Ongoing Presenters at the BCIC
Yogacharya Srinidhi Baba
Yogacharya Srinidhi Baba began Kriya Yoga practice in 1988, and met his Guru,
Paramahamsa Hariharananda five years later in New York. He describes
the relationship with Hariharananda as “extremely precious, enlightening
and blissful, filled with immense love and compassion.” He continued
his studies in yoga and meditation at Homestead Ashram in South Florida,
and went on from there to receive a PhD in Computer Science from Southern
Methodist University, Dallas, Texas. Srinidhi and his wife Prathima founded
the Denver Kriya Yoga Center in 1995 and have organized several Mountain
Region Kriya Yoga retreats and fundraisers for Hariharananda Balashram,
a residential school for disadvantaged children.
Email: babaji108@msn.com
Website: http://www.denverkriya.com/
* Dr. Lloyd Burton
Lloyd Burton has been doing meditation practices from the Theravada Buddhist
tradition since 1975, and teaching them since 1997 -- principally
under the tutelage of senior guiding teachers at the Insight Meditation
Society
in Barre, Massachusetts, and the Spirit Rock Meditation Center
in Woodacre, California. In 2000 he completed the first Community Dharma
Leaders training
program at Spirit Rock. His day job is as professor of law and
public policy in the Graduate School of Public Affairs at the University
of
Colorado; and his most recent book is Worship and Wilderness: Culture,
Religion, and Law in Public Lands Management (U. of Wisc. Press,
2002).
Email: lloydburton@cudenver.edu
Website: http://www.insightcolorado.org/
John Congdon
John Congdon is a teacher of Centering Prayer, and a director of Contemplative
Outreach of Colorado. He describes himself as an inter-spiritual seeker.
“Spiritual practices,” he says, “are what lead us into the Mysterium
Tremendum. The longer I’m on the path, the less I know!” A retired lawyer,
he and his fellow teachers from the Center for Contemplative Living initiated
a Centering Prayer ministry at Englewood Federal Correctional Institution
near Denver, Colorado. He has made two trips to Europe to offer training
programs on contemplative spirituality and is a frequent guest at Denver
area churches, particularly those in the Protestant traditions.
Email: jcongdon@att.net
Website: http://www.centeringprayer.com/
* Venerable Claude d'Estree
Prof. d'Estree, a Professor in the DU Korbel School of International Studies
and head of the Human Rights Department, is also a Rapportuer for the
United Nations on Human Trafficking, will address the contemporary issue
of Slavery and Human Trafficking and the call for us all to be engaged
in this important contemporary work of human liberation that connects
us so deeply to Jesus. Both Jesus and the Jewish Seder (which was the
last meal he shared with his friends) call us to this awaken and engage
in the world around us.
Email: cdestree@du.edu
Danan Henry, Roshi
Danan Henry began his formal spiritual training in 1965 at the Gurdjieff Foundation
in New York City. In 1975, he became a disciple of Philip Kapleau, Roshi,
by whom he was ordained a Buddhist priest in 1986 and sanctioned to teach
in 1989. Since 1990, he has traveled regularly to Honolulu, Hawaii to
continue his formal Zen training under Robert Aitken, Roshi. Danan Henry
is the spiritual director of the Zen Center of Denver, an affiliate of
the Diamond Sangha, a worldwide network of Zen Centers in the Harada-Yasutani
lineage under the direction of Robert Aitken Roshi.
Email: office@zencenterofdenver.org
Website: http://www.zencenterofdenver.org/
* Rabbi Howard Hoffman
In
addition to his private counseling practice, Rabbi Henoch Dov (Howard)Hoffman
leads study groups and Spiritual-Journey expeditions in Denver,
Boulder, Utah, Australia, and Israel.
Email: Sh6r6v4t9@aol.com
Website: http://rabbihenochdov.com/
* Imam Ibrahim Kazerooni
Imam
Ibrahim Kazerooni was born in 1958 in the holy city of Al-Najaf,
Southern Iraq to a family of prominent Shiite clerics. At the age
of 15, he was arrested and tortured by Saddam Hussein's secret
police. He fled to Iran where he was able to complete his theological studies. He has taught Comparative
Mysticism , Introduction to Islamic Law and Theology, Qur'anic Exegeses, Islamic
History, and the History of Hadith. Kazerooni was elected Director of the Abrahamic
Initiative Program at St. John's Cathedral and is a member of the Board of
Religious Advisers to the Denver Chief of Police.
Email: mkazerooni@hotmail.com
* Karen Kudebeh
Karen Kudebeh is a frequent presenter on the Big Picture of our place in the Universe. She shares the "science of belonging"-- the scientific story that supports the indigenous insight that All of Life is connected. For those of us who care about what kind of world we are leaving for future generations, it's important to define -- and to take a stand for--- what might be possible. Karen creates spiral timelines and programs that bridge between left brain/rational/scientific perspectives and right brain/intuitive/spiritual perspectives. (See www.timetrace.com)
Karen was active in Beyond War throughout the 1980's, managed leading-edge environmental programs in Colorado for 25 years. For more than 2 decades she has followed the work/personally worked with some of the leaders in the Universe Story/Deep Time/Big History "movement:" Sr. Miriam MacGillis, Brian Swimme, Joanna Macy, Michael Dowd. She has always sought to translate complex concepts/science into essential language that people can understand.
* Sister Rose Annette Liddell
Sister Liddell is a Catholic nun in the Loretto order, a student of Thomas Merton, and a spiritual seeker. She is the director of the Thomas Merton Center for Creative Exchange and a teacher of Christian meditation who adapts various spiritual practices to meet the needs of the individual. Her theme for Meditate 08 will be a "Lectio Divina Meditation on the Prayer of St.Francis ."
Address: Thomas Merton Center for Creative Exchange 2832 S. Vrain Street, Denver CO 80236
* Dr. Bob Mischke
Dr. Mischke is a longtime teacher of Christian Centering Prayer. He studied with
Father Thomas Keating, and is Co-Director of the Center for Spiritual
Transformation. Retired early from the medical profession, he helped
establish a mountain retreat center near Echo Lake in the Colorado Rockies. "I'm working," he says, " to discover ways to open the heart, consciously evolve, integrate spiritual
principles into daily life, and support others on their journey." He's inspired by complimentary teachings from both the Eastern and Western traditions,
and believes that transformation occurs through an authentic daily practice
of mindfulness and prayer.
Website: http://www.centerforspiritual.com/
* Don Morreale
Don Morreale has studied in Zen, Tibetan, and Theravadan traditions and has authored "The Complete Guide
to Buddhist America."
* Anyen Rinpoche
Westerners
love AnyenRinpoche for his humor, directness, and ability to bring
the traditional teachings of Tibetan Buddhism to life in a way
that is pertinent, practical and easy to understand. Rinpoche grew
up in a small village in the high mountains of Amdo, Tibet. Trained
as a scholar, he became the heart student of the great realized
master Tsara Dharmakirit Rinpoche, holder of an uncut, pristine
lineage that extends directly from Patrul Rinpoche. Anyen Rinpoche
teaches meditation and shedra - intensive Buddhist study.
Email: info@anyenrinpoche.com
Website: http://www.anyenrinpoche.com/
* Roland Stanich
Rollie Stanich grew up in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. He was awarded the University of Calgary's highest scholarship for four consecutive years, and graduated with distinction from the Faculty of Management in 1990. He taught at the University's Faculty of Continuing Education for several years, then worked for ten years in software development in Montreal. Rollie assisted with the early development of the Integral Naked website and joined Integral Institute as the site"s Managing Editor in 2004. A year later, he was appointed to his present position as Chief Facilitator of Integral Spiritual Center. He co-organized numerous ISC seminars on Integral Buddhism and Integral Christianity and the ISC Teachers" Gatherings of 2005, 2006, and 2007. Rollie presented on the work of James Fowler and Ken Wilber at the third ISC Teachers" Gathering, and is a frequent teacher at Boulder Integral, Denver's Buddhist/Christian Interfaith Group, and at Integral Salons and seminars across the U.S. and Canada.
Christine Tulis, Celtic Harpist
Inspired by the beauty of the Celtic harp, Christine Tulis composes and performs
original music intended to deepen the awareness of our Divine Essence.
All
of her vocal pieces feature spiritually uplifting lyrics originating
from
her own experiences or the poetry of Rumi, 13th century mystic
saint.
A leader in her field pioneering powerful combinations of healing arts, music, and sacred performance, she delights in bringing her unique blend of offerings all over the world.
Email: christine@christinetulis.com
Website:http://www.christinetulis.com/
* David Atekpatzin Young
David Atekpatzin Young is an Apache curandero (traditional healer) and spiritual
leader of the Iglesia de Aztlan, a Native People's Community Church
, He is the founder and organizer of the annual International Wenakuo
Traditional Spiritual Retreat, and the National Two Spirit
Society. He also founded Kalmeka Aztlan, a school specializing
in indigenous traditional medicine. Mr. Young has taught courses
at Naropa University, and has been a guest lecturer at the University
of Colorado, Denver Metropolitan State College, Denver University,
the University of Washington and at conferences throughout North
America and Spain.
Email: atekpatzin@gmail.com