2011 Indigenous Well-Being Conference
Keynote Address Speakers
Shawn L. Secatero, PhD-Executive Director/Founder: Striking Eagle Well Being Project; President/SEED Institute
In 2006, Dr. Shawn Lee Secatero, a member of the Canoncito Band of Navajos began using a well being model that was inspired by his Navajo elders. The well being model encompassed spiritual, mental, social, and physical well being pillars as each of these pillars must coincide with harmony and balance for any individual to reach their life endeavors.
Dr. Secatero further incorporated these four important well being pillars into his dissertation study, “Beneath our sacred minds, hands, and hearts: stories of persistence and success among American Indian graduate and professional students.” He interviewed 23 Native graduate students from around the country on success and persistence factors in their chosen fields of study. Upon completion of the dissertation study, the emotional, cultural, environmental, and professional well being pillars were added as part of identified success factors in life.
A sacred model was planted which included indigenous and modern day attributes and it continues to grow…In this respect and the blessings from his elders and research participants, the SEED Institute and the Striking Eagle Well Being project are very honored to share the sacred roots of healing and well being with you…..join us in Albuquerque from April 25-28, 2011 as we embark on a beautiful journey and experience
Sandra Begay-Campbell
Sandra Begay-Campbell is a Principal Member of the Technical Staff at Sandia National Laboratories where she leads Sandia’s technical efforts to assist Native American tribes with their renewable energy developments.
Sandra received a Bachelor of Science - Civil Engineering degree from the University of New Mexico. She worked at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories before she earned a Master of Science - Structural Engineering degree from Stanford University. Sandra has been with Sandia National Laboratories for over 18 years.
Sandra is a recent recipient of the American Indian Science and Engineering Society’s Life-time Achievement Award; the University of New Mexico’s 2007 Zia Alumnus Award; the 2005 UNM School of Engineering Distinguished Alumnus Award and she received the Stanford University 2000 Multicultural Alumni of the Year Award. She was also selected as a recipient of the Governor's Award for Outstanding Women from the New Mexico Commission on the Status of Women.
Sandra is recognized in a book profiling women engineers, “Changing Our World: True Stories of Women Engineers." Begay-Campbell is included in the chapter "Women in Power", which describes her effort to provide electricity through solar panels and other alternative energy solutions to hundreds of remote tribal members on the Navajo Reservation.
Sandra Begay-Campbell on Dragonfly TV/Real Scientists [click here]
Krishna Madappa
Krishna Madappa, co-founder of The Institute of Science, Spirituality & Sustainability, based in Taos, New Mexico. He is a clinician, distiller, researcher, holistic consultant, educator, shaman, story teller and Plenipotentiary of IUMAB (International Union of Medical & Applied Bioelectrography), based in Taos, New Mexico, U.S.A.
Founder of The Essence of Life, Krishna Madappa is an educator, essential oil clinician, researcher, storyteller, shaman and Ayurvedic specialist based in Taos, New Mexico. Born and raised in the Andaman Islands, India and educated both in India and the USA in engineering and bio-field sciences, he is totally immersed in scientific research and explorations of subtle energies and frontier sciences.
As a Holistic Consultant, Krishna is dedicated to awakening and heightening conscious awareness through continued studies on Human Energy Fields, essential oils, water, sound and light. Krishna travels globally conducting lectures, experiential learning intensives, and retreats along with small group and individual sessions, enriching and empowering the lives of all he meets.
Krishna’s lectures on holistic healing demonstrate how pure Vedic and Ayurvedic principles can be incorporated into our daily lives in order to enhance a qualitative lifestyle. He demonstrates how the use of EPC (electro photon capture) , essential oils and mindful daily practices enhances the process of mind-body- spirit integration.
He is an advisor to “The International Union of Medical and Applied Bioelectrography” and is an active member of the “International Society for the Study of Subtle Energies and Energy Medicine.”
Founder of The Essence of Life, Krishna Madappa is an educator, essential oil clinician, researcher, storyteller, shaman and Ayurvedic specialist based in Taos, New Mexico. Born and raised in the Andaman Islands, India and educated both in India and the USA in engineering and bio-field sciences, he is totally immersed in scientific research and explorations of subtle energies and frontier sciences.
As a Holistic Consultant, Krishna is dedicated to awakening and heightening conscious awareness through continued studies on Human Energy Fields, essential oils, water, sound and light. Krishna travels globally conducting lectures, experiential learning intensives, and retreats along with small group and individual sessions, enriching and empowering the lives of all he meets.
Krishna’s lectures on holistic healing demonstrate how pure Vedic and Ayurvedic principles can be incorporated into our daily lives in order to enhance a qualitative lifestyle. He demonstrates how the use of EPC (electro photon capture) , essential oils and mindful daily practices enhances the process of mind-body- spirit integration.
He is an advisor to “The International Union of Medical and Applied Bioelectrography” and is an active member of the “International Society for the Study of Subtle Energies and Energy Medicine.”
James O'Dea
James O'Dea is on the extended faculty and is immediate past President of the Institute of Noetic Sciences and a former faculty member of the Omega Institute. He is co-director of The Social Healing Project. He is an adviser to The World Peace Festival (www.worldpeacefestival.org ) and is former Executive Director of the Seva Foundation and a former Director of the Washington, DC office of Amnesty International. He is also a member of the Evolutionary Leaders group spearheaded by Deepak Chopra.
In August 2010 James was recognized with the honor of "Champion of Peace, Reconciliation and Forgiveness" by the Worldwide Forgiveness Alliance. His decades of service work in Social Healing, Restorative Justice, Local and Global Conflict Resolution and Healing has affected countless individuals and communities including those in Israel/Palestine, Rwanda, N. Ireland and other highly sensitive zones.
James recently launched a groundbreaking Internationally-accessible telecourse, Path of the Peacemaker, which has attracted people from over 20 countries worldwide. The course, hosted by The Shift Network, provides individuals a solid understanding of the art, science, and practices behind personal and planetary peacemaking.
Born in Ireland, James attended Haberdashers' Aske's Hatcham Grammar School for Boys in London Haberdashers' Aske's Hatcham College Received B.A. Hons University of London, M.A. School for International Training School for International Training in Vermont. Head of English at Tarsus American School in TurkeyTarsus American College and founder of Ecumenical Travel Office of The Middle East Council of Churches in Beirut.
Keynote speaker for many conferences including Language of Spirit, Living in the Fire of Change: Sacred Action and Social Transformation and Leaders Causing Leaders. Peace Alliance, Science and Consciousness Conference, Engaging The Other, Alliance for a New Humanity, Goi Peace Foundation and others. He has featured essays on peace and social healing, evolutionary trends, and science and consciousness in numerous books and articles. Lectures worldwide on global healing, evolutionary change, consciousness, science and spirituality etc. He has been co-leader of international social healing dialogues, core faculty of three international conferences, entitled Engaging The Other:The Power of Compassion. He is an Advisory Board member of Children of the Earth, SEED Graduate Institute, and The Inside Edge
In August 2010 James was recognized with the honor of "Champion of Peace, Reconciliation and Forgiveness" by the Worldwide Forgiveness Alliance. His decades of service work in Social Healing, Restorative Justice, Local and Global Conflict Resolution and Healing has affected countless individuals and communities including those in Israel/Palestine, Rwanda, N. Ireland and other highly sensitive zones.
James recently launched a groundbreaking Internationally-accessible telecourse, Path of the Peacemaker, which has attracted people from over 20 countries worldwide. The course, hosted by The Shift Network, provides individuals a solid understanding of the art, science, and practices behind personal and planetary peacemaking.
Born in Ireland, James attended Haberdashers' Aske's Hatcham Grammar School for Boys in London Haberdashers' Aske's Hatcham College Received B.A. Hons University of London, M.A. School for International Training School for International Training in Vermont. Head of English at Tarsus American School in TurkeyTarsus American College and founder of Ecumenical Travel Office of The Middle East Council of Churches in Beirut.
Keynote speaker for many conferences including Language of Spirit, Living in the Fire of Change: Sacred Action and Social Transformation and Leaders Causing Leaders. Peace Alliance, Science and Consciousness Conference, Engaging The Other, Alliance for a New Humanity, Goi Peace Foundation and others. He has featured essays on peace and social healing, evolutionary trends, and science and consciousness in numerous books and articles. Lectures worldwide on global healing, evolutionary change, consciousness, science and spirituality etc. He has been co-leader of international social healing dialogues, core faculty of three international conferences, entitled Engaging The Other:The Power of Compassion. He is an Advisory Board member of Children of the Earth, SEED Graduate Institute, and The Inside Edge
Glenn Aparicio Parry
Glenn Aparicio Parry PhD, (Spanish, Basque and Jewish) a writer, psychologist, educator, and entrepreneur, is the founder and Chairman of the Board of SEED. His passion is to reform education into a coherent, cohesive whole. He has organized and participated in the Language of Spirit Conferences since 1999, which have brought together Native and Western scientists in dialogue, moderated by Leroy Little Bear. He has written about these experiences extensively, in SEED Thoughts on Dialogue, ReVision Journal (Winter 2004), Native Wisdom in a Quantum World, Shift (IONS Journal, December 2005), and in his doctoral dissertation: SEED Graduate Institute: An Original Model of Transdisciplinary Education Informed by Indigenous Ways of Knowing and Dialogue. He completed his doctoral work in Transformative Learning at the California Institute of Integral Studies, and is the author of the forthcoming book Original Thinking, based on his experiences with SEED and the SEED dialogues. He has appeared in several documentary films, including SEEDing Change: A Retrospective of the Language of Spirit Dialogues, produced by the Foundation for Global Humanity.
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