UPCOMING COURSES:
THE POWER OF THE BEAUTIFUL STATE

Elizabeth Scherwenka, originally from San Francisco, and Lea Flocchini, from Sun Valley, Idaho, are ongoing students and advanced trainers of the Oneness Movement, the the revolutionary wisdom, meditation and yoga academy in India founded by Sri Preethaji and Sri Krishnaji. Over the past several years, Lea and Elizabeth have facilitated programs and trainings like this one, in three different countries to 100s of diverse audiences including the corporate world.

At the foundation of their rich lives is a common belief: the only way to create lasting change in the outer world is to make a radical shift in our inner world.

Elizabeth & Lea are honored to bring the revolutionary ONENESS wisdom and processes to Seattle through this brilliant course.

Anne Dean has been involved in the Oneness Movement since 2008.  At that time, she started the Oneness Meditation Group in Woodstock. Throughout the years, Anne has offered Oneness Awakening Workshops in and around Woodstock with her fellow trainers.  As the movement evolved, Anne was asked to be a group leader in the Field of Awakening events given by Sri Preethaji in the US. In 2023, Anne's Oneness Meditation group evolved into a Oneness Center in Woodstock.  She has traveled to India many times to be in the presence of her Gurus and reap the benefits of their profound energy and teachings.  Anne has recently moved to Cumberland, Maine with her dog, Shanti, and has just established a weekly Oneness Meditation group in her community. She looks forward to sharing her wisdom and experience with you.

Contact info: 802 356-2101

Quita Davis has been involved with Oneness since 2019.  She has been active as an Ekam Circle leader, a Oneness Center leader, a Field of Awakening group leader and recently as a Beautiful State Course leader. Quita completed Tapas in 2022 and Maha Tapas in 2024. She has two sons and three grandchildren who live in Wichita, KS. She is a retired administrator from Dartmouth College and lives in rural NH.

Contact info: 603 443-2980

Elizabeth and Jim Flocchini live in Sandpoint, Idaho and are ongoing students and advanced trainers at EKAM, where they met 10 years ago.

Elizabeth has been facilitating transformational workshops for over 20 years. She has worked corporate management; has been a designer in the beauty industry; a teacher of teachers; a successful business owner; and a yoga & meditation teacher. She was instrumental in the creation of Inner Peace Initiative (IPI), bringing mindfulness and meditation into the workplace to create greater focus, higher productivity, and a greater sense of inner peace. She lives in northern Idaho with her husband Jim, where they enjoy the lakes, herb gathering and nature in all its seasons.

Jim is an herbalist, landscape designer/gardener, educator and father, and has a deep connection to plants and nature and a loving concern and care for people. Together, with his wife Elizabeth, they own and run their medicinal herb company "Alchemia" in Sandpoint, Idaho. Jim has been a student of evolving consciousness since he was very young and has been on the Ekam path since 2012. Jim and Elizabeth are passionate and dedicated to being stewards to humanity's evolution in consciousness.

At the foundation of their rich lives is a common belief: the only way to create lasting change in the outer world is to make a radical shift in our inner world.

Erin Miller is an advanced trainer in The Oneness Movement - the revolutionary wisdom, meditation, yoga and transformational academy in India.

Over the past several years, Erin has facilitated programs and trainings like this one for hundreds of people from all walks of life around the US. She is an intuitive and clear teacher, facilitator of growth and transformation. She became a facilitator in 2019 when she had a profound shift in consciousness resulting in a greater silencing of the monkey mind and elimination of unworthiness after many years of unsuccessfully "working on it".

Erin has a deep desire to support each of our journeys into living with joyful serenity, creativity, clarity, freedom and expansiveness. In other words, to nurture a beautiful state of being in each one of us.

When not facilitating, Erin helps people to get organized in life, leads an online meditation group and is a beginner gardener.

Meet Cristina

Cristina was born in El Salvador in 1969. She moved with her family to Miami in 1979 due to the violence being experienced in her country. That sense of being uprooted at an early age, created a deep passion in her for finding a spiritual connection that would provide the stability she had lost externally. From early on, she started exploring the world of meditation, yoga, spirituality, and personal development. Her curiosity and dedication have taken her all over the world. She travelled extensively throughout India and Nepal, as well as partaken in numerous spiritual practices and retreats with renowned teachers.

In 2000 and 2001 respectively she lost both of her parents. This became a pivotal moment in her life for she was thrown into a complex family system dynamic that has lasted over two decades. After her first FOA (Field of Awakening) in Los Angeles in 2022, she signed up to attend Tapas. It changed her to such a degree that she quickly joined the Oneness leadership program OWL (Oneness World Leaders) thereafter. Her formal education has been in the business world, but after her parents passing, she and her siblings undertook the management of numerous investments and businesses, so she understands the importance of having a spiritual vision to lead you through difficult times. She believes that being conscious of your state is what will allow you to navigate the changes that come with a clear mind.

Meet Mercedes

Originally from Germany, Mercedes has called many places home—Brazil, the UK, and the United States (Utah)—before settling with her husband in Puerto Rico five years ago. With a blended family of four children and two beloved dogs, her life has been rich with love, growth, and adventure.

Her passion for personal growth has been a lifelong companion. Mercedes studied Coaching and Counseling techniques in Germany and spent many years immersed in the teachings of the coach Tony Robbins. She holds a Bachelor’s in Psychology and a Master’s in Marriage and Family Therapy, giving her a strong foundation in emotional well-being and relationship dynamics.

November 2021, Mercedes expanded her journey inward by joining the Leadership Program at Oneness/EKAM a spiritual school in India founded by the mystic teachers Sri Preethaji and Sri Krishnaji. She became a certified Oneness Trainer, undergoing intensive training and deep personal transformation. Over several immersive trips, she spent many weeks in India, receiving over 150 hours of direct teachings from the masters themselves.
Today, Mercedes blends her professional training with spiritual insight to help others cultivate a beautiful inner state.

She is honored to regularly serve as a group leader at the Field of Awakening, Ekam’s powerful introductory seminar that opens participants to expanded states of consciousness.
Her mission is simple yet profound: to support others in awakening to a life of purpose, presence, and joy. She believes that just as we envision our external goals, we must also consciously shape our inner world—because true fulfillment begins within.