7 Notes Natural Health is Ann Arbor’s premier destination for integrative bodywork, incorporating massage, sound therapy, energy work, and reflexology.

Aaron is a discarnate spirit who serves as a wisdom teacher from a realm beyond the Earth plane. He has been a Buddhist monk and scholar in many lifetimes, and expresses as a being of great love, compassion, wisdom, and gentle humor.

Emily Adama, MSW, has been teaching mindfulness and meditation in various settings since 2013. She has her master’s in social work in Interpersonal Practice and Mental Health from the U of M and has been a dedicated meditation practitioner since 2010.

Bri Babiera is a Licensed Massage Therapist who serves the greater Ann Arbor community. Her specialization with the medical aspects of massage therapy is sought after by those in need of relief from chronic pain, autoimmune disorders, anxiety,depression, and immobility.

Deanne Bednar is the coordinator/instructor at Strawbale Studio: enchanting thatched and living roofs, round pole, strawbale, earth plasters, rocket stoves, and more. She also illustrated the books The Hand-Sculpted House and Natural Plaster.

Michele Bond brings an entire lifetime devoted to fitness and wellness, and a healthy dose of humor to her teaching. Michele has an extensive background in martial arts, dance, competitive synchronized swimming, gymnastics, stunt fighting and swordplay, as well as over 800 hours of training in yoga, yoga therapeutics, and meditation.

Patty Brennan is the owner and visionary force behind Lifespan Doulas. For 40+ years, she has been a doula, educator, and entrepreneur. Patty has trained over 3000 people to become doulas and is the author of The Doula Business Guide.

Barbara Brodsky, founder and guiding teacher of Deep Spring Center for Meditation and Spiritual Inquiry, has practiced meditation since 1960. Teaching Vipassana meditation and non-dual awareness from the Dzogchen traditions, also an ordained minister. Barbara is a trans-channel for Aaron.

Lama Nancy Burks, PhD Psychology, is a retired psychologist and trained lama who has completed three-year retreat in the Karma Kagyu lineage of Vajrayana Buddhism.

Vicki Cahill began studying Buddhism in 1995. She has led meditation classes in various venues, including prisons, and has served as a volunteer Buddhist chaplain in hospitals. Currently she leads meditation at her local library and facilitates a study group at the Chenrezig Tibetan Buddhist Center.

Dr. Kapila Castoldi has studied meditation under the guidance of spiritual teacher Sri Chinmoy. Her interest in meditation and Ayurveda spans over 30 years.

Khenpo Tsering Chophel, PhD Buddhist Studies, is an authorized teacher and preceptor in the Karma Kagyu lineage of Vajrayana Buddhism.

Jean Chorazyczewski and Lori Fithian are community music-makers, committed to creating opportunities for playing music in community, without the pressure of rehearsals and performance.

Father Dan Crosby’s life has been enriched by a variety of ministries and cultures, from college campus ministry and teaching to pastoring inner city and reservation parishes. Wherever he has ministered, Father Dan has worked to integrate Scripture as well as the Franciscan vision into his life and preaching. Elected to provincial leadership by his community, he was also director of St. Anthony Retreat Center in Marathon, Wisconsin. Presently Father Dan resides at St. Bonaventure Monastery in Detroit, MI where he assists with the healing ministry at the Solanus Center.

The Dances of Universal Peace is an international network of circles around the world.

Christy DeBurton, RYT, is a Transformational Yoga Coach whose mission for the past 25 years has been to help people manage life with more ease through Yoga, meditation, wellness retreats, HSP, midlife empowerment and self-care, and Perimenopause Guidance 

Deep Spring Center for Meditation and Spiritual Inquiry is a non-profit 501(c)3 guided by wisdom teachings from multiple traditions. Our loving community commits to spiritual practices of wisdom, compassion, and an open heart.

Ilia Delio, OSF holds the Josephine C. Connelly Chair in Christian Theology at Villanova University. Her area of research and writing is Systematic-Constructive theology with particular attention to the integration of science, religion, and culture.

Tarianne DeYonker, OP, MSW, an Amherst Writers and Artists certified workshop leader.

The Diamond Approach is a spiritual path combining the ancient wisdom traditions with modern psychology—a journey from ego to being.

Jillian Diwan, LMT and authorized level 2 ashtanga yoga teacher has been teaching and working with bodies since 2013. What started out with Thai massage, evolved into the study of pain management, then ashtanga yoga.

Miriam Dowd-Eller is a momma to one hilarious three-year-old, and has a background in massage therapy, yoga, contemplative dance and somatics, group facilitation, and holistic postpartum care.

EarthWell Retreat Center is located only 25 minutes from Ann Arbor near the towns of Manchester, Chelsea, and Grass Lake. We offer personal and group yoga, meditation, and wellness retreats with farm-to-table meals in a nature-based setting.

Rachel Egherman, LMT is a Certified Trauma-Informed HeartMath facilitator.

Marilyn Feingold began training Tai Chi Chuan in 1996 at Botsford Hospital Rehabilitation Center. Retiring from her job in 1991 as a child-care worker for the State of Michigan after being diagnosed with serious health problems, she began training Tai Chi Chuan as a way to help control pain and maintain good joint and muscle mobility.

The First Congregational Church of Ann Arbor is a great community. Whatever your story, you’re welcome there.

John Friedlander, is a  psychic, author, and teacher with degrees from Duke University, and Harvard Law School. He studied with Jane Roberts in her Seth classes and at Berkley Psychic Institute with Lewis Bostwick.

Leeann Fu, PhD, has engaged in the practice of Authentic Movement and Nonviolent Communication for many years, has a decade of experience co-teaching a graduate level, “owner’s manual for your brain” class at U of M, and co-facilitates Empowering Wisdom parenting circles.

Donald Goergen, O.P., is a Dominican theologian, teacher, and lecturer. He has given retreats in Asia, Africa, Europe, and throughout North America. He has published many articles and ten books, the most recent being Thomas Aquinas and Teilhard de Chardin: Christian Humanism in an Age of Unbelief.

Curtis Glatter is an American artist, composer, improviser and percussionist who has studied with Wadada Leo Smith and Pierre Boulez. He has performed on numerous recordings all over America and is a featured on various TV and radio stations.

Karen Greenberg P.T, is a Tracking Train-the-Trainer course, certified Essence Repatterning and D.O.V.E. Practitioner, dance instructor, physical therapist (formerly teaching at University of Maryland Hospital), as well as being a personal and spiritual growth teacher and author for metaphysical spiritual seekers worldwide.

Karla Groesbeck has over 25 years of teaching experience and a wealth of information in the body movement, meditation, Qigong, and martial aspects of Tai Chi, Yang, and Chen styles. She is the owner and founder of Tai Chi Love Studio.

Idelle Hammond-Sass, Jewelry Designer, Artist, and Metalsmith, has a studio in Ann Arbor where she creates jewelry and objects and teaches with Ann Arbor Rec/Ed. She has a BFA in Painting and sculpture from the Art Institute of Chicago and has been facilitating Creativity/Open Studio Process workshops since 2013.

Eileen S. Ho is a Chinese American performing artist and music educator in Ann Arbor. She is a member of the Raion Taiko ensemble and co-director of the Great Lakes Taiko Center (GLTC) Taiko Arts collective in SE Michigan.

Infinite Light Center & Sound Sanctuary is a spiritual center providing events, classes, services, and sound healing instruments.

The Interfaith Center for Spiritual Growth welcomes all seekers and hosts many wonderful community and musical programs.

Jewel Heart is dedicated to the preservation of Tibetan Buddhism and to bringing the practice of this rich tradition within the context of contemporary life to everyone. Programs for all levels of interest.

Jewel Heart Instructors are senior students who consult a course syllabus, clarify written material, lead meditations, facilitate discussions, pose thought-provoking questions, and encourage everyone to participate.

David Jibson is a writer, editor, and former social worker.

Karuna Buddhist Center (est. 2022) is an ecumenical Vajrayana Buddhist center located in Bethlehem United Church of Christ.

Irene’s Myomassology Institute is the oldest and largest massage school in the Midwest. Founded by Irene Gaultier in 1987, our nationally accredited school continues to set high standards for massage education.

Esther Kennedy, O.T is a Dominican Sister of Adrian, Michigan, a retreat leader, and spiritual director. She conducts a monthly Day of Mindfulness at Weber Center.

Jacquelin Kilburn O.T, has devoted more than 40 years to developing expertise in the treatment of the pediatric population. She has worked as a staff therapist, supervisor, educator, and manager, and business owner and product developer with a variety of clients aged birth to adult. Her current professional activity involves her private practice, JUMP-IN Therapy, serving children and adults.

Sarah Kreiner, founder of The Mix Studios. Safe, clean, comfortable, welcoming, local owned, small business that offers a variety of fun online, in-studio, and outdoor fitness classes. Strength Training, Mini Trampoline Cardio, Yoga, Mat Pilates, Step Aerobics, Dance Fitness, Zumba, Cardio Drumming, and more.

Sam Lieberman has been practicing yoga since 1988. She received teacher training in Yoga Fit and Yoga Medics. Yoga Medics is a medical model approach with an emphasis on alignment and therapeutic needs.

Lifespan Doulas offers comprehensive online training and certification to become a birth, postpartum, or end-of-life doula, plus guidance for launching your own doula business.

Mary Light, ND, MH, LMT, is the founder of the Ann Arbor School of Massage, Herbal and Natural Medicine, and has been a consultant medicinal herbalist and teacher for 20+ years.

Brenda Lindsay is a MBSR Teacher trained through Brown University and a Certified Mediation Instructor. Brenda is also a Council Member of the Ann Arbor Center for Mindfulness, leads virtual meditation drop-in sessions, and has been practicing mindfulness since 2013.

John Macnoughton is the Creative Director at the Croswell Opera House, graphic artist, actor, and more.

Meditate: School of Mindfulness & Sound has a mission to create a global community of students, teachers, practitioners, and therapists who come together to support each other in the practices of mindfulness, meditation, yoga nidra and sound.

Rob Meyer-Kukan is a licensed massage therapist and sound healer. Owner of 7 Notes Natural Health, Rob works with people who suffer from chronic pain, need to relax, and who are looking for natural health alternatives. 

Jackie Miller is a certified breathwork facilitator with 13 years of experience.

Jesse Morgan, MT-BC, is a board-certified music therapist running a thriving private practice in Ann Arbor, MI. His expertise extends across various age groups, where he supports individuals grappling with a spectrum of diagnoses such as trauma, anxiety, depression, dementia, and an array of psychological and physical conditions.

Edward Morin is a writer, editor, translator, and former university teacher.

Kirsten Mowrey has been a bodyworker, writer, and local healer for over 25 years.

John Orr received Theravada Buddhist ordination-training for eight years as a monk in the 1970’s in Thailand and India. He teaches meditation, leading retreats since 1980, is a guiding teacher at New Hope Sangha inNorth Carolina, and a retired faculty member of Duke University.

Joe Palms has studied martial arts and meditation for 30 years to reestablish his mind-body connection. He facilitates meditation classes with the intent of helping others train their minds, to benefit themselves and those around them.

Prison Creative Arts Project Founded in 1990 with a single theatre workshop, the Prison Creative Arts Project (PCAP) has grown to include undergraduate courses, exhibitions, publications, a prison reentry arts program, and events that reach thousands of individuals each year. The Prison Creative Arts Project brings those impacted by the justice system together with the University of Michigan community for artistic collaboration, mutual learning, and growth. 

Lissa Perrin is a poet and former clinical social worker.

Rev. Judy Ramsey is an animal chaplain who has served animals and their people for nearly 18 years, providing animal communication, interspecies counseling, and shamanic healing for both humans and non-humans.

Demo Rinpoche is Jewel Heart’s Resident Spiritual Advisor. He studied uninterrupted for almost thirty years at the Drepung Loseling Monastery in India under the supervision of the Dalai Lama and received the highest monastic degree of Geshe Lharampa in 2011. His studies continued at Gyume Tantric College, Sera College of Higher Tibetan Studies, and Union Theological Seminary.

Gelek Rimpoche (1939–2017) was the Founder and Spiritual Director of Jewel Heart. Among the last generation of incarnate lamas tutored by the great masters in Old Tibet, Rimpoche’s command of western culture allowed him to convey the Tibetan Buddhist tradition with wisdom, kindness, and wit.

Jessica Ryder, MN MS, is a Professional Mental Health Counselor.

Hartmut Sagolla has been studying Tibetan Buddhism for over 30 years. He lived at the Tibetan Buddhist Society, Melbourne, Australia, before moving to the U.S. Since 2002, he has served as a Program Director at Jewel Heart. He is a long-time Jewel Heart Instructor and Director of the Bloomfield Hills chapter.

Janet Schaeffler, OP, former director of adult faith formation for the Archdiocese of Detroit, leads days of reflection/retreats, parish missions, workshops, and facilitates online courses. An author of many books and hundreds of articles, she also created and publishes GEMS: a twice-monthly newsletter from an ongoing international best practices study on adult faith formation.

Colette Simone has served as a psychologist, educator, and musician. The Ra Material/Law of One led her to Deep Spring Center in 2017. She serves as channel for Yeshua, Mary Magdalene, Anna, grandmother of Yeshua, and I AM that AM.

Susan Slack is a certified leader and mentor who has been leading dances for decades. A professional drummer and singer, she has recently stepped in to fill the vacancy in Ann Arbor following the retirement of Judy Trautman, the former leader of the Dances of Universal Peace.

Bill Sullivan, l brings years of practice and teaching in the fields of mindfulness, yoga nidra, hypnotherapy, transformational coaching and, sound healing to this training.

Mike Tamburo is a world-renowned musician, composer, artist, and educator. He is known and loved for his transformational live concerts performed on his personally curated set of gongs, bells, and other metal instruments. He teaches gong music, both in person and online with the School of Gong. He is also a part of the trio, Dig Deeper.

Carlos Tobar is a retired graphic artist and commercial offset printer. Essentially self-taught, he studied briefly with Martha Casereido of Chile at the University of Toronto, and under Russian-born Nicolas Svistoonoff at the Central University of Quito, in his native Ecuador.

Susan Van Baalen is an Adrian Dominican Sister committed to lifelong learning for herself and for others. She is grateful for the opportunity to share her gifts of study and teaching with those who are interested in understanding the Oneness within the religions of the world. Susan holds advanced degrees in Theology and Ministry.

Violeta Viviano is an Intuitive, clairvoyant reader having studied with John Friedlander and Gloria Hemsher for over 34 years.

Ari Wakeman, LMSW, received a master’s in social work from the University of Michigan in 2015 and has worked in a variety of integrative medical and community settings. Ari is also a certified 200-hour yoga instructor, with specializations in Yoga for 12-Step Recovery (Y12SR) and perinatal yoga.

Joe Walters has practiced Chen Tai Chi for 29 years.

Lou Weir is a certified Diamond Approach teacher and also a founding teacher of Insight Meditation Ann Arbor.

Suzy Wienckowski is a Reiki Master and Massage Therapist with over 40 years of experience in the healing arts. Reiki has been the focus of her work since 1993. Suzy teaches the traditional Usui System of Reiki Healing and is a member of The Reiki Alliance.

Eve Wilson is a UCM Master Healer, world healer, and ascension worker and has been healing and training healers since 1986.

Susan Young is an ICF-credentialed (ACC) Holistic Coach and certified facilitator of the Open Studio Process. She empowers women with personal development through a unique blend of expressive arts and life coaching. She holds a BFA from the UM and an MBA from UM-Dearborn.

Celeste Zygmont has been involved with Deep Spring Center for nearly three decades. She took part in teacher training programs Venture Fourth and Dharma Path and also served on the DSC Board of Directors. She facilitates the Sunday and Tuesday online meditations.