Biographies
Scott Longwell
Scott Longwell is the director of WholeBody Wisdom and identifies as a recovering intellectual.
Scott combines 25 years of management consulting, organizational development and professional coaching and counseling with 30 years of martial arts, dance, and yoga to provide body-based experiential learning supported by powerful conceptual models.
As a management consultant his clients included: Wells Fargo, PG&E, the F.B.I., Price-Waterhouse, and Pacific Bell — as well many less well known organizations.
He's created a powerful method called WholeBody Integration™ that aligns each person's mental & emotional body, physical & sexual body and spiritual & subconscious body with his or her core essence. With each part of a person feeling connected, empowered and included — the "WholeBody" can work together as a team.
Scott is deeply influenced by his passion for the teachings of David Deida, Ken Wilber, and the Human Awareness Institute (HAI), as well as Non-Violent Communication, Eastern Tantra, and Iyengar & Ashtanga Yoga practices. He has taught at UC Berkeley and UC San Francisco.
Through his workshops and private sessions, Scott helps men, women and couples transform their personal & professional lives and their relationships with others. Scott provides his Integral Embodiment Coaching and Intimacy Counseling by phone to men, women, and couples around the country.
Miel Steele
A travel junkie, Miel has been to 24 countries while in the company of two hoola hoops and a frisbee. She has walked across northern Spain on the Camino de Santiago and hiked to Everest Base Camp.
However, she finds that the spiritual and physical embodiment of the practices of WholeBody Wisdom are really an epic journey. A journey without end, a penetrating integration of philosophy and experience with lasting impact in the areas of relationship to others, oneself and humanity.
Miel has experience with other programs by the Human Awareness Institute, One Taste, Body Electric, Erotic Dominance, Authentic Man Program and various tantra teachers. This exposure to various methodologies has contributed to sharpening her masculine skills while unleashing her feminine intuition. Both are brought forth with clarity and a strong commitment to bring each participant deep value.
Samantha Sweetwater
Yogini, Dancer, Coach, Priestess, Healer, Writer. International trainer, facilitator and coach - local to the Planet.
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Founder, Facilitator and Practitioner of The PeaceBody School of Embodied Awakening: Dance, Yoga, The Light Work Tool Box, Goddess Heart Healing Work and Embodied Spiritual Empowerment Coaching
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Priestess of the New Earth through Beauty, Joy, Truth and Multi-dimensional Initiation
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Shaman Angelic Healer
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Ritualist, Performer, Dancing Light Weaver and Poet
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Certified Dream Coach,
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Yoga Instructor,
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Massage Therapist and Somatics Practitioner
Samantha has spent her life studying embodiment. She has been blessed to work with masters and peers all over the planet in the realms of dance, yoga, shamanism, light work, Buddhism, psychology, coaching and somatics.
She travels internationally as an embodied peaceweaver, educator and artist. Working in partnership with other Peace and Spiritual organizations, she is currently creating PeaceBody schools in Australia, Japan and the US.
She is available for private coaching and spiritual counsel by telephone - wherever she is - and in person in Mount Shasta in July and Mid-Winter. She can be booked to come to your event or community, in divine timing. Her call in life is the dance of freedom through Love, Grace, Truth, Beauty and Peace.
Simply - Oneness.
Taber Shadburne
Taber Shadburne helps people transform their lives.
He's been studying comparative mysticism, Buddhism, psychology, and conscious communication since the early '80's, and teaching and counseling since 1990.
He's completed two years in residence at Dharma Rain Zen Center, dozens of silent meditation retreats, an M.A. in Counseling Psychology, training as a Community-Building facilitator by M. Scott Peck's F.C.E., certification as a Radical Honesty Master Trainer and extensive work with Brad Blanton, and many professional trainings. For a few years, he taught workshops, and led alternative "One World Worship" services for the Radical Spirit community. (Ironically, he coined the term Radical Intimacy before getting involved with all these other "Radicals.")
He was recently published in "The Heart Of Healing: Inspired Ideas, Wisdom And Comfort From Today's Leading Voices" and is working on another book.
He is also a professional singer-songwriter, with an "unplugged" solo album that he is re-recording with a band. He lives in community in Oakland, where he recently founded the Church of Soul, a progressive spiritual community center for transformation, celebration and service.
Reid Mihalko
Reid Mihalko helps people create more self-esteem and greater health in their relationship and sex lives, no matter what their self-expression of those happen to be. Reid has worked with thousands of individuals from all walks of life, all orientations, relationship styles, countries and religions. Known for his charisma, wit and emphasis on integrity, Reid travels the country teaching, coaching, consulting and collaborating. He has been a writer and producer on a number of film and television projects about sex and relationships, and appears regularly in the media.
Reid has been a featured speaker at dozens of conferences on relationships and sexuality. He has also appeared on the Emmy award-winning talk show Montel, Fox News, VH1's Scott Baio is 45 and Single,Showtime's Penn & Teller's Bulls**t!, Canada's The Sex Files and SexTV, and the short-lived Life & Style, on NPR, Sirius' Maxim Radio and Cosmo Radio, and in Marie Claire, GQ, People, Newsweek and The National Enquirer, as well as media across the globe in thirteen countries and at least seven languages.
Michael Vavricek
Since the late 90s, I've gobbled up books, lectures and workshops about how and why people do what we do –
from our motivations to our effectiveness.
Along the way I became friends with many coaches. Several shared with me that most of what coaches are trained to do, I already do naturally: powerfully listen, objectively support, insightfully inspire. And I love doing it.
So I trained and certified through Life Purpose Institute, accredited through ICF, the International Coach Federation.
I also served on the board of the SF Coaches, the San Francisco chapter of the ICF.
My ongoing training includes:
- Coaches Training Institute
- Human Awareness Institute
- Landmark Education
- WholeBody Wisdom
I founded and direct Wise Ass Wisdom, a smörgåsbord of peer-based, empowerment workshops that teach how to jiggle the handle of personal growth; how to play with a purpose.
I cofounded Sound of Mind, a non-profit providing online infrastructure and individual coaching for audio artists.
And I first woke up to radical self-expression when working for Burning Man, a gift-exchange arts community. It's practice for the apocalypse.
I also design, produce and facilitate team building programs, treasure hunts, performance art tours and social experiments.
Jessica Hadari
RYT, AHMT (ACMT,) HHP
I have enjoyed a wide range of leadership and teaching roles over the past ten years. And through this I have learned that I am passionate about seeing people transform themselves in the arena of relationships and communication. I myself am committed to communicating clearly and compassionately and I bring the intention of service to this work with the gifts of engaged presence and openness. I am experienced in counseling people through their closures, blocks and struggles. I encourage clients to embrace conflict, jealousy, anger, sorrow, joy. And I celebrate with clients in their achievements, power and successes!
As a sex-positive counselor and coach I welcome and hold space for any variety of lifestyle and love-style choices. I applaud and nurture an individual or couple's willingness to expand and grow as they curiously explore their own perceived truths regarding lifestyle, relationships and non-standard relating. It is my joy to engage clients in curious exploration, empathy and openness to all possibilities.
I love learning and I bring my experience from a large number of teachers. In my personal journey for continued personal growth I have studied with WholeBody Wisdom. As well I have extensive training in, and experience with teaching communication, meditation, yoga, art therapy, dance, massage, breath work and holistic health. I am a group instructor, workshop leader and holistic health counselor.
Brian O'Connell
Brian O'Connell is guide and explorer of the body through bodywork, ecstatic dance, contact improv, AcroPlay, sensuality and sexuality. Many experience a deep sense of trust and comfort in Brian's presence -- allowing space for others to experience their bodies/emotions in new ways.
Having attended and assisted in close to a dozen WholeBody Wisdom weekend workshops, Brian is excited about how he has transformed through this work and eager to share this work with others.