White Robed Monks of St. Benedict

Performing Arts

Puppetji
Master Puppetji speaks to all. His insightful and useless "Socksangs" are light-hearted reminders that help us open our eyes to a new way of SEEING. A master at squashing illusion with Wizdumb, humor and meaningless insights, Puppetji cuts through the spiritual mumbo-jumbo and gets right to The Truth: According to Puppetji. Considered to be one of our last great enlightened masters, Puppetji selflessly delivers his meaningless words of Wizdumb to anyone who will listen and even those who don't. Puppetji's message is simple: "You take life too seriously...Enlighten-up", www.puppetji.com

Matthew Schoening
Matthew Schoening plays electric cello through a complex process of live looping. He records himself live, and instantly plays back what he has recorded, while playing on top of it or adding to it. This results in a solo performance that can sound like a full band, or even an entire symphony, www.soloelectriccello.com Dholrhythms Dance Company Of Non Stop Bhangra
Based in San Francisco, Dholrhythms Dance Company is an organization dedicated to promoting the artistic and cultural heritage of India through the beautiful Bhangra and Giddha folk dances of Punjab, India. Dholrhythms hosts classes, workshops, and presents performances and events that celebrate this unique folk dance and Punjabi culture, www.nonstopbhangra.com www.dholrhythms.com

DJ DragonFly
From the straits of Gibraltar to the shores of the Ganges DJ Dragonfly's sets bridge all variations of the underground global dance scene. Known for incorporating nu-bass culture with the leading edge of production and programming, he fuses trans-temporal dynamics and genre morphing beats with the global village's traditional cultural idioms and sounds (sitars, percussion, vocal samples, african drumming, etc...). Spanning all genres, no continent goes unturned in his search for the perfect groove! SF Bay Area dance enthusiasts consistently place him in the top percentile at the DJ polls for his unique sound and added live percussion. www.facebook.com/DJ.Dragonfly.DJ

Musical Art Quintet
Formed in 2008, Musical Art Quintet chamber ensemble is made up of some of the Bay Area's most energetic and talented string players. With a core repertoire of original compositions and arrangements by bassist Sascha Jacobsen, the quintet's music always remains rooted in rhythm and dance, drawing inspiration from styles as diverse as Afro-Cuban, Argentine Tango, Klezmer, Cha-Cha-Cha, Malagasy, and Electronica. The quintet cemented its status as a top notch string ensemble with recent recordings with Nuevo Flamenco guitarist, Stevan Pasero (Twelve Shades of Night, 2010), and with Argentine Tango group, Trio Garufa (El Rumor de Tus Tangos, 2010). The group is also Classical Revolution's 2011 Ensemble-in-Residence and will be releasing its debut recording this year on the Classical Revolution record label.

Rob Reich
Rob Reich is an acclaimed accordionist, pianist, and composer based in the San Francisco Bay Area. A talented instrumentalist and an inventive composer, Rob is steeped in many traditions, www.robreich.com

La Guinguette
La Guinguette will take you back in time to the French and Italian street cafes of 1900-1960's. The melancholic sound of accordeon, acoustic guitar, and voice creates a mood that is perfect for these enchanting songs and melodies which were made famous by the greatest musicians of this period. www.parisskies.com

To Life
To Life! is a musical journey through tribal landscapes, rhythmic dance, and hypnotic trance. The trio draws from a rich and varied cultural palette to create a new transcendent world sound.

Visualizing Worldviews: Interactive Tours of the Observable Cosmos (GeoDome Panorama)
Come visit the GeoDome immersive visualization environment to explore how the paradoxical processes of cognition and perception structure our conceptions of the universe. In a simulated journey across billions of light years, we'll step "outside" of the latest scientific model of the observable cosmos to experience how suspending beliefs can shift perspectives on space, time, and the nature of reality.

Lucia N°03
In extraordinary situations the brain initiates an incredible self-healing process. This phenomenon can be stimulated by light, e.g. emitted by the neurostiumulator "Lucia N°03". One demonstration takes about five minutes. Dare to experience yourself.

The Holotope and The Light Labyrinth Exquisite Multidimensional Journeys Take a fantastic consciousness altering journey to your Higher mind with The Holotope and The Light Labyrinth, the latest stress reducing multimedia meditations from the light laboratories of Randall Fontes and Kirby Seid. In this session we will use a number of techniques involving light, color, and energy to move into altered states. The Holotope artwork, spanning eight feet across, centers on a stunning geometric mandala that creates the shadow of an 8 dimensional object on a 2 dimensional surface. Light compositions modulated with biofeedback and integrated with sound frequencies reveal expanding dimensions. As the music and light forms transition, biofeedback tells the computer to hover around specific color compositions that immediately reflect back what you are feeling as you unfold and resolve a particular issue www.ebdir.net/enlighten

TAum Cellars
Aum Cellars will be pouring wine samples during the conference and at the closing dinner on Sunday at SAND. Aum Cellars is a family run winery dedicated in producing ultra premium, intention based wines. The intentions is for us all to manifest our highest capacities. We have experienced that open minded exploration of science and spirit are essential in creating a more conscious and sustainable planet. By promoting life within the vineyard, more life and vitality will go into the wine, transforming our human potential into positive conscious energy and effort. Our grapes are selected from organically and biodynamically farmed vineyards from Napa and Sonoma Valleys producing wines comprised of higher resonance and sacred geometry, a truly energetic wine with the ability to evoke and manifest positive conscious evolution.

Lydia's Kitchen (Gluten-Free Organic)
Lydia's Organics produces high-quality dehydrated foods made from raw, organic, gluten-free, vegan ingredients. Her combinations of sprouted grains, seeds and nuts, along with fruits, vegetable, herbs and seaweeds are manufactured with the utmost care for the preservation of the living vitality and nutrition of these ingredients.

OmShanTea - Tea Lounge
An urban tea oasis where fine teas, organic foods, and cultural events are offered to inspire healing, conscious community and holistic wellness.

David Ellzey
David has been called, "An accomplished court jester to humanity" by Norman Cousins. Michael Bernard Beckwith says, "David's performance is actually a transformance which assists in breaking barriers so one may experience the excellence within." As a performer, humorist, author, and speaker, he's inspired a quarter of a million people worldwide to laugh and uncover a boundless sense of being - from The United Nations Society of Enlightenment and Transformation, to Mother Theresa's orphanage. At an early age, he studied how to create worlds in space and silence through the ancient art form of pantomime under the teaching of a Kabbalah master. David is known for his physically hilarious performance skills, enlightened characters, and astute commentary on this human adventure of remembering who we really are. His new book, The Ocean of Now focuses on the boundless benefits and joy of living in the present moment.