The Crazy Wisdom Community Journal • September - December 2018 • Page 121
Martin Iott, OP is a friar of the Southern Dominican Province and the Prior of Dominican community at Holy Rosary Priory in Houston, TX. Ordained in 1970, he has served as a parish priest, as a university and hospital chaplain, as well as a variety of positions in the initial formation of Dominican students. His ministry for over 30 years has been dedicated to the full-time preaching of retreats and parish missions. Jeff Jay is a clinical interventionist, educator, and author of Navigating Grace, a Solo Voyage of Survival and Redemption and co-author of the best-selling book Love First: A Family’s Guide to Intervention. Stephen Jenkinson is a teacher, author, storyteller, spiritual activist, farmer, and founder of the Orphan Wisdom School, a teaching and learning house for the skills of deep living and making human culture. It is rooted in knowing history, being claimed by ancestry, working for a time yet to come. 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. Among the last generation of incarnate lamas tutored by the masters of Old Tibet, Gelek Rimpoche’s command of western culture enabled him to convey the Tibetan Buddhist tradition with wisdom, wit, and kindness. Gwyn Jones is a certified STOTT Pilates and TRX instructor with a emphasis on natural movement and alignment. Virginia June LMSW, MAC, CAADC, RT has been a therapist in the addiction field for 28 years, NADA trainer for 14 years, and in long term recovery for over 30 years. Jan Katz is a senior student of SUN SHEN Founder, Master Sang Kim. She is also a certified instructor of the Tai Chi for Arthritis Program of Dr. Paul Lam’s Tai Chi for Health Institute. Joe Kelty is a poet and teacher of English and biology at area community colleges. Andrea Kennedy is a Reiki Master Practitioner and Instructor, practicing since 1995. She sees clients at Borer Family Chiropractic in Saline, MI, and brings Reiki into the mainstream through education and social media. Esther Kennedy, OP, MSW a Dominican Sister of Adrian, is a spiritual director, retreat leader, and clinical social worker. 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. Cindy Klement has been involved in holistic health since the 1970s and opened her private practice in 1983. She is an adjunct professor at Eastern Michigan and a sought after lecturer across North America. Cindy holds a Master’s degree in Nutrition, is a board-certified Nutrition Specialist, and a Master-Certified Health Education Specialist. She creates health education programs for large international US firms. Her first book will be available in September. Grace Helms Kotre, MSW is a Certified Mindfulness Instructor and the founder of Power to Be, LLC. She shares mindfulness as a tool for empowerment with youth and adults. 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. Amy Krentzman is an assistant professor at the School of Social Work and at the Center for Spirituality and Healing at the UMn and an Adjunct Research Investigator in the Department of Psychiatry at the UMi Medical School. Petra Kuppers is a disability culture activist, community performance artist, and a professor at UMi.
Frank Levey passed away in August, after a lengthy battle with cancer. He and his wife, Larissa Czuchnowsky, founded the Blue Turtle Nature Awareness and Wilderness Skills Camp in 2006 (featured in our cover story in the September 2012 — Issue #52 of the CW Journal, available on our website archive at www.crazywisdomjournal.com). Rarely in the annals of Ann Arbor’s conscious living community has there been such an outpouring of love, gratitude, and affection – focused on Frank Levey, the gentle, energetic, funny, and compassionate man, and also on the deep contribution he had made to the young people of this region. Levey and Czuchnowsky created an exceptional program that has affected hundreds of youngsters in the area, teaching kids carving, shelter building, fire-making techniques, safe procurement of water, making cordage (rope) from natural materials, trap-building, camouflage, plant studies, and tracking, as well as engaging them in drumming, craft projects, culinary adventures, and team-building games. He leaves behind wonderful memories and feelings! Lucinda Kurtz, MA Brennan Healing Science Practitioner and former professor of Women’s Studies, is a spiritual mentor and teacher of Kabbalah who believes Kabbalah, spiritual practice, and ritual can open paths to self-awareness and transformation. K.WEST Skin Body Soul is a local spa and wellness space dedicated to supporting a true connection to yourself and your community for a most radiant life. David Lawson has been teaching Buddhist meditation practices for over 20 years and co-founded Still Mountain Buddhist Meditation Center. He has studied with teachers from various traditions, but centers his teaching on the early practices of insight meditation taught by the historical Buddha. Mary Ledvina is a writer, artist, healer, and teacher. She loves teaching creativity and has taught art journaling. Art Journaling Magazine, Paragraph, and Seeding the Snow have published her work. Leslie Science and Nature Center educates and inspires children and adults to discover, understand, and respect their natural environment. Lifespan Doula Association provides End-of-Life Doula Training and Certification. Owners Merilynne Rush and Patty Brennan are experts in end-of-life issues and the doula model of care.
Mary Light, ND, MH, LMT is a traditional naturopath and consultant herbalist with a private practice and state licensed school of natural medicine in Ann Arbor. Ellen Livingston has been a student of yoga for 30 years and a certified instructor for a decade. She is also a coach, mentor, public speaker, author, and retreat leader living an authentic, heart-centered, healthy lifestyle. Lighthouse Center, Inc. in Whitmore Lake is a center for spiritual development founded by Chetana Catherine Florida in 1979. Open to all pathways, the Center is guided by Jain Master Gurudev Shree Chitrabhanuji and embraces Ahimsa, nonviolence toward all beings. Judy Lipton is a licensed professional counselor and educational strategist who works with sensitives addressing sensory, intuitive, academic, social, and empathic needs in traditional and unconventional ways. Julene Louis holds Jyotish Visharada certification from the Council of Vedic Astrology and has been a teaching and consulting astrologer for 18 years. Raisha Love has been teaching since 2007. She is a Purna Yoga Certified Teacher at the 500-hour level. She is currently enrolled in the 2,000-hour program at the College of Purna Yoga.