Caroline Muir is celebrated in the field of Female Wisdom as mother of the modern sacred-feminine movement. Caroline founded the Divine Feminine - Awakened Masculine Institute (DFAMI) in 2004 to create education and experience for women and men regarding conscious sexual healing and wholeness. She co-directs the evolution of the Institute with colleagues Joan Heartfield,Ph.D.and Tomas Heartfield. She combines her talents with this expert team of respected friends with the mission to offer a place and a methodology designed to birth more deeply loving humans. Caroline and the core teachers at the DFAM Institute are in long-term committed partnerships, a desired rarity in the world of Tantra and sacred sex teachers and practitioners.
Caroline's second book, Queen Of Hearts, Memoir Of A Sexual Pioneer, is in the final stages of completion.
Caroline designed the core teaching for the DFAM Institute, The NAH™, a feminine-wisdom approach to sexual healing, based on her work with Charles Muir and the Source School of Tantra Yoga in the area of sexual healing and awakening. For over 20 years her book, Tantra: The Art of Conscious Loving (co-written with Charles Muir), and her seminars taught with Charles Muir have impacted over one hundred thousand readers and twenty-five thousand students, both singles and couples, who appreciate her depth, her integrity and the warmth she brings to this sensitive and ancient subject. Caroline and Charles’s work has been featured in many publications, including The Wall Street Journal, Yoga Journal, PlayGirl and Playboy, Elle, Glamour, and Esquire.
Caroline remains in devoted friendship with her former beloved, husband and friend of thirty years, Charles Muir. Having transcended a married relationship with consciousness, she offers guidance to many who sincerely wish to redefine themselves to each other yet stay connected at the heart after the transition of separation or divorce.
About her work:
- Tantra, The Art of Conscious Loving, a book by Charles and Caroline Muir, has been translated into 9 languages. This seminal book on Tantra has sold over 100,000 copies.
- In the DVD "Secrets of Female Sexual Ecstacy," Caroline was the first to demonstrate on film true loving passion and the release of the female ejaculate (amrita) by showing authentic ways in which loving couples can share their bliss.
- Freeing the Female Orgasm/Awakening the Goddess is a two-CD set explaining in depth how to master the awakening of the female Sacred Spot.
- Healing Workshops: Caroline has for many years offered workshops for women where the ritual of conscious touch joined with love addresses past core wounding surrounding sex, love and body image. In her work, the emergence of the integrated sacred feminine allows the return of nurturing, fulfilling sensual pleasure.
- Public Speaking: Caroline is a popular speaker at women’s conferences and events. To invite Caroline to speak to your group, please contact the Institute.
A Personal Note About Caroline:
Caroline has chosen personal freedom over convention in many areas of her life, resulting in her firsthand knowledge that joy and happiness stem from authentic love relationships with oneself and others. Commitment to positive thinking is the foundation of her physical, emotional and spiritual well-being. She observes that spiritual beings are also deeply passionate and sensual humans. Caroline is devoted to assisting others in renewing and embodying their sexual ecstasy as a vital component of joyful living.
Caroline offers Mentorship to graduates of the DFAM Trainings who continue their study as Spiritual Sexual Educators and Ambassadors of the Feminine.
Joan Heartfield has been teaching Divine Feminine workshops with Caroline since 1994. In the beginning this work was with women only. Since 2004, Joan has focused her energy on developing the training to include men, and is continuing to develop workshops for men and women.
Joan has been involved in the exploration of human consciousness for most of her life. A thirty-five year resident of Maui, Joan has been featured in a Who's Who of American Women.
Joan and her husband Tomas are innovators in the Art of Relationship. They are the creators of Conversations That Matter, Opening to Love Ceremonies, and Romancing the Beloved. They write a weekly Talking Hearts column on relationship issues and their book, Romancing The Beloved, will be released in late 2009.
A counselor and guide for over 25 years, Joan brings a loving heart in combination with a profound wit to the consciousness of her work. Her transmission around relationship inspires and awakens others to what is possible. In addition to her Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology, Joan has an MFA in Dance, Drama and Theatre. She brings an integrated, joyful and radiantly alive presence into her workshops, classes, seminars and private practice. Her teachers include Dr. Stanislav Grof, Drs. Hal and Sidra Stone, Dr. Irv Katz, Jack Kornfield, Joseph Campbell, Angeles Arrien, Swami Muktananda, Swami Sachidananda, John Grey, Charles and Caroline Muir, and Dr. Harville Hendrix. Joan has helped thousands of people find deeper meaning and aliveness in their own search for wholeness in a challenging world.
Tomas Heartfield is a workshop leader, counselor and love coach. He has a thirty-five year background in education, Taoist and Tantric sexuality, men’s work, herbal knowledge, anti-aging, horticulture, massage and the healing arts. He shares cutting edge technology that brings more energy and life force into the creative process.
Since 1996 Tomas has been leading workshops with his beloved wife Joan that help men and women connect on levels that provide deeply rewarding relationships. In their workshops (see Joan’s bio), Tomas and Joan show participants how to access a quality of energy that takes the struggle out of relationships. They help couples and singles enhance their ability to create and maintain high level relationships.
Unique in their approach, Tomas and Joan bring fresh insight into what creates a beloved relationship. A leader in the men’s movement, Tomas helps men connect with their true power. Tomas's previous teachers and mentors included Daniel Odier, Robert Frey, Michael Harner, John Gray, Joanna Macy, Barbara Marx Hubbard, Robert Bly, Swami Satchidananda, Vishnu Devananda, & Rev. Noel Street.
Tim Freke has an honours degree in philosophy and is an internationally respected authority on world mysticism, specializing in Gnosticism. He is the author of more than twenty books, including international bestseller The Jesus Mysteries, which was “Book of the Year” in the prestigious UK Daily Telegraph. His other books include Jesus and the Lost Goddess, which was cited by Dan Brown as an inspiration for The Da Vinci Code, and the “modern spiritual classic” Lucid Living: a book you can read in an hour that will turn your world upside down. His latest book The Laughing Jesus (published in the UK April 28th) has already been critically heralded by Larry Dossey as “one of the most important books that has emerged in this infant millennium.”
Tim is a charismatic communicator whose books, CDs, DVDs, seminars and “Stand-up Philosophy” shows have inspired many thousands of people throughout the world. For more information about his work, dates of forthcoming live presentations, and details about inviting Tim to speak at your venue, see his multi-media website.
Daniel Giamario is a nationally known and published astrologer with 36 years experience. He teaches a unique synthesis of the psychological, mythological and spiritual to support your discovery of your life's purpose. Daniel is the director of the Shamanic Astrology Mystery School and founder of the Harbingers of the Turning of the Ages.
Shamanic Astrology is an evolving system developed by Daniel Giamario. It is ceremonial and participatory, and operates from a mythic perspective. Authentic shamanic ceremonials are the mythic re-enactment of cosmological phenomena. Over time, the cultural ceremonies and mythic stories created by the various civilizations are draped onto the actual physically observed cycles of the planets and patterns of the constellations. The practitioner of Shamanic Astrology actively participates ceremonially with as many cosmological cycles as possible, which rejuvenates and reanimates the ability to source and co-create with the emerging mythos of a new epoch. Shamanic Astrology links to modern psychology through the use of archetypes. An ancient shamanism using gods, goddesses, spirits and animal essences, can now be expressed through a comprehensive, cross cultural, full spectrum approach to archetypes, inspired by astrologers like Rudhyar, and archetypal psychologists from Jung to Ponce, Perera, and Bolen. The practitioner of Shamanic Astrology is trained with the thorough and comprehensive non-hierarchical view of archetypal possibilities.
Kutira and Raphael founded the Kahua Hawaiian Institute located in Maui, Hawaii in 1985. They are senior Tantra teachers, musicians and masters of ritual. They are married and have supported each other for 20 years.
With her many years of experience, Kutira is known as a heart centered compassionate counselor and therapist, meditation and Tantra teacher. Her popular spiritual retreats in Maui, Bali, and Bhutan empower and celebrate the divine feminine in everyone. As a nurturer of the earth, she calls herself an "Environmental Spiritual Activist".
Raphael is a brilliant and much sought after visionary musician who performs with a deep attitude of service and has sold over a million albums. His latest musical albums include a CD with his wife, Kutira, entitled The Eternal Feminine, and Never Give Up (from the Tibetan tradition) with their adopted Tibetan son, Tenzin.
They just complete The Sacred Feminine Voices of Bhutan, Prayers and Chanting by the Nuns of Bhutan. This CD will support the education and living conditions of the nuns.
Saida Desilets is a passionate and innovative Universal Tao instructor and founder of “Jade Goddess,” a program dedicated to the education and empowerment of sexual energy.
Saida has been in the business of Holistic Health since 1994, and has created many successful retreats, seminars and workshops for self-evolution combining her movement experience, bodywork and energy training with her sensuality and passion for expression. She has written and published several articles, and has been interviewed extensively on the subject of conscious sexuality/sensuality. Her programs are designed both to create a solid foundation to center and cleanse the body, as well as to enable the practitioner to access & cultivate the potent sexual chi consciously. She is known internationally for her unique expertise in the field of Qi Gong and sexuality and has yearly seminars in Europe, USA, and Canada.
Saida Désilets, has a Ph.D. in Transpersonal Psychology. She currently lives in Maui, Hawaii. She has written a book called Emergence of the Sensual Woman. She produced a DVD called Tao of Ener’chi and a CD called Jade Egg practices. She enjoys an active lifestyle and loves to read, write poetry, dance, and is a dedicated follower of Qi Gong and meditation practices.