Future Primitive Podcasts » feminism http://www.futureprimitive.org Intimate conversations with authors, visionaries and innovators speaking about our connection and partnership with the living Earth. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:55:20 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Future Primitive is a podcasting website that presents intimate conversations with authors, visionaries and innovators from around the world. Listen to this community of voices who speak about our connection and partnership with the living Earth. Joanna Harcourt-Smith no Joanna Harcourt-Smith nina@futureprimitive.org nina@futureprimitive.org (Joanna Harcourt-Smith) 2006-2010 Interviews with lively minds on a variety of topics Future Primitive Podcasts » feminism http://www.futureprimitive.org/fp-badge-144x144.jpg http://www.futureprimitive.org Give Your Body Room http://www.futureprimitive.org/2012/01/ruth-zaporah-give-your-body-room/ http://www.futureprimitive.org/2012/01/ruth-zaporah-give-your-body-room/#comments Sat, 21 Jan 2012 17:30:52 +0000 Joanna http://www.futureprimitive.org/?p=2626 Ruth Zaporah is a New Mexico based performance artist, director and teacher. She is internationally known for her innovative work in performance and performance training, particularly in the field of physical theater improvisation. Zaporah spends much of her time on tour, performing and leading trainings both nationally and internationally. She is a two-time recipient of National Endowment Choreography Fellowships. She is the author of “Action Theater: The Improvisation of Presence”.

http://www.actiontheater.com/index.htm

Ruth speaks with Joanna about Action Theater – an improvisational training process developed by her; the dance of the imaginal and the body, presence and relation to the world, acceptance, “emotional seasoning,” coming back to the body … among other topics.

Music: “Codona” (from The Codona Trilogy) by Don Cherry, Nana Vasconcelos, Colin Walcott

]]> http://www.futureprimitive.org/2012/01/ruth-zaporah-give-your-body-room/feed/ 0 feminism,performing arts,soulwork Ruth Zaporah is a New Mexico based performance artist, director and teacher. She is internationally known for her innovative work in performance and performance training, particularly in the field of physical theater improvisation. Ruth Zaporah is a New Mexico based performance artist, director and teacher. She is internationally known for her innovative work in performance and performance training, particularly in the field of physical theater improvisation. Zaporah spends much of her time on tour, performing and leading trainings both nationally and internationally. She is a two-time recipient of National Endowment Choreography Fellowships. She is the author of "Action Theater: The Improvisation of Presence". http://www.actiontheater.com/index.htm Ruth speaks with Joanna about Action Theater - an improvisational training process developed by her; the dance of the imaginal and the body, presence and relation to the world, acceptance, "emotional seasoning," coming back to the body ... among other topics. Music: "Codona" (from The Codona Trilogy) by Don Cherry, Nana Vasconcelos, Colin Walcott Joanna Harcourt-Smith no 30:57 Youth Taking Action http://www.futureprimitive.org/2012/01/misra-walker-youth-taking-action/ http://www.futureprimitive.org/2012/01/misra-walker-youth-taking-action/#comments Fri, 06 Jan 2012 17:00:40 +0000 Joanna http://www.futureprimitive.org/?p=2556 Speakers at Bioneers By The Bay Connecting For Change (2011)

When Barretto Point Park opened in the Hunts Point section of the South Bronx in 2006, it marked a major accomplishment —becoming the only riverside park in the neighborhood and one of the few greens space in the heavily industrialized area. But Misra noted that there was no transportation to and from the park and that pedestrians had to endure a smoggy walk through a key transportation route that serves some 15,000 heavy trucks daily. Misra and her teen advocacy group, ACTION, lobbied the New York transit authority (MTA) for a bus route to be extended to include stops at the park. Misra’s campaign was successful, and a seasonal city shuttle bus now serves the park in the summer, taking 4,000 Bronx residents to green space they might not otherwise be able to access. Misra is a 2010 Brower Youth Award recipient.

www.marioninstitute.org/connecting-for-change/events/misra-walker

]]> http://www.futureprimitive.org/2012/01/misra-walker-youth-taking-action/feed/ 0 environmental activism,feminism,health,social networks Speakers at Bioneers By The Bay Connecting For Change (2011) When Barretto Point Park opened in the Hunts Point section of the South Bronx in 2006, it marked a major accomplishment —becoming the only riverside park in the neighborhood and one of t... Speakers at Bioneers By The Bay Connecting For Change (2011) When Barretto Point Park opened in the Hunts Point section of the South Bronx in 2006, it marked a major accomplishment —becoming the only riverside park in the neighborhood and one of the few greens space in the heavily industrialized area. But Misra noted that there was no transportation to and from the park and that pedestrians had to endure a smoggy walk through a key transportation route that serves some 15,000 heavy trucks daily. Misra and her teen advocacy group, ACTION, lobbied the New York transit authority (MTA) for a bus route to be extended to include stops at the park. Misra’s campaign was successful, and a seasonal city shuttle bus now serves the park in the summer, taking 4,000 Bronx residents to green space they might not otherwise be able to access. Misra is a 2010 Brower Youth Award recipient. www.marioninstitute.org/connecting-for-change/events/misra-walker Joanna Harcourt-Smith no 8:16 Like A Tree http://www.futureprimitive.org/2011/11/jean-shinoda-bolen-like-a-tree/ http://www.futureprimitive.org/2011/11/jean-shinoda-bolen-like-a-tree/#comments Fri, 25 Nov 2011 18:17:45 +0000 Joanna http://www.futureprimitive.org/?p=2448 Jean Shinoda Bolen, M. D, is a psychiatrist, Jungian analyst, and an internationally known author and speaker who draws from spiritual, feminist, Jungian, medical and personal wellsprings of experience. She is the author of The Tao of Psychology, Goddesses in Everywoman, Gods in Everyman, Ring of Power, Crossing to Avalon, Close to the Bone, The Millionth Circle, Goddesses in Older Women, Crones Don’t Whine and Urgent Message from Mother, and Like a Tree: How Trees, Women, and Tree People Can Save the Planet.

She is a Distinguished Life Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association and a former clinical professor of psychiatry at the University of California at San Francisco, a past board member of the Ms. Foundation for Women and the International Transpersonal Association. She was a recipient of the Institute for Health and Healing’s “Pioneers in Art, Science, and the Soul of Healing Award”, and is a Diplomate of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. She was in two acclaimed documentaries, the Academy-Award winning anti-nuclear proliferation film Women—For America, For the World, and the Canadian Film Board’s Goddess Remembered.

www.jeanbolen.com

Jean speaks with Joanna about the “tree persons”; nurturing a heart-connected activism; morphic fields, circles of support and critical mass; gnostic knowledge…

Music: “At The Zeergen-Grassy Mountain” from World Music Library – Mongolian Songs

]]> http://www.futureprimitive.org/2011/11/jean-shinoda-bolen-like-a-tree/feed/ 0 eco-psychology,environmental activism,feminism,Gaia,soul work Jean Shinoda Bolen, M. D, is a psychiatrist, Jungian analyst, and an internationally known author and speaker who draws from spiritual, feminist, Jungian, medical and personal wellsprings of experience. She is the author of The Tao of Psychology, Jean Shinoda Bolen, M. D, is a psychiatrist, Jungian analyst, and an internationally known author and speaker who draws from spiritual, feminist, Jungian, medical and personal wellsprings of experience. She is the author of The Tao of Psychology, Goddesses in Everywoman, Gods in Everyman, Ring of Power, Crossing to Avalon, Close to the Bone, The Millionth Circle, Goddesses in Older Women, Crones Don't Whine and Urgent Message from Mother, and Like a Tree: How Trees, Women, and Tree People Can Save the Planet. She is a Distinguished Life Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association and a former clinical professor of psychiatry at the University of California at San Francisco, a past board member of the Ms. Foundation for Women and the International Transpersonal Association. She was a recipient of the Institute for Health and Healing's "Pioneers in Art, Science, and the Soul of Healing Award", and is a Diplomate of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. She was in two acclaimed documentaries, the Academy-Award winning anti-nuclear proliferation film Women—For America, For the World, and the Canadian Film Board's Goddess Remembered. www.jeanbolen.com Jean speaks with Joanna about the "tree persons"; nurturing a heart-connected activism; morphic fields, circles of support and critical mass; gnostic knowledge... Music: "At The Zeergen-Grassy Mountain" from World Music Library - Mongolian Songs Joanna Harcourt-Smith no 46:09 Nurturing The New Possibilities http://www.futureprimitive.org/2011/11/jodie-evans-nurturing-the-new-possibilities/ http://www.futureprimitive.org/2011/11/jodie-evans-nurturing-the-new-possibilities/#comments Fri, 18 Nov 2011 12:37:55 +0000 Joanna http://www.futureprimitive.org/?p=2419 Speakers at Bioneers By The Bay Connecting For Change (2011)

Jodie Evans is a co-founder of CODEPINK and has been a peace, environmental, women’s rights and social justice activist for forty years.  She has traveled extensively to war zones promoting and learning about peaceful resolution to conflict.  She served in the administration of Governor Jerry Brown and ran his presidential campaign.  She has published two books, Stop the Next War Now: Effective Responses to Violence and Terrorism and Twilight of Empire: Responses to Occupation and has produced several documentary films, including the Oscar-nominated “The Most Dangerous Man in America” and Howard Zinn’s The People Speak: American Voices, Some Famous, Some Little Known . Jodie is the board chair of Women’s Media Center and sits on many other boards, including Rainforest Action Network, Drug Policy Alliance, Institute of Policy Studies, Women Moving Millions and Sisterhood is Global Institute.  She is the mother of three.

Jodie speaks with Joanna about the 99% movement, the shift of paradigm in activism, the power of sharing stories, participation and community, democracy as open-ended participation…

www.codepink4peace.org

]]> http://www.futureprimitive.org/2011/11/jodie-evans-nurturing-the-new-possibilities/feed/ 0 activism,feminism,social networks Speakers at Bioneers By The Bay Connecting For Change (2011) Jodie Evans is a co-founder of CODEPINK and has been a peace, environmental, women’s rights and social justice activist for forty years.  She has traveled extensively to war zones promot... Speakers at Bioneers By The Bay Connecting For Change (2011) Jodie Evans is a co-founder of CODEPINK and has been a peace, environmental, women’s rights and social justice activist for forty years.  She has traveled extensively to war zones promoting and learning about peaceful resolution to conflict.  She served in the administration of Governor Jerry Brown and ran his presidential campaign.  She has published two books, Stop the Next War Now: Effective Responses to Violence and Terrorism and Twilight of Empire: Responses to Occupation and has produced several documentary films, including the Oscar-nominated “The Most Dangerous Man in America” and Howard Zinn’s The People Speak: American Voices, Some Famous, Some Little Known . Jodie is the board chair of Women’s Media Center and sits on many other boards, including Rainforest Action Network, Drug Policy Alliance, Institute of Policy Studies, Women Moving Millions and Sisterhood is Global Institute.  She is the mother of three. Jodie speaks with Joanna about the 99% movement, the shift of paradigm in activism, the power of sharing stories, participation and community, democracy as open-ended participation... www.codepink4peace.org Joanna Harcourt-Smith no 15:42 I Was Born To Empower Others http://www.futureprimitive.org/2011/10/beatrice-achieng-i-was-born-to-empower-others/ http://www.futureprimitive.org/2011/10/beatrice-achieng-i-was-born-to-empower-others/#comments Fri, 21 Oct 2011 11:00:32 +0000 Joanna http://www.futureprimitive.org/?p=2313 Speaker at Bioneers 2011 (San Rafael, CA)

Beatrice Achieng Nas is a Ugandan Womens’ rights grassroots leader, and a citizen journalist with World Pulse - a global media and communication network devoted to giving women a global voice. Beatrice is touring the USA in October 2011.

“I believe everybody has the potential to live a better life. Given the opportunity, education and motivation everyone can become someone admirable.”

http://www.bioneers.org/

http://www.worldpulse.com/user/6478

]]> http://www.futureprimitive.org/2011/10/beatrice-achieng-i-was-born-to-empower-others/feed/ 0 activism,education,feminism,media,social networks,technology Speaker at Bioneers 2011 (San Rafael, CA) - Beatrice Achieng Nas is a Ugandan Womens' rights grassroots leader, and a citizen journalist with World Pulse - a global media and communication network devoted to giving women a global voice. Speaker at Bioneers 2011 (San Rafael, CA) Beatrice Achieng Nas is a Ugandan Womens' rights grassroots leader, and a citizen journalist with World Pulse - a global media and communication network devoted to giving women a global voice. Beatrice is touring the USA in October 2011. "I believe everybody has the potential to live a better life. Given the opportunity, education and motivation everyone can become someone admirable." http://www.bioneers.org/ http://www.worldpulse.com/user/6478 Joanna Harcourt-Smith no 26:09 Thinking Like A Planet http://www.futureprimitive.org/2011/10/toby-herzlich-thinking-like-a-planet/ http://www.futureprimitive.org/2011/10/toby-herzlich-thinking-like-a-planet/#comments Fri, 14 Oct 2011 05:45:00 +0000 Joanna http://www.futureprimitive.org/?p=2266 Speaker at Bioneers 2011 (San Rafael, CA)

Toby Herzlich is a facilitator and trainer with a focus on leadership, sector enhancement and organizational excellence. With Nina Simons, Toby is co-designer and facilitator of “Cultivating Women’s Leadership,” a program for women working toward social change and environmental sustainability, and has created networks of emerging women leaders in war-torn areas of the Middle East and the Balkans. Also a Senior Trainer with the Rockwood Leadership Institute and on the faculty of the Center for Whole Communities, Toby is currently developing Biomimicry-inspired programs to integrate nature-inspired innovations and perspectives into social change leadership.
www.bioneers.org/presenters/toby-herzlich

]]> http://www.futureprimitive.org/2011/10/toby-herzlich-thinking-like-a-planet/feed/ 1 coaching,environmental activism,feminism,sustainable culture,systems thinking Speaker at Bioneers 2011 (San Rafael, CA) Toby Herzlich is a facilitator and trainer with a focus on leadership, sector enhancement and organizational excellence. With Nina Simons, Toby is co-designer and facilitator of "Cultivating Women's Leadership, Speaker at Bioneers 2011 (San Rafael, CA) Toby Herzlich is a facilitator and trainer with a focus on leadership, sector enhancement and organizational excellence. With Nina Simons, Toby is co-designer and facilitator of "Cultivating Women's Leadership," a program for women working toward social change and environmental sustainability, and has created networks of emerging women leaders in war-torn areas of the Middle East and the Balkans. Also a Senior Trainer with the Rockwood Leadership Institute and on the faculty of the Center for Whole Communities, Toby is currently developing Biomimicry-inspired programs to integrate nature-inspired innovations and perspectives into social change leadership. www.bioneers.org/presenters/toby-herzlich Joanna Harcourt-Smith no 22:10 The Herbal Kitchen http://www.futureprimitive.org/2011/10/kami-mcbride-the-herbal-kitchen/ http://www.futureprimitive.org/2011/10/kami-mcbride-the-herbal-kitchen/#comments Thu, 13 Oct 2011 22:45:07 +0000 Joanna http://www.futureprimitive.org/?p=2260 Speaker at Bioneers 2011 (San Rafael, CA)

Kami McBride has inspired thousands of people to use herbs in their daily lives for health and wellness. She teaches experiential herbal programs in reviving the art of home use of herbal medicine. Her work is centered in sustainable wellness practices, creating self-reliance and revitalizing our relationship with the plant world. She is the author of Herbal Kitchen.

www.livingawareness.com

]]> http://www.futureprimitive.org/2011/10/kami-mcbride-the-herbal-kitchen/feed/ 0 feminism,Gaia,healing,herbalism,writing Speaker at Bioneers 2011 (San Rafael, CA) - Kami McBride has inspired thousands of people to use herbs in their daily lives for health and wellness. She teaches experiential herbal programs in reviving the art of home use of herbal medicine. Speaker at Bioneers 2011 (San Rafael, CA) Kami McBride has inspired thousands of people to use herbs in their daily lives for health and wellness. She teaches experiential herbal programs in reviving the art of home use of herbal medicine. Her work is centered in sustainable wellness practices, creating self-reliance and revitalizing our relationship with the plant world. She is the author of Herbal Kitchen. www.bioneers.org/presenters/kami-mcbride www.livingawareness.com Joanna Harcourt-Smith no 21:15 Uprisings For the Earth http://www.futureprimitive.org/2011/10/osprey-orielle-lake-uprisings-for-the-earth/ http://www.futureprimitive.org/2011/10/osprey-orielle-lake-uprisings-for-the-earth/#comments Sat, 08 Oct 2011 16:57:24 +0000 Joanna http://www.futureprimitive.org/?p=2246 Osprey Orielle Lake, MA is an artist, writer, and lifelong advocate of social and environmental justice issues. She is the Director of the Women’s Earth and Climate Caucus and on the governing Board of Praxis Peace Institute. She is the Founder/Artist of the International Cheemah Monument Project, creating 18 foot bronze sculpture monuments for locations around the world, where people can ponder a better future for the earth and humanity. Her themes concern new cultural narratives and the way public imagery and stories either enhance or distance our relationship with the Earth. Osprey studied Ancient History and Biology at Reed College in Portland, Oregon where her focus was on an Ecological Impact Study of the Oregon river system. She holds a BA in Environmental Studies from the University of California, Santa Cruz where her reports on the use of phenoxy herbicides and alternative methods for pest management played a central role in Santa Cruz County’s re-evaluation of herbicide use. She received her MA in Culture and Environmental Studies from Holy Names University in Oakland, California. Her recent book, Uprisings for the Earth: Reconnecting Culture with Nature (2010), delves into a new kinship with nature while acknowledging the treasures of urban life and the unique stake each person has in resolving critical and timely challenges.

www.ospreyoriellelake.com

Orielle speaks with Joanna about reconnecting with Nature in urban life, the balance between high technology and hand-made things, women leadership and climate situation, indigenous wisdom and partnership model, Nature as teacher, open to the beauty and awe of the “big conversation”, Frau Holle and other female archetypes of Nature, art and environmental awareness, honoring the rights of the Earth…

Music:”Sanza” (from Echoes Of The Forest – Music of the Central African Pygmies)

]]> http://www.futureprimitive.org/2011/10/osprey-orielle-lake-uprisings-for-the-earth/feed/ 0 environmental activism,feminism,Gaia,goddess studies,Indigenous Culture,soulwork,sustainability,technology Osprey Orielle Lake, MA is an artist, writer, and lifelong advocate of social and environmental justice issues. She is the Director of the Women’s Earth and Climate Caucus and on the governing Board of Praxis Peace Institute. Osprey Orielle Lake, MA is an artist, writer, and lifelong advocate of social and environmental justice issues. She is the Director of the Women’s Earth and Climate Caucus and on the governing Board of Praxis Peace Institute. She is the Founder/Artist of the International Cheemah Monument Project, creating 18 foot bronze sculpture monuments for locations around the world, where people can ponder a better future for the earth and humanity. Her themes concern new cultural narratives and the way public imagery and stories either enhance or distance our relationship with the Earth. Osprey studied Ancient History and Biology at Reed College in Portland, Oregon where her focus was on an Ecological Impact Study of the Oregon river system. She holds a BA in Environmental Studies from the University of California, Santa Cruz where her reports on the use of phenoxy herbicides and alternative methods for pest management played a central role in Santa Cruz County’s re-evaluation of herbicide use. She received her MA in Culture and Environmental Studies from Holy Names University in Oakland, California. Her recent book, Uprisings for the Earth: Reconnecting Culture with Nature (2010), delves into a new kinship with nature while acknowledging the treasures of urban life and the unique stake each person has in resolving critical and timely challenges. www.ospreyoriellelake.com Orielle speaks with Joanna about reconnecting with Nature in urban life, the balance between high technology and hand-made things, women leadership and climate situation, indigenous wisdom and partnership model, Nature as teacher, open to the beauty and awe of the "big conversation", Frau Holle and other female archetypes of Nature, art and environmental awareness, honoring the rights of the Earth... Music:"Sanza" (from Echoes Of The Forest - Music of the Central African Pygmies) Joanna Harcourt-Smith no 47:15 An Earth-friendly Vision Of Relationship http://www.futureprimitive.org/2011/09/kimerer-lamothe-an-earth-friendly-vision-of-relationship/ http://www.futureprimitive.org/2011/09/kimerer-lamothe-an-earth-friendly-vision-of-relationship/#comments Fri, 23 Sep 2011 16:00:09 +0000 Joanna http://www.futureprimitive.org/?p=2218 Kimerer LaMothe, Ph.D., is a philosopher, dancer, and scholar of religion who lives with her partner and their five children on a farm in upstate New York. After earning a masters degree in Christianity and Culture from Harvard Divinity School and a doctorate in Theology of the Modern West from Harvard University, LaMothe taught at Brown and then Harvard Universities. She received fellowships for her work in religion and dance from the Radcliffe Institute of Advanced Study and the Center for the Study of World Religions; and is an award-winning author of several books, including What a Body Knows: Finding Wisdom in Desire, Nietzsche’s Dancers: Isadora Duncan, Martha Graham, and the Revaluation of Christian Values, and her latest, Family Planting: A farm-fed philosophy of family relations.

www.vitalartsmedia.com

Kimerer speaks with Joanna about our basic human impulse to connect with one other and the natural world,, attuning to the bodily self, the “sting of impossible desire”, thinking and bodily movement, the rhythms of nature, ecstasy and natural birth…

Music: “End” (from Ibero-Caucasian Style) by The Shin

]]> http://www.futureprimitive.org/2011/09/kimerer-lamothe-an-earth-friendly-vision-of-relationship/feed/ 0 eco-psychology,ecology,feminism,music,performing arts,soulwork,sustainability,writing Kimerer LaMothe, Ph.D., is a philosopher, dancer, and scholar of religion who lives with her partner and their five children on a farm in upstate New York. After earning a masters degree in Christianity and Culture from Harvard Divinity School and a do... Kimerer LaMothe, Ph.D., is a philosopher, dancer, and scholar of religion who lives with her partner and their five children on a farm in upstate New York. After earning a masters degree in Christianity and Culture from Harvard Divinity School and a doctorate in Theology of the Modern West from Harvard University, LaMothe taught at Brown and then Harvard Universities. She received fellowships for her work in religion and dance from the Radcliffe Institute of Advanced Study and the Center for the Study of World Religions; and is an award-winning author of several books, including What a Body Knows: Finding Wisdom in Desire, Nietzsche's Dancers: Isadora Duncan, Martha Graham, and the Revaluation of Christian Values, and her latest, Family Planting: A farm-fed philosophy of family relations. www.vitalartsmedia.com Kimerer speaks with Joanna about our basic human impulse to connect with one other and the natural world,, attuning to the bodily self, the "sting of impossible desire", thinking and bodily movement, the rhythms of nature, ecstasy and natural birth... Music: "End" (from Ibero-Caucasian Style) by The Shin Joanna Harcourt-Smith no 50:21 The Green Spirit of Simplicity http://www.futureprimitive.org/2011/08/marian-van-eyk-the-green-spirit-of-simplicity/ http://www.futureprimitive.org/2011/08/marian-van-eyk-the-green-spirit-of-simplicity/#comments Fri, 26 Aug 2011 16:40:33 +0000 Joanna http://www.futureprimitive.org/?p=2178 Marian Van Eyk McCain, originally a social worker, and then for many years a transpersonal psychotherapist, workshop leader and health educator, now concentrates on writing, and environmental activism. She writes on a number of subjects, including ‘Wellness,’ stress-management, psychology, personal development, women’s health and spirituality, conscious, ‘zestful’ ageing, environmental issues, organic food production and alternative technology. Her most recent work has been as Editor of what has been hailed as the definitive book on green spirituality, GreenSpirit: Path to a New Consciousness (O Books, 2010), Downshifting Made Easy: How to plan for your planet-friendly future (O Books, 2011) and her first, full-length novel, The Bird Menders. She is also secretary of the Wholesome Food Association. She runs a women’s group and a writer’s circle, is active in her local community, grows organic vegetables, goes for long walks, reads a lot and loves to dance.

www.elderwoman.org

Marian speaks with Joanna about conscious ageing, combining simplicity with modernity,green spirituality, the collective shift of consciousness, developing the “enough switch”…

Music: “We Build Fires” (from Scotland – World Network 32) by The Poozies

]]> http://www.futureprimitive.org/2011/08/marian-van-eyk-the-green-spirit-of-simplicity/feed/ 0 eco-psychology,feminism,Gaia,soulwork,sustainability Marian Van Eyk McCain, originally a social worker, and then for many years a transpersonal psychotherapist, workshop leader and health educator, now concentrates on writing, and environmental activism. She writes on a number of subjects, Marian Van Eyk McCain, originally a social worker, and then for many years a transpersonal psychotherapist, workshop leader and health educator, now concentrates on writing, and environmental activism. She writes on a number of subjects, including 'Wellness,' stress-management, psychology, personal development, women's health and spirituality, conscious, 'zestful' ageing, environmental issues, organic food production and alternative technology. Her most recent work has been as Editor of what has been hailed as the definitive book on green spirituality, GreenSpirit: Path to a New Consciousness (O Books, 2010), Downshifting Made Easy: How to plan for your planet-friendly future (O Books, 2011) and her first, full-length novel, The Bird Menders. She is also secretary of the Wholesome Food Association. She runs a women's group and a writer's circle, is active in her local community, grows organic vegetables, goes for long walks, reads a lot and loves to dance. www.elderwoman.org Marian speaks with Joanna about conscious ageing, combining simplicity with modernity,green spirituality, the collective shift of consciousness, developing the "enough switch"... Music: "We Build Fires" (from Scotland - World Network 32) by The Poozies Joanna Harcourt-Smith no 48:20 Restoring Natural Wisdom http://www.futureprimitive.org/2011/08/deena-metzger-restoring-natural-wisdom/ http://www.futureprimitive.org/2011/08/deena-metzger-restoring-natural-wisdom/#comments Fri, 19 Aug 2011 17:53:42 +0000 Joanna http://www.futureprimitive.org/?p=2162 Deena Metzger is a poet, novelist, essayist, storyteller, teacher, healer and medicine woman who has taught and counseled for over forty years, in the process of which she has developed therapies (Healing Stories) which creatively address life threatening diseases, spiritual and emotional crises, as well as community, political and environmental disintegration.   With her husband, writer/healer Michael Ortiz Hill, she has introduced the concept of Daré, meaning Council, to North America.

She is the author of many books, the most recent: La Negra y Blanca (“a novel of the Conquest of the Americas and of hope, where wisdom leaks through misty realms between memory and imagination”).

www.deenametzger.com

Deena speaks with Joanna about the characters of her latest book “La Negra y Blanca”, grounded visions, the coming shift, making alliances and restoring a right relationship with the Earth and all beings, “the conquest never ended”, the helping guide of the ancestors, the process of peace-making, “the way of story”…

Music: “No soy de aquí ni soy de allá” (I’m not from here, I’m not from there) by Facundo Cabral

Deena’s Photo: courtesy www.deenametzger.com

]]> http://www.futureprimitive.org/2011/08/deena-metzger-restoring-natural-wisdom/feed/ 1 eco-pyschology,feminism,Gaia,Grief,healing,shamanism,soulwork,writing Deena Metzger is a poet, novelist, essayist, storyteller, teacher, healer and medicine woman who has taught and counseled for over forty years, in the process of which she has developed therapies (Healing Stories) which creatively address life threaten... Deena Metzger is a poet, novelist, essayist, storyteller, teacher, healer and medicine woman who has taught and counseled for over forty years, in the process of which she has developed therapies (Healing Stories) which creatively address life threatening diseases, spiritual and emotional crises, as well as community, political and environmental disintegration.   With her husband, writer/healer Michael Ortiz Hill, she has introduced the concept of Daré, meaning Council, to North America. She is the author of many books, the most recent: La Negra y Blanca ("a novel of the Conquest of the Americas and of hope, where wisdom leaks through misty realms between memory and imagination"). www.deenametzger.com Deena speaks with Joanna about the characters of her latest book "La Negra y Blanca", grounded visions, the coming shift, making alliances and restoring a right relationship with the Earth and all beings, "the conquest never ended", the helping guide of the ancestors, the process of peace-making, "the way of story"... Music: "No soy de aquí ni soy de allá" (I'm not from here, I'm not from there) by Facundo Cabral Deena's Photo: courtesy www.deenametzger.com Joanna Harcourt-Smith no 45:25 Renewing Connections http://www.futureprimitive.org/2011/08/linda-buzellrenewing-connections/ http://www.futureprimitive.org/2011/08/linda-buzellrenewing-connections/#comments Fri, 12 Aug 2011 20:03:53 +0000 Joanna http://www.futureprimitive.org/?p=2152 Linda Buzzell-Saltzman is the founder of the International Association for Ecotherapy (IAE) and the editor of The Ecotherapy News. The IAE brings together therapists, educators, students and clients who are interested in the field of applied ecopsychology and healing the human-nature relationship. She has been a psychotherapist in private practice for over 25 years, and specializes in helping people with career issues and lifestyle choices.  She is the originator of For the Future’s Sustainable Small Cities project. She teaches classes at Santa Barbara City College Continuing Education on ecopsychology, ecotherapy and career opportunities in the emerging sustainable society. She and her husband Larry are the founders of the Santa Barbara Organic Garden Club and they have created an edible “Backyard Food Forest” on their city lot, growing vegetables, herbs, tasty flowers and over 60 fruit and nut trees.

http://lindabuzzell.com/

Linda speaks with Joanna about ecotherapy as a “emergency medicine”, the link between mental health, community and environmental health, beyond green jobs, greening the city, ways to re-connect with the wild nature, the disociation of the body, the archetypal femenine and the earth, the “transition movement”…

Music: “Tundra“, (from The Soul of Yakutia) by Spiridon Shishigin

]]> http://www.futureprimitive.org/2011/08/linda-buzellrenewing-connections/feed/ 0 eco-psychology,feminism,Grief,healing,soulwork,sustainability Linda Buzzell-Saltzman is the founder of the International Association for Ecotherapy (IAE) and the editor of The Ecotherapy News. The IAE brings together therapists, educators, students and clients who are interested in the field of applied ecopsychol... Linda Buzzell-Saltzman is the founder of the International Association for Ecotherapy (IAE) and the editor of The Ecotherapy News. The IAE brings together therapists, educators, students and clients who are interested in the field of applied ecopsychology and healing the human-nature relationship. She has been a psychotherapist in private practice for over 25 years, and specializes in helping people with career issues and lifestyle choices.  She is the originator of For the Future's Sustainable Small Cities project. She teaches classes at Santa Barbara City College Continuing Education on ecopsychology, ecotherapy and career opportunities in the emerging sustainable society. She and her husband Larry are the founders of the Santa Barbara Organic Garden Club and they have created an edible "Backyard Food Forest" on their city lot, growing vegetables, herbs, tasty flowers and over 60 fruit and nut trees. http://lindabuzzell.com/ Linda speaks with Joanna about ecotherapy as a "emergency medicine", the link between mental health, community and environmental health, beyond green jobs, greening the city, ways to re-connect with the wild nature, the disociation of the body, the archetypal femenine and the earth, the "transition movement"... Music: "Tundra", (from The Soul of Yakutia) by Spiridon Shishigin Joanna Harcourt-Smith no 46:10 The Song of Change http://www.futureprimitive.org/2011/07/rha-goddess-the-song-of-change/ http://www.futureprimitive.org/2011/07/rha-goddess-the-song-of-change/#comments Fri, 29 Jul 2011 18:26:02 +0000 Joanna http://www.futureprimitive.org/?p=2095 Rha Goddess is an internationally renowned performance artist, activist and social entrepreneur. As CEO of Divine Dime Entertainment, Ltd. she was the first woman in Hip Hop to independently market and commercially distribute her music worldwide. Her activist work includes founding and running the young women’s performance movement, We Got Issues!, and producing The Hip Hop Mental Health Project and the play The Meditations Trilogy. Rha is a 2008 recipient of the National Museum for Voting Rights Freedom Flame Award for her outstanding work in the field of arts and civic engagement.

This was a conversation during the 2008 Bioneers By the Bay conference.

]]> http://www.futureprimitive.org/2011/07/rha-goddess-the-song-of-change/feed/ 0 activism,feminism,performing arts Rha Goddess is an internationally renowned performance artist, activist and social entrepreneur. As CEO of Divine Dime Entertainment, Ltd. she was the first woman in Hip Hop to independently market and commercially distribute her music worldwide. Rha Goddess is an internationally renowned performance artist, activist and social entrepreneur. As CEO of Divine Dime Entertainment, Ltd. she was the first woman in Hip Hop to independently market and commercially distribute her music worldwide. Her activist work includes founding and running the young women's performance movement, We Got Issues!, and producing The Hip Hop Mental Health Project and the play The Meditations Trilogy. Rha is a 2008 recipient of the National Museum for Voting Rights Freedom Flame Award for her outstanding work in the field of arts and civic engagement. This was a conversation during the 2008 Bioneers By the Bay conference. Joanna Harcourt-Smith no 7:40 Creating together a new medicine story http://www.futureprimitive.org/2011/06/creating-together-a-new-medicine-story/ http://www.futureprimitive.org/2011/06/creating-together-a-new-medicine-story/#comments Fri, 10 Jun 2011 11:00:46 +0000 Joanna http://www.futureprimitive.org/?p=1969 Nina Simons is a social entrepreneur and Co-CEO and Co-Founder of Bioneers. Nina’s life and work are informed by her passion for the natural world, women’s leadership, systems thinking, and the arts’ capacity to shape culture and consciousness.

Nina speaks and teaches nationally about: the environment and the call to engaged action; leading from the ‘feminine’ and redefining leadership; women’s leadership; and businesses and organizations as living systems. She serves on the board of the David Brower Center in Berkeley, California.

www.bioneers.org/about/founders/nina-simons

Nina speaks with Joanna about her book Moonrise: The Power of Women Leading from the Heart, nature as spiritual source, “wholeness-making”,  stories as medicine, power as love, community …

Music: “Woman’s Theme” (from Ulysses’ Gaze) by Eleni Karaindrou

]]> http://www.futureprimitive.org/2011/06/creating-together-a-new-medicine-story/feed/ 2 activism,feminism,soulwork,sustainability Nina Simons is a social entrepreneur and Co-CEO and Co-Founder of Bioneers. Nina's life and work are informed by her passion for the natural world, women’s leadership, systems thinking, and the arts’ capacity to shape culture and consciousness. Nina Simons is a social entrepreneur and Co-CEO and Co-Founder of Bioneers. Nina's life and work are informed by her passion for the natural world, women’s leadership, systems thinking, and the arts’ capacity to shape culture and consciousness. Nina speaks and teaches nationally about: the environment and the call to engaged action; leading from the ‘feminine’ and redefining leadership; women’s leadership; and businesses and organizations as living systems. She serves on the board of the David Brower Center in Berkeley, California. www.bioneers.org/about/founders/nina-simons Nina speaks with Joanna about her book Moonrise: The Power of Women Leading from the Heart, nature as spiritual source, "wholeness-making",  stories as medicine, power as love, community ... Music: "Woman's Theme" (from Ulysses' Gaze) by Eleni Karaindrou Joanna Harcourt-Smith no 46:17 Live at the Ancient Wisdom Rising Conference with Whaea Raina Ferris http://www.futureprimitive.org/2011/06/live-at-the-ancient-wisdom-rising-conference-with-whaea-raina-ferris/ http://www.futureprimitive.org/2011/06/live-at-the-ancient-wisdom-rising-conference-with-whaea-raina-ferris/#comments Fri, 03 Jun 2011 11:00:31 +0000 Joanna http://www.futureprimitive.org/?p=1928 Raina Atareta Ferris is a member of the Māori Ngāti Kahungunu iwi (tribe) of Aotearoa (New Zealand). Tracing her heritage through a lineage of warrior women, Raina lives rurally in the small township of Porangahau.  From an early age, Raina learned the rituals entrusted to her family, caretakers of the local marae (meeting grounds). Today she is helping her people reclaim their ancestral wisdom which had been watered down by several generations of colonization and missionary presence. Her particular emphasis is on the role of Māori women in the spiritual welfare of the marae and the community.

www.ancientwisdomrising.com

Raina speaks with Joanna about her ancestral culture, being a warrior woman, trauma and resilience…

Music: “We are the Ones“, Live Music at the Conference

]]> http://www.futureprimitive.org/2011/06/live-at-the-ancient-wisdom-rising-conference-with-whaea-raina-ferris/feed/ 0 environmental activism,feminism,Gaia,Indigenous Culture,soulwork Raina Atareta Ferris is a member of the Māori Ngāti Kahungunu iwi (tribe) of Aotearoa (New Zealand). Tracing her heritage through a lineage of warrior women, Raina lives rurally in the small township of Porangahau.  From an early age, Raina Atareta Ferris is a member of the Māori Ngāti Kahungunu iwi (tribe) of Aotearoa (New Zealand). Tracing her heritage through a lineage of warrior women, Raina lives rurally in the small township of Porangahau.  From an early age, Raina learned the rituals entrusted to her family, caretakers of the local marae (meeting grounds). Today she is helping her people reclaim their ancestral wisdom which had been watered down by several generations of colonization and missionary presence. Her particular emphasis is on the role of Māori women in the spiritual welfare of the marae and the community. www.ancientwisdomrising.com Raina speaks with Joanna about her ancestral culture, being a warrior woman, trauma and resilience... Music: “We are the Ones“, Live Music at the Conference Joanna Harcourt-Smith no 12:59 Max Dashu http://www.futureprimitive.org/2010/12/max-dashu/ http://www.futureprimitive.org/2010/12/max-dashu/#comments Fri, 17 Dec 2010 18:45:48 +0000 Joanna http://www.futureprimitive.org/?p=1401 Max Dashu is an artist, writer, and teacher . Max founded the Suppressed Histories Archives in 1970 to research and document women’s history from an international perspective. She has photographed some 15,000 slides and created 100 slideshows on female power and heritages transhistorically. (For titles and descriptions, see the online catalog.)

For nearly 40 years, Dashu has presented hundreds of slide talks at universities, community centers, bookstores, schools, libraries, prisons, galleries, festivals and conferences around North America. Her work bridges the gap between academia and grassroots education. It foregrounds indigenous women passed over by standard histories and highlights female spheres of power retained even in patriarchal societies.

Dashu is known for her expertise on ancient female iconography in world archaeology, goddess traditions, and women shamans. She has also done extensive research on mother-right cultures and the origins of domination. The Women’s Power DVD has been screened in the US, Britain, Netherlands, Italy, and Australia.

Visit www.suppressedhistories.net to see her slideshow catalog, articles, and excerpts from The Secret History of the Witches, a forthcoming sourcebook on European folk religion, women’s culture, and the witch hunts.

Max speaks with Joanna about drummers, dreamers, diviners. Oracles, seers, and prophets. Medicine women, healers, curanderas, and herbalists. Women who invoke spirit. Rainmakers. Ecstatic dancers, shapeshifters, sky-goers. A global view of female shamans from the Suppressed Histories Archives…

Music: ”Dunia Djamou”  (from The Divas from Mali) by  Sali Sidibe

]]> http://www.futureprimitive.org/2010/12/max-dashu/feed/ 0 activism,feminism,shamanism Max Dashu is an artist, writer, and teacher . Max founded the Suppressed Histories Archives in 1970 to research and document women's history from an international perspective. She has photographed some 15, Max Dashu is an artist, writer, and teacher . Max founded the Suppressed Histories Archives in 1970 to research and document women's history from an international perspective. She has photographed some 15,000 slides and created 100 slideshows on female power and heritages transhistorically. (For titles and descriptions, see the online catalog.) For nearly 40 years, Dashu has presented hundreds of slide talks at universities, community centers, bookstores, schools, libraries, prisons, galleries, festivals and conferences around North America. Her work bridges the gap between academia and grassroots education. It foregrounds indigenous women passed over by standard histories and highlights female spheres of power retained even in patriarchal societies. Dashu is known for her expertise on ancient female iconography in world archaeology, goddess traditions, and women shamans. She has also done extensive research on mother-right cultures and the origins of domination. The Women's Power DVD has been screened in the US, Britain, Netherlands, Italy, and Australia. Visit www.suppressedhistories.net to see her slideshow catalog, articles, and excerpts from The Secret History of the Witches, a forthcoming sourcebook on European folk religion, women's culture, and the witch hunts. Max speaks with Joanna about drummers, dreamers, diviners. Oracles, seers, and prophets. Medicine women, healers, curanderas, and herbalists. Women who invoke spirit. Rainmakers. Ecstatic dancers, shapeshifters, sky-goers. A global view of female shamans from the Suppressed Histories Archives... Music: "Dunia Djamou"  (from The Divas from Mali) by  Sali Sidibe Joanna Harcourt-Smith no 46:31 Learning as a form of spirituality http://www.futureprimitive.org/2010/11/learning-as-a-form-of-spirituality/ http://www.futureprimitive.org/2010/11/learning-as-a-form-of-spirituality/#comments Fri, 26 Nov 2010 11:00:08 +0000 Joanna http://www.futureprimitive.org/?p=1299 Mary Catherine Bateson is an American writer and cultural anthropologist.  Mary Bateson was the Clarence J. Robinson Professor of Anthropology and English at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia and is now Professor Emerita. Since 2006, she has been working with the Center on Aging and Work/Workplace Flexibility at Boston College as a visiting scholar. Mary Bateson also serves the Lifelong Access Libraries Initiative of the Americans for Libraries Council as a special consultant.  Other teaching and research she has done includes locations such as Harvard University, Northeastern University, Damavand College (Tehran), Ateneo de Manila University, Brandeis University, Amherst College, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Spelman College. She has been the Dean of Social Studies and Humanities at the University of Northern Iran and the Dean of Faculty at Amherst College.

Dr. Bateson is a distinguished author in her field with many published monographs. Among Dr. Bateson’s many books is Composing a Life, Our Own Metaphor, and Peripheral Visions, as well as a memoir, With a Daughter’s Eye: A Memoir of Margaret Mead and Gregory Bateson.  Composing a Further Life: The Age of Active Wisdom is her latest book.

http://www.marycatherinebateson.com/

Mary Catherine speaks with Joanna about a new kind of elderhood, the deep need for long-term thinking, life-long learning, identifying self-limiting clichés, “where wisdom comes from…?”

Music: “Proseta se Jovka Kumanovka” (from Live in Zagreb), by Vlatko Stefanovski & Miroslav Tadic

]]> http://www.futureprimitive.org/2010/11/learning-as-a-form-of-spirituality/feed/ 0 activism,anthropology,feminism,learning Mary Catherine Bateson is an American writer and cultural anthropologist.  Mary Bateson was the Clarence J. Robinson Professor of Anthropology and English at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia and is now Professor Emerita. Since 2006, Mary Catherine Bateson is an American writer and cultural anthropologist.  Mary Bateson was the Clarence J. Robinson Professor of Anthropology and English at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia and is now Professor Emerita. Since 2006, she has been working with the Center on Aging and Work/Workplace Flexibility at Boston College as a visiting scholar. Mary Bateson also serves the Lifelong Access Libraries Initiative of the Americans for Libraries Council as a special consultant.  Other teaching and research she has done includes locations such as Harvard University, Northeastern University, Damavand College (Tehran), Ateneo de Manila University, Brandeis University, Amherst College, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Spelman College. She has been the Dean of Social Studies and Humanities at the University of Northern Iran and the Dean of Faculty at Amherst College. Dr. Bateson is a distinguished author in her field with many published monographs. Among Dr. Bateson's many books is Composing a Life, Our Own Metaphor, and Peripheral Visions, as well as a memoir, With a Daughter's Eye: A Memoir of Margaret Mead and Gregory Bateson.  Composing a Further Life: The Age of Active Wisdom is her latest book. http://www.marycatherinebateson.com/ Mary Catherine speaks with Joanna about a new kind of elderhood, the deep need for long-term thinking, life-long learning, identifying self-limiting clichés, "where wisdom comes from...?" Music: "Proseta se Jovka Kumanovka" (from Live in Zagreb), by Vlatko Stefanovski & Miroslav Tadic Joanna Harcourt-Smith no 51:15 Trying to be a human being, despite all… http://www.futureprimitive.org/2010/11/trying-to-be-a-human-being-despite-all/ http://www.futureprimitive.org/2010/11/trying-to-be-a-human-being-despite-all/#comments Tue, 23 Nov 2010 02:54:53 +0000 Joanna http://www.futureprimitive.org/?p=1279 Chellis Glendinning is a writer and a psychologist specializing in recovery from post-traumatic stress. She is the author of Waking Up in the Nuclear Age (1987); When Technology Wounds (1990); My Name Is Chellis and I’m in Recovery from Western Civilization (1994); Off the Map: An Expedition Deep into Empire and the Global Economy (1999, 2002); and Chiva: A Village Takes on the Global Heroin Trade (2005). Off the Map won the National Federation of Press Women 2000 Book Award.

In 2007 her folk opera about immigration, De Un Lado Al Otro, was performed at the Lensic Performing Arts Center in Santa Fe — with Robert Castro directing and Cipriano Vigil composing. She lives in a village near Cochabamba, Bolivia.

http://www.chellisglendinning.org/

Chellis speaks with Joanna about the fragmentation of land-based culture, the joys of the creative process, “the cauldron of consciousness”, her biological and cultural ancestors, language and embodiment… (this dialogue was recorded in April 2010, on the eve of Chellis’ move to Bolivia)

Music: “Arternal” (from Songs for the inner world) by Talvin Singh

]]> http://www.futureprimitive.org/2010/11/trying-to-be-a-human-being-despite-all/feed/ 1 activism,bio-regionalism,eco-psychology,feminism,soulwork Chellis Glendinning is a writer and a psychologist specializing in recovery from post-traumatic stress. She is the author of Waking Up in the Nuclear Age (1987); When Technology Wounds (1990); My Name Is Chellis and I’m in Recovery from Western Civiliz... Chellis Glendinning is a writer and a psychologist specializing in recovery from post-traumatic stress. She is the author of Waking Up in the Nuclear Age (1987); When Technology Wounds (1990); My Name Is Chellis and I’m in Recovery from Western Civilization (1994); Off the Map: An Expedition Deep into Empire and the Global Economy (1999, 2002); and Chiva: A Village Takes on the Global Heroin Trade (2005). Off the Map won the National Federation of Press Women 2000 Book Award. In 2007 her folk opera about immigration, De Un Lado Al Otro, was performed at the Lensic Performing Arts Center in Santa Fe -- with Robert Castro directing and Cipriano Vigil composing. She lives in a village near Cochabamba, Bolivia. http://www.chellisglendinning.org/ Chellis speaks with Joanna about the fragmentation of land-based culture, the joys of the creative process, "the cauldron of consciousness", her biological and cultural ancestors, language and embodiment... (this dialogue was recorded in April 2010, on the eve of Chellis' move to Bolivia) Music: "Arternal" (from Songs for the inner world) by Talvin Singh Joanna Harcourt-Smith no 46:21 Teri Degler: “Listening to the Fiery Muse” http://www.futureprimitive.org/2010/07/teri-degler/ http://www.futureprimitive.org/2010/07/teri-degler/#comments Tue, 27 Jul 2010 21:48:32 +0000 Joanna http://www.futureprimitive.org/?p=1014 An award winning writer, Teri is the author/co-author of ten non-fiction books, including The Fiery Muse: Creativity and the Spiritual Quest (Random House of Canada) and one for young adults, The Canadian Junior Green Guide (McClelland & Stewart). Written in conjunction with the highly respected environmental watchdog, Pollution Probe, it became a Canadian best-seller.

After completing two books on the environment, Teri began to focus much of her writing on topics related to creativity and contemporary spirituality, subjects of deep personal interest to her. Teri first began studying yoga in her twenties in Paris with a teacher who had lived in Mahatma Gandhi’s ashram for more than twenty years. Several years later she traveled to India to meet Gopi Krishna – considered by many to be the world’s leading authority on kundalini. Since then she has been a student of the philosophy behind yoga and has been involved in researching the link between creativity, inspiration, and mystical experience. Both her latest book, The Divine Feminine Fire: Creativity and Your Yearning to Express Your Self (Dreamriver Press), and The Fiery Muse deal with this topic; she has also written a number of articles and spoken widely on the subject.

Her workshops on creative writing and the link between creativity and spirituality have met with great success, and she now divides her time between leading workshops and writing.

She is an active member of PEN Canada, the Writers’ Union of Canada, and the Institute for Consciousness Research, and she was one of the founders of the Kundalini Research Network in the United States.

http://www.teridegler.com/

Teri speaks with Joanna about the serpent power as an evolutionary force of transformation, longing & fear, Shakti/Shekinah/Sophia, creativity and the Divine Femenine…

Introductory music: ”Amazon Beginnings”

]]> http://www.futureprimitive.org/2010/07/teri-degler/feed/ 0 feminism,goddess studies,spirituality,writing An award winning writer, Teri is the author/co-author of ten non-fiction books, including The Fiery Muse: Creativity and the Spiritual Quest (Random House of Canada) and one for young adults, The Canadian Junior Green Guide (McClelland & Stewart). An award winning writer, Teri is the author/co-author of ten non-fiction books, including The Fiery Muse: Creativity and the Spiritual Quest (Random House of Canada) and one for young adults, The Canadian Junior Green Guide (McClelland & Stewart). Written in conjunction with the highly respected environmental watchdog, Pollution Probe, it became a Canadian best-seller. After completing two books on the environment, Teri began to focus much of her writing on topics related to creativity and contemporary spirituality, subjects of deep personal interest to her. Teri first began studying yoga in her twenties in Paris with a teacher who had lived in Mahatma Gandhi's ashram for more than twenty years. Several years later she traveled to India to meet Gopi Krishna - considered by many to be the world's leading authority on kundalini. Since then she has been a student of the philosophy behind yoga and has been involved in researching the link between creativity, inspiration, and mystical experience. Both her latest book, The Divine Feminine Fire: Creativity and Your Yearning to Express Your Self (Dreamriver Press), and The Fiery Muse deal with this topic; she has also written a number of articles and spoken widely on the subject. Her workshops on creative writing and the link between creativity and spirituality have met with great success, and she now divides her time between leading workshops and writing. She is an active member of PEN Canada, the Writers' Union of Canada, and the Institute for Consciousness Research, and she was one of the founders of the Kundalini Research Network in the United States. http://www.teridegler.com/ Teri speaks with Joanna about the serpent power as an evolutionary force of transformation, longing & fear, Shakti/Shekinah/Sophia, creativity and the Divine Femenine... Introductory music: "Amazon Beginnings" Joanna Harcourt-Smith no 43:20 The V-Day Miracle http://www.futureprimitive.org/2009/12/v-day-cecile-lipworth/ http://www.futureprimitive.org/2009/12/v-day-cecile-lipworth/#comments Fri, 25 Dec 2009 04:29:33 +0000 Joanna http://www.futureprimitive.org/?p=427 is the Managing Director/Campaigns Director of V-Day. V-Day is a global movement to stop violence against women and girls. V-Day is a catalyst that promotes creative events to increase awareness, raise money and revitalize the spirit of existing anti-violence organizations. The V-Day movement is growing at a rapid pace throughout the world, in 130 countries from Europe to Asia, Africa and the Caribbean, and all of North America. V-Day, a non-profit corporation, distributes funds to grassroots, national and international organizations and programs that work to stop violence against women and girls. In 2001, V-Day was named one of Worth Magazine’s “100 Best Charities” and in 2006 one of Marie Claire Magazine’s Top Ten.

]]> http://www.futureprimitive.org/2009/12/v-day-cecile-lipworth/feed/ 0 activism,feminism is the Managing Director/Campaigns Director of V-Day. V-Day is a global movement to stop violence against women and girls. V-Day is a catalyst that promotes creative events to increase awareness, raise money and revitalize the spirit of existing anti-v... is the Managing Director/Campaigns Director of V-Day. V-Day is a global movement to stop violence against women and girls. V-Day is a catalyst that promotes creative events to increase awareness, raise money and revitalize the spirit of existing anti-violence organizations. The V-Day movement is growing at a rapid pace throughout the world, in 130 countries from Europe to Asia, Africa and the Caribbean, and all of North America. V-Day, a non-profit corporation, distributes funds to grassroots, national and international organizations and programs that work to stop violence against women and girls. In 2001, V-Day was named one of Worth Magazine's "100 Best Charities" and in 2006 one of Marie Claire Magazine's Top Ten. Joanna Harcourt-Smith no 46:26