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About Satyana Satyana Institute has three principal program areas: EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
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Will Keepin, Ph.D., President and Executive Director. Will co-founded the Satyana Institute in 1996, and founded its Power of Reconciliation project (formerly Gender Reconciliation), which has organized more than fifty intensive gatherings in six countries for healing and reconciliation between women and men. A mathematical physicist with thirty scientific publications on sustainable energy and global warming, he presented testimony to European and Australian parliaments and the US House of Representatives, and became a whistleblower in nuclear science policy (recounted in The Cultural Creatives by Paul Ray and Sherry Anderson, Harmony Books, 2000). Will began practicing silent meditation in 1982, trained in transpersonal psychology, and has facilitated Holotropic Breathwork for 19 years (Grof Transpersonal Training). He leads retreats on interfaith spirituality, and is a Fellow of the Findhorn Foundation, and adjunct faculty at Holy Names University. Will is author of Divine Duality: The Power of Reconciliation Between Women and Men (Hohm Press, 2007), co-editor of Song of the Earth: The Emerging Synthesis of Scientific and Spiritual Worldviews (Permanent Publications, 2009), and co-author of Women Healing Women (Hohm Press, 2009).
Cynthia Brix, M.Div, MA., Program Director. Cynthia is an interfaith minister specializing in international peacemaking, and spiritual direction for young adults. She is co-founder of the Women’s Spiritual Mastery project, and she co-directs the Power of Reconciliation project. A long-time student of Eknath Easwaran's Passage Meditation, Cynthia leads retreats on interfaith spirituality, and she is adjunct faculty at Holy Names University. She was formerly the Unitarian Universalist campus minister at the University of Colorado for United Ministries of Higher Education, and she led meditation workshops at regional and national Unitarian Universalist conferences. Cynthia co-chaired the Race Relations Committee for the City of Muncie, Indiana, and later initiated an interfaith project to address racial tensions at the University of Colorado-Boulder. She earned her master's of divinity from Iliff School of Theology (2006) and her master's degree in wellness management and applied gerontology from Ball State University (1999). Cynthia is contributing author of Divine Duality: The Power of Reconciliation between Women and Men (Hohm Press, 2007), and co-author of Women Healing Women (Hohm Press, 2009). 
Nomfundo Walaza, MA is the executive director of Desmond Tutu's Center in Cape Town, South Africa. She is a clinical psychologist who has worked in the human rights field for 15 years. She served for 11 years as Executive Director of the Trauma Centre for Survivors of Violence and Torture in South Africa, where she focused on empowerment and healing for victims of trauma and violence, many of whom suffered severely at the hands of the Apartheid government. Nomfundo is passionate about women’s issues, and restoring the dignity of those who have suffered as a result of human rights violations and abuses. She is concerned about escalating violence toward the most vulnerable citizens including children, the elderly and disabled. “In order to help my country heal from the legacy of segregation and discrimination, I believe it is critical to address racism, sexism, and homophobia and their impact on the lives of South Africans today.” 
Karambu L. Ringera, PhD is the founder and President of International Peace Initiatives (IPI), an organization that supports grassroots organizations and leaders throughout Africa. IPI programs include the AIDS Orphans Education Fund and the Women's International Grassroots Peace Congresses. A native of Kenya, Karambu recently completed her Ph.D. in International Communications at the University of Denver. She holds two Masters degrees from Natal University in South Africa, and the Iliff School of Theology in Colorado. Karambu convened a Women’s International Grassroots Peace Congress in Nairobi, Kenya in August 2005 that attracted over 200 people from Africa, Asia, Seychelles, Taiwan, Canada, and USA. She is organizing another IPI Women’s International Grassroots Peace Congress to be held in Kenya in August 2008. Karambu is also running for Parliament in 2007 (the only woman with 14 male opponents) and representing North Imenti, a region of 400,000. | Copyright Satyana 2010 | Web Design by Desktop Studio/Webmaster - KSL Design | Powered by PamTen - The Creative Minds |