Scott McBride, together with his wife Nancy, is the Co-Director of the Clear Light Meditation Group.  He has practiced Buddhist meditation for over 30 years and taught group seminars in Buddhist meditation and study since 1978.  Scott has completed the traditional Tibetan three-year meditation retreat and has been authorized to teach by the late Chogyam Trungpa and Thrangu Rinpoche.  A founding member and former Director of the Philadelphia Shambhala Center, he also served for five years as a Director of the Shambhala Center of Halifax, Nova Scotia, one of the largest urban meditation centers in North America.  Scott was ordained as a Buddhist minister in 1988.  He has extensive knowledge of western psychology and has been teaching mindfulness-based stress management for 10 years, currently through the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania.  He has a private practice in Spiritual Counseling and Healing oriented to support those on the path of meditation.

 
Vimukti Victoria Aslan, RYT, is a registered Hatha and Therapeutic Yoga teacher.  Vimukti Victoria Aslan has been a practitioner of yoga for over 20 years.  She is a certified and registered hatha yoga instructor in the lineage of Sri Swami Satchidananda, who helped bring yoga to the US in 1965 and developed Integral Yoga Institute worldwide.  Vimukti's gentle style of teaching is partly a result of her knowledge of body mechanics as a professional dancer and as a black belt in aikido; and partly as her deep understanding of yoga as a path to a peaceful life.  In addition to teaching Hatha yoga, Vimukti specializes in yoga for healing, therapeutic yoga, and use of meditation and breathing techniques to reduce stress.

 


Mary Kay Dellisanti is a Certified MassageTherapist with 10 years experience in Swedish, Deep Tissue, Reflexology, Reiki and Accupressure.

Bette Hanson spent years in the corporate world of network television before a chronic illness prompted her to look deeply within for answers.  She now dedicates her life to holistic healing for people, pets & the Earth.  Certified in VortexHealing® and Divine Diamond® Healing, she’s dedicated to her craft, accumulating over 900 hours of training since 2006.  She is the only energy healer on the East Coast that combines these two powerful sources of Divine energy designed to transform the roots of emotional consciousness, heal the physical body and awaken freedom within the human heart.  Bette is also a gifted intuitive, animal communicator, spirit guide communicator and specializes in animal holistic health, founding the Natural Pet Expo (www.naturalpetexpo.net) in 2004.  She teaches natural animal nutrition workshops, practices energy healing and facilitates group healings all over the world, most recently in New York.  Bette sees private clients out of the Center for Oneness in Ardmore, PA and in the Art Museum area of Center City, Philadelphia.  For individual sessions or to schedule a group healing event contact her at omzero@earthlink.net or 215-356-9365.  Visit omzero.com for more information.

Linda Welti Piotrowski, a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, has extensive experience in the field of Somatic Education.  A Guild Certified Feldenkrais Practitioner, Linda has studied pathology, anatomy and theology and her initial interest in movement therapy was piqued by understanding movement from her performance days as a dancer.  Since the mind controls movement, the secret of good health is mobility.  Many leading practitioners in complementary medicine believe people have the power to heal from within and it’s this mindset in which Linda offers successful therapeutic options for her clients.  Linda says, “I, like many other women, have done many things in my life.  As I reengineer myself, I have set out on a spiritual journey.  In that journey, it’s more about being of service and of benefit to others.  My desire is to transfer the knowledge I’ve acquired in assisting others in the self-healing process.” 

 

Wendy Weingarten, MSW, LSW, provides coaching and teaches classes using mindfulness for enhancing parenting skills, reducing stress and managing anger.  Wendy has taught at the Penn Program for Mindfulness, the Jefferson Stress Reduction Program and at other educational and communal organizations.  Wendy has studied with Jon Kabat-Zinn at the Omega Institute.