February
2 - 4th, 2007 • Sheraton Philadelphia City Center Hotel • Phila.,
Pa
| Presenters
for Poly Living: (Click the name for workshops being presented & complete bio. We are waiting for workshop descriptions from some presenters, so some may have a bio only. Presenters & workshops are added as they are confirmed.) |
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| Veronica Bound - is a professional dominatrix and a regular instructor for Passional’s “Passion 101” program as well as the class coordinator for the Passional education program. | |||
| Cat Castells is a Wiccan Priestess who, with one of her husbands, has run a coven for the last decade or so. She has recently, with her other husband, had her first child, Rowan Lynne Marvil. She owns a fine craft gallery in New Hope, PA, with her mother. Cat has been polyamorous for 8 years and has been studying and working with herbs and oils for 15 or so years. In her copious spare time she weaves, spins, reads and does web design. | |||
| Julio Cortes is a healer and teacher from the US who has extensive training in Holistic Counseling, Energy Work (Reiki, Johrei, Sekhem), Meditation (Zen, Chi Kung, Light Body), Martial Arts (Jeet Kune Do, Shunan Hsing I Chuan, T’ai Chi Chuan) and the Psychic Sciences (Numerology, Tarot, Palmistry). | |||
| Harold Kornylak, D.O. - is a Virginia based physician. He is also a Certified Advanced Tantra Educator by the Source School of Tantra, and has done advanced studies with Margot Anand, Jack Painter, Debra Anapol, and Sasha & Kira Lessin. | |||
| Ken Haslem, M.D. - Retired physician, poly activist and national poly speaker, Ken is also a founding member and currently Vice President of Unitarian Universalists for Polyamory Awareness, and a board member of the Institute for 21st Century Relationships. | |||
| Tom Limoncelli - is an activist and organizer in the bi and poly communities. He teaches grass-roots activism leadership techniques at conferences. His "day job" is in computers. He is the author of two books on IT management, one of which is "Time Management for System Administrators". He was recently awarded the 2006 Brenda Howard Award for bisexual activism. http://whatexit.org/tal | |||
| Jeff Mach | |||
| Martha and Steve - Martha has been entranced by chocolate ever since her encounter with a Tobler Mocha bar at age 5. Steve thinks that a chocolate stout is the pinnacle of beverages. They enjoy sampling chocolate together at every opportunity, as well as pairing it with a good red wine. | |||
| Christina Parker - has been active in the Poly and Leather communities for over 11 years. In addition to presenting educational workshops, Christina has served as Fundraising Director for the National Coalition for Sexual Freedom (NCSF), as well as being a board member for several other organizations. | |||
| Birgitte V. Philippides is a social-commentary painter who resides in New York City. Her work as a painter is heavily influenced by her polyamorous relationships. She has recently had several exhibitions in New York City, one specifically about polyamory at the LGBT Center in New York. | |||
| James Powers was certified in Yoga at the Vivekananda Ashram outside of Bangalore, India. Additionally, James is a meditation teacher drawing upon his 3 years of residency Zen meditation training at Dai Bosatsu Monastery and 18 years of meditation practice. | |||
| Robyn Trask is the Managing Editor and Conference Coordinator of Loving More® magazine. She is the mother of three children, ages 10, 15 & 19, has been polyamorous for 18 years, has been practicing Tantra for 23 years, and has been teaching the subject for 5 years. | |||
| Rosanna E. Tufts-Prothro has been active in the Chesapeake Polyamory Network as a bisexual for just over a year, but has been involved in the NeoPagan scene for over 20 years. She is ordained as a Cantor through Ecumenicon Fellowship. Through "Stars On Your Side" (www.starsonyourside.com) she does life consultations for both you (Western and Hindu astrology) and your house (Flying Stars Feng Shui). | |||
| Anita Wagner - is a polyamory activist, co-founder of Chesapeake Polyamory Network, and the Institute for 21st Century Relationships , and is a board member of the National Coalition for Sexual Freedom (NCSF). | |||
| Valerie White - Lawyer, writer and Executive Director of the Sexual Freedom Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc. | |||
| Nan Wise, M.S.W., L.C.S.W. - Licensed psychotherapist, Certified Yoga Teacher and certified Radical Honesty trainer. | |||
| Michelle Zee is a veteran presenter at Loving More conferences, FSA's Sacred Sexuality Beltane and Building Bridges conference. He has studied both Brad Blanton's Radical Honesty and Susan Campbell’s Getting Real. | |||