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WORLD POLYAMORY
ASSOCIATION'S FACULTY MEMBERS
(IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER)
Teachers, Healers, Musicians, Entertainers, Presenters & Workshop Leaders
Click on the links below to learn more about our
Presenters.
(Example: for Presenters whose last names begin with A, B, C
or D click on
A , B, C, D
below)
FACULTY INDEX
A , B, C, D
E, F, G, H
I, J, K, L
M, N, O, P
Q, R, S, T
U, V, W
X, Y, Z
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Cougar Brenneman
is trained as a clinical hypnotherapist and
counselor, but his most interesting work has been his
book project, The Global Wisdom System
Handbook.
Pictured
Tana Gallante
& Cougar |
The Chrysalis Wisdom Council is part
of this book, which currently
contains 300 methodologies that are drawn from wisdom sources
from around
the planet, from Taoism to Jungian psychology, from Tibetan
Buddhism to
hypnotherapy, from Christianity to Hawaiian shamanism.
For three years, Cougar taught a meditation group that met every
two weeks
to test these methods, including the Chrysalis Wisdom Council.
In addition,
he's taught the Wisdom Council to hundreds of other people, who
have used it
to save poly relationships, to come to terms with impending
death, to
resolve conflict, to clarify plans, and to restructure their
lives by
reinventing themselves.
Cougar has identified as polyamorous all of his life, starting
twenty-five
years before the term was even invented. As a teenager, he
dreamed of a
group marriage of six people. Since then, he's lived both in a
triad and in
an open vee, during which he lived half of the week with Tana
and half with
his other sweety.
E-mail:
globalwisdom at
sbcglobal.net
Cell: 415-235-8985
Featured at these World Polyamory
Association Conferences:
Harbin Hot Springs, CA - June 17-19, 2005
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Terry Brussel
Gibbons,
Paul Brussel Gibbons,
&
Marcus Brussel Jenkins
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Professional hypnotist
Terry Brussel Gibbons has been in private practice
since 1969 and is the director of Success Center in with
hypnotists now using her Seven Keys to Self Actualization
system throughout the United States and Canada. She and her
husbands Paul and Marcus have been involved in Multiply
committed relationships since the 70 s. They give
workshops for such groups as science fiction conventions,
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Terry is also a fourth generation matchmaker and
director of Marriage Minded Introductions. She, Paul and
Marcus coordinate Live the Dream, an education and support
group for those who, originally inspired by the writings of
such authors as Robert Heinlein, Robert Rimmer and Marion
Zimmer Bradley are now ready to LIVE such alternative
lifestyles as cooperative living, open relationships and
group marriage. Much of their personal belief system
is based on Stranger in a Strange Land. Live the Dream
is affiliated with Church of All Worlds, a real life
organization (since 1968) based on Heinlein's fictional one.
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Bill Benson
MA, MFT
is a speaker, author of a best selling book featured in Elle and Shape
magazine, humorist, singer, & licensed therapist in
private practice. He keynotes conventions (National
Montessori), has many TV and Radio appearences, is an
authorized trainer for the international Center for
Nonviolent Communication, and has trained thousands in
the U.S., Europe and the Middle East.
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He lives a nontradition relationship lifestyle, was the
Keynote Speaker for the Loving More Conference 2004, and
has taught in the Zegg Commune in Germany.
He
trains, presents and consults with groups, corporations
(Tony Robbins, Paul Mitchell), churches (all flavors),
schools, (U.Cal.L.B, Body/Mind College), clubs and various
organizations.
Featured at these World Polyamory
Association Conferences:
Harbin Hot Spring, CA - May 12-14, 2006
Harbin Hot Springs, CA - June 17-19, 2005
Scott Catamas
Scott has been actively involved with exploring Sacred
Sexuality, Tantra and Alternative Lifestyles for over 25
years. He is an EMMY award winning writer and producer,
with a long list of credits. He has created hundreds of
hours of television programming for HBO, FOX, NBC, UPN,
SHOWTIME and national syndication. He wrote and
produced a popular feature film, entitled MEN IN LOVE,
that presented Sacred Sexuality and Homo-Erotic Passion
in a very positive way.
Scott
has a long history of combining his talents and
interests in communication, with themes that stretch
well beyond the mainstream. He has played a role in
introducing many new ideas, authors, visionaries,
teachers and concepts to the world via film, television,
theatre, and even web sites.
As
co-founder of THE LOVE TEMPLE in Bel Air, Scott hosted
many events, classes and workshops that explored greater
Sex, Love, Intimacy. He has worked with some of the
most popular teachers, authors and visionaries in these
fields. Most recently, Scott has completed a four hour
instructional video/DVD titled MARGOT ANAND's SECRET
KEYS TO THE ULTIMATE LOVE LIFE.
Scott
has been studying Nonviolent Communication (aka: NVC or
Compassionate Communication) for four years, and has
produced popular videos on the subject. He has been
working, playing and teaching in Marin County, Southern
California & Hawaii for the past 20 years.
Scott's contact Information:
BlueStarScott@aol.com, Phone: 415-902-6682
Scott's featured at
Harbin Hot Springs, CA - June 17-19, 2005
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Active in the San Francisco Bay Area poly community
since 1996, Dawn & Akien have been serving as
relationship coaches since 1998, mentoring others to
create extraordinary relationships with their partners
and with themselves. Akien and Dawn have conducted
workshops on relationship development (including at the
last three West Coast Loving More conferences), and have
created study groups on personal growth, safer sex, and
various poly issues. They have been interviewed for
television on the subject of polyamory, with segments
appearing in Los Angeles and Sweden, and are the hosts
of the San Leandro Poly Pool Party. They have been
married for approaching 15 years, have two amazing
children, and are dedicated to creating intentional
extended family and community.
Dawn Davidson had her first conscious poly experience in
Georgia in 1984, and has gone on to experience many
varieties and forms of poly-dating -relating and
-loving. She holds a bachelor's degree in Genetics from
UC Berkeley, has visited Japan to sing with her Early
Music quartet (with whom she has sung for more than 20
years) and enjoys canning, costuming and cats, among her
many other interests. Making connections among people
and being a clearinghouse for information is something
she does on the same level as breathing.
Akien
has been poly for more than 20 years,
though he only found out there was a name for it 10
years ago. His progress in this field has been a direct
result of marrying. Primarily self-educated, he's avidly
pursued learning in many less-traditional ways,
including workshops on relationships and
self-development with Landmark Education, Dan Millman
and Lori Starr. His
wide-ranging interests include neurochemistry,
comparative religion, relationships, history, and
broadsword fighting. He believes that we're all our own
best teachers.
Dawn & Akien: Featured at these World Polyamory
Association Conferences:
Laguna Beach, CA - October 22-24, 2004
Harbin Hot Springs, CA - June 17-19, 2005
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Devaka
is a
Wholistic Sexuality Consultant who loves
opening individuals and couples to optimal
orgastic potency and well-being.
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Certified in a
multitude of counseling and bodywork modalities,
including Hypnotherapy, Rebirthing, Yoga, and
Tantra teaching, Devaka has been internationally
facilitating healing for both men and women for
over twenty years.
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David Doleshal.
Ph.D. Dave has a
Doctorate in psychology from the University of California,
Irvine. He has been studying innovative techniques for the
treatment of emotional issues for more than 20 years - most
especially methods related to jealousy management and the
healing of emotional traumas. Dave is the facilitator of the
Polyamory Support Group in Berkeley, California, and is one of
the co-founders of the World Polyamory Association. He is also
the director of Saturnia Regna, - a Political Action
Committee specifically organized for the promotion of the cause
of polyamory. He lives in Berkeley, California.
415-577-6015
dr_dave_doleshal@yahoo.com
Dave is featured at these World Polyamory
Conferences:
Harbin Hot Spring, CA - May 12-14, 2006
Laguna Beach, CA - October 22-24, 2004
Harbin Hot Springs, CA - June 17-19, 2005
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