The New Spirit Festival - Speakers for 2011

Michelle Buchanan is an International Numerologist, Spiritual Teacher and Certified Law Of Attraction Practitioner. She is the Numerologist and Spiritual Counsellor for TVNZ’s ‘Good Morning and ‘Woman’s Day’ magazine, and has her own radio show ‘Discover Your Destiny’ on Louise Hay’s ‘Hay House Radio’ in the USA. Michelle combines Numerology with the Law of Attraction to help others to fulfil their Destiny and Life Purpose, and overcome their Numerological Life Lessons along the way. www.michellebuchanan.co.nz

Sally Stockwell is an actress, singer, performer and vocal coach. While mostly busy touring with her band or acting, Sally also likes to share her passion for world music.  She runs 6 week courses where,for two hours a week, she teaches and coaches what becomes a world music choir, singing African chants, Nordic rowing songs, Jewish prayer songs and other songs from around the world.  www.vocalpathways.co.nz

Christine Broadbent is passionate about her work as a professional astrologer and has three special areas of interest - counselling, teaching and writing. She sees clients in both Auckland and Sydney, moving regularly between the two countries. Christine also writes extensive yearly transits for each of the starsigns plus a worldview for Astrology magazine, is the columnist for WellBeing magazine and teaches a variety of courses. Her website www.astrologyspot.com.au has an archive of some of her writing. She is a popular and experienced presenter who believes that laughter is healing.

David Foster started on his spiritual pathway over 40 years ago. As a gifted healer and channeller he has been channelling Urius for over 25 years.Born in New Zealand, David spent 16 years working as a Clairvoyant Medium from the platforms of Spiritualist Churches before venturing to India, there to attain knowledge from India’s Spiritual Teachers.  Urius is the spokesperson for a group of Seven Liberated Beings known as the Urius Group.  Their Mission: “To awaken in each Soul their Divine Potential”.  Urius gives lectures and runs workshops on various subjects including Kriya Ug-Ma Yoga, Cosmic Consciousness, Cycles of the Ages, Life after Death,  Reincarnation, Healing and Meditation. He is also available for personal channelling.  Contact: Urius@vodafone.co.nz

Highly acclaimed for his detailed and accurate mediumship, the Reverend Stephen A. Hermann is a world famous medium with incredible talent.  As seen on Good Morning, Stephen is able to provide first hand proof that life after death exists, by specific messages containing names, dates, and places known only to the individual receiving the reading.   As he makes contact with deceased loved ones, grief and loneliness disappear, and proper healing can take place.  Stephen holds credentials as an Ordained Minister, Certified Medium and Teacher with the National Spiritualist Association of Churches, USA.  A tutor with the International Spiritualist Federation, Stephen has successfully worked as a research medium with the University of Virginia.  A featured personality on television and radio worldwide, Stephen's mediumship has been documented by the Associated Press and other news media.  For more information about Stephen and his work worldwide, visit www.stevehermannmedium.com

Sylvia Shanti Vowless QSM  is a highly trained and acclaimed spiritual educator and presenter at a score of international conferences, with over thirty years’ worldwide teaching experience in countries as diverse as Denmark, Brazil, Germany, UK, Australia and Turkey.  Chosen in 2005 as Spiritual Ambassador for the Southern Hemisphere, Sylvia works with the Western Esoteric Mystery Schools tradition and lineage which includes the Gnostic-Qabbalist mysticism.  As a Master Teacher of the Order of Melchizedek (of which Jesus was a High Priest) whose main focus is Soul Education, Sylvia works with the Cosmic Truth Principles from the Godhead and their Universal Laws of Light that form the matrix foundation of all spiritual paths.  This unifying and practical Ancient Wisdom empowers all on their conscious Soul path towards Life Mastery, Enlightenment and Soul Ascension which is the ultimate destination of all humanity.  She has written several books including a metaphysical dictionary-cum-encylopedia and a booklet on the numerous Universal Laws and how they apply to our everyday lives.   www.melchizedekacademy.com

Linda Woodgate has spent over 30 years in varying corporate, government and forces disciplines of training. In the early 90’s, life transformation happened and now her energies are focused towards encouraging people to be who they truly are. Using her life experiences of teaching she supports many groups and facilitates workshops around the world.

Sylvia Rands has been at the forefront of Vocal exploration and teaching in New Zealand for 25 years. A performing arts professional and sound-healer Sylvia teaches her own unique blend of vocal training , Four Elements voice. This work focuses on balancing the ego to enable greater spiritual attunement, connecting with the authentic voice of each individual , aligning the body and being through sound and tone and awakening the creative core for fuller satisfaction in your self-expression.

Nancy Cate is a gifted intuitive healer and dynamic presenter who will offer her insights into transforming your life with ThetaHealing™ - an energy healing technique that utilises our ‘theta’ brainwaves to co-create physical, psychological and spiritual healing.   Nancy knows from first hand experience how ThetaHealing™ can instantly bring desired changes into our lives - especially when we are passionate about healing ourselves and bringing into manifestation what we truly desire in life.  Nancy is the country’s most experienced and accomplished ThetaHealing™ Master & Certificate of Science, as well as leading the way through her role as the Representative for ThetaHealing™ in New Zealand.  Nancy delights in sharing her knowledge through teaching and healings.  She has taught hundreds of students at her Knowledge Tree School of ThetaHealing™ in Auckland; and is also available for personal healing sessions for clients wanting help with their relationships, health, abundance and more. www.knowledgetree.co.nz or nancy@knowledgetree.co.nz

International medium and healer, and star of TV3's Dare to Believe, Jeanette Wilson is based at her new reytreat Centre near Inglewood in Taranaki.  Originally from the UK, she in no stranger to controvesy, and photos of healing 'orbs' hovering while she is healing are thought provoking!  www.jeanettewilson.com

Robert James Haywood   A Music Medicine Man now living in New Zealand has spent many years as an international speaker, workshop presenter, author and certificate iv trainer and assessor (Australia).  His work is know for its humour, insights and the offering of a unique nurturing, supportive and educational workshop experience with 'music, the sacred catalyst' weekend workshops.  Also his beautiful mother earth energy work in introducing totem animal energies and wisdoms.  He is also presenting in Sydney and Brisbane Festivals this year.  At the moment, Roberts is presenting workshops around the north island

Sally Cook has, since 1982, worked in massage therapy, counselling, psychodrama, Body Harmony, and Rebirthing.  She also produced and led workshops for children and relationship trainings.  The birth of her first daughter in 1994 saw a change in direction to being a full-time mother, home-educating her two children for 16 years. Early in 2009 she was introduced to Nia and she knew that this was the path she wanted to > follow for the next stage of her life. Nia is a fusion of dance arts, martial arts and healing arts begun 26 years ago it was the first fusion fitness and is  still one of the most comprehensive body-mind-spirit fitness trainings available.  Nia invites students to really get in touch with their physical body, to listen to the voice of the body and move in 'the body's way' to self healing on all levels.  Sally trained the first level of Nia Training; the White Belt late in 2009, and has been running classes around Auckland since February 2010.  She also produced a White Belt Training in Auckland in  2010 and is producing another in July 2011 so that others may go deeper into this wonderful 'Dance of Life' called Nia. Classes are taken barefoot to soul-stirring music in more than 45 countries. Step into your own joyful journey with Nia, and positively shape the way you feel, look, think and live!  sallycook@paradise.net.nz

Ascension Explorers Heather & Lou decided to follow their hearts and passion back in 2009 and travelled halfway across the world to Europe, UK, and Kauai (USA) where they continued to work with the Ascended Masters, Adamus, Kuthumi and Quan Yin. Then the large dynamic energy of The Council of Many came to join them on their journey.  As they began to settle in Kauai and were welcomed by the community as those that belonged, and their workshops and channelling nights were established; they were asked to relinquish this life and return back to NZ, to start again.   Questioning this request, as well they should have, they agreed to return.   Since Nov 2009 Heather & Lou have been of service in NZ.  They bring with Heart Consciousness, the healing modality that they have been shown, ‘The Continuation’, as well as many other ‘facets’ of their expertise. They offer Sacred Site Tours around NZ; they have created a place where you can attend workshops (or Life Experience shops as they are now being called), in a warm, safe and welcoming environment.   They offer different Retreats at the Sanctuary and have a ‘real’ down to earth approach.  They show a refreshing new look at being in the NOW moment, leaving what does not serve and embracing that which does serve in these days of great shift & change.  On their most recent Sacred Site Tour, there were many ‘insights’ channelled and revealed relating to the places visited and to NZ in general. The participants had the unique opportunity to sit and discuss over a meal, things with the Ascended Masters and find out more hidden facts of the real New Zealand.  Come and join Ascension Explorers, Heather & Lou and their energetic friends for a time of revelation, co-creation and fun during the New Spirit Festival in Auckland.  www.AscensionExplorers.com  ascensionexplorers@gmail.com

Henri Venturini and Catherine Opie, founders of Balanced Energy, are international practitioners of natural and energy medicine with over 20 years experience. A combined background in art, dance, yoga, martial arts and trapeze brings their creative skills, knowledge of the body and energy work together to understand the whole being. They currently live in Whangaparaoa and on Waiheke Island N.Z. Balanced Energy produces vibrational medicinal products for the international Spa industry and the Balanced Energy Beauty Spa + Health Clinic. www.balancedenergy.co.nz   

Wayne Morgan runs classes and workshops throughout New Zealand, teaching his methods of enlightenment.   He also works with the new generations - the Crystal and Blue Star Children. Wayne's view is that they are our future and  we cannot teach them anything from our past as it will conflict with their future. We can only guide them by understanding ourselves.  www.souldestiny.co.nz 

Pauline Baker is passionate about her work as a Teacher and Practitioner of a unique energy balancing system called the EMF Balancing Technique®.  She delights in working with this very practical and effective balancing tool in her practice on Auckland's North Shore. She is an experienced EMF teacher and loves teaching practitioners and teachers both in NZ and overseas.  Pauline is a great communicator and is often invited to speak to groups about the technique.  energywise@infogen.net.nz or www.energywise.net.nz 

Kayla Mackenzie-Kopp was born in New Zealand but lived more than half her life in Europe, where she taught at the English Department of Heidelberg University,  and had her own practice for spiritual psychotherapy.  She is certified in Family Constellation Work, Hypnotherapy, and Theta Healing, and has wide experience in various branches of humanistic psychology.  She worked for 15 years with Rhea Powers, one of the world’s leading authorities on past life work. Nowadays she lives on Waiheke Island, where she holds workshops and gives individual sessions. She has three children. www.kaylahealing.com

Malcolm K. Harker – Master of Herbology.  Over 30 years ago, after a life of ill health and diseases, including hepatitis, Leptospirosis, gangrene, nephritic kidneys, Crohn’s disease and a precancerous colon, Malcolm Harker set out to find a way to heal himself. His study of nutrition and disease, plus his philosophy on natural self-healing and development of natural herbal tonics has assisted thousands on the path to good health.  Malcolm earned a Diploma in Herbal Studies (1983), and also graduated with a Master of Herbology Degree in Advanced Herbal Medicine (Emerson College of Herbology, Quebec, Canada, 1985).  In 1999 Malcolm wrote the first edition of his life-changing book ‘Health & Healing’, which is now due for its fourth edition print.  An early proponent since late 1970s, of all people, sick and well going gluten-free, Malcolm notes that patients who follow this advice recover more quickly, discover greater energy and heal quickly.  For these reasons, plus his continued years of study, education and healing, Malcolm was honoured with a ‘Lifetime Achievement’ Award by the Natural Health Industry in 1999.  With over 25 years of clinical practice experience, he has spent over thirty years developing a vast understanding of the chemistry of health and disease.  Today, at age 66 years he is as busy as ever producing over 70 different products for the Health market, consulting via letters and email, writing regular articles and continuing to help people from all walks of life.

Marietta Theunissen most famous for her Tv show “The Other Side” in South Africa and has been working in the field of Psychic and Clairvoyant Readings, Health and Self development for over 30 years… although Marietta travels very often she is still available all over the world. She helps people to connect with their own sixth sense and inner creativity by teaching meditation, healing, reading of the aura and chakras, dream interpretations and spiritual tools such as tarot, runes, numerology and psychometry. She also help people to channel for themselves, program crystals, tune into their angels and guides, contact angels and live with spirit, live with faith and have primal trust.

Kim Knight is a health coach based in Auckland who assists people to resolve health issues by identifying and transforming the root cause. She helps people map the mental and emotional ‘dis-ease’ which has up until now unconsciously been driving symptoms. In particular she works with long-term issues deemed ‘incurable’ and ‘incomprehensible’ by many doctors, such as chronic fatigue, fibromyalgia, lupus, adrenal exhaustion and more. She healed herself without medication from several chronic health issues including chronic fatigue, anxiety and clinical depression. In 2011 she was nominated for NEXT magazines NZ Woman of the Year award for her contribution in the arena of health and science. www.artofhealth.co.nz

Patrick A Fuss. Patrick's main work has been enabling others to connect to the gem with in – to self. 'I coach and I am a visionary to courageous dreamers stepping out of their comporting mindsets and into the new. I work in a space of magic, creativity and intuition of the light, unexpected, unfinished, perpetual ……   Facilitating the impossible excites me. I have developed and facilitated a range of experiences in a spiritual, personal as well as organisational context. Recently, the Munay Ki together with Anne Curtis, I have also worked with Helen Barnes on the sound and light languages. An eclectic, integrated and intuitive experience invoker, a mesa carrier (shamanic practitioner – Inka, Kahuna and Toltec), Reiki Master, Melody qualified, Light Channel, Sound conduit, a writer, a dreamer – an Appreciative Inquiry and Integral Theory Pracademic, Emotional Intelligence Coach and more. I believe in lightness and laughter, congruence and dialogue, divine action, divine heart, divine mind'.

Gary Cook is a leading writer on the special nature of the mystic realms that are to be found in New Zealand. An explorer of ancient sacred places and energy sites in the unique New Zealand landscape, Gary has devoted many years of searching and writing of the wonders to be found within the islands of New Zealand and the South Pacific. His extensive journeys and experiences allow him to share much of the deeper nature of the forests, the waters and the mountains that allows us all to connect with the natural order in a deeper and more meaningful way. The author of two books in the Secret Land series, Gary is a regular contributer to Australian and New Zealand magazines offering readers unique glimpses of the sacred landscape of Aotearoa. He holds honorary Doctorates in Science and Philosophy, and is a Temple Knight within the Supreme Military Order of the Temple of Jerusalem and Knight Grand Commander of Grace and Duke of the Duchy of St Michel de Clermont.

Fern Mercier has been a practising Tarot Reader and Astrologer in Auckland for over 30 years. She teaches, writes and lectures in New Zealand and abroad. Newspapers,(Sunday Star Times) magazines,(Rainbow News) Radio (95BFM and Kiwi) and Television (The Profilers) have all been part of her repetoire over the decades. Her popular year-long Tarot Diploma Course is a long-time institution in N.Z’s world of tarot. She is one of the founders and a life-long member of the Tarot Guild of Aotearoa. www.tarot.net.nz

A prolific artist and "actionista" since childhood, Rashani has offered concerts, councils and retreats throughout the world during the last thirty years, began singing at the age of twelve, has recorded 14 albums and sings in several languages. She’s also the founder of two sanctuaries on the Big Island of Hawai`i where she offers individual and group retreats throughout the year. www.rashani.com

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Heather Reiss has been consciously working with the energies for many years. This began when she was a child while dealing with ‘alien’ interactions, then later during her 30’s as she healed herself from a long period of illness.  During this time she went through her own first wave of ascension experiences and grew as she became more familiar with her own I AM and her master healing abilities. In 2009 she connected with Lou (James) to found Ascension Explorers. She has helped bring through the potent healing modality The Continuation and now facilitates and trains others to facilitate this. Heather is an entertaining speaker with a stand up comedy background thread to her bow.

Pat Waldin is an ancient master ‘healer’ now remembering and utilising her gifting’s to assist others on their path into True Healing in all areas of their lives.  Pat by her own admission awoke later in life with the assistance of communications from the Kryon energy. Her journey of awakening quickened exponentially once she made contact with Lou and Heather of Ascension Explorers. She immediately resonated with their service and The Continuation Healing modality that they brought through which she now facilitates for others.

Louise James is an international channel and facilitator. As a child Lou would play in her backyard sandpit with her energetic spirit friends who would talk to her and take her to far off places. At 10years of age when her father died she was told to ‘grow up’ so she shut down her natural channelling abilities.  She became heavily involved in the church until 2008 when she realised this no longer served her as she wanted to express herself in her more fuller abilities and truth.  She met Heather(Reiss) that same year and after  she received some energetic healing from her the channelling ability she had suppressed for years returned fully as if the radio station had become tuned in again. The natural partnership of grounder(Heather) and channeller(Lou) was formed and it  was from this base of expereince, integrity and trust that Lou’s skills were honed to enable  clear channelled communications to come through. Those that speak through her are the many Ascended Masters, Cosmic beings and Angelics that come in higher service at this time of grand ascension for the service and guidance of humanity.

Joan Berry, “Inspirational Life Coach”, believes our Sub-conscious Mind and Imagination are the vital links to creating the Life we want and connecting with The Divine.  She added, “Our gift is the power to create, and this, combined with our “free-will,” allows us amazing choices on what we manifest in our lives.”   “We are at a critical point in Humanity’s development and we need to break-through dysfunctional models which are no longer working. Using our sub-conscious mind in a constructive manner will not only help us to deal with our private issues, and it will assist us to co-create a society which works for All, as we step into our collective Conscious Evolution.  Joan’s strong intuition and visionary wisdom is evident during her personalized “One2One” Sessions (via Skype, email, phone or face-to-face).  Her presentations & seminars also inspire groups and individuals throughout NZ and overseas.  Joan was born in Durban, South Africa and has called NZ home for the last 26 years. She settled in Christchurch, and this straight-forward & dynamic professional started up her Company called “The Vital Link” in 2006.  In addition to empowering people, she has produced a number of CD’s on Prosperity, Loving Relationships and Healthy Lifestyle/Weight Loss.   www.thevitallink.co.nz or joan@thevitallink.co.nz. 

The Rt. Rev. Brian Keneipp is the Executive Director of the American Headquarters of The Aetherius Society.  He worked closely with the Society’s founder, the late Western Master of Yoga, Dr. George King, helping him to perform amazing Spiritual missions for humanity in cooperation with the Ascended and Cosmic Masters.  Brian is an international author and speaker with a vast and practical knowledge of the deeper aspects of metaphysics which he openly shares with all he meets.  His insights have helped to transform the lives of people all over the world. www.aetherius.org

GiGi Sosnoski is a world-wide Motivational Astrologer and Motivational Life Coach, a regular on TVNZ's Good Morning show, and a writer and speaker on Motivational Astrology. She's  been giving readings to individuals from all walks of life and from all over the world for over 25 years. GiGi helps others understand their unique gifts, see their true potential, move past blockages, and get excited about their lives. If you're ready for change, GiGi will help you make it happen!

Sarrah Jayne is a qualified Yoga Teacher and Yoga Therapist. She has a passion for women’s health and healing and is dedicated to guiding others into a soft space where they can open and relax. Also a practitioner of massage Sarrah has a holistic health clinic in Pt Chevalier, Auckland called Soothe Space where she works alongside her mother Penny and other natural therapists to provide a total package of health and wellbeing in a heart centred community setting.

Michael Bradford is an International Intuitive, Healer, Spiritual Teacher, Shaman, Business Advisor, Coach, Truth Speaker and Author, with extensive expertise in the areas of health, healing, entrepreneurship and spirituality. He has a Masters Degree in International Management and advanced training in NLP, Hypnosis, Reiki, Reading Energy Patterns and many other specialties. Using his cutting-edge approach – which accesses Cosmic Consciousness, the Akashic Records and Transformational Techniques from the past, the future and other dimensions - Michael has helped over 20,000 clients Worldwide to access their intuition, accelerate their healing process, gain clarity, improve relationships, attract success and increase finances. His clients frequently report profound life-changing breakthroughs, often in minutes. One of Michael’s passions is assisting Entrepreneurs to become more successful.  He only works with those clients who are 100% committed to their healing process and to their expanded success. He offers private sessions and in-depth workshops on Personal Breakthrough and Intuition Training. Contact Michael via Skype on Michael Bradford.Global or until April 15th on his NZ mobile 021 0822 3570.

Rebecca Schipper's background as a dentist, natural healer, academic, yoga instructor, and meditation teacher helps her blend traditional and complementary techniques.  “I’ve been working with stress in its’ many forms for years. The way stress expresses itself in the body can be quite amazing, wouldn’t you agree? I’ve studied many modalities and the common factor is: reduce the stress and the body heals. Using the best of the methods I’ve been trained in, I apply light touch while guiding you to focus on the areas of stress to relieve tension. Combined with images that help the body feel relaxed and safe, healing can begin“.  The modalities Rebecca offers are CranioSacral Therapy, TMJ Relaxation, SomatoEmotional Release, Lymph Drainage Therapy, Heart Centered Visualization, Reiki and The Reconnection.  www.edenworks.net

Julienne Rose is an International PSYCH-K Instructor and the only Certified PSYCH-K Instructor in New Zealand. She travels throughout Australasia sharing this transformational belief change process with others.  Her background in teaching and alternative therapies, bring a wealth of experience to her workshops as well as her private practice as a Wellness Coach.   PSYCH-K is a self-empowering process that transforms limiting subconscious beliefs into life supporting and success promoting beliefs. It is based on the foundation that subconscious beliefs determine our attitudes and experiences. These beliefs determine how we are in relationships, how we react to situations and they also affect our mental and physical health. By changing beliefs at the subconscious level, we are able to transform undesirable experiences into joyful ones.  Using muscle testing / kinesiology to communicate with both the Suboncsious and the Superconscious, this process aims to align our Superconscious and Conscious wisdom with our Subconscious beliefs. The beauty of this process lies in combining scientific knowledge with cutting edge ancient wisdom.  Over time it has expanded beyond its earlier designation, to reflect the evolving needs of humanity. The ever-increasing awareness of the role of spirituality in our lives has become paramount. The fact that many people have discovered the use of PSYCH-K for accelerating one’s spiritual evolution, is fast becoming the most popular application of this amazing method for change. Hence, today PSYCH-K is popularly characterized more as a kind of spiritual process with psychological benefits.

"Beliefs are perceptions of reality created by conclusions, derived from information or experience. Beliefs can be both conscious and/or subconscious."
- Robert M. Williams, M.A. Originator of PSYCH-K

“The ‘secret to life’ is BELIEF. Rather than genes, it is our beliefs that control our lives.  PSYCH-K® is a set of simple, self-empowering techniques to change your beliefs and perceptions that impact your life at a cellular level.” - Dr Bruce Lipton, Ph.D Cellular Biology, author of The Biology of Belief.   www.juliennerose.com     www.psych-k.com