Bill Akpinar, D.Ac., D.D.S., M.D., B.S.
University Health Sciences School of Medicine (U.H.S.A.), Ataturk University School of Dentistry, American College of Acupuncture, City University of New York
Dr. Bill Akpinar is the director of the Center for Healing in New York. He has successfully integrated Eastern and Western Medicine in his field for over 20 years. Having served as director of two major teaching hospital-based anesthesiology and pain management programs in the New York City area, Dr. Bill continues to train medical, dental, and podiatry residents. He holds numerous board certifications and fellowships, including acupuncture, pain management, forensic medicine, forensic dentistry, traumatic distress, as well as herbal and Tibetan medicine.

Dr. Bill thrives on the use of many non-traditional techniques in combination with his anesthesiology background in the field of headache and TMJ pain disorders, including music therapy (he is an accomplished musician), Chinese Heal Martial Arts, such as Chi Kung (he holds several black belts and practices various “internal” healing martial arts styles), oxygenation therapy, and has been trained by noted Chinese, Indian, Shaolin, Sufi, and Tibetan healing masters in the course of his career (including a mentorship with the Dali Lama’s personal physician, while in Tibet).

As medical director of the United States Karate Team, under the direction of his teacher and world Karate champion Terrence "Tokey" Hill, Dr. Bill has had the opportunity to apply his healing skills to the team in his travels with them. Dr. Bill now serves as medical director of the University of Natural Medicine, Santa Fe, New Mexico and is constantly searching for ways to bridge Eastern and Western Medicine and bring this knowledge to the public.

Richard Anderson N.D., N.M.D.
The International University
In 1983, Dr. Richard Anderson was close to death with severe memory loss, devastating fatigue and pain. After various healing attempts, he went into the wilderness to fast and pray. Sudden and unexpected results occurred with his inspired discovery of a unique combination of herbs that allowed for thorough cleansing and revitalization of his internal organs. A series of unusual events further developed Dr. Anderson’s exceptional method of healing, based on internal cleansing, which promotes ongoing states of remarkable love and happiness. He went on to develop the Cleanse Thyself™ internal cleansing program as well as many other herbal formulas for Arise & Shine Herbal products, a company he founded. He has written two books and several booklets based on his experience and research. Dr. Anderson is well-known for his colon cleansing theory and for the superior products that he creates.

Lynn V. Andrews
School of Sacred Arts and Training
Lynn Andrews is an internationally acclaimed author who has written 18 books, including Medicine Woman (now in its 39th printing), Jaguar Woman and Crystal Woman. Considered a preeminent teacher in the field of personal development, Lynn is a 21st Century shaman whose words reflect her path, a path of heart. Her work explores the ancient teachings taught by the Sisterhood of the Shields, which embrace the study of global shamanic cosmologies and sacred art technologies. For over a decade, people from all over the world have gathered with Lynn for her annual Joshua Tree four-day retreat. In 1994, The Lynn Andrews Center for Sacred Arts and Training was created--a unique mystery school designed to integrate the sacred into every aspect of life.

Edward Bauman, M.Ed., Ph.D.
University of New Mexico, University of Massachusetts, Syracuse University
Dr. Bauman is the Director of Institute of Educational Therapy and a leader in the field of nutrition and holistic health promotion. He has a Masters in Education from the University of Massachusetts, and a Ph.D. in Health Promotion from the University of New Mexico, with original research on Breast Cancer prevention. Dr. Bauman has been a nutrition educator, practitioner and director of the Berkeley Holistic Health Center & Heartwood College Wellness Clinic: Co-editor of the Holistic Health Handbook and Holistic Health Lifebook, and author of Confronting Cancer in Our Community and the Eating for Health Cookbook. Dr. Bauman is currently clinical director of Nutrition Consultant Training Program, Culinary Arts Program, and the Partners in Health in Cotati, CA. He is involved in administration, teacher training, and curriculum development of the program at IET.

Dr. Bauman has been a ground-breaking leader in the field of whole foods nutrition, holistic health, and community health promotion. After three decades of in-depth study of worldwide health and nutrition systems, Dr. Bauman created the ‘Eating for Health’ nutrition system which is the foundation of the Bauman College Nutrition Consultant and Natural Chef Training Programs. Dr. Bauman facilitates the Bauman College Vitality Rejuvenation Retreats in the spring and summer in Northern California.

John Beaulieu, N.D., Ph.D., R.P.P.
International College of Naturopathic Medicine, Indiana University, Purdue University, Westbrook University
Dr. Beaulieu is a Naturopath and Registered Polarity Practitioner who has been practicing and teaching Polarity for twenty years. He is the founding director of the Polarity Wellness® Network.

He is one of the foremost philosophers and major innovators in the area of sound healing therapies. A world-renowned speaker, composer, pianist, and naturopathic doctor, Dr. Beaulieu has pioneered a technique called BioSonic Repatterning™, a natural method of healing and consciousness development using tuning forks and other sound modalities based on the sonic ratios inherent in nature. As the founder of BioSonic Enterprises, he has developed and distributed over 50 different sound healing-related products including tuning forks, instructional videos, audio programs, CDs and books. Dr. Beaulieu is the groundbreaking author of Music and Sound in the Healing Arts and the composer/producer of Calendula: A Suite for Pythagorean Tuning Forks, a CD designed to physically align your body and create a deep relaxed state of awareness. He lectures and performs worldwide and conducts training seminars for practitioners in the healing arts.

Emily J. Blair, M.A.
University of Northern Colorado
Emily Blair received her degrees in Speech and Theatre Arts from the University of Northern Colorado. She has extensive experience designing outcome based education with Littleton High School, coordinating public school educational programs, and teaching at Metropolitan State College as the Director of Forensics at both the high school and college level. She has coached state and national champions in public performance. Her experience is most applicable in designing, supervising, and evaluating performance based education projects. Designing reliability training models for people evaluating inter-disciplinary performances and projects makes her background unique.

Min Gu, Bok
Graduated from Henan University in China
OMD(Oriental Medicine Doctor), (Natural Medicine Doctor)
President of Natural Healing Hospital
The director of Natural Medicine University in Korea
Professor of Wonguang Graduate University

Pedro A. Bolanos, M.D., Ph.D., N.D.
Westbrook University, Centro Medicina Biologica
Dr. Bolaños graduated as an M.D. in 1977 and as an orthopedic surgeon in 1983, both in Costa Rica. In 1988 he became a specialist in acupuncture in Taiwan, and then, a Naturopathic Doctor in 1995 through Westbrook University in the United States. He also received a Ph.D. in Nutrition from Westbrook in 1996. Since then he has been studying Iridology, Electroacupuncture, Biological medicine, Homotoxicology, Neural Therapy and Meridian Training.

Linda Burnham, N.D., LMT
Westbrook University, Loyola-Marymount University, University of Southern California at Los Angeles, The Center of the Light.
Linda Burnham, N. D., is the director of Burnham System Studies and creator of 3 distinct systems of specialty bodywork: Burnham System Facial Rejuvenation, Burnham Systems WiseBody Therapeutics Series, and A BodyWisdom Course Regeneration from the Inside Out. Dr. Burnham has used her lifetime of personal transformation and diverse clinical experience, in-depth training as a naturopathic physician and in complimentary medicine, to synthesize her experience into a useable philosophy and practical application of Physical-Spiritual Medicine.

As a gifted teacher, she believes the most important thing any of us can learn is who we are: physically, emotionally, mentally, energetically and spiritually. "Who we are is what we have to give to ourselves, to our loved ones, and to our planet. Becoming fully present to who we are, is what we have to share and why we're here."

Her focus as an ordained minister, as well as a physician, is on the transformational experience that is available to each student as they unravel who they are in the safety of her classroom. Dr. Burnham's capacity to enliven students with information on anatomy, physiology, vibrational medicine, herbistry, nutrition, specialty massage and reflexology is matched only by her willingness to hold a container of loving intentionally as she demonstrates what she teaches.

Her unique specialty bodywork modalities have been developed and nurtured for many years and have been influenced by many exceptional healers, healing modalities and transformational experiences. Beginning in 1978, she was a co-founding faculty member of the Center of the Light (a highly regarded healing institute in the Berkshire Mountains, USA, in operation throughout the 80's). Her commitment to health through the practical and effective use of food and herbs was strengthen as the owner/founder of Weeds of Worth, Ltd., an herbal preparations company, for 15 years. Her career in the healing arts, began when her theatrical training demanded ?more than her body could give. Linda combined personal growth with professional training - Upledger Cranial Sacral Therapy, Well-Spring Alignment Process, licensed massage therapist (American Massage Therapy Association), Guided Imagery and Music through I.C.M., Psychosynthesis, Hendricks body/breath psychotherapeutic process, Neuro Linguistic Programming -to mention a few. Currently, Dr. Burnham incorporates the healing and therapeutic use of music and the creative arts in much of her private work. Dr. Burnham has guided many seminars and workshops on spiritual and holistic approaches to health and wellness over 25 years.

Dr. Burnham's expertise combines to create programs that are diverse and practical for both the professional body-worker and the layperson. She is a highly respected authority in the holistic health field.

Paula B. Castro, M.D.
University of California, School of Medicine (Davis and L.A.)
Dr. Castro is a holistic practitioner, a family physician, and integrated complementary therapies into her private practice, including acupuncture and shamanic counseling. She is a graduate of the Lynn Andrew’s Center for Sacred Arts and Training and an ordained minister. Her interest is to teach courses that facilitate the journey to self-empowerment through self-healing.

Luc Chaltin, N.D., D.I.Hom
The British Institute of Homeopathy
At the age of 80, Dr. Luc Chaltin is still active and in good health. He exercises twice a day if he is not working in his organic garden. His food is exclusively organic and vegetarian, partly coming from his own garden. In his early forties he got tuberculosis but could not tolerate the toxic drugs of classical medicine. He consulted two homeopathic doctors but they could not help him. One laughed at him saying, "You cannot cure tuberculosis with homeopathy!" Dr. Chaltin then decided to try coming up with a homeopathic solution by himself. He found two helpful books, both written in the French language: one about homeopathy in general and, unbelievably, a second about how to cure tuberculosis with homeopathy. The last one is the only book about tuberculosis and homeopathy ever written in any language. Using these books, he successfully cured his disease in less than six months.

Dr. Chaltin’s path in life was clear from that point on. He soon started treating patients and had a successful practice first in Belgium, and later in the United States. The experience with his own health related problems and those of thousands of patients allowed him to develop effective complex homeopathic formulas for sale to the public and for the use by doctors in their practice.

Dr. Chaltin earned a diploma from the prestigious British Institute of Homeopathy and has taught a post-graduate course to doctors and pharmacists at the University of Courtrai in Belgium. He also holds a Naturopathic Doctor’s degree. Dr. Chaltin continues to be sought-after as a lecturer and practitioner; he is proud to share the benefits of Newton’s Homeopathic remedies as a way of healing from modern disease.

David Christopher, BA, MH, AHG
Brigham Young University, The School of Natural Healing
For the last 20 years David Christopher has been a popular world wide speaker. He has generated new ideas on the management of high blood pressure, diabetes and auto-immune diseases, and was one of the first to discourage the use of Prozac in favor of natural methods. Alarmed by the growing use of Ritalin, David developed an alternative program for ADD and ADHD.

In 1974, David Christopher, M.H., took his place by his father's side at The School of Natural Healing. David's book entitled An Herbal Legacy of Courage is a loving tribute to his father. Today, thousands of individuals practice the art of natural healing thanks to his continued directorship and teaching.

David Christopher is a prominent herbalist in the United States and is a founding member of the American Herbalist Guild. He received his Bachelor of Arts from Brigham Young University, and his Master's degree from The School of Natural Healing. David's herbal studies began at the foot of America's foremost herbalist, his father, Dr. John R. Christopher, MH, ND. As the director of The School of Natural Healing he ensures that the School offers the best herbal education in the field. David is also a popular radio talk show host, and his program, A Healthier You. An Herbal Legacy of Courage, a biography on his father's life, is David's most recent publication.

Willard H. Dean, M.D.
American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University
Dr. Dean practices holistic medicine in Santa Fe, New Mexico where he co-founded the Center for Self Healing. Although trained in general medicine, he specializes in preventive and behavioral medicine, emphasizing wellness and alternative therapies. He has been on the faculty and boards of several schools of natural healing and is currently serving to help establish certification in holistic medicine. He is a published author and is writing series of texts on the different systems of the body, their diseases and treatments. His lifestyle reflects his beliefs of health and well-being.

John DeMarsh, M.D.
McMaster University, University of Guelph, Michigan State University, College of Osteopathic Medicine, Ayurvedic Institute.
Dr. DeMarsh has worked as a Board Certified Family physician in Canada for 18 years. He has been involved in many areas of Medicine including; rural and urban family practice, hospice-palliative care, emergency medicine, obstetrics and occupational, and environmental medicine. He has also taken a wide variety of Osteopathic courses from the College of Osteopathic Medicine at Michigan State University over the past 5 years. He has also studied Ayurvedic Medicine at the Ayurvedic Institute in Albuquerque, N.M. Dr. DeMarsh integrates hands-on healing and natural medicine with conventional medicine.

Edward G. Dudley-Robey, M.D.(MA), I.M.D., FAAIM, B.S.
B.S. from the University of Natural Medicine, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Dr. Dudley-Robey is an expert in Integrative Medicine and licensed Naturopathic Physician. He is Board Certified in naturopathic Sports Medicine and a former professional basketball player, researcher, author and clinical reviewer for several publishers and is credited with inventing and copyrighting the first computerized Director of Staff Development system. He is a Fellow and member of the Executive Advisory Board of the American Association of Integrative Medicine.

David Frawley, O.M.D.
International Institute of Chinese Medicine, Ashtanga Ayurvedic College (Pune, India).
Dr. Frawley has a twenty-year background in natural healing, including the systems of Ayurveda, Chinese Medicine, and Western Herbalism. He has a doctors' degree in oriental medicine from the International Institute of Chinese Medicine where he taught herbal medicine for several years. He is associated with the Ashtanga Ayurveda College in Pune, India and other Ayurvedic schools in India, where he has lectured on a number of occasions. Dr. Frawley is also a Vedic astrologer, Sanskrit and Vedic scholar, and teacher of yoga and meditation. He writes regularly for various yoga, Ayurvedic and Hindu publications in the United States and India.

Dr. David Frawley is one of the few Westerners ever recognized in India as a Vedacharya or teacher of the ancient wisdom. In 1991 under the auspices of the great Indian teacher, Avadhuta Shastri, he was named Vamadeva Shastri, after the great Vedic Rishi Vamadeva. In 1995 he was given the title of Pandit along with the Brahmachari Vishwanathji award in Mumbai for his knowledge of the Vedic teaching. Over the years Vamadeva has received many awards and honors for his work from throughout India.

Vamadeva (Dr. Frawley) is a unusual western born knowledge-holder in the Vedic tradition. He carries many special Vedic ways of knowledge (vidyas), which he passes on to students in India and in the West. His vast knowledge is rooted in intuitive and past life influences, as it is more than could be gained in a single life experience, though he has studied many traditional texts and with many teachers.

In India, Vamadeva is recognized not only as a Vedacharya (Vedic teacher), but also as a Vaidya (Ayurvedic doctor), Jyotishi (Vedic astrologer), Puranic (Vedic historian) and Yogi, a rare feat for an American born in Wisconsin. He is now a visiting professor for the Vivekananda Yoga Kendra in Bangalore, India, a government approved deemed university for yogic and Vedic studies and also a teacher with the Sringeri Shankaracharya Math, the most central of the traditional Vedantic centers in India.
In India, his translations and interpretations of the ancient Vedic teachings have been given the highest acclaim in both spiritual and scholarly circles. In America he is well known as a teacher and practitioner of Ayurvedic medicine and of Vedic astrology (Jyotish) and has done pioneering work on both these subjects in the West. In Sept. 2000, he was regarded as one of the 25 most influential Yoga teachers in America by the magazine Yoga Journal.

It is very difficult to get authentic knowledge about Vedic teachings and its related traditions of Yoga, Tantra, Vedanta, Ayurveda and Vedic Astrology. Yoga is often reduced to mere asana or yogic postures. Tantra has become little more than sex. Vedanta has often been reduced to a mere conceptual philosophy or an Advaitic pop psychology. Academic presentations of these subjects, not being done by practitioners, remain caught in semantics and theoretical issues.

Vamadeva (Dr. Frawley) presents authentic Vedic knowledge in the Western world and in a lucid presentation recognized by the tradition itself. He has worked extensively teaching, writing, lecturing, conducting research and helping establish schools and associations in related Vedic fields over the last thirty years. He has studied and traveled widely gathering knowledge, working with various Vedic teachers and groups in a non-sectarian manner.

Vamadeva sees his role as helping to revive Vedic knowledge in an interdisciplinary approach for the planetary age. He sees himself as a teacher and translator to help empower people to use Vedic systems to enhance their lives and aid in their own Self-realization. He sees Vedic wisdom as a tool for liberation of the spirit, not as a dogma to bind people or to take power over them. Vedic knowledge is a means of communing with the conscious universe and learning to embody it in our own life and perception.

Maria Gabrielle, N.D., L.M.T.
Westbrook University, St. Peter's Jesuit College
Dr. Maria Gabrielle is the founder of Alternative Therapy Associates, a holistic medical center in Santa Fe, New Mexico, where she treats patients from all around the world. Her specialty within the Naturopathic practice is Biological Medicine, which includes Darkfield Microscopy according to Dr. Guenther Enderlein, Biological Terrain Assessment, Herbology, Nutrition, Bio-energetic Evaluation, Sanum Therapy, Orthomolecular Medicine and Homeopathy. Dr. Gabrielle has studied internationally to develop her eclectic expertise in the field.

Lawrence Galante, Ph.D., D.Hom., R.P.P.
Hofstra University,Hanhnemann Academy of North America, Hunter College
Dr. Galante has been teaching Tai Chi for more than 25 years. He holds a M.A. in Oriental Philosophy and Mysticism, a Ph.D. in the Holistic Healing Arts and Sciences, and has been a student of Martial Arts since 1964. Dr. Galante is the founding director of Galante's School of Tai Chi, The Center for Holistic Arts, and The Atlantic Academy of Classical Homeopathy. In addition he has maintained a thriving private practice for the past 10 years as a homeopathic consultant.

George Georgiou, BSc., MSc. , Ph.D., D.Sc (A.M.), N.D.
Dr. Georgiou has a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc) honors degree in Biology/Psychology from Oxford Brook’s University, Oxford, England, a Master’s of Science degree (M.Sc) in Clinical Psychology from the University of Surrey, Guildford, England, a Doctor of Philosophy degree (Ph.D). in Clinical Sexology from The Institute for Advanced Study of Human Sexuality, San Francisco, USA. He also holds a Doctor of Science (D.Sc) degree in Alternative Medicine from the International Open University of Alternative Medicine.
Dr. Georgiou's main research interest is Heavy Metal Detoxification using Natural Substances. He also has Diplomas and Degrees in Clinical Nutrition (Dip.ION) from the Institute of Optimum Nutrition (ION), London, England, Diplomas in Naturopathy, Medical Herbalism (M.H.) and Iridology (R.Ir.,MRNI) from the Holistic Health College, London, UK, and a Diploma in Electronic Impulse Therapy (Dip.E.I.Th) from the Euro College of Complementary Medicine, UK. and has been awarded a Diploma in Homeopathic Medicine (DIHom.) from the British Institute of Homeopathy, Middlesex, England. He has a Licentiate Diploma in Chinese Acupuncture (L.Dip.Ac.,aM.A.C.Ac.-TCMI) from the College of Oriental Medicine, UK and the Cyprus Acupuncture Institute and is a qualified Su Jok Acupuncturist and lectures on the subject of Su Jok in the UK.

He has been the Principle Investigator for the World Health Organization in studies on AIDS and Drug Use, as well as other psycho-social studies. He lectures to Masters students in Psychology at a private college in Cyprus, and has been a prolific writer of health articles for the general public, many of which are available on the www.worldwidehealthcenter.net web site, which is well known for its cutting-edge health articles. He has written 3 books and had his own radio program for 2 years entitled Human Sexuality on the island of Cyprus.

Dr. Georgiou is a VEGA (allergy) specialist and a Bio-Resonance practitioner after specific training in Germany and the UK. He has been trained in Live Blood Analysis, Thermography, Bioresonance therapy using the BICOM and VEGA Select, Biological Terrain Assessment, Autonomic Response Testing with Dr. Klinghardt, M.D.,Ph.D. and numerous other training courses in different parts of the world.

He has been an active clinician for 25 years, and Natural Medicine Director and Founder of the INTEGRATED MEDICINE CENTRE, in Larnaca, Cyprus, which specializes in many aspects of Integrated Medicine such as naturopathy, herbal medicine, thermography, colon hydrotherapy, chelation, iridology, homeopathy, VEGA allergy testing, Bio-resonance therapy, Rife technology, Electro-Medicine (Rife & Beck), Infrared and ozone sauna, MRT, HRV, Orgone Accumulator, psychotherapy and Naturopathic Sexology. He has just filed an international patent for a natural heavy metal chelator that he discovered in Russia during three years of research.

He is a Member of the following Associations/Institutes:
- The British Holistic Medical Association, UK (BHMA)
- Member of the Institute of Complementary Medicine, UK (ICM)
- The International and American Association of Clinical Nutritionists, USA (IAACN)
- The British Association of Nutritional Therapists, UK (BANT)
- The Council for Nutrition Education and Therapy, UK (CNEAT)
- The General Council and Register of Naturopaths, UK (GCRN)
- The Register of Naturopathic Iridologists, UK (M.R.N.I.)
- National Iridology Research Association, USA (NIRA)
- The Association of Master Herbalists, UK. (AMH)
- Fellow of the British Institute of Homeopathy, UK (FBIH)
- The American College of Clinical Thermology, USA
- The International Su Jok Therapy Association, Russia
- The Institute of Biology, UK (MIBiol.)
- Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society, UK (AFBPsS)
- Chartered Clinical Psychologist, UK, BPS (C.Clin.Psychol)
- Chartered Biologist, UK (C. Biol)
- Diplomate of the American Board of Sexology, USA (ABS)
- Registered Sex Therapist with ABS, USA
- The American College of Sexologists, USA (ACS)
- Fellow of the American Academy of Clinical Sexologists, USA (FAACS)

Mohammed Ishak Syed Ahmad, M.D.
Open University (Sri Lanka), University of Kashmir (India)
Qualifications:
MBBS, Ph.D (Naturopathy)
Government Medical College: Kashmir, India, MBBS, Srinagar, Kashmir, India, Open University SriLank, Ph.D. (Naturopathy)
Associations:
- Member of Malaysian Medical Association
- Membor of American College of Adv. In Medicine
- President of Society of Complimentary Therapies of Malaysia
- President of Complimentary Association of Malaysia
Immediate Past Chairman of mind Science Association of Melaka, Malaysia
Business
1. Medical Director of Clinic Ishak and Surgery
2. Managing Director of College of Complimentary Medicine, Melaka,
3. Malaysia
4. Managing Director of Bio Nutritional Laboratory, Malaysia
Experiences:
Worked in the following hospitals in the Medical, Surgical and Gynecological Units:
- General Hospital, Johore Bharu, Malaysia
- District Hospital, Dungun, Terengganu, Malaysia
- General Hospital, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia as Registrar in the Ear Nose Throat Dept.
- General Hospital, Melaka, Malaysia
- Attachment at Royal College of Surgeons, Grey’s Inn Road, London for 2 months
- Attachment at Bradford’s Hospital in Tijuana, on alternative care for cancer and degenerative diseases 1990
- Started own private practice since 1983
- Started own 15 bedded surgical center in 1986
- Started Center for Healthy Living in 1998
- Started College of Complimentary Medicine in 1999 to do the Foundation Programme for Melaka Municipal Medical College
- Opening Health Guard Wellness Resort and College, on 25 acres, 2003

Janet C. Ives, Ph.D., M.Sc.N.
University of Texas, University of California, University of British Columbia , Lynn Andrews Center for Sacred Arts and Training
International Assembly of Spiritual Healers, Earth Stewards Congregation