle Fitzgerald is the founder of Celestial Vibrations, LLC, and is a Master Numerologist, transformational breakthrough and healing expert and celestial conduit with over 34 years experience in metaphysics.
David M. Hall began facilitating meditation and personal transformation in 1995. He is a certified permaculture designer and teacher with over 20 years of study in the field.
Lynda Forbes has been active with astrology, tarot, and Chinese face readings in Flint and Fenton for over 33 years. She writes articles and a monthly astrology column. She is the proprietor of Life Guide Center in Fenton, offering classes, readings, and various metaphysical services.
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. Amy Garber, BA, RMT, is the director of Intuitives Interactive, a group for intuitives, indigos, and the curious, who has been offering intuitive channeled readings to the public since 2001. She has hosted biennial Holistic Psychic Fairs in Ann Arbor since 2013. She earned a teaching certificate in elementary education from EMU. Katy Gladwin is a doula who has been serving Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti families since 2011 as founder and owner of Sacred Roots LLC. She teaches childbirth education through Pregnancy Arts.
Su Hansen, MA, LLP, is a certified Enneagram teacher in the narrative tradition, psychotherapist, personal and spirtual guide, relationship coach, and workshop leader. Sam Himelstein, PhD, is a licensed psychologist and author of two books: A Mindfulness-Based Approach to Working with High-Risk Adolescents and MindfulnessBased Substance Abuse Treatment for Adolescents: A 12-Session Curriculum. He works in Alameda Country Juvenile Justice Center, an institution where he was incarcerated as a young teen. Karen Husby-Coupland is a certified Iyengar Yoga teacher who has been practicing yoga since 1993 and teaching since 1999. Jeff and Debra Jay are best-selling authors, educators, clinicians, and public speakers.
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. Joanne Karpinen, PhD, is a clinical psychologist who teaches esoteric healing with the International Network of Energy Healing. She is a certified Eden Energy Medicine practitioner and local teacher for Donna Eden’s first year curriculum. She mentors therapists in Energy Psychology for the Association for Comprehensive Energy Psychology. Connie Kelly-Saur, BS, has a background in biochemistry and experienced Nutrition Response Testing first as a patient, and then as a practitioner. She helps others improve their health and heal the body with whole food nutrition. Joe Kelty is a poet and teacher of English and biology at area community colleges. Kelly Kempter, RTT, massage therapist and bodyworker, is a graduate of the Myomassology Institute with advanced training and practice in Thai massage and shiatsu. Esther Kennedy, OP, MSW, a Dominican Sister of Adrian, is a spiritual director and clinical social worker. Her own search for the sacred drew her to spend time in India and Indonesia. She is nourished by the interplay of the sacred teachings of Eastern and Western traditions. Master Sang Kim is an engineer, Christian mystic, and inheritor of Master Gabriel Chin’s Yang Style Tai Chi lineage. Originally from Korea, he has practiced martial arts, cultivation methods, and healing for more than 30 years and has been teaching since 1992. Dave Krajovic and Pat Krajovic founded Body Works Healing Center in Plymouth, the Global Breath Institute, and Ascension Breathwork. They have advanced training in a wide array of healing techniques, esoteric teachings, and breath mastery. Lucinda Kurtz, MA, is a certified Brennan Healing Science practitioner and former professor of Women’s Studies who helps people heal from experiences that block full manifestation of their potential. She has a background in healing, shamanic, and energetic practices. Lamaze Family Center Ann Arbor offers programs designed to impart a unique blend of knowledge, resources, and support to benefit families from pregnancy to preschool.