Speakers & Lectures Back to Conference Page NEW THIS YEAR!! Youth Program Sat & Sun 1:00-4:00 This is an opportunity for youth that are gifted or curious about their potential to meet and learn from experts in their field. Adolescents between the ages of 12-18 are encouraged to participate and experience various forms of meditation and methods of spirit communication Donna Elliott Workshop: Chakra Balancing Saturday: 9:00-10:15 Donna will help you aline yourself so that you can meditate, receive and give messages by relaxing and keeping an open mind. Lecture: The Power of Thought Sunday 2:30-3:45 Understand the power of your thoughts and learn to draw upon the energy of the Universe into your daily life. Lecture: Small Medium @ Large Sunday 9:00-10:15 Donna will describe the method in which she communicates with spirit people and demonstrate a smoke reading. She will also attempt to get a smoke reading of the Hotel Fort Garry building and of a spirit or two that still calls the hotel home. Workshop: Spirit Communication for Parents of Gifted Youth. Saturday: 4:00-5:00 Panel discussion will focus on how parents can understand, support and direct their gifted children that witness spirit but are fearful, or don’t understand what they are experiencing. Sheila Butchart Lecture: Feng Shui For Beginners Saturday 9:00-10:15 Come and learn how our house and the placement of articles effect our business, health, money and relationships. How colours bring in new energy for the growth of our space and ourselves, and the importance of a clutter free home. The bagua is divided into nine sections which can be used in each room for enhancing our lives. Lecture: Numerology for the Soul Sunday 10:30-11:45 Our soul decided our birthday and the experiences and learning it needed in this life time. By understanding'', your birth numbers you can see your life path in a different way and make choices that would move you forward gently. Learn your numbers and have a clearer awareness of there impact on your life. Keepers of the Sanctuary Workshop: Crystal Bowl Meditation Sunday: 4:00-5:00 Do you want to relax, regenerate, realign, become revived; strengthen your connection with your Inner Divine; gain personal insight about your life; assist with spiritual healing for all humanity and the Earth? Join some of the Keepers of the Sanctuary, in a meditation enhanced by the sound of the crystal singing bowls. When played, the crystal bowls create sound vibrations and rhythms that can help one enter a deeper phase of inward-looking and inner listening, and are part of a whole science of using sound for healing. Each crystal bowl is tuned to one of the frequencies of the eight main chakras of our bodies. Thus, a specific bowl can be played to clear or to renew the vibrations of the corresponding chakra. As well, the frequency of the bowls is often coordinated with the frequency of the associated colours for each chakra. Thus a healing can become a feast of sound, colour, and physical vibration. This combination can open many inner doors and can help to release blockages of energy, of memories, or of intentions. The crystal bowls are, therefore, part of a whole science of using sound for healing. The crystal bowls will be played so that the sounds are gently layered over each other in different sequences, until it creates a surround of tones. Such sound helps people to leave behind the cares or concerns of the outside world, to focus on the present, and to join all others who are seated with them in meditation. The playing of the bowls offers an opportunity for some to sit and listen, and others to lie on the floor to draw into their bodies the vibrations that are emanating forth. It can be a powerful experience for those open to seeking aura cleansing and inner harmony through the use of sound. Drums, gong and rattles will also be used to raise the vibration of the group and realign our energies with each other and the planet. Maureen Becker: A Session with S A M Channelling Session I Saturday: 1:00-2:15 Channelled Messages from SAM (Securely Attached to Mankind) – channelling from SAM’s perspective This session is an introduction to the concept of channelled messages, and how you can access your own channelled messages from tuning into your own divinity within (Essence). Maureen will describe how she came to be a channel and SAM will teach the group in how to find their own channelled wisdom. A Question and Answer segment will be included. Channelling Session II Sunday: 1:00-2:15 Deeper Exploration of Channelled Guidance and Energy Work with SAM (Securely Attached to Mankind) In this session, SAM will ‘read’ the group and do energy work on the group to help release your blocks that prevent you from accessing your own inner wisdom. They will help these blocks become conscious as they release so you can understand what has been holding you back, and they will give channelled guidance of how to move forward with a stronger connection to your own divinity – to connect more deeply with your own Essence. This session is for those who will be open to giving SAM permission to do energy work with them. Dustin G. Johnston Workshop: Automatic Writing: How it can help you, and what does it mean? Sunday: 10:30-11:45 People can choose to participate or watch, I will do a group hypnosis and people who are there and just want to watch, can do so. Automatic writing is a powerful tool that can be used for communicating with spirit (which includes guides, angels and any spirit who has transitioned). In this presentation, you'll have the choice to participate in, or observe automatic writing in progress. Through Hypnosis Therapy, we will be leading the group into Automatic Writing, which is inviting a chosen spirit into our body and communicating with the spirit through a question and answer type of writing session. We will also discuss some of the practical uses of automatic writing and what it means to us. Note: you will experience spirit influencing your body if you so choose to participate rather than just observe. A website link: http://www.naturalwaytoheal.com/ Rabbi Alan Green Workshop: Kabbalistic Meditation Sunday 4:00-5:00 How is it that we know something? Most of our education assumes that if are given objective information about the environment in which we live, that constitutes complete knowledge, and a complete education. But what's missing from this picture? We know that there must be something missing, because with all of our objective knowledge, we find that we still live in a state of destructive conflict with nature, and with other human beings. What is lacking is subjective knowledge—knowledge of the inner Self. Even as there is a universe without, with which we are fairly familiar, there is also a universe within, with which we are fairly ignorant. It is this inner universe of subjective knowledge with which all techniques of meditation are concerned. Through regular practice of meditation, a person comes to know their inner Self, and so gains a more complete understanding of the full range of possibilities in life. On this basis--the basis of complete knowledge—one is empowered to change one's life, and one's world, for the better. In this course, we will practice a simple technique of meditation drawn from traditional Jewish sources, in which we will learn to surround and protect ourselves with the archangels Michael, Gabriel, Raphael, and Uriel, as well as the Divine Presence Herself. This meditation is something that each participant can take with them, and use with great benefit every day for the rest of their lives. Lisa Tjaden Crystal Workshop Level I & Level II Saturday 10:30-11:45 Sunday 9:00-10:15 Our two part crystal lecture will focus on both the scientific and metaphysic aspects of stones, crystals, and minerals. We will also look at how and why crystals have been used by every civilization in the past, and how we can incorporate them into our daily lives. As well, we will look at specific stones usage, including which stones to use to facilitate paranormal contact, in the Sunday session. Radiance is a multi-facetted “New Age – Metaphysical” store, incorporating many different modalities. Radiance is one of the largest crystal stores in Western Canada, as well as offering a comprehensive inventory of jewellery, gifts, books, CD’s, incense and much more. Lisa Tjaden is a certified crystal therapist, holding the designation of Master of Crystology. She owns and manages Radiance Gifts. Phone:204-284-4231, radiance@mts.net, www.radiancegifts.com Jen Gross Animal Communicator Workshop Saturday 4:00-5:00 Jen will explain telepathy, share animal stories, and her own personal experiences. Registrants will learn tools for communication by participating in visualization exercises. Please be open to all possibilities and relaxed. Telepathy really works; learn the skills so you too can communicate with animals. Jen will also add more audience participation with some fun intuitive activities. Dale Scott Workshop: Meditation and Live Music by Beth Martens Sat 1:00-2:15 What will they come away with; is up to the individual; I would hope they come away with the idea, it all starts with-in us, to find peace and happiness, and meditation is one of the keys to the door. A unique experience with the talented Beth Martens to compliment a meditation. Laurie B. Lecture: Past Life Regression. Sunday 10:30-11:45 I will share how I became interested and involved in past lives. I'll also touch on some world view on past lives. We will then do a guided meditation as a group to find out your contract in this life. Workshop: Meeting Your Spirit Guides Saturday 2:30-3:45 I'll talk about common questions such as "Do we all have guides?", "Who are they?", "How can I find out who they are?" We will do a guided mediation as a group to help you connect with your own guides. Lecture: House Clearing. Saturday 10:30-11:45 I will share how I became involved in house clearing and what I've learned over the years. I will also show some of the equipment used on ghost tour vigils. Based on the amount of time available for the workshop, I will talk about events that drew me to house clearing and its necessity. I will then share experiences I’ve had helping others clear their home, my views on the topic, how I have done it, as well touch a little on how others have dealt with the process. I will then open the floor to a few questions. My name is Laurie and I am a paranormal guide. I've been intuitive and aware of spirits since the age of four, and was introduced to ancient cultures at a young age. I've learned over the years to understand and share my gift. I have had unwelcome spirits in my home in the past, and, since 1988, I have learned to guide them to the light. Today, I actively clear homes of unwanted spirits. I became a Master Practitioner in Hypnotherapy in 1993, and since then I have presented many workshops and presentations like the presentations described above. I have also helped many individuals on a one-on-one basis. I have also guided an individual through deep-trance channeling; I directed him and acted as a buffer while he was in-trance. With these skills, I have also learned to channel and to help others learn to use their gifts. I have been working with energy healing since 1997. I've learned hands-on healing, Reiki, therapeutic touch and Hawaiian Huna Kane massage. I later became a Registered Massage Therapist in 2003 and I am able to combine this training with other holistic healing methods to create help individuals create a balanced well-being. Jeanne Van Bronkhorst Lecture: Premonitions in Daily Life. Saturday: 9:00-10:15 Sunday: 9:00-10:15 Lecture summary: Premonitions in daily life: But what does it mean? is the single most frequently-asked question about premonitions, Premonitions have proven they are too complex and multi-faceted to be understood with one explanation alone. Jeanne will show how the over-abundance of personal meanings is actually a good thing. Come see how each meaning we find is rooted in our personal worldview. Learn how each meaning shows another facet of the premonition experience, and becomes a driving force in the other foundational questions of premonitions: what does it say about me? How should I respond? Who can I tell about this? Where is my control? I have graduate degrees in psychology and social work, and have worked more than twenty years in medicine and hospice. I have experienced occasional premonitions since early childhood, and have wondered about their meaning. I recently completed a book about premonitions and their place within daily life, based on research interviews I conducted in Seattle, Washington. Doug Staley Lecture: Sacred Geometry, Sacred Art and Sacred Architecture Saturday: 2:30-3:45 Covered in tis workshop: The principals of sacred geometry and how these relate to the worlds of nature, art & architecture. You will experience an appreciation of the underlying order of the Universe which is based on numbers and geometric beauty. Additionally, you will be able to integrate how sacred geometry is an integral part of sacred art, architecture, music and the natural world. Website link: www.lightwinnipeg.org. Jenny Dupas Workshop: Dowsing. Saturday: 10:30-11:45 What I will be discussing with the conference participants is the basics of dowsing and how it can be used in many areas of their life including locating lost objects, checking foods and supplements, locating noxious energies, and finding earth-bound entities. Participants need to bring their own pendulum and/or rods to the workshop. If you do not have any, some will be available. Dowsing is intuition technology, the linking of the intuitive part of the brain (right brain) with the nervous/muscular system to give signals without interference by the logical thinking process (left brain). Tools such as a pendulum and 'L' shaped rods are often used to amplify these signals. Dowsing is known by many names through out the world. Some are divination, divining, radiesthesia, and Geobiological to name a few. Most people know dowsing as a means of finding water with a twig, but it has many other different and varied uses. These include; health and healing, finding water, determining the sex of a baby, detecting earth energies and spirits, helping with Geopathic stress, tracing lost objects and far more. This course is a practical course for beginners covering the basic aspects of dowsing such as learning the Yes/No responses with a pendulum and L rods and how to formulate questions. Learning to dowse is like learning to read. Once you have started, you can apply it to many fields. The Basic Dowsing Workshop is designed to help you further develop your intuitive abilities. We all have this ability – it is just a matter of remembering. Jenny is a Certified Parent Coach with the Academy of Coaching Parents International, Certified Reflexologist, Usui Reiki Master/Teacher, Certified Dowser and Child Meditation Facilitator. Jenny believes that we all have a natural ability to dowse. It is through life circumstances that we forget about this ability. Intuition has always been there but it was living in the West Kootenay mountains in British Columbia where she started to tap into her abilities. Through her own meditation practice she has discovered many gifts that were always a part of her. It is her desire to empower others in realizing that they also have gifts within themselves to discover. Kristen Verin-Treusch Lecture: Winnipeg is a Ghost Town: Paranormal Phenomenon from Haunted Winnipeg tours. Sunday: 1:00-2:15 If you have ever watched Most Haunted or TAPS and were wowed by the flying orbs, light phenomenon, and EVPs then this lecture is a must. Lecture will include information gathered from haunted locations such as St. Boniface Museum, Lower Fort Garry and the Chocolate Shop. Video images and audio recordings of questionable phenomenon will be presented and discussed. Kristen has a Masters Degree in Canadian History and focuses her attention on Winnipeg's colourful and dark history. Five years ago Muddy Water Tours and Heartland Travel & Tours joined forces to present the Haunted Winnipeg series which in turn has led Kristen down this fascinating and unexpected path. Initially a story teller about haunted sites in Winnipeg, experiences began to happen to both guests and guides on the tours. Now she is moving into new areas of exploration in the realm of the paranormal and been dubbed the "Sculder" of the team.