Parisian, Amelia, 23 is an artist, adventurer, Gaia University student, outdoor educator and facilitator. She is a tutor on the Bridging the Gap programme at Waldorf College, Stroud  and a student support and mentor. She loves being outdoors, making things and helping people connect to themselves, others and the natural world.  Tel. 07780 888368. ameliaparisian@gmail.com

Mason, Andrew (clarinet) organiser of the prize-winning wind quintet, The Aurora Ensemble, who will be visiting Hawkwood in March and August as part of their busy 2010 season. Maxine Willis (flute), Gwenllian Davies (oboe), Helen Shillito (horn), Constance Tanner (bassoon). For more information, and details of performances, please visit www.auroraensemble.com

Henry, Andy has studied the spiritual, healing and martial traditions of east and west since the early 1980s. He is a well-established teacher among whose main influences was the late Dr Shen Hongxun, the founder of the Taijiwuxigong and Buqi healing. Andy has also studied Western herbal medicine, acupuncture, and shiatsu. Tel. 07810571237.

taijiwuxigong@hotmail.com

Hollis, Annabel is a skilled facilitator with a background in the healing and creative arts. She has given talks on the subjects of healing and dream wisdom and is a founding member of the Spiritual Crisis Network. Writing, painting and bodywork, alongside a deep reverence for the natural world are her passions. Tel. 01453 768524.  www.annabelhollis.co.uk

Annabelle Apsion and Ingrid Maria Nordgreen are the Directors of the Rosen Bodywork Training in this country, and the only qualified introductory workshop teachers based in the UK. They have private practices in London and Manchester. Ingrid Maria is also a psychotherapist, and Annabelle a well known television actress. e-mail info@rosenmethod.co.uk

Annett E. Bank is a passionate artist and ambassador for authentic living and personal development. Best known for her powerful figure paintings, she is also a blog author on the issues of 2012, global Awakening and our Consciousness Evolution. She has researched many esoteric, metaphysical subjects and studied Holistic Life Coaching, Stress Management, Energy Healing, Feng Shui & transformational Psychotherapy. During her artistic training she was selected as one of UK's best graduates and has since exhibited, and sold her work all over Europe. Tel. 07919505206.  www.annett-bank.co.uk/true-colours-workshop

Blampied, Rev. Annie is an ordained Interfaith Minister, performing ceremonies and offering spiritual counselling, accompanying, and supervision. She is a consultant in Steiner Waldorf Education, and was a member of the Findhorn Foundation. She is a lover of sacred poetry and story telling, and is inspired by A Course in Miracles, and the path of Ramana Maharshi. www.annieblampied.co.uk

Berk, Ari is a poet, folklorist, visual artist, teacher and a scholar of comparative myth, literature and iconography. He is a director of the Mythic Imagination Institute and the author of Hobgoblins, Mermaids and Death Watch, first of the Undertaken trilogy. He lives in Michigan, USA. www.ariberk.com

Kern, Arthur trained in biodynamic agriculture at Emerson College. Currently he follows the spiritual path of Blessed John of the Holy Grail, founder of the Cathar Association of Spain. They dedicate themselves to helping humanity manifest the true Christ forces in the world and cultivate  inner peace, equanimity and harmony to confront the changes that are upon us.

Tel.07832330219. http://www.theogamy.com

Every spring the Aurora Ensemble leads a course at Hawkwood. Apart from our own web-site and brochure descriptions, their web-site contains further information, plus many pictures from previous years!

Brown, Barbara developed the bodytao method: body psychotherapy combined with Qi Gong and meditation.  Her book Qi Gong was published in 2001. Barbara trained with Zhixing Wang and has studied with many other excellent teachers over the last 20 years. She brings aliveness and compassion to her work. Tel. 0207 435 2201. barbara@bodytao.co.uk

Mason, Barry is a professional drummer and drum teacher working with drum kit and indigenous percussion instruments. His partner Lina Lotto is director of SenSpa in Hampshire and has a lifelong interest in complementary health and music. They share a love of the hang, which creates a unique healing sound combining melody and rhythm. Tel. 01285 760548. barrymason@waitrose.com

Simmons-Heiz, Béatrice SVLAT, MSTAT has been teaching the Alexander Technique since 1989 and is co-director of a teacher training programme with her husband Robin. She runs a private practice for shamanic work in Zurich, Switzerland, having trained with Sandra Ingerman. Tel. 0041+786022838.  info@attaraduftparadies.com

Jarman, Bernard is currently the head gardener at Hawkwood and a  consultant for the biodynamic movement. He helped co-found Stroud Community Agriculture, based at Hawkwood. Karin Jarman, Bernard’s wife, is an art therapist working at the St luke's Medical Centre in Stroud. In addition she runs courses and workshops in this country and abroad. She is also a long-distance walker which for her is a spiritual practice.  Both have a long involvement with anthroposophy and spent a number of years working in the Camphill Movement. Tel. 01453 757436. bernardnkarin@phonecoop.coop

Branigan, Cait  is an Ordained Priestess Hierophant of the Western Mystery Tradition, a Bean Feasa (Shamanic Practitioner) and healer working within the traditions of Ireland.  She works with individuals at her healing centre in Co. Wexford.  She is an Ovate with the Order of Bards, Ovates and Druids and a member of the Fellowship of Isis. 

cbranigan9@gmail.com

Matthews, Caitlín, singer, writer and shaman, has served the Western Mysteries for many years as priestess and initiator. She is the author of over 50 books, including Walkers Between Worlds,  Sophia Goddess of Wisdom, Singing the Soul Back Home and The Storyworld. Her CDs Deep Well in the Wild Wood and Earth’s Own Heart reveal the mythic themes and landscapes of Britain. She has taught practical shamanism worldwide since 1990 and has published original research into the shamanic and ancestral traditions of Britain and Ireland. She has trained in constellations work with Broughton and Mahr, and is in continuing Systemic Ritual training with Daan van Kampenhout. She leads an Egyptian tour in March 2010. tigerna9@aol.com www.ancientsacredsitestours.com www.hallowquest.org.uk

Lucas, Catherine G. is an accredited Mindfulness Trainer. Clients have included the NHS and the MoD, working with soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan.

She is also Founder of the UK Spiritual Crisis Network and author of In Case of Spiritual Emergency: Moving successfully through your awakening (Findhorn Press). www.academywisdom.co.uk

Jenny Cox  has been organised Hawkwood Concertina Band weekends since 2000.  Musical Director Steve Ellis, of City of Bristol Brass Band is also the inspirational conductor of Redland Wind Band and other groups.  Concertina virtuoso Dave Townsend directs of Hands on Music Weekends, Mellstock Band, and much more. Tel. 0117 962 9931 (Organsisers No)bandstand@coxboxes.co.uk  www.concertinaband.org.uk

Luiten, Daisy is an art therapist specialising in bereavement working with children, teenagers and adults, having been bereaved herself at an early age.  Daisy has won two awards for All the Stars Above, a therapeutic board game.  Her mission is to help people worldwide to go on living after a radical experience in their life.  Tel. 0031 + 570869113 (Holland).

info@allthestarsabove.com

Beales, David FRCP MRCGP worked within the NHS as GP and physician until 2000 when he extended his holistic practice by further training in mind/body medicine, including mindfulness-based stress reduction and cognitive therapy. Books include Emotional Healing (Wiley 2009) and Science and the Holistic Approach. Tel. 01962-895782 dbeales@heartsandminds.fsnet.co.uk 

Goddard, David is a true original. Author of Tower of Alchemy and Spiritual Alchemy, he has vast experience as an international teacher and practitioner of Alchemy for over 20 years. He is a lineage holder of the Western Esoteric Tradition. Tel. 020 82487581. www.davidgoddard.com

Lovemore, David is an experienced sculptor and teacher. He has a very gentle approach to guiding students of all abilities. Trained in traditional and dynamic sculptural techniques,  his own work includes classical styles as well as abstract studies of forms that occur in nature transformed by imagination. Dr Tessabella Lovemore is a social scientist, educational consultant and counsellor. She has a deep love of the unique in everyone and with many years’ experience working with people she will reveal how the nature and character of the shape of each head expresses an inner personality.

Tel. 07977 836728. ambersculpturestudio@yahoo.co.uk

Webb, David is a regular demonstrator to art societies and teaches widely around the country. He is the author of two books: Still Life in Watercolour (Search Press) and Animal Painting Workbook (David & Charles). David is also a regular contributor to art magazines such as Leisure Painter. Tel. 01803 846321. mail@davidwebbart.co.uk

Holliday, Diane is a qualified EFT(Emotional Freedom Techniques), natural health practitioner and life coach, offering mentoring for personal growth and self-development or cancer and serious illness support, as well as nutritional advice. Tel. 01452 614345. happiness@dianeholliday.co.uk 

O’Niell, Dr Lesley is a consultant whose work blends coaching, psychotherapy, research and teaching.  She helps individuals and groups to change creatively, and become more resilient and enterprising.  She loves creating mixed media art using textiles, paper, stitch, and print, including her own poetry.  Tel. 01242 230216.

lesley@theartsoflife.co.uk

Birmingham, Duncan is the author of Pop-up Design and Paper Mechanics (2010) and has taught at universities and colleges in the UK for 20 years. His evolved approach opens the field to a much wider audience than before. He lives and works in Bristol. Tel. 0117 9245423. www.duncanbirmingham.co.uk

Bibbings, Erica is a Gloucestershire-based mosaic artist who exhibits regularly and has been teaching workshops  for many years. Much of her work is inspired by nature and she is always trying to capture light and movement in her mosaic work. Tel. 01452 730414. walbibbings@hotmail.co.uk

Huele, Erik is a pianist-composer who also leads choirs and teaches Qi-Gong in his native Holland. He has a background in jazz and impressionist music and has recently recorded an album of Erik Satie compositions.  Tel. 0031+503124650.

erikhuele@hotmail.com

Kapfer, Gabriella is a sound healer, muscian and craftswoman. She leads sacred sound pilgrimages and workshops to Iona, in Europe and the United States. www.peace_trails.com. Quentin Cowen is a craftsman and alchemist and works with food, metal and fire. He is inspired by the sound of the universe. Tel. 01722 782775

Francombe, Gail runs her own natural skincare business, Goodness & Wonder. A former event manager, Gail escaped the city to study permaculture, reconnect with nature and learn to live off the land. She loves inspiring people to live in optimum health and wellbeing. Tel. 07976403829. hello@goodnessandwonder.co.uk 

Chadwick, Helen is a performance creator, singer and composer whose work has been commissioned by the Royal Opera House, London. She has written over 250 songs and has recorded 10 albums, as well as and composing for English Touring Opera, the BBC, Tete a Tete Opera Company, Salisbury Cathedral, Greenwich Festival and for many theatre companies including the National and the Royal Shakespeare Company.

Helen often works with Sian Croose and Ali Burns, and is the founder of Sing for Water. www.helenchadwick.com

Hall, Jackie has worked with needlecraft for over 20 years and Japanese Embroidery for 18 years. In 1995 she was one of the first English students to graduate in America as a teacher of Traditional Japanese embroidery. She has exhibited in England, New Zealand, America and at the World Exhibition in Tokyo. Tel. 01453 762895. www.japaneseembroidery.com.

D’Angelo, James, author of The Healing Power of the Human Voice, has been conducting therapeutic sound workshops in Europe and the USA since 1994. Considered a leading authority on sound healing, he has been an invited presenter at major conferences in the USA and is a regular contributor  to the Caduceus Journal.  Tel. 01452 413220. 

info@soundspirit.co.uk

Milroy, James paints extensively in every genre - portraiture, still life, landscape and abstraction. He enjoys helping adults and school children engage with the mathematical intricacy and symbolism of Celtic knotwork and plays bass  in local ceilidh band Celtic Conspiracy. Tel. 01453 883565 www.jamesmilroy.co.uk

Francis, Jane (cello/bass viol) has enjoyed organising baroque music courses at Hawkwood for over 25 years. She is joined by David Hatcher in the March Viol Consorts course (cello and  viola da gamba); and Katharine May (harpsichord) Sharon Lindo (violin) and Jonathan Morgan (flute and recorder) in the Advanced Baroque Ensemble in November. The tutors bring a wealth of knowledge, experience and good humour to their teaching. Tel. 0117 962 9856. jmfrancis@blueyonder.co.uk

Benning Janice is qualified in mindfulness-based neuro linguistic programming (NLP), clinical hypnosis and life coaching, working in a GP’s surgery, with young people and at the Stroud Natural Health Clinic.

She has developed her own range of relaxation and NLP based CDs and e- courses. Tel.  0790 5846654. janice@janicebenning.com

Ramsay, Jay B.A Hons. (Oxon), PGDip, NFSH is an acclaimed poet, healer and psycho-spiritual therapist who pioneered the connection between poetry and personal development in this country. He is the author and co-author of over 30 books, whose work has been praised by Ted Hughes, Kathleen Raine, and Robert Bly.

Tel. 01453 759436.  www.jayramsay.co.uk

Horsfall Jenni is a Gestalt Therapist (MBACP) and a mental health professional.  She has over 15 years experience working in health and wellbeing services providing therapeutic interventions, training and supervision.  Jenni has facilitated a wide range of groups and is passionate about the creative process, ritual and ecotherapy.  She works as a counsellor at a GP surgery, a mentor at a university and as a life coach. Mob. 07970 746334.

Divers, Jim is a member of the British Beekeepers Association and has observed beekeeping in a variety of countries. Jim is a regular speaker on beekeeping and assists new beekeepers through a mentoring programme which he instigated. Tel. 01453 752276. jimdivers9@hotmail.co.uk

Butt, John trained at Burleigh Court Hotel near Stroud and in the Bavarian Alps. He has worked in Michelin starred restaurants, including The Manoir Aux Quatre Saisons alongside Raymond Blanc. He enjoys plain or sophisticated cuisine and is inspired by anyone with a passion for good food. Tel.  01453 873408. thejohnbutt@hotmail.com

Matthews, John is the author of The Lost Tarot of Nostradamus and over 70 other titles. He teaches worldwide and is frequently consulted as an historical advisor; he worked on Jerry Bruckheimer’s 2004 film, King Arthur.  www.mythwoodfilms.com

Preston, John worked for many years as a senior Social Services manager, counsellor and lecturer in adult education. For five years he trained as a monk at a Buddhist meditation monastery. Returning to lay-life he now teaches meditation as an entirely secular practice promoting personal growth.

beaufortmeditation@hotmail.com

Code, Jonathan runs Quintessential Soaps, his own soap-making business, and teaches at Ruskin Mill |Educatiomal Trust in Gloucestershire. His interest in human development and finding a synthesis for art and science is inspired by the Western alchemical tradition, and the work of J. W. Goethe, R. Steiner, D. Klocek and others. Tel. 01453 766931. jmc@phonecoop.coop

Nunn, Jonathan DO (Osteopathy) has over 30 years’ experience, including as a clinical tutor at the British School of Osteopathy and a Harley Street practitioner. He studied theology and comparative religion at King's College London and currently runs a busy osteopathic practice in Gloucestershire. Tel. 01453 751345. nunnthewiser@tiscali.co.uk

Hicklin-Bailey, Joy facilitates deeply transformational trainings and weekends in UK and worldwide. The power of her work comes from the energetic, a dedication since childhood to love and truth. Her passion is to facilitate your freedom and simple happiness and to create spaces where you can experience deep trust, challenge, acceptance, community, nurturing and an appreciation of the simple and sacred in life. www.secretgarden.eu.com

Bone, Judith is a long term staff member of the Findhorn Foundation . She is involved in presenting some of their core Educational programmes as well as being on the management team and a Trustee. She brings her warmth and experience to the weekend. www.findhorn.org

Elgrably, Juliette is a eurythmist and has supported the work of the Astrosophy group for several years. Tel. 01453 755370. Ute Schlossmacher is a registered nurse and experienced biodynamic farmer. She has studied anthroposophy for 30 years and particularly values the connection between the stars, agriculture and the human being.  ute@intamail.com

Stuckey, Karen BA(Hons), Dip Counselling, PGCE has worked extensively counselling adults and young people in educational institutions, The National Society of Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC) and Off The Record.  She has also worked in the fields of anxiety, depression, stress, eating disorders, bereavement, families and relationships. Tel. 01373 461447. karenstuckey@idnet.com

Pickin, Kate MA has studied Fine Art since 1989 and has spent many years enthusiastically teaching art subjects to adults.  She is a highly skilled professional gilder, restoring fine antiques and working on contemporary interiors and gilded projects, as well as an exhibiting artist. Tel. 07900126811. kate.pickin@gmail.com

Manwaring, Kevan is a professionalstoryteller and author of The Bardic Handbook and other volumes. A former Bard of Bath, he performs  at diverse venues across the UK, live on BBC TV and radio, and abroad, including USA, Italy, Malta, Greece and Egypt. He teaches for the Open University and Skyros Writers' Lab.

Tel. 01453 765660.  www.kevanmanwaring.co.uk

Sofer, Leo has worked as an Intuitive Storyteller since 1996 and performs and teaches internationally. His work expresses spiritual wisdom in the form of modern wonder tales. He is the father of two young children, to whom he tells a new bedtime story each evening. www.leosofer.com

Bryant, Lizzie co-organises the Earth Energy Network, an association of geomancers and earth healers. She is a writer, storyteller, stone mason, and heritage and nature educator working with schools and communities. Her passion is to engage with the wonder and imagination of the Earth and All Beings. Tel. 07834770234 lizzie@earthenergynetwork.co.uk

Hutchinson, Lizzie is a passionate soapmaker, gardener and craftswoman. She uses organic ingredients, natural dyes, grows all her own flowers and herbs and collects native plants and berries from the hedgerows for use in her original soaps.  She is fascinated by this alchemical process and is an experienced workshop leader. Tel. 01453 889476. hutchhome@hotmail.com

Relton, Maxine, RWA is an enthusiastic teacher with a long experience of leading creative art workshops of all kinds in the UK and abroad.  She is a full-time independent artist, exhibits widely, runs a permanent gallery of her own work and is an elected Academician at the Royal West of England Academy. Tel. 01453 832597. maxine.relton@tiscali.co.uk

Selby, Megan has a background in healing, expressive arts including formal training in Creative Expressive Therapies (BA First Class honours) and is a certified practitioner trained by the College of Sound Healing working with groups and individuals. She is an ongoing student of the Naked Voice which deeply informs her practice. Tel. 07890 196 281. mselby@hotmail.com

Mulready, Michael trained at the Tobias School of Art in Sussex and has worked with the human face for many years both in his own painting and his teaching. He was a Stage Painter and Designer for 17 years in Theatre, Ballet and film and now teaches with Edinburgh Community Learning and Development as well as summer courses throughout the Scottish Highlands, at Tobias and Indigo in Stroud.

Weiler, Michael is a leading authorities on biodynamic bee keeping and author of Bees and Honey: From Flower to Jar. He has been instrumental in developing the Demeter Bee Keeping Standards which ensure bee keeping practices that accord with the true nature and being of these remarkable insects.

Harris, Mike, Magus of the Company of Avalon has over thirty years’ experience in the Western Mystery Tradition, has written three books, numerous articles and lectured in the UK and USA as well as running practical workshops. Tel. 01200 440793.  harrisavalon@btinternet.com.

Gibbs, Moira, MA  worked in the Department of Oriental Antiquities at the British Museum before being appointed Senior Lecturer in Non European Art History at Birmingham City University. A Mandarin speaker, she has conducted numerous study tours to China and Japan and to collections and special exhibitions of Oriental art in this country. She is a skilled teacher of Chinese landscape painting, and has contributed to the Macmillan Dictionary of Art.

Murray, Muz  is an Awakened mystic and spiritual master who has been sharing the magic of mantra all over Europe and India for the last thirty-five years. He brings his vast experience, wide-ranging spiritual knowledge and wisdom, humour and a warm open heart wherever he goes.  muz@mantra-yoga.com

Nailsea Concert Orchestra

Belle, Nicola is a psychotherapist and counsellor, and a trained facilitator with Speaking Circles. She has been teaching and running groups for 22 years in yoga, meditation,  parenting and life skills.

Her particular interests lie in dance, movement and tantra, having explored these for many years. Tel: 01453 751419.www.nicolabelle.net

Simpson, Nikki is a professional photographer, artist, teacher and arts events organiser. She has been teaching digital photography since 2008 and has been meditating for 10 years, bringing a special quality to her work and her teaching style. Tel. 07984 164 135.  nikki@lightcreations.co.uk

Stirling, Penny has been in practice since 1988, currently working in Bristol and in Wells. She teaches clinical practice at the School of Homeopathy, based at Hawkwood.  She loves the simplicity and power of homeopathy, and the way that it relates us to the natural world. homeopathy@pennystirling.plus.com

Stewart, R.J. is a composer, teacher, author of over 50 widely translated books, including Celtic Gods and Celtic Goddesses, The Underworld Initiation and The Miracle Tree. He is a skilled performer and presenter. His unique contribution to the ancient traditions of the Western Mysteries is unparalleled. www.rjstewart.net

Perry, Rachel is the founder and director of the Certificate Course in Dramatherapy and Scenario Arts.  She is a registered Dramatherapist, Counselor and Supervisor in psychotherapy with a background in theatre and production and is a registered member of the Health Professions Council. Tel. 01225 427601 

rachel@scenario59.freeserve.co.uk   www.dramatherapy.org.uk

Kay, Reuben studied at the Fool at Heart School of Sacred Clowning under Didier Danthois, including a three year course ‘The Sacred Clown as Healer’ (1996-98). He now runs his own sacred clown workshops and for 15 years, he has performed widely as a mime clown. Tel. 01306 640528. playful.clown@yahoo.co.uk

Whitehouse, Rev. Maggy is an international teacher of prosperity consciousness and Kabbalah and a prolific author. She provides simple, practical yet profound answers to the issues that may block us from living financially abundantly while following the life of our dreams. Tel. 0121 449 0344. 

maggy@maggywhitehouse.com.

'Every day is packed full of variety, frustration, progress and annoyance. My multiplicty of roles - company director, event organiser, writer, occultist, public speaker and political activist - rarely get equal time in the spotlight, and ensure that rest and satisfaction are two of the rarest commodities in my life'.  Richard Abbot.  More information and links available on his website.

Parker, Richard  leads African drum circles in his local community and at various festivals. He also practices and teaches Yoga. Tel. 02380 554445.  richardparker27@googlemail.com

Jenner, Robert has conducted the Nailsea Concert Orchestra since its inception in 1995.  His long career includes studying trumpet at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London, appointments at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, Cheltenham College and the Guildhall. He is one of the foremost trumpet teachers in the Midlands and Southwest. www.nailseaorchestra.org.uk

Simmons, Robin has been working with and teaching new movement procedures based on the work of Prof. Dart, since 1970. He runs a weekly practical seminar on these procedures at the Alexander Teacher training school in Zürich and has been teaching the F.M.Alexander Technique since 1971. Tel. 00 41+78602 2838. simmons.

heiz@bluewin.ch www.alexander-technik-schweiz.com

Lewis, Roger, Conductor of Chamber Orchestra, Dip Ed., trained at Cardiff College of Music and Trinity College Carmarthen. He is principal cellist of The Welsh Philharmonic Orchestra. Other tutors are: Sue Nagle ARCM trained at the Royal College of Music and has been tutor to Birmingham Schools Symphony orchestra for over fifteen years. David Whitehouse ABSM trained at Birmingham Conservatoire studying bassoon, piano and composition. Tel. 01792 207018.  rj1lewis@aol.com 

Apsion, Annabelle and Ingrid Maria Nordgren are the Directors of the Rosen Bodywork Training in this country, and the only qualified introductory workshop teachers based in the U.K. They have private practices in London and Manchester. Ingrid Maria is also a psychotherapist, and Annabelle a well-known television actress. info@rosenmethod.co.uk

Bloomfield, Sam is a musician, performer and experienced workshop leader. He works as a reflexologist and Metamorphic Technique therapist and teacher, having met its founder Gaston Saint-Pierre 30 years ago as a child. The spirit of metamorphosis helps him live a creative and fantastic life. 

sam@sambloomfield.org.uk

Gannon, Sandy has been working with Touch for Health (TFH) and kinesiology as a full-time teacher and practitioner for over 20 years. She travels widely with her work and has been training TFH teachers at Hawkwood for the past 12 years. Tel. 01932 226034. Email: sgannon@aol.com

Martin, Siân gained a BA Hons an MA at Birmingham College of Art and Design, specialising in Embroidery. She holds a Post Graduate Art Teachers’ Diploma and lectures teaches widely in textile groups and guilds, as well as individuals from secondary school upwards. She also contributes to magazines and books on the subject. Tel. 01278 652089. 

sian@distantstitch.co.uk 

Cartwright, Stefan is a musician and Yoga teacher whose primary instrument is the voice. His background includes performing and recording improvised music, instrument development and singing Indian Raga. Tel.01453 767061 www.creativemusicmaking.com

Rose, Stephanie has been passionate about circle dancing for nearly twenty five years and leads regular groups and residential courses, inspiring dancers with her warm and easy-going teaching style and the vibrant, creative themes around which she weaves her events. She enjoys aromatherapy, yoga and meditation, folk-singing, studying ancient cultures and great food. Tel. 01531 660766. rose_stephanie@hotmail.co.uk

O’Keeffe, Stephen is author of two books with scores of hints and tips in jewellery making. He has been developing new and original ways of making his subject accessible to his students for more than 25 years. He brings boundless enthusiasm, and a sincere delight in the successes of his students. Tel. 01299 271088. okeeffe@dsl.pipex.com 

Docherty, Margaret is an experienced textile artist based at Ruskin Mill in Nailsworth, she draws much of her inspiration from the Cotswold landscape and textiles of Greece and Turkey. She teaches a variety of practical skills including dyeing with indigo and other plants, felting, Japanese Shibori techniques, hooked carpet bags and rugs

Sansome, Theresa is a writer, life coach and workshop leader. For the past ten years she has facilitated Artist’s Way workshops in both Canada and the UK and is now developing her career as a presenter and motivational speaker. Tel: 01453  834297. t.sansome@btinternet.com

Jones, Tim is a singer, performer, composer, teacher and workshop facilitator. He has pioneered a method of voice teaching, The Nature of Sound that draws on both his long study of South Indian music and bhakti (devotion) spiritual traditions with K.R. Sivasankara Pannikar, Amerta Movement with Suprapto Suryodarmo, and his experience as a qualified craniosacral therapist. www.thenatureofsound.com

Kaye, Tobias is an internationally acclaimed artist and designer working in the beautiful medium of turned wood. Since 1986 he has been developing and producing Sounding Bowls, unique instruments with remarkable healing properties.  Tel. 01364 642837. http://www.soundingbowls.com

Singing bowls are ancient instruments used for healing and meditation, creating altered states of consciousness and deep relaxation.  find out more.....

Akkermans, Ton is a gifted blacksmith from Holland. He recalls past lives creating singing bowls and metal instruments in ancient Tibet and has dedicated his life to making healing instruments for this time and to sharing his skills with others. He is assisted during the weekend and at the concert by his partner Carolina Schomper, a dancer, artist and energy worker. ton@be-foundation.com

Broughton, Vivian is a Gestalt psychotherapist of more than twenty years’ experience. She has been working with Systemic Constellations in the personal and larger systems domains since 2000.

Tel. 0117 923 2797. vivian@constellationswork.co.uk

Halevi,  Z’ev Ben Shimon is the Hebrew name of Warren Kenton. He sees his task to translate the Judaic line of the Kabbalah into a modern form. He has lectured extensively throughout the world and his many books have been translated into 14 languages. He leads tours to Kabbalistic sites in Europe and Israel. Tel. 0207 625 9537   www.kabbalahsociety.org (56 Torbay Road, London NW6 7DZ)

Berg, Wendy has over 25 years experience in many aspects of the Western Mystery Tradition. Author of the forthcoming Red Tree White Tree: Faeries and Humans in Partnership and co-author of Polarity Magic: The Secret History of Western Religion, she studied with Gareth Knight and has worked alongside him for many years.

For further information on The Avalon Group and to apply please contact tel. 07816 579735 wendyberg@totalise.co.uk www.avalon-group.org

Meader, William has been a student and international teacher of esoteric psychology for over 20 years. He has an academic background in the behavioural sciences and psychology. His passion is to teach people the deeper implications of modern spiritual development, and the means to express the soul more effectively in the outer world. www.meader.org  Course organisers: Ann Harley, 01865 515685 annharley7@gmail.com - until 15 July 2010. Carol Duncan, 01243 576634 carolduncan8hl@btinternet.com - 16 July 2010 onwards.