Claes Lilja, Enneagram instructor and meditation facilitator

Claes has been studying and working with the Enneagram since 1993 and went through the professional teacher training program at the Enneagram Institute with Don Richard Riso and Russ Hudson. He also worked as Director of Programs and Operations for the Institute and produced personal growth retreats throughout the world. He has been featured as an Enneagram expert on FOX News, CNBC News (with Chris Matthews), Starting Over (NBC) and in many news and magazine articles.
Claes is also active in the local community in the Los Angeles area, where he organizes social outings as well as volunteers as an emotional support group facilitator for The Life Group LA.
Claes is also an independent artist and filmmaker. His documentary on sex, Beyond Vanilla, was a great success on the international film festival circuit. He was nominated for a Weho Award as Outstanding Photographer in 2008. Born in Sweden, he also lived in France, where he went to school at E.S.C.P., before coming to the U.S. to study theater and film.

Dr. Alfred Hurst, DSysPsych, MSC, Co-facilitator

In 1995 Alfred set up PACE’s extensive gay men’s groupwork programme in London. He focuses the groups, at PACE, for HIV+ men. He co-runs Loving Men events in Scotland & the West Country, UK – www.lovingmen.org . He regular runs groups in London, Scotland, Ireland and the US.
Alfred is a qualified social worker, has a MSc in family/couples therapy from the Institute of Family Therapy & a Doctorate in Systemic Psychotherapy from the Tavistock Clinic, London. He has a MSc in Public Service Management. He holds a number of posts including Clinical Manager at Hackney Social Services, Family Therapist at the Core Trust Substance Misuse Treatment Centre & Clinical Supervisor at the Westminster Drugs Project. He has a private practice, research interests & a number of publications. His work is very participatory, humanistic & particularly focuses on ‘change’ & self-acceptance.
Alfred enjoys growing his own food & flowers as well as cooking & having fun with his friends.

Rudra Scott Lehman, r.y.t., Yoga instructor

Rudra Scott has been living well with HIV for twenty-one years. He became certified to teach yoga, meditation and pranayama at the Integral Yoga Institute in San Francisco. He is also a Registered Yoga Teacher through Yoga Alliance with over 500 hours of teacher training. His training as a certified hypnotherapist, Breema practitioner and movement artist, have all had a profound impact on his unique approach and teaching philosophy. His primary interest is in trance states and 'altered' states of consciousness and his area of expertise is the sublime, subtle, sacred and sophisticated practice of yoga nidra, the technique of deep relaxation, which he believes to have extraordinary healing potential. According to students, his teaching style is enthusiastic, creative, passionate, supportive and vibrant. He is currently teaching nude yoga classes for men in Albuquerque NM.