Natalie's guest Dena is currently the Chair of the International Advisory Council of the Auroville Foundation in India. In 2014 she received the Niwano Peace Prize for her interfaith peace efforts and holds an Honorary Doctorate in Peace Studies from Mahachulalongkornvajravidyadara University (MCU) in Thailand.
She began working in the inter-faith movement in the late 1990s and served as Vice Chair of the Millennium World Peace Summit of Religious and Spiritual Leaders held at the United Nation in New York in the year 2000. She went on to hold a meeting of women religious and spiritual leaders at the Palais des Nations in Geneva and from that gathering founded the Global Peace Initiative of Women (GPIW) in 2002, an organization chaired by a multi-faith group of women spiritual leaders. In 2008, she was one of the founding members of the Contemplative Alliance, which later became a program of GPIW, which brings together meditation teachers and practitioners in a collective effort to uplift and transform society, while caring for and honoring our Mother Earth.
Her books include:
To Dance with Dakinis
My Journey Through Time: A Spiritual Memoir of Life, Death, and Rebirth - Jan 1, 2020
When the Bright Moon Rises: The Awakening of Ancient Memories - Sep 19, 2022
She began working in the inter-faith movement in the late 1990s and served as Vice Chair of the Millennium World Peace Summit of Religious and Spiritual Leaders held at the United Nation in New York in the year 2000. She went on to hold a meeting of women religious and spiritual leaders at the Palais des Nations in Geneva and from that gathering founded the Global Peace Initiative of Women (GPIW) in 2002, an organization chaired by a multi-faith group of women spiritual leaders. In 2008, she was one of the founding members of the Contemplative Alliance, which later became a program of GPIW, which brings together meditation teachers and practitioners in a collective effort to uplift and transform society, while caring for and honoring our Mother Earth.
Her books include:
To Dance with Dakinis
My Journey Through Time: A Spiritual Memoir of Life, Death, and Rebirth - Jan 1, 2020
When the Bright Moon Rises: The Awakening of Ancient Memories - Sep 19, 2022