Perry Pinchas Spring is the founding director of Sacred Nature.  An educator and ecologist with an entrepreneurial spirit, Perry received the title Moreh L’Hitbodedut “teacher of the dissolution of self” upon completion of the Certified Jewish Meditation Teacher Training at Chochmat HaLev in 2002.  Perry has been a student of Rabbi Shefa Gold since 1998 and is a graduate of Kol Zimra: Chant Leadership Training at Elat Chayyim in January 2006.   He currently serves on the board of directors for Ruach Ha’Aretz “Spirit of Earth”, a national educational non-profit.

Perry has over 25 years experience in natural resource stewardship including work as a solar energy consultant, naturalist guide, park interpreter, scientist, business owner, community leader, and volunteer activist.  He is currently a Stewardship Manager for wildlife habitat conservation lands.  Perry received his B.A. in Forest Ecology from The Evergreen State College, as well as an A.A. in Renewable Energy Technologies from Cabrillo College, and studied Marine Ecology through Moss Landing Marine Lab.  

A life-long northwest resident of the Pacific Northwest, Perry has studied, meditated, and celebrated with many on the shared path of devotion. He is a Jewish spiritual leader blessed with opportunities to be in service through rituals, lifecycle ceremonies, multi-faith celebrations, community dialogues, and sweat lodges. Perry has extensive experience as an educator of adults, families, and youth in a variety of settings including retreats, workshops, conferences, college seminars, classes, and mentoring. He is also an active learner, participating in many ecological and spiritual continuing education programs through such organizations as Skyros, Restoring America’s Wetlands, and Aleph. In 2005 Perry completed a NxLevel Foundation's "Tilling the Soil of Opportunity" entrepreneur certificate program.

“All religions are but different paths up the same mountain.” Stephanie Tiv’ona Reith has spent much of her 54 years studying many of these paths, whether attending Hopi rain dances as a child growing up in Arizona, studying Buddhism and Taoism as a graduate student at Indiana University, or taking solitude retreats at a Catholic hermitage in western Illinois. In 1979, she had an opportunity to meet the Dalai Lama at IU during his first visit to the United States. Stephanie spent nearly 20 years in Buddhist practice, before her conversion to Judaism in 2003 after several years of study.

Stephanie served as a hospice volunteer in the Chicago area, and has led meditation and drumming circles. As a member of Shir Hadash Reconstructionist Congregation in Chicago, Stephanie coordinated the Bikkur Cholim (visiting the sick) program; sang with the Shir Hadash adult choir; composed and arranged music; co-led healing services and Rosh Chodesh gatherings; and taught adult religious education classes. She also served on the founding steering committee of Harmoniyah, the religious music network for the national Jewish Reconstructionist Federation. She continues long-distance memberships with Shir Hadash in Chicago and Beth Hatfiloh in Olympia, Washington, and is a member of the Bet Shira havurah in Jefferson County, Washington. She has begun a two-year training program to become an ordained Jewish chaplain..

Reverend Pamela Douglas-Smith : Bio coming soon.

Judith-Kate Friedman writes passionate songs. Her folk/roots sound springs from improvisation and tradition, with touches of jazz and a poet's eye on the world. An eloquent vocalist and award-winning songwriter, she draws audiences in close with finely etched images, infectious guitar grooves and captivating melodies. Her powerful, spirited performances celebrate heritage, justice and the courage to make change.
Raised on NYC's Lower East Side and in Brooklyn, Judith-Kate started performing as a child. She grew up at the crossroads of new and old-world music, from Broadway to Belafonte, doo-wop to Yiddish folk. Then studied music at Oberlin Conservatory and College, graduating with a degree in literature, poetry writing, and folklore. In the mid-80's, Judith-Kate put down roots in the musically rich San Francisco Bay Area. She released her debut, "Arc of Diamonds" in 1986, and started touring nationally.
As a soloist, Judith-Kate has headlined in thirty U.S. states, Berlin, London, and Vancouver. She has received honors from the John Lennon Songwriting Contest, the California Art Council, the West Coast Songwriters Association, and the Songs Inspired By Literature Project. She has performed in numerous artist showcases including Kerrville New Folk (TX), and Falcon Ridge (NY), and is a sought-after presentor at national conferences. Her songs and recordings receive radio airplay internationally, as do her performances with renowned Jewish/World music a cappella ensemble Vocolot, with whom she toured from 1994 to 2003. Judith-Kate's songs appears on two recent benefit compilations: Rubberneck Records' "Amaze Me: Songs in the Key of Peace" and luthier John F. Mello's "My Guitars, Their Music."

Ari Klein is a Hypnotherapist, Coach and Life Integration Consultant and the founder of 'Quantum Life Integration' and A 'Perfect Balance.' In addition to a broad range of standard coaching and hypnotherapy he offers both shamanic and direct techniques for past life work. Ari's background includes both cross cultural frameworks of, and scientific research into reincarnation. His practice is in service to others in integrating and strengthening their lives, freeing themselves from the past and unleashing and using their potential for personal development and impacting those around them. He has had formal professional training in Hypnotherapy at the Hypnotherapy Training Institute, Past Life Regression with Brian Weiss at the Weiss Institute, and Coaching for Adult Development at the Hudson Institute of Santa Barbara. Ari is both a Professional Certified Coach(PCC), and registered Hypnotherapist in the state of Washington. He has a broad background including many years spent as a manager in both corporate and non-profit sectors before starting his business in 1998. For more information on Ari's background and practice please visit http://www.quantumlifeintegration.com or contact him at ari@quantumlifeintegration.com

Miriam Ellen Blau : Bio coming soon.

Miriam OhevetEL is a very creative singer, songwriter, composer, poet, actress, dancer, therapist, teacher, and above all, an Israeli woman who is in love with God. She grew up in a Karliner Hassidic family where she absorbed their passionate and joyous spirit. She has also experienced a long and rewarding search for her own deep spirituality, integrating innovations with traditional Jewish sources. As a result she has become a pioneer in the Jewish renewal movement in Israel. Her authentic reflection of the Bible results in a unique expression of traditional and original songs and melodies which she sings in Hebrew, English and at times even in Arabic. She has a way of fusing ancient texts with great joy, depth and faith.

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Leah Green, recipient of the 2003 Yoga Journal Award, is an internationally recognized trainer and facilitator. The curriculum for Compassionate Listening has grown from Leah’s 17 years of reconciliation work on the ground with Israelis and Palestinians. She has produced three documentaries, and her work has been profiled in many books and articles. Leah teaches Compassionate Listening worldwide.

Mark Levy has performed and taught in the San Francisco Bay Area for 25 years at temples, synagogues, JCC's, Lehrhaus Judaica, Workmen's Circle, and other Jewish groups. He has appeared throughout the country and abroad and is a singer and lecturer who specializes in older Judaic folk music in Yiddish, Hebrew, and Ladino, Klezmer history and theory, and Jewish music history in general. He has performed for Yeshiva University Sephardic Dept.'s Semana Sepharad in New York, and is a cantorial soloist in California. He recently released a fourth album of Jewish music entitled Bin Ikh Mir A Shnayderl: Yiddish Work Songs, in commemoration of the 100th birthday of Workmen's Circle, a fraternal order of Jewish workers and their families.