The Orbs

Marianne Rowe, MS, LMFT
Co-Catalyst, Co-Founder

catalyzing, emerging, enjivening
marianne@montereybaymeditation.com

As a humane being, co-founding teacher of Monterey Bay Meditation Studio, and licensed marriage and family therapist, Marianne is dedicated to cultivating eco-systemic consciousness and living in-cahoots with Earth, Cosmos, and Life in all forms. Her sense of belonging and aliveness is sourced and deepened through walks, sits, and gazing with the Pacific Ocean, forest, night skies, along with evolutionary, envisioning conversations with beloved friends. 

Marianne’s (evidently) insatiable love of learning has led her into certifications as a nature & forest therapy guide, eco-therapist, California naturalist, and Authentic Relating facilitator, along with certifications in eco-psychology, climate stewardship and climate psychology. Much of her energy and inspiration is sourced in Deeptime perspective, community-building, and relationships of reverence and reciprocity with all living beings. She embodies multi-faceted bewonderment, spirited dedication, and a playful, sometimes peculiar, way-of-being in the world. For grounding and spaciousness, she is eternally grateful for daily meditation practice that she began in the last century. 

Marianne’s current passions include co-creating and cultivating spaces for healing, transformation, and evolution through awareness and connection. She feels very blessed to be alive and active in this fertile and challenging time … especially with the company of the amazing Constellation that has come to light in Monterey Bay Meditation Studio.

I am touched by kindness, authenticity, and all outdoors. I am energized by collaboration, laughter, and drumming. I am inspired by willingness, community, and James Webb Space Telescope images. I am in love with Earth and all her beings ... and quite fond of holding paradoxes.
~ Marianne

http://www.montereybaymeditation.com
http://www.mariannerowe.net
mrowe@pacbell.net
(831) 373-1017

Cliff Berrien (he, his, kin)
Co-Catalyst

metabolizing, dancing, eldering
Cliff Berrien is a lifelong learner dedicated to learning about drumming, creativity and contemplation, and how to honor life and the Council of All Beings in a good way. He’s had the honor to work with Dr. Barbara A. Holmes, focusing on the liberatory and powerful somatic contributions of music, movement and art emerging from the African Diaspora. He’s here to joyfully share wondrous things that he’s learned and experienced.

Rebecca Genauer
Co-Catalyst

observing, appreciating, learning

Rebecca Genauer has been an instructor for the past 16 years, teaching courses in Communication Arts, including film classes, public speaking, and interpersonal communication. Her passion is animal welfare, and she is a very active volunteer for a regional dog rescue group. Rebecca particularly appreciates the extent to which our companion animals are models of kindness, gratitude, generosity of spirit, and appreciation for the natural world. Rebecca greatly admires those who consciously cultivate these qualities, and for that reason is very excited to be a part of the community of the Monterey Bay Meditation Studio.

Mark Skelding

listening, wondering, returning

For 25 years, Mark has been a psychotherapist, educator, and social change agent, yet profoundly curious and wonder-filled for a lifetime!  All this has brought him to deep interest and excitement in regard our place  in the Psychosphere at this evolutionary moment.

He was once involved in communications for wildlife conservation groups, and realised that the wildlife was OK - it was people that were endangering species, habitat and, ultimately, ourselves! This, and  a need to do his own therapy, led to retraining in Psychosynthesis, a transpersonal practice.

Prior to arriving in Turtle Island in 2020, he taught Psychosynthesis, facilitated experiential ecopsychology work, convened a Transition Town initiative  and was co-ordinator and trustee of Heart Politics in Aotearoa/New Zealand between 1998 and 2012.

Shadi Mogadime

breathing, exploring, deeply-opening

Shadi (pronounced so it rhymes with "buddy") has been a student of many modalities in 30+ years of spiritual and personal growth exploration. Her deepest dive is in Buddhism and in the practices of meditation, yoga, and qigong. She is a meditation teacher and meditation & mindfulness in action facilitator. She has used these experiences and the knowledge she developed to mentor organizations and coach individual clients from around the world. Shadi feels very fortunate to have spent her 35-year professional career in the charitable sector in change management, fundraising and marketing roles for crucial humanitarian causes, arts & culture and social change organizations. She is now feeling at a standstill. She knows in her heart that what brought her here will not take her there in this more volatile, uncertain and divided world. Shadi is in an exploration to uncover what will now bring peace, joy and deep connection. She shares her journey with coaching clients and participants in her courses.   

Gerardo López-Amaro

Amaro joins us from Mexico where he engages in activist scholarship around Buen Vivir, ecopedagogies and practices of re-existence. He explores ways to highlight the experiments to co-create viable alternatives to the current system and address the global challenges of our times. He is a PhD candidate in Anthropology and Social Change by the California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS) of San Francisco, where he wonders about the possibilities for the emergence of the pluriverse even in dense liberal societies learning with grassroots movements. He is also part of the Steering Committee of the Ecoversities Alliance.

Stephan Martin

playing, co-emerging, and ever-exploring 

Stephan Martin is an astronomer, educator, and author who has taught astronomy, physics, and consciousness studies at colleges, universities, and learning centers across the US for over thirty years. He is currently Director of the Deeptime Leadership Program at the Deeptime Network, where he helps develop and facilitate transformative and innovative leadership programs that support a flourishing future that works for all.  Steve is active in leading workshops, lectures, and experiences that bring insights and wisdom from the cosmos down to Earth and everyday life. His first book Cosmic Conversations is a multidisciplinary approach to exploring the universe through the lenses of science, spirituality and culture, and his second book Living a Cosmic Life helps people navigate crisis and change from a cosmic evolutionary perspective. You can find more about him at: www.cosmicconversations.org and dtnetwork.org

Marianne Rowe, MS, LMFT

Katie Dutcher, MA