Eliana Gilad is a spiritual peace activist, an author, internationally recognized composer of healing music, and founder of the Voices of Eden Healing Music and Peace Center in the Galilee, Israel. As an expert in the conscious use of voice and rhythm as natural healing instruments, a practice that goes back to ancient matriarchal times, her unique wordless music has been medically researched in the neonatal ward of Meir Hospital (50/50% Jewish-Arab), where physicians discovered that it lowers blood pressure and heart rate. It also increases focus and quality of sleep. Gilad is a frequent keynote presenter and performer at healing music, medical, and peace conferences throughout the world at events which include the Legends of Non-Violence Conference (2007), where she presented alongside Arun Gandhi (Mahatma Gandhi's grandson), and Yolanda King (Martin Luther King, Jrs daughter). Gilad has given concerts at the United Nations in New York, the UNESCO International Conference in Nazareth, Israel, and the 2003 Thank Water Conference at the shores of the Sea of Galilee, for example, where she presented alongside Dr. Masaru Emoto of What the BLEEP Do We Know?! fame, author of Messages from Water. Eliana, who holds a degree in Near Eastern Studies from UC Berkeley and Eastern Music from Bar Ilan University is dedicated to share her life of peace in the Holy Land. Her goal is to provide people with a transformational experience while allowing them to contribute to the peaceful healing of the region as well as to their own inner healing. She is passionate about helping people to overcome their fear and misconceptions over Israel-Palestine, formed by mass media habituated to sensationalism, politics and segmented sound bytes targeted to the lowest common denominator television ratings. People who come on a Spirit of Peace tour experience a multi-faceted constructive view of the region. She takes people to non-tourist places to meet with everyday masters of living peace from all segments of life. One comes away uplifted, inspired with hope for a brighter future.


Local Tour Guide: Yosi Ya'ari was born and raised in Israel and educated in Canada. Yosi directed the archaeological dig at Gamla, capital of the Jewish Golan from 87 BCE to 68 CE when it was destroyed by the Romans. A multi-faceted man with an impressive multi-faceted background, Yosi's true love is guiding people through Israel, Sinai and Jordan, and providing them with a unique combination of historical archaeological and contemporary perspective on the region and it's peoples.
 

Judean Desert Guide: Seffi HaNegbi is a modern day desert visionary steeped in tradition of the ancient ways of the Judean desert, with its unique archeology, cultural heritage, esoteric nature, and calming influence on those who live in it, and those who visit it. All of these elements have played a part in shaping the people who have lived in the desert, and the cultures that have developed there. "Desert Time", or in Hebrew, "Zman Midbar", is the realization of Seffi's lifelong dream of establishing a dwelling of peace in the Judean desert to preserve the ancient desert cultures and the natural habitat. They offer programs filled with intellectual and emotional content, built upon sacred principles: respect for the desert, the protection of its environment, and the learning from it. Seffi is committed to drawing on the desert's history of trade and cultural relationships, as a way to contribute to the peace process that is now evolving in the Middle East.