11-14 DEC

PRESENTERS
PRESENTERS
DR BRUCE LIPTON
Bridging Science and Spirituality
CHARLES EISENSTEIN
Sacred Economics
DR LISSA RANKIN
Mind Over Medicine
SATISH KUMAR
Ecologist and Peace Activist
BHARAT MITRA
Co-Founder UPLIFT
BHAVANI LEV
Co-Founder UPLIFT
DR JOAN BORYSENKO
Pioneer in Integrative Medicine
SCARLETT LEWIS
Choose Love
Dr. Lipton began his scientific career as
a cell biologist. His research at Stanford
University’s School of Medicine
revealed that the environment,
operating though the membrane,
controlled the behavior and physiology
of the cell, turning genes on and off.
His discoveries, which ran counter to
the established scientific view that life
is controlled by the genes, presaged
one of today’s most important fields
of study, the science of epigenetics.
His deepened understanding of cell
biology highlighted the mechanisms
by which the mind controls bodily
functions, and implied the existence
of an immortal spirit. He applied this
science to his personal biology, and
discovered that his physical well- being
improved, and the quality and character
of his daily life was greatly enhanced.
Charles Eisenstein is a teacher, speaker,
and writer focusing on themes of
civilization, consciousness, money,
and human cultural evolution. His
on-line writings have generated a
vast following; he speaks frequently
at conferences and other events, and
gives numerous interviews on radio and
podcasts.Eisenstein graduated from
Yale University in 1989 with a degree
in Mathematics and Philosophy, and
spent the next ten years as a Chinese-
English translator. A self-described
“degrowth activist”, he is the author of
several books including The Ascent of
Humanity (2007), Sacred Economics
(2011), and The More Beautiful World
Our Hearts Know Is Possible (2013).
Eisenstein now frequently travels to
speak and share his work at conferences
and other events.
Lissa Rankin, MD is a mind-body medicine
physician and the New York Times
bestselling author of Mind Over Medicine:
Scientific Proof That You Can Heal Yourself.
She is on a grass roots mission to put the
“care” back in health care, and to heal our
broken health care system – one doctor
and one patient at a time. Discouraged
by our broken health care system and
curious why some patients do everything
“right” but still wind up sick, Lissa set out
to discover why some patients experience
miraculous cures from seemingly
incurable illnesses, while others remain
sick even when they receive the best
medical care. What she uncovered in the
mainstream medical literature led her to
develop a type of medical practice she
terms “Whole Health Medicine,” based on
the scientifically-proven healthy behaviors
she shares in Mind Over Medicine.
A former monk and long-term peace
and environment activist, Satish
Kumar has been quietly setting the
Global Agenda for change for over
50 years. He was just nine when
he left his family home to join the
wandering Jains and 18 when he
decided he could achieve more back
in the world, campaigning for land
reform in India and working to turn
Gandhi’s vision of a renewed India
and a peaceful world into reality.
He continues to teach and run
workshops on reverential ecology,
holistic education and voluntary
simplicity and is a much sought-after
speaker both in the UK and abroad.
Bharat Mitra is the co-founder of
ORGANIC INDIA, a recognized global
leader in consciousness, business
and sustainability. As a spiritual
entrepreneur, his focus is on creating
a new paradigm of business in service
of humanity and the planet. He was
inspired by his master, Sri H.W.L.
Poonja (Papaji), in India, whom he
met in 1991. He then co-founded
ORGANIC INDIA as “A Vehicle of
Consciousness” - a company with
no separation between spirituality
and business, whose mission is to
be an embodiment of Oneness in
action. Bharat is president of The Bet
Lev Foundation (USA), a Director of
The StarFire Fund (USA), Founder of
Insight Intensive, Gold Lake (USA),
Chairman of The Lev Group (Israel)
and Visionary co-founder of UPLIFT.
Bhavani Lev and her husband Bharat
Mitra founded the UPILFT Festival
in 2012 in order to gather together
open hearted beings from all over the
world, to come together and align our
intentions to live in a higher, more
loving consciousness, and energetically
spread awakening throughout the field
of collective consciousness. Bhavani has
been teaching Yoga since 1983, and
is also a Certified Quantum Healing
Hypnotherapist and Psych-K facilitator.
In 1996 Bharat Mitra and Bhavani
founded ORGANIC INDIA as a Vehicle
of Consciousness to be a beacon
in the corporate world, a leader of
responsible, ethical business practices,
and introduced the world to Tulsi.
This distinguished pioneer in
integrative medicine is a worldrenowned
expert in the mind/body
connection. Her work has been
foundational in an international
health-care revolution that recognizes
the role of meaning, and the spiritual
dimensions of life, as an integral
part of health and healing. She is
one of the most popular and sought
after speakers in the field of health,
healing, and spirituality.
On December 14, 2012, Scarlett
Lewis experienced something that no
parent should ever have to endure:
she lost her son Jesse in an act of
unimaginable violence. The day
started just like any other, but when a
gunman opened fire at Sandy Hook
Elementary School, Scarlett’s life
changed forever. However, this isn’t
a story about a massacre. It’s a story
about love and survival. It’s about how
to face the impossible, how to find
courage when you think you have
none, and how to choose love instead
of anger, fear, or hatred.
TIM ‘MAC’ MACARTNEY
Authentic Leadership
From working as a gardener in a
management training centre, Tim
Macartney went on to become Head
of Consultancy there within three
years, and then started a ‘people
and organisation development’
company, working with the leaders of
multinationals. He is adept in aligning
his language, stories, and concepts to
his audience, and the originality of his
content and delivery is inspiring.
TA’KAIYA BLANEY
Indigenous Environmental Activist
Ta’Kaiya Blaney, age 12, from Sliammon
First Nation, British Columbia, Canada,
has been an environmental activist
since she was 8 years old. Her singing,
songwriting, and acting reflect her
concern for the future of the planet,
especially the preservation of marine
and coastal wildlife. In addition to her
environmental activism, she advocates
for Indigenous Peoples’ rights
internationally.
BARBARA MARX HUBBARD
Conscious Evolution
Barbara Marx Hubbard is a visionary
and a social innovator. She is an
evolutionary thinker who believes
that global change happens when
we work collectively and selflessly for
the greater good. She realizes that
the lessons of evolution teach us that
problems are evolutionary drivers, and
crises precede transformation, giving a
new way of seeing and responding to
our global situation.
GREAME SAIT
Growing your own Nutrition
Graeme Sait is a sought-after speaker,
specialising in soil health, plant
health and animal health. He is also
an expert in human nutrition and his
fascinating presentations cover every
aspect of wellness.
DR ARNE RUBINSTEIN
Rites of Passage
Dr Arne Rubinstein has been working
with teenagers and their families for
over 30 years as a doctor, counselor,
mentor and facilitator of workshops.
He is an expert in adolescent
development and coming of age.
HELENA NORBERG-HODGE
Economics of Happiness
Author and filmmaker Helena Norberg-
Hodge is a pioneer of the ‘new economy’
movement–work which earned her the
2012 Goi Peace Prize. Through writing
and public lectures on three continents,
she has been promoting an economics
of personal, social and ecological wellbeing
for more than thirty years. She is
a widely respected analyst of the impact
of the global economy on communities,
local economies, and personal
identity, and is a leading proponent of
‘localization’, or decentralization, as a
means of countering those impacts.
PEOPLE OF THE EARTH OF
THE SIERRA NEVADA
We come under the mandate of the
spiritual authority of the original peoples
of La Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta
in Colombia, which to us is the direct
voice of the Mother. Being in function
of this spiritual authority sustains us in
continuity with the preancient wisdom
that guides us in the Unification Process
we forward to bring awareness of life
originating principles in collective
consciousness. We see the fulfillment
of this spiritual mandate as the only
possible path that will bring humanity
to a conscious decision to restore our
Mother Earth’s original rights to Her
Natural Constitution. We therefore come
to UNITE with those willing to commit
to this mandate by bringing forth their
volition to disciplined and concrete
actions for Mother Earth Restoration...
DR PATCH ADAMS
Physician and Clown
Dr. Hunter Adams, also know as
‘Patch’, is both a medical doctor and
a clown, but he is also a social activist
who has devoted 30 years to changing
America’s healthcare system, a system
which he describes as expensive
and elitist. Patch adds to his training
as a physician, his experience as a
street clown. In working with health
and mental health professionals, he
explores the relationship between
humor and therapy using his unique
blend of knowledge, showmanship
and “hands-on” teaching techniques.
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