Teachers


Core Faculty

David Raithby

David Raithby DipC, MEd, RSW has an intuitive and heartfelt style, and values honest and caring relating. He brings a wealth of skill and experience into creating and leading his many personal and professional development programs at The Haven and internationally.…

Digger Dandy

Born into a farming family in rural Missouri in 1946, Desiderius “Digger” Dandy moved west at 17 to seek his fortune. He roamed as a quartz miner and prospector for nine years, before purchasing a stake in the Bodhi Silver…

Linda Nicholls

Linda Nicholls DipC, MTC, PhD has worked closely with founders Ben Wong and Jock McKeen since Haven began.  An adventuresome facilitator, she offers her diverse experience as a guide for personal transformation and strengthening relational skills. She teaches a very…

Jane Geesman

Jane Geesman MFA has well over 30 years’ experience as an actor (onstage and television), director and teacher, and has trained and led programs at The Haven since 1993. In 2001 she and Sarah Lucht developed Act Natural, a vehicle for exploring…

CrisMarie Campbell

CrisMarie Campbell BS, MBA, DipC, Master Certified Martha Beck Coach, Mind-Body Coach, leads Come Alive and Couples Alive with Susan Clarke. Susan and CrisMarie co-founded Thrive! Inc.  CrisMarie is a mind-body, relationship and business coach. Whether you’re struggling with chronic pain or weight issues,…

Guest Faculty

Cynthia Hunt, MD

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Daniel Maté

Daniel Maté is an award-winning musical theatre dramatist, songwriter, and educator. He holds an M.F.A. in Musical Theatre Writing from Tisch/NYU; more recently he was lead instructor for Vancouver’s first ever Musical Theatre Writers’ Workshop and writer-in-residence at Touchstone Theatre. As…

Devin Berry

Devin Berry is a co-founder of Deeper Still, a teen meditation sangha at EBMC and serves as a founding board member of Mindful Peacebuilding. A meditation practitioner since 1999, he is a student of Thich Nhat Hanh as well as…

Dr. Gabor Maté

A renowned speaker, and bestselling author, Dr. Gabor Maté is highly sought after for his expertise on a range of topics, from addiction to mind-body wellness. Rather than offering quick-fix solutions to these complex issues, Dr. Maté weaves together scientific…

Joe "the Wrench" Ryder

Joe has been messing with motorcycles for longer than he can remember. And he’s been meditating for longer than that. He has stories to tell and they are all true – at least according to Joe. He’s been featured on…

Laurie Glover

Laurie Glover, MA, PhD, is a poet, essayist and novelist who has been teaching writing since 1990, at UC Davis since 1997. She has facilitated artist and writer’s retreats and writing workshops for over ten years.

Leonard Mattano, MD

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Michelle Cretella, MD

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Mitch Miyagawa

Mitch believes in the promise of more interdependent relationships and cultures. He is passionate about creating “liberation projects”, and supporting creative, subtle, and long-term expressions of freedom and “undominance” in individuals and communities.  He is known for his inclusive, questioning,…

Pandit Tejomaya

Pandit Tejomaya was called to a spiritual life from early on. He holds a bachelors of arts in Philosophy from the University of Minnesota and a masters of science in Health from the University of Wisconsin. Following in the tradition…

Paul Stamets

Paul Stamets, D.Sc (Hon.), is the founder of Fungi Perfecti and Host Defense Organic Mushrooms, and is been a dedicated mycologist of 40+ years. He has written six books and pioneered countless techniques in the field of edible and functional food…

Bettina Rothe

Bettina Rothe is a facilitator of conscious movement practices and community building. Her passion is to ignite connection with self, to others and to the continuum of all life. Her work is grounded in holistic, somatic-based modalities with a strong…

Faculty Emeritus

Linda Nicholls

Linda Nicholls DipC, MTC, PhD has worked closely with founders Ben Wong and Jock McKeen since Haven began.  An adventuresome facilitator, she offers her diverse experience as a guide for personal transformation and strengthening relational skills. She teaches a very…

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Digger Dandy

Born into a farming family in rural Missouri in 1946, Desiderius “Digger” Dandy moved west at 17 to seek his fortune. He roamed as a quartz miner and prospector for nine years, before purchasing a stake in the Bodhi Silver Mine in Nevada. By the end of the year, the mine had produced 38 tons of silver ore, which was smelted in San Francisco and sold for a profit equivalent to $2.5 Million in today’s currency.

Tired of the easy life that followed fortune, Digger moved to the California coast in 1976 to work in local vineyards. Always an avid outdoorsman, Digger hiked the hills at every opportunity and fell in love with this new land.

Events with Digger Dandy

Forest Bathing
November 14 - 17, 2024

Take a walk in the woods. Whether you call it a fitness trend or a mindfulness practice (or a bit of both), what exactly is forest bathing? The term emerged in Japan in the 1980s as a physiological and psychological…

Goat Yoga
November 18 - 21, 2024

Actually, it’s very therapeutic! It’s hard to believe that we, as both a goat- and yoga-loving society, have not capitalized on this concept sooner. Leave it to Drala Yoga to realize something as glorious as goat yoga. Our goat yoga classes have…

Goat Yoga
December 13 - 15, 2024

Actually, it’s very therapeutic! It’s hard to believe that we, as both a goat- and yoga-loving society, have not capitalized on this concept sooner. Leave it to Drala Yoga to realize something as glorious as goat yoga. Our goat yoga classes have…