Alliance Staff
Information Packet on Earth Medicine Alliance Staff for Prospective Volunteers
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Diana “Artemis” Halfmann, Executive Director. Psychotherapist, shamanic counselor, yogini. Artemis has been practicing indigenous Celtic magick and other earth-honoring traditions in San Francisco for 14 years. She is committed to the ongoing practice of shamanic visioning for healing and divination for herself and community. Artemis is a graduate of the FSS Shamanic Counseling program and is currently in the Three-year Course in in Shamanism through the Foundation of Shamanic Studies. Please see: www.ElementalWisdomSF.com for info on her offerings. |
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Elaine Gast Fawcett, Director, Voices of the Earth. As a professional writer and consultant through her firm www.FourWindsWriting.com, Elaine helps non-profits, grantmakers and socially conscious companies tell their story and market their mission. She also helps coaches, healers and health practitioners magnetize their online message in order to attract new clients (www.RealResultsWriting.com). Elaine holds a M.S. in Professional Writing from Towson University in Baltimore and a Certificate in Nonfiction from Charles University in Prague. Elaine is a certified yoga instructor and natural foods chef. |
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Victor Ibarra, Tech. Specialist, Voices of the Earth. Victor has been engaging in earth honoring traditions since 2005. He is a Burning Man attendee of 7 years, a flow artist, amateur photographer, and fire dancer. He is a tech specialist and co-leader with the Voices of the Earth Project where he is honored to help ceremonial elders and teachers to reach a wider audience. Victor strives to engage in practices that enable full openness, expression, and love. |
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Lydia Ridgway, Chief Financial Officer. Lydia is a CPA and has practiced corporate tax in the high-tech companies situated in Silicon Valley for the past 25 years. She is a Chinese descendent and has been practicing Vipassana meditation in Buddhism tradition for the past 20 years. Growing up in Taiwan with strong ancestor worship ceremony practice, Lydia firmly believes in the value of the earth- and ancestor-honoring rituals will heal and strengthen our human connectivity with this world and beyond. |