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Sun Valley Wellness Festival 2018 Speakers List


Heal - The Documentary

HEAL not only taps into the brilliant minds of leading scientists and spiritual teachers, but follows three people on actual high stakes healing jo...

Preethaji

Preethaji is an internationally known modern, spiritual philosopher and sage. She is co-founder of O&O and One World Academies in India, both philo...

Molly Barker

The founder of Girls on the Run and a globally recognized role model for positive change, Molly Barker motivates audiences to embrace their individ...

Dr. Stephen Barrie

Dr. Barrie is an internationally recognized physician, clinical medical researcher, lecturer, inventor, author and entrepreneur. He is currently a...

Celeste Bolin

Celeste is an interesting mixture of part dance floor rabble-rouser, part whimsical yogini and somewhere in there is a scientist as well (her other...

Joan Borysenko

Joan Borysenko, Ph.D. is a world renowned expert in the mind-body connection. A licensed psychologist with a doctorate in cell biology from Harvard...

Blair Brown

Blair Lauren Brown, founder of Blair Lauren Brown fine jewelry & Verte Essentials wellness products ​Blair often speaks on land stewardship, true c...

Toni Childs

Toni Childs is an Emmy Winner and three-time Grammy nominated recording artist, installation artist and environmental activist and now a yoga teach...

Katie Colgate

Katie first found yoga in 1997 while living in New York City attending graduate school at NYU. She immediately fell in love with the peacefulness f...

Michael Dake

Michael worked as a Senior Buyer for a Fortune 500 Semiconductor Company for 20 years and in mid-1999 he was awakened from as how he describes it, ...

Dr. Devra Davis

Devra Davis, PhD MPH, is Visiting Professor of Medicine at The Hebrew University in Jerusalem, and Visiting Professor of Medicine at Ondokuz Mayis ...

Dr. James Doty

James R. Doty, M.D. is a Professor of Neurosurgery at Stanford University School of Medicine and the Founder and Director of the Stanford Center fo...

Susan Eirich

A licensed psychologist, biologist and educator, Susan has taught at universities around the world, worked in maximum security prisons, developed a...

Warren Farrell

Dr. Warren Farrell is the author of the just-published The Boy Crisis (with co-author John Gray). It exposes the boy crisis worldwide, as well as t...

Jacob Glass

Jacob Glass For the past 30 years Jacob Glass has been lecturing, teaching and writing on New Thought, mysticism and spirituality. His training ...

Dr. Steven Gundry

Dr. Steven Gundry is a renowned heart surgeon, New York Times best-selling author, and medical researcher. He is the author of three books: Dr. Gun...

Dr. Lynn Hankes

Doctor Lynn Hankes is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame and Georgetown University School of Medicine. Over 35 years ago, he was among the ...

Traci Ireland

Traci (Earth Echo) Ireland is an Energy Medicine Practitioner, trained in traditional Shamanic Healing Practices, Usui Master Reiki, Healing Touch,...

Naomi Jones

Naomi started practicing yoga after having her second child in 2008. Looking for ways to strengthen and tone her physical body, what she found was ...

Natalie Kuhn

Natalie has been a student of Suzuki, Viewpoints, Grotowski and Committed Impulse. Her cathartic performance career included dancing for David Byrn...

Mikayla Latta

Mikayla has been running her yoga studio MUUV for eight years and practicing yoga for ten years. Five and half years into the running of MUUV she f...

Anita Braker & Lauri Bunting

Lauri Bunting is a plant-based culinary instructor with a passion for creating simple, delicious, nutrient-dense food. As an athlete, mother, and ...

Rabbi Naomi Levy

NAOMI LEVY’s latest book is Einstein and the Rabbi. She is the author of the national bestseller To Begin Again, as well as Talking to God and Hope...

Emilie Lukens

I grew up competitive swimming and retired from the sport at the age of 21. After many years of competing in other sports, I started to miss the co...

Colleen McCann

Colleen McCann, fashion stylist turned energy practitioner, has spent this lifetime appreciating all things beautiful. From the runways of Paris to...

Dr. John Medina

DR. John Medina is a developmental molecular biologist focused on the genes involved in human brain development and the genetics of psychiatric dis...

Sarah Murphy

Sarah has been teaching for almost 10 years and has studied many different approaches to asana. Her style of teaching has been shaped by nature and...

David Pond

David Pond is an astrologer, author, speaker and workshop leader. He has published a number of books on metaphysical topics, including Astrology a...

Ryan Redman

Ryan has been teaching Contemplative Based practices in Sun Valley Idaho for the past 15 years. Ryan is a Teacher Trainer of Cultivating Emotional ...

Sharon Salzberg

Sharon Salzberg is a central figure in the field of meditation, a world-renowned teacher and NY Times bestselling author. She has played a crucial ...

Dayle Spencer

Dayle E. Spencer is best known for having been the founding Director of the Conflict Resolution Programs at the Carter Center of Emory University. ...

Beth Stuart

Beth has been teaching vinyasa flow yoga for over 7 years, after discovering the transformative power of the practice while attending college in Ne...


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