Teachers and Practitioners
You can feel safe knowing that our teachers and healers practice with integrity. Just as a successful guide must first visit the destination in order to safely lead you there, our practitioners are expected to have deeper healing and spiritual commitments in order to be capable of helping you on your path. Our teachers, healers, and facilitators are required to hold respect for all traditions and to have a daily daily mind-body practice, such as meditation or QiGong. Our healers and teachers also hold strong ethical commitments in our own traditions, such as vows of deepening compassion and non-harming. We believe this makes us more capable of helping you understand the connection between mind, body, and spirit in the healing process.
Click “read more” under a practitioner’s name to enjoy a short video teaching or listen to a guided meditation by that person.
Chris Lee-Thompson (Lama Dawa Norbu)
Chris Lee-Thompson (Lama Dawa Norbu) served as a pastor in Lutheran churches for over 35 years. A devoted meditator for over 20 years, he has taught mindfulness meditation in state […]
Domo Geshe Rinpoche
Domo Geshe Rinpoche is a reincarnate Lama of the Geluk tradition of Tibetan Buddhism and the Spiritual Director of White Conch Dharma Center. Rinpoche is also the founding Spiritual Director […]
Jim Kramer (Lama Dorje)
Jim Kramer has served as a teacher and guidance counselor for over 20 years, most recently in the McFarland school district. Jim uses the “Five S’s of Leadership” — students/school, […]
Lisa Antoniotti (Lama Pema)
Pema Lisa Antoniotti, APC is a Certified Yoga Therapist and the Co-Founder of Joyful Path Meditation and Healing Center, where she serves as a teacher and administrator. Pema began practicing mindfulness […]
Kathy LeVac (Lama Gyalmo)
With over 20 years experience in healthcare, Kathy is a respected author and national speaker on health issues. She regularly presents workshops at the National Wellness Conference, National Adult Day […]
Betty Kramer (Lama Chonyi)
Dr. Betty J. Kramer is a Professor of Social Work and member of the Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She is a nationally recognized gerontology researcher, scholar […]
Mary Kay Reinemann
Mary Kay Reinemann is a retired teacher who discovered Marshall Rosenberg’s “Nonviolent Communication” (NVC) in May of 2004. She recognized NVC as a simple, generic, complete and transformative practice which […]
Sarah Blake (LhaKipu)
Sarah holds a Masters of Social Work and serves as a social worker for the Aging and Disability Resource Center. She is registered as a 200-Hour Yoga Teacher and completed […]
Sarah Buchler (Choden)
Sarah holds a bachelor’s degree in Human Movement Sciences (Kinesiology with a Business Administration minor) and a certificate in Nutrition from the University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee. She is currently […]
Bridget Billings (Tsering)
Bridget Billings is a graduate of the Barbara Brennan School of Healing graduating in 1998. She spent two years training and working as a Hospice volunteer for the Hospice of […]
Mitzi Forbes (Lama Thekchen)
Mitzi Forbes, Ph.D., RN is an online instructor for Chamberlain College of Nursing. She received a Ph.D. with a major in nursing and a minor in psychology from the University […]
Lisa Schoenwetter
Retired UCC Minister and interfaith chaplain Lisa Schoenwetter facilitates Joyful Path’s Contemplative Cancer Group. During her professional career, Lisa led many support groups that dealt with a variety of issues. Lisa […]
Cricket Fausek (Lama Wangmo)
Cricket Fausek (RN, MSN) is an ordained monastic of the Tibetan Buddhist tradition, and holds a Masters of Science in Nursing from Edgewood College. She has taught nursing at the […]
Jenny Lee
Jenny is an MBSR teacher and facilitates Mindfulness groups in Wisconsin prisons with Wisconsin Prison Mindfulness Initiative. She is a registered 500 Hour Yoga Teacher through Alignment Yoga, and teaches […]
Diane Oman
For the past 31 years Diane has helped individuals, couples and families as a psychotherapist at Catholic Charities in Waukesha. She is a certified Healing Touch practitioner. Healing Touch is […]