Manu Butterworth
Manu is founder and director of Golden Gate School of Feng Shui. He has 16 years of combined experience in natural healing and as an international feng shui consultant.
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Janine Björnson
Janine Björnson is a natural builder, practitioner and educator. She began her career in natural building when she trained with The Cob Cottage in 1996. Since then, she has taught over 40 workshops in Canada and the United States, from east to west. Her passion for building with natural materials bloomed out of her love for the earth, in conjunction with her concern for diminishing ecological resources and toxic buildings.
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Matthew Chapman
Matthew Chapman is a full time feng shui consultant, living in San Francisco, California. Matthew is a regular speaker at conferences around the country. He is currently writing a book about the Five Transformations. Matthew is former Chapter Director of the International Feng Shui Guild, and is also the President of his Business Networks International chapter.
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Howard Choy
Australian architect, and international feng shui lecturer, Howard was born in China and immigrated with his parents to Australia when he was very young. He began to study feng shui in 1978 in Hong Kong under personal direction of Master Ren Feng Shui Zhilin
Howard has practiced architecture and lecturered for over 35 years.
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David Crow
David has had a life-long interest in natural medicine, indigenous ethnobotanical knowledge, and botanical alchemy.He is an acupuncturist and herbalist with over twenty years experience. He has integrated Chinese and Ayurvedic medicine to create a gentle yet powerful series of treatments that he uses in clinical practice..
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Penny Livingston-Stark
Penny has been teaching internationally and working professionally in the land management, regenerative design & permaculture development field for 25 years and has extensive experience
in all phases of ecologically sound design and construction as well as the use of natural non-toxic building materials.
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Liu Ming
Liu Ming is a Euro-American who has studied Asian culture, history and religion for over 40 years. He was founding director of Five Branches Institute (1984) College of Traditional Chinese Medicine and on its faculty for twelve years.
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Monica Shah
As the CEO of Ideal Balance,a nutrition and lifestyle consulting company, and an experienced corporate professional, Monica focuses on helping female entrepreneurs create profitable, balanced businesses. Monica conducts workshops internationally and lives in New York City. Monica holds an M.B.A. from the Kellogg School of Management and is also a business professor at LIM College in New York City.
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Alex Stark
Alex is a consultant, advisor, and teacher on issues of transformation, creativity, healing, and environmental harmony. A graduate of the Yale University School of Architecture, he is a practitioner of Feng Shui and oriental geomancy and astrology.
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Carol Venolia
Carol Venolia is an architect and educator who has been involved with ecological building and natural remodelling for over thirty years.
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Vicki Warren
Former Program Director of the International Institute of Bau-Biologie® & Ecology, Vicki undertook the task of reorganizing the structure and course material to re-establish IBE as the premier leader in educating individuals about building healthy homes and buildings.
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Note: Some Teachers will teach in varying years.