You’ve heard it during the airline safety demonstration: “Affix your own oxygen mask before assisting others.”  How can this same advice be applied to your business?

If you are a team leader, chances are you’re increasingly finding yourself navigating the uncharted, unusually stormy waters of today’s ever- changing, ever-uncertain marketplace. Your staff and colleagues look to you for encouragement.  Inspiration.  A sense of security. Your clients and customers look to you for reassurance that your company is still poised to lead them to success. What a daunting task, as you are likely experiencing your own challenges and anxieties!

In this powerful, interactive program, you’ll learn that the best way to instill confidence in others is to first get yourself back on track.  In a series of engaging exercises, you’ll learn simple but profound techniques for relieving your own stress, shifting your own thought processes, and transforming your own behaviors so that you can more successfully lead others.

Audience: Team leaders, business owners, publicists

Format: Half-, full-day, or two-day workshop

Details: PowerPoint, interactive exercises, handouts

To book Shannon for your event, please contact us, or call Dez at 615.598.7730.

What is it about Corporate America that leads otherwise mild-mannered individuals to trash talk the competition? Otherwise honest people to lie to get ahead, or to fudge numbers to cover their backsides? In this timely and extremely thought-provoking session, Shannon draws on both her experiences consulting for some of the world’s leading companies, as well as working and living alongside some of the world’s foremost spiritual leaders, to present a new, spirit-based paradigm for reaching heightened professional success while staying true to your highest ideals. Includes practical tips for ethical problem-solving, how to diffuse negative individuals and situations, how to apologize when necessary, how to conduct yourself when asked by your superior to do something questionable, and much more.

Audience: Graduates, professionals

Format: Half-, full- or two-day workshop

Details: PowerPoint, interactive exercises, handouts

To book Shannon for your event, please contact us, or call Dez at 615.598.7730.

In five short years, Shannon created a culinary empire consisting of an Emmy Award-winning television series, award-winning cookbooks, acclaimed restaurants and culinary schools, product endorsement deals, international press, and much more. She did it all with a $3,000 line of credit, and from the unlikely city of Sheboygan, Wisconsin. How? By using the power of intention. In this transformative session, Shannon will teach you how to quickly and easily turn your dreams into reality, and how to build lasting success on a foundation of mindfulness and determination.

Audience: Established and aspiring business owners, entrepreneurs

Format: Half-, full- or two-day workshop

Details: PowerPoint, interactive exercises, handouts

To book Shannon for your event, please contact us, or call Dez at 615.598.7730.

Today, nearly 70% of all major business deals are sealed over dinner or drinks.  Today’s business leaders must therefore be just as savvy in the dining room as in the boardroom. This informative and entertaining session will give you invaluable pointers on how to conduct yourself in this sometimes-intimidating setting, from the extension of the invite, to paying the check and beyond. Included: how to greet and build rapport with your fellow dinner guests, how to “read” the faces around the table, general table etiquette, and how to navigate complicated menus and place settings.

Audience: Graduates, professionals

Format: 90-minute breakout, half- or full-day workshop

Details: Best conducted over a meal, the menu for which Shannon is happy to provide

To book Shannon for your event, please contact us, or call Dez at 615.598.7730.

Today, busy professionals are increasingly finding themselves wanting more: More time for themselves and their families. More opportunity to discover and explore their life’s passions. More rewarding relationships with themselves and others. And yet still, they tell themselves they’ll work less tomorrow. They’ll improve their backswing next year. There’s still plenty of time to find “the one.” Why? For many, it’s simply a matter of not prioritizing personal fulfillment as highly as they do professional success. For more still, they simply do not know how to find it.

In this inspirational program, you’ll learn how to bridge the gap between your outer achievements and inner yearnings, and gain invaluable techniques for integrating your work and non-work selves. It truly can be done—and by you!

Audience: All professionals

Format: Half-, full- or two-day workshop

Details: PowerPoint, interactive exercises, handouts

To book Shannon for your event, please contact us, or call Dez at 615.598.7730.

Want your own cooking show? A cookbook contract? This intensive two-day workshop will teach you how to pitch a cooking show, find a literary agent, build your platform and brand, conduct live and televised cooking demos, give radio and print interviews, book public appearances, and more. Attendees receive their own demo tape (optional).

Audience: Chefs, Restaurateurs, Publicists

Format: Two- or three-day workshop

Details: PowerPoint, interactive exercises, handouts, require television and DVD player

To book Shannon for your event, please contact us, or call Dez at 615.598.7730.

Great food is only one ingredient in the recipe for success. Today’s savvy chefs know that publishers, television networks, and manufacturers align themselves with well-established brands, as this is what drives sales.

In this enlightening session, attendees will learn a 10-step plan for creating a winning celebrity chef brand. Included: how to create a killer kit, pitch a television cooking show, find a literary agent, secure live and televised cooking demos, give radio and print interviews, book public appearances, sign merchandise and endorsement deals, and much more.

Audience: Chefs, restaurateurs, publicists, marketing professionals

Format: Keynote, 90-minute breakout, half- or full-day workshop, two-day workshop

Details: PowerPoint presentation; private consultations and TV demo real production services available

To book Shannon for your event, please contact us, or call Dez at 615.598.7730.

Today, more and more restaurants are popping up in areas off the foodie-beaten track. In this entertaining and enlightening session, you’ll learn how to turn what could be perceived as a geographical disadvantage into a headline-grabbing, profit-nabbing advantage. You’ll also learn 10 cutting-edge marketing techniques for putting your out-of-the-way establishment on the culinary map.

Audience: Chefs, restaurateurs, publicists, marketing professionals

Format: Keynote, 2-hour presentation, full-day workshop, or two-day workshop

Details: PowerPoint

To book Shannon for your event, please contact us, or call Dez at 615.598.7730.

Whether you’re looking for an advanced class for culinary professionals, an engaging demo for your special event, a hands-on class for your group of food lovers, a unique corporate spouse offering, or a truly unforgettable team-building exercise, Shannon’s culinary programs are as flavorful and information-packed as they are fun and entertaining.

Audience: All adults

Format: 1-hour demo, half-day class, weekend class, weeklong certificate program

Details: Handouts, tasting portions or full meal with wine (optional), cooktop and counter space required, overhead camera or mirror preferred

To book Shannon for your event, please contact us, or call Dez at 615.598.7730.

For centuries, the Balinese have offered up daily prayers for the entire life cycle of food, from the planting of the seed to the harvest, and from the preparation of the ingredients to the finished dish. The Maya have created each celebratory meal with the “holy trinity” of Mayan cuisine—maize, frijoles, and squash—each of which holds deep spiritual significance. The Keralites have focused their culinary energies on meeting the deeply personal physical, mental, and spiritual needs of those for whom they cook.

What does the way in which we in the US raise, purchase, prepare, and eat our foods say about us? What does it say about our concern for environmental sustainability?  How does it speak to the way in which we regard our bodies, our communities, and the universe at large?

In engaging and thought-provoking sessions including group exercises, Eating with Reverence explores the sacred culinary traditions of the past, and how we can call on these teachings to better nourish our bodies, minds, and spirits—as well as our planet–today.

Audience: Culinary professionals, Registered Dietitians, all adults

Format: Two- or three-day intensive

Details: Includes hands on cooking class, recipes, optional follow-up program

To book Shannon for your event, please contact us, or call Dez at 615.598.7730.

It’s no longer enough to know what’s now. Today’s successful chefs and restaurateurs know what’s next. In this information- packed session, attendees will learn the latest and greatest menu, concept, marketing, design, and management trends from North America, Asia, and Europe, as well as how to incorporate these insights into your own business. You’ll learn what’s on its way out, what’s here to stay, and what’s on its way in.

Audience: Chefs, restaurateurs, marketing professionals

Format: Keynote, 2-hour presentation, half-day workshop, full-day workshop

Details: PowerPoint, customizable for Asian or European audiences, customizable for nightclub owners

To book Shannon for your event, please contact us, or call Dez at 615.598.7730.

Competition.  Gossip.  Hurt feelings.  They’re common in our relationships with other women, whether she be our co-worker, our friend or relative, or even just an acquaintance.  But in this thought-provoking keynote address, Shannon asserts that they don’t have to be. Drawing on her experiences living and working alongside women in Central America, Indonesia, India, Scandinavia, and beyond, she will introduce the five key differences between female relationships here and abroad, and how each of us can draw on age-old techniques for truly accepting, respecting, and honoring one another.

Audience: Women’s groups

Format: Keynote, 2-hour presentation, half-day workshop

Details: PowerPoint (optional)

To book Shannon for your event, please contact us, or call Dez at 615.598.7730.

Countless books and eating disorders specialists say that anorexia and bulimia cannot be cured. Shannon Kring Buset is living proof that they can.

After a lifetime of distorted body image, negative self-talk, starvation, bingeing, overeating, and purging, Shannon went on to become a successful restaurateur, culinary school owner, cookbook author, and TV cooking show host who—following years of eating in shame and solitude—ate on national television each week during her cooking show. In this awe-inspiring keynote that addresses a tough topic with wit, grace, and candor, Shannon will share the techniques that allowed her to heal her mind, body, and spirit, and her unhealthy relationship with food and herself.

Audience: Women’s groups, support groups, hospitals, healthcare professionals

Format: Keynote, extended keynote, half-day workshop, full-day workshop, weekend workshop

Details: PowerPoint (optional), interactive exercises for workshop options, handouts

To book Shannon for your event, please contact us, or call Dez at 615.598.7730.

We’ve heard about it on Oprah, in books, and from our yoga-practicing friends. But what exactly is spirituality, and how do you get it? Is it even realistic for a busy mother or career woman to fit it into her life? In this hilarious and inspiring presentation, Shannon Kring Buset demystifies the notion of spirituality and gives simple and practical tips for how any woman can lead a more soulful life.

Audience: Women’s groups

Format: Keynote, 2-hour breakout, half-day workshop

Details: Breakout and workshop options include group exercises, handouts

To book Shannon for your event, please contact us, or call Dez at 615.598.7730.

For every woman who embarks on a soul-searching journey to India, Bali, or other sacred sites around the world, there are countless other women whose lives don’t permit an uninterrupted trip to the bathroom.  The good news: there is wisdom to be found in the most unexpected places, including within yourself.

In this funny, fact-filled program, Shannon Kring Buset presents 10 simple-yet-profound techniques for how any woman can discover the sacred within herself.  “Once a woman is able to do this,” says Shannon, “she will come to see the sacred that exists everywhere in the world.”

Audience: Women’s groups

Format: Keynote, 2-hour breakout, half-day workshop

Details: Breakout and workshop options include group exercises, handouts

To book Shannon for your event, please contact us, or call Dez at 615.598.7730.

When Shannon Kring Buset and her sister, Natalie, began writing their memoir, they were barely speaking. By the end of the process, they were the closest of friends. In this life-changing session, attendees will learn the techniques these very different sisters used to heal their relationship, and practical tips for using them to transform their own relationships with their sisters. Included: how to stop the cycle of shame, blame, and guilt; establishing new ground rules; how to avoid common rebuilding blocks; and how to move past sibling rivalry once and for all.

Audience: Women’s groups, sisters, mothers

Format: Keynote, 2-hour breakout, half-day workshop, full-day workshop, weekend workshop

Details: PowerPoint (optional), interactive exercises for breakout and workshop options, handouts

To book Shannon for your event, please contact us, or call Dez at 615.598.7730.

For nine years, Shannon Kring Buset was dedicated to making all of her Master Chef husband’s dreams come true. Once they’d achieved it all—an Emmy Award-winning TV cooking series, a cookware line and QVC deal, award-winning cookbooks, product endorsements, successful restaurants and culinary schools, and much more—Shannon realized too late that she’d lost something far greater than she’d gained: her husband’s love and her own sense of purpose. Following months of paralyzing depression, she booked a ticket to Honduras, the country whose name translates literally to the depths. She had no way of knowing what awaited her in this strange land, or just how fitting its name would prove to be.

A truly unforgettable keynote told with self-deprecating humor and bald honesty, Up from the Depths recounts the compelling story of Shannon’s experiences living with a Mayan shaman and working alongside Maya Chortí women in a traditional Honduran kitchen. It will leave audiences inspired, energized, and in awe of what can happen when you leave behind the life you’ve known, and find yourself in a most unfamiliar place.

Audience: Women’s groups

Format: Keynote, extended keynote

Details: PowerPoint (optional)

To book Shannon for your event, please contact us, or call Dez at 615.598.7730.

Scandinavia has long been known for its sophisticated, streamlined design. But did you know that this extends beyond furniture, textiles, cutlery, and ceramics to its cuisine? Drawing on the finest local ingredients, Scandinavian cuisine boasts elegant simplicity, precision, and seasonality unparalleled anywhere else in the world. On this 10-day tour, we’ll eat our way through three of the world’s

most beautiful cities, where the landscape is every bit as stunning and varied as what’s on the plate.

Tour includes:

• Nine nights hotel accommodations
• Airfare from Helsinki to Oslo
• Luxury cruise from Stockholm to Helsinki
• Group airport transfers
• 2 cooking classes with top Scandinavian chefs
• 2 culinary excursions: 1 for aquavit and 1 to an artisanal dairy farm (both including lunch)
• Transportation for 2 full-day, self-guided excursions—Stockholm and Helsinki—as well as for a guided tour of Oslo
• Daily breakfast plus other meals

$3,195/person double

For more information about this or any of our other culinary tours, please contact us.

Date TBD by Shannon and interested parties

From the wines of Chianti, Montepulciano, and Brunelo, to the rich culinary delicacies of the countryside, Tuscany has long been known as a gastronomic paradise. Whether it’s your first trip or one of many, this spectacular tour will show you why.

In the spirit of Italy, we allow much of this tour to unfold naturally. You’ll likely find yourself spontaneously gathering with your travel companions for a late night, candlelight snack next to the open hearth. We may make impromptu stops in villages that strike our fancy. We’ll share in preparing breakfast together, using whatever ingredients appeal to us at the markets that morning.

One thing is certain: you’ll return home from Tuscany having been forever changed.

Tour includes:

• 7 nights private lodging accommodations at a stunning 18th-Century mansion
• Group airport transfers
• Italian cooking class with Marcel Biró
• 2 culinary excursions: 1 for wine/olive oil (including lunch) and 1 to an artisanal dairy farm (including lunch)
• Transportation for 2 full-day, self-guided excursions: Florence and Siena, as well as for stops in other medieval villages en route to our culinary excursions
• Daily breakfast plus other meals

$2,895/person double

For more information about this or any of our other culinary tours, please contact us.

Date TBD by Shannon and interested parties

Few images conjure the romance of Europe like the grand kaffeehauses of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and on this delectable tour, we’ll lead you into this world of grandeur.  We’ll bake together in Prague, Budapest, and Vienna, and then visit Hotel Sacher, a centuries-old Hungarian csárda, attend the opera*, tour some of the world’s most famous museums and gardens, and much more.  Don’t forget to bring your sweet tooth!

Please note that our tours are always full of pleasant surprises, as we love to let the tours unfold naturally. Impromptu stops in medieval villages, spontaneous late night games with snacks, and plenty of laughs are just a few reasons why we’ve had the pleasure of traveling with the same friendly faces time and time again.  We very much look forward to indulging our senses—and palates—with you!

Tour includes:

• 7 nights hotel accommodations
• Group airport transfers
• Three cooking classes: Prague, Budapest, and Vienna
• Three culinary excursions: 1 to a Hungarian csárda, 1 to Hotel Sacher, and 1 to Hotel Demel
• Transportation between and within Prague, Budapest, and Vienna
• Cruise on the Danube
• Daily breakfast and other meals

$2,990/person double

For more information about this or any of our other culinary tours, please contact us.

Date TBD by Shannon and interested parties

Greek cuisine is renowned the world over, and for good reason: it’s every bit as delicious as it is heart healthy.  Against the stunning backdrop of Greek’s famed beaches, villages, and cultural sites, we’ll experience Greek cuisine as it was meant to be: under the clear blue skies and with unabashed reverence.

Tour includes:

• 7 nights hotel accommodations
• Group airport transfers
• Aegean island cruise
• Two cooking classes: 1 in Athens, and 1 on an Aegean island
• Three culinary excursions: 1 to winery, 1 to fish, and 1 to a free-range lamb farm
• Transportation between and within the various villages
• Daily breakfast and other meals

$3,200/person double

For more information about Taste of Greece or any of our other culinary tours, please contact us.

Date TBD by Shannon and interested parties

Spain’s Costa Blanca is a gastronomic paradise. Here, plump oranges, lemons, dates, and grapes bask in the 322 days of sunshine per year. Almonds dangle lazily from ancient trees rooted in ground blanketed by sweet blossoms. The world’s best seafood is fished from picturesque coves. Fine wine flows as freely as the local dialect on the warm sea breeze. Life moves just a bit more slowly here, as if to preserve every flavorful moment.

You will too.

Tour includes:

• 7 nights private lodging accommodations at astunning Spanish villa with a pool and breathtaking view of the Mediterranean
• Group airport transfers
• Spanish cooking class
• 2 culinary excursions: 1 to a chocolate museum and 1 to a traditional confectionery shop
• Guided tour of Alicante
• Transportation for 3 full-day, self-guided excursions: Dénia, Calpe, and Alicante
• 2 meals per day

$3,125/person double

For more information about this or any of our other culinary tours, please contact us.

Date TBD by Shannon and interested parties

To the Maya, the preparation of food was steeped in myth and lore—from grinding the cocoa, to washing the corn, to wrapping the tamales.  On this unforgettable tour, we’ll walk in the Maya’s footsteps, visiting their ancient sacred sites, preparing their traditional dishes over an open hearth, participating in ceremony, and much more.

We’ll be joined by a shaman, the inspiring woman who has breathed new life into this ancient world, an acclaimed archaeologist, and others who will share in our journey of enriching the spirit, nourishing the soul, and feeding the mind. Join us, and let the transformation begin.

• 7 nights private lodging accommodations in a century-old hacienda overlooking the ruins

• Group airport transfers and daily transportation
• 2 Mayan cooking classes: tamales and cocoa
• Coffee plantation tour with lunch

• Tour of the Copán ruins with lunch

• Archaeologist’s cocktail reception and dinner

• Bird Park tour with lunch

• Maya Sacred Fire Ceremony at Gaia meditation pavilion
• Daily breakfast plus other meals

$2,450/person double

For more information about this or any of our other culinary tours, please contact us.

Date TBD by Shannon and interested parties

This unforgettable tour, set against a fairy tale-worthy backdrop, dispels the misconception that many Americans have about German cuisine: that it is brown, heavy, and blah.  Germany is actually the birthplace of contemporary organic farming, and today, its agricultural products and the foods derived from them are produced under some of the world’s strictest organic guidelines.  Today’s German cuisine is therefore fresh, flavorful, nutrient-packed, and much like the country itself today: a tribute to tradition, a reflection of the present, and an awe-inspiring glimpse of what’s to come.

Tour includes:

• 7 nights private lodging accommodations
• Group airport and all ground transfers
• 2 cooking classes: 1 for modern German cuisine, and 1 for wine
• 2 culinary excursions: 1 to an artisanal dairy farm, and 1 to a bakery
• Guided tour of Dresden
• Thermal springs visit
• 2 meals per day

$2,850/person double

For more information about this or any of our other culinary tours, please contact us.

Date TBD by Shannon and interested parties

For centuries, women have gathered on Moningwanekaaning Minis, the sacred medicine island better known as Madeline Island, in Wisconsin’s Apostle Islands.  Here on beautiful Lake Superior, they would glean ancient wisdom from the elders, gather medicine, and share the sacred circle of womanhood.  Following in their footsteps, we will gather for a three-day retreat over the Fall Equinox to participate in Native American teachings led by dynamic women including Wasaki Emani Wi, aka Jean Reddemann, an internationally acclaimed seer and spiritual guide.

Retreat includes:

• Lodging accommodations
• 2 sunrise Nia sessions
• Moonlight Spirit Walk
• Medicine Wheel workshop
• 4 breakout sessions
• Pipe ceremony
• Breakfast gathering and gifting
• All meals
• Optional consultations

$850/person

For more information about this or any of our spirituality retreats, please contact us.

April 11 – 16, 2012

Discover self-love, heightened clarity, and an undeniable sense of purpose through this life-changing retreat featuring ancient initiations, rites of passage, and ceremonies with spiritual leaders at sacred sites.  Set against the dramatic backdrop of Copán, we’ll experience Sacred Fire Ceremony with a world-renowned Mayan shaman, participate in Temescal (Mayan steam bath ritual) with indigenous elders, perform the little-known Vidanza spiritual rebirthing ritual, and much more.

Retreat includes:

• Transfers roundtrip between San Pedro Sula International Airport and the hacienda
• 5 nights lodging at a stunning 110-year-old hacienda and eco retreat
• 3 daily meals (excluding dinner on April 14), with dinner on arrival day and breakfast on departure day
• Sunset wine and cheese reception
• Presentation by archaeologist David W. Sedat, PhD
• Special presentation “Teachings of the Red Queen” by Shannon Kring Buset
• Guided tour of Copán ruins
• Maya Sacred Fire Ceremony by AumRak
• Nurturing Your Heart workshop by Shannon Kring Buset
• Hike to La Pintada Maya Chortí village
• Temazcal (Maya steam bath)
• Sunrise movement and meditation by Leah Glatz
• Vidanza (spiritual rebirthing ritual) by AumRak
• All transportation for included events while in Copán
• Taxes throughout
• Gratuities at Hacienda San Lucas for room and board
• Escorted throughout by Shannon Kring Buset

$1,895/person double
$350 single supplement

For more information about this retreat or to register, click here.  For information about our other spirituality retreats, please contact us.

Date TBD by Shannon and interested parties

India is a land of contrasts: of time-honored traditions and major technological advancements. Of rich spiritual significance, and rampant poverty. On this journey of a lifetime, we’ll travel to Kerala and beyond, harkening back to India’s roots as birthplace of yoga, Ayurveda, Buddhism, and Hinduism. Here, we’ll learn new techniques for living in harmony with ourselves, our loved ones, and the world at large.

Retreat includes:

• 7 nights accommodations
• One-hour private consultation with an Ayurvedic physician
• Ayurvedic meals and herbal treatments customized for your dosha
• Houseboat tour of Kerala’s backwaters
• Daily yoga instruction
• Daily meditation
• 90-minute massage
• Hindu candle ceremony
• Temple visits
• Meeting with a Holy Man
• Ground transportation
• Optional wellness therapies

$1,795/person double

For more information about this or any of our spirituality retreats, please contact us.

Date TBD by Shannon and interested parties

In addition to  group experiences—visiting Buddhist and Hindu temples; taking a guided tour of the countryside at the Golden Hour; participating in a Banjar dinner; attending traditional Gamelan music and Balinese dance performances; and a visit with Kitut Liyer, the acclaimed healer and shaman featured in Eat, Pray, Love—this truly awe-inspiring trip also includes afternoon sessions focusing on your creative pursuit of choice: art, cooking, music, or writing.

Retreat includes:

• 7 nights accommodations
• Banjar dinner
• Market visit
• Golden Hour tour
• Gamelan concert
• Traditional Balinese dance performance
• Shaman visit
• 90-minute massage
• Afternoon creative sessions
• Ground transportation
• Daily breakfast plus other meals

$1,895/person double

For more information about this or any of our spirituality retreats, please contact us.

Date TBD by Shannon and interested parties

It has been said that the veil between the worlds—the spirit world and the day-to-day earth plane—is thinnest near the ancient Mayan ruins of Guatemala and Honduras.  In this enlightening tour, participants will travel to Tikal and Yaxhá, Guatemala, where they will learn how to seamlessly blend ancient Mayan wisdom with the demands of modern living.  This “lifting of the veil” includes ancient rites of passage, and will educate and inspire participants to live each day with reverence and grace.

Retreat includes:

• 7 night lodging accommodations
• Guided full-day tour of ruins
• Sunrise gathering and guided meditation with a local spiritual leader
• Sacred Fire Ceremony with a Mayan Shaman
• Guided stargazing excursion
• Side trips to local villages
• Museum entrance
• Ground transportation
• Daily breakfast and other meals

$1,895/person double

For more information about this or any of our spirituality retreats, please contact us.

December 15 – 22, 2012

We invite you to follow in the footsteps of the ancient Maya this December, as we journey to Copán, Honduras, in celebration of the conclusion of 13 Bak’tuns (approximately 5,126 years) and of the Maya Long Count calendar.

Tour Includes:

• All transportation within Honduras, including roundtrip flights between San Pedro Sula and La Ceiba.  (Note: We will specify the times participants must arrive and depart from San Pedro Sula in order to coordinate with the group transportation.  Participants whose flight times vary will incur a surcharge for private transportation.)
• 7 nights accommodations (3 nights at The Lodge at Pico Bonito, 4 nights at Hacienda San Lucas or Marina Copán)
• Taxes throughout
• Gratuities at Hacienda San Lucas for room and board
• 15 meals (7 breakfasts, 3 lunches, 5 dinners), including exclusive multi-course dinner at the home of David W. Sedat, PhD, and final special dinner at Hacienda San Lucas
• Welcome reception at the Lodge at Pico Bonito
• Sunset wine and hors d’oeuvres reception, with marimba band, at the home of David W. Sedat, PhD
• Guided naturalist walk of Pico Bonito
• Choice of: guided hike to Unbelievable Falls,  guided whitewater rafting, guided trip to the Cuero y Salado Coastal Manatee and Wildlife Refuge, or guided snorkeling (surcharge of $50 per person)
• Mud mask treatment at Spa Ixchel
• Traditional Maya Temazcal (a sweat and prayer experience), facilitated by AumRak, a Maya Highlands medicine woman and ceremonialist
• Four workshops led by leading Maya archaeologists, scholars, epigraphers, and archaeoastronomers: Archaeologist David W. Sedat, PhD: The Art of Statecraft: How The Maya Regarded Bak’tun Change; Scholar and author of over a dozen books on Maya cosmology and calendrics John Major Jenkins: Copán and Izapa: Echoes of the Galactic Alignment through the Maya Classic Period; Specialist in Maya hieroglyphic writing and archaeoastronomy Dr. Michael J. Grofe: Deep-Time: Astronomical Symbolism and the Ancient Maya Measurement of the Sidereal Year; Specialist in Maya languages and mythology, Dr. Barbara MacLeod: The Great Return: What the Classic Maya Thought About 2012 and Deep Future Time
• Documentary Film Screening of 2012: The Beginning, with Q&A facilitated by filmmaker/author Shannon Kring Buset
• Sunrise solstice ceremony (meditation, breath work and gentle movement) by Yoga Instructor Leah Glatz
• Exclusive guided tour of Copán ruins by David W. Sedat, PhD
• Traditional Maya Sacred Fire Ceremony , facilitated by AumRak
• Discussion and Q&A by Shannon Kring Buset: Where Do We Go From Here?
• Escorted throughout by Shannon Kring Buset with logistical assistance by Barbara Baggett

Not Included:

• Departure tax
• International airfare* and taxes
• Alcohol and items of a personal nature
• Meals not specified above

*JB Journeys will be happy to arrange for you

Lodging at Hacienda San Lucas
$2,895/person double occupancy
$700 single supplement

Lodging at Marina Copán
$2,595/person double occupancy
$450 single supplement

Space is limited for this once-in-a-lifetime tour.  For more information or to register, click here.  For information about this or our other tours, please contact us.

Shannon Kring Buset recently wrote, directed, and produced her first documentary film, 2012: The Beginning.  The film, which was shot in six countries, investigates what the sacred Maya texts really say about the much-storied date of December 21, 2012.  It was the most-watched program of the 1,000+ at MipDoc 2012, the world’s premier factual programming showcase held in Cannes each spring.  It will air on international television later this year.

Shannon is a founding partner in WildHeart Vision, a Finland-based, fully integrated media company dedicated to preserving and promoting ancient, living, and emerging wisdom.  In addition to its other projects, WildHeart Vision is presently working to amass a comprehensive archive of video wisdom that will be made available free to all.  Shannon’s recent archive interviews include American Indian legend Russell Means and Maya spiritual leader Tata Pedro Cruz García.

The companion book to the former Biró Restaurant and Wine Bar and the Emmy Award-winning PBS reality-cooking series The Kitchens of Biró, with more than 150 recipes, 100 color photos, 250 wine pairings, and dozens of quick tips that yield extraordinary results. Winner of the 2006 IBPA Benjamin Franklin Award for Cookbooks.

At last, Johnsonville fans have a cookbook of their own. Seasoned with humor and packed with cooking tips—and more than a dozen ways to dress up brats on the grill—this book is for grillmeisters and everyone else looking for great new ways to make cooking and eating more fun.

Told in the alternating voices of two very different sisters, Sister Salty, Sister Sweet: A Memoir of Sibling Rivalry is a hilarious, unpredictable, and moving memoir that reveals the unexpected life lessons born of sisterhood.  A Book Sense Notable Title.

The second book from award-winning authors and hosts of the PBS series The Kitchens of Biró, Marcel Biró and Shannon Kring Biró. This book combines the elegant simplicity of Asian fare with the straightforward rusticity of Spanish cuisine, and features 150 easy-to-prepare recipes that blend flavors in unexpected and exhilarating new ways, in soups, salads, tapas, sushi, main course dishes, and desserts. Simple recipes that yield profound flavor are presented with 140 color photographs in this highly anticipated follow-up to the IBPA Benjamin Franklin Award-winning Biró: European-Inspired Cuisine cookbook.

2012: The Beginning
The Ivy House
Nashville, Tennessee
May 21, 2013
Film Screening, Filmmaker Talk/Q&A

Eagle Condor Foundation
Midwest Shamanic Gathering
Eau Claire, Wisconsin
September August 31 – September 2, 2013
Keynote

2012: The Beginning
Viva América Cultural Event
Casa de América, Madrid, Spain
October 10 – 15, 2013
Keynote, Film Screening, Press Event 

Unless otherwise noted, all events are open to the public.

Past Events:

2012: The Beginning
Copán, Honduras
January 10 – 15, 2011
Private Film Shoot

Sacred Journeys Tour
India: Exploring the Spiritual
January 16 – 23, 2011

2012: The Beginning
Seattle, Washington
February 16, 2011
Private Film Shoot

2012: The Beginning
Daytona Beach, Florida
February 19 – 20, 2011
DeLand Noetic Sciences Event/Private Film Shoot

An Evening with Ac Tah, Caminante Maya (The Walking Maya)
Maud Preston Palenske Memorial Library
Saint Joseph, Michigan
March 7, 2011
Lecture and Community Forum

An Evening with Ac Tah, Caminante Maya (The Walking Maya)
Continuum Center/Golden Valley Unity Church
Golden Valley, Minnesota
March 8, 2011
Lecture and Community Forum

Wisdom in Unexpected Places
Infinity Foundation
Highland Park, Illinois
March 10, 2011
Daytime Course

2012: The Beginning
Izapa and Villahermosa, México
March 24 – 31, 2011
Private Film Shoot

Embracing a More Soulful Existence
2011 Empowerment Conference for Native Americans with Disabilities
KwaTaqNuk Resort
Polson, Montana
April 11 – 12, 2011
Keynote Presentation

First the Dharma, then the Dishes: Spirituality for the Modern Woman
Infinity Foundation
Highland Park, Illinois
April 30, 2011
Daytime Course

Commencement Speech
Sheboygan Falls High School
Sheboygan Falls, Wisconsin
June 5, 2011

Eating with Reverence Pre-Conference Tours with JB Journeys
Napa and San Francisco, California
July 6 – 8, 2011
Culinary Tours

Eating with Reverence: Food for the Soul
Institute of Noetic Sciences
Petaluma, California
July 8 – 10, 2011
Conscious Living Workshop
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Eating with Reverence Post-Conference Tours with JB Journeys
Napa and San Francisco, California
July 10 – 12, 2011
Culinary Tours

Soul Food: Eating With the Reverence and Respect of the Ancients
National Wellness Conference
Stevens Point, Wisconsin
July 17, 2011
One-Day Pre-Conference Intensive

Affix Your Own Oxygen Mask First: Navigating Your Team Through Tough Times
National Wellness Conference
Stevens Point, Wisconsin
July 18, 2011
Main Conference Breakout Session

Culinary Tour
Northern Delights: Stockholm, Helsinki, and Oslo
August 1 – 10, 2011

Eating with Reverence: Food for the Soul
Institute of Noetic Sciences
Petaluma, California
August 24, 2011
Conscious Living Teleseminar

2012: The Beginning
Austin, Texas
August 30 – September 2, 2011
Private Film Shoot

2012: The Beginning
Guatemalan Highlands
September 11 – 15, 2011
Private Film Shoot

2012: The Beginning
Sacramento, California
September 29 – 30, 2011
Private Film Shoot

Sacred Journeys Retreat
Tikal and Yaxhá: Lifting the Veil
November 6 – 13, 2011

2012: The Beginning
Noetic Film Experience
EarthRise at Institute of Noetic Sciences
Petaluma, California
March 9 – 11, 2012
Full-Immersion Film Event, Film Screening

Private Film Interview
Durango, Colorado
March 18 – 19, 2012

Sacred Journeys Tour
Copán: Expanding the Heart
April 11 – 16, 2012

2012: The Beginning
Chicago Institute of Noetic Sciences
Chicago, Illinois
April 15, 2012
Private Film Screening, Discussion

Private Event
Cabo San Lucas, México
April 21 – 28, 2012

2012: The Beginning
New England Antiquities Research Association
2012 Spring Meeting
Concord, New Hampshire
April 22, 2012
Keynote, Film Screening with John Major Jenkins 

2012: The Beginning
Maharishi University of Management
Fairfield, Iowa
April 29, 2012
Film Screening, Filmmaker Q&A

2012: The Beginning
Maui Film Festival
Wailea, Hawaii
June 13, 2012
World Premiere Film Screening, Filmmaker Panel 

End Times: Profits or Prophets
Lakeland College
Sheboygan, Wisconsin
June 22, 2012
All-College Class Reunion Lecture

2012: The Beginning 
Lakeland College
Sheboygan, Wisconsin
June 22, 2012
Film Screening and Filmmaker Talk/Q&A

Native American Empowerment Conference 
Billings, Montana
June 27, 2012
Keynote Speech

Native American Empowerment Conference
Polson, Montana
June 29, 2012
Keynote Speech

2012: The Beginning
Sedona Creative Life Center
Sedona, Arizona
July 20, 2012
Film Screening with John Major Jenkins

Press Events
Honduras
July 20 – August 4, 2012

Private Event
Norway and Finland
August 13 – 31, 2012

Eagle Condor Foundation
Midwest Shamanic Gathering
Eau Claire, Wisconsin
September 1 – 3, 2012
Presentation, Film Screening of 2012: The Beginning

2012: The Beginning
California Institute of Integral Studies
San Francisco, California
September 15, 2012
Film Screening, Presentation with Michael J. Grofe, PhD 

2012: The Beginning
Nomad Theatre
Boulder, Colorado
September 28, 2012
Film screening with John Major Jenkins and AumRak, Filmmaker talk/Q&A

2012: The Beginning
The Tech Museum
San Jose, California
September 30, 2012
Film Screening, Panel Discussion

2012: The Beginning
Honduras Premiere
Tegucigalpa, Honduras
October 24, 2012
Film Screening, Press Conference, VIP Event with President Lobo

2012: The Beginning
Spirit Film Festival
Tel Aviv, Israel
October 24 – 27, 2012

2012: The Beginning
San Pedro Sula Premiere
San Pedro Sula, Honduras
October 25, 2012
Film Screening, Red Carpet Event

2012: The Beginning
Honduras Theatrical Run Begins
Honduras
October 26, 2012
Theatrical Run, School Matinées 

2012: The Beginning
Park Theater
Winnipeg, Canada
October 28, 2012
Film Screening, Director Talk/Q&A  

Evolver 2012 Intensive
November 10, 2012
Webinar Interview with Jarrett Cole, participant Q&A/discussion 

2012: The Beginning
The Tech Museum
San Jose, California
December 8, 2012
Screening, Director Talk/Q&A  

The Great Return
Great Mystery Salon
November 15, 2012
Video conference with John Major Jenkins

The Great Return: Copán 2012 Tour
La Ceiba and Copán, Honduras
December 15 -22, 2012

Comité Copan 2012 Screening
Copán, Honduras
December 21, 2012
Screening, Director Talk

Waimea Ocean Film Festival
Waimea and Kohala Coast, Big Island, Hawaii
January 3 – 6, 2013
Screening, Director Talk/Q&A 

Waimea Ocean Film Festival
Four Seasons Resort, Hualalai, Hawaii
January 8 – 11, 2013
Screening, Director Talk/Q&A

2012: The Beginning
Casa de América, Madrid, Spain
April 30, 2013
Keynote, Film Screening, Press Event Presented by Embassy of Honduras

In 2008, Shannon Kring Buset left behind her career as the award-winning author of four nonfiction books; executive producer and co-star of an Emmy-winning PBS reality-cooking series; and owner of acclaimed restaurants, cooking schools, and culinary merchandise brands.  She moved to a remote Maya Ch’or’ti’ village on the Honduras-Guatemala border, bringing with her just one suitcase and three goals for inner achievement: to heal her heart, to reconnect with her spirituality, and to discover her higher purpose. She did just that.

Today, Kring Buset is grateful for having lived and worked alongside indigenous elders, spiritual luminaries, world leaders, and other awe-inspiring individuals in places as diverse as Indonesia, Finland, and India. She is dedicated to inspiring others to embrace a more soulful existence, and to preserving dying, living, and emerging wisdom from all four corners of the world.

Kring Buset is a frequent keynote speaker at events across the globe, and has been featured on CBS, NBC, ABC, PBS, FOX, Lifetime, NPR, and in more than 150 publications worldwide, including The Wall Street Journal, SmartMoney Magazine, and Redbook. She recently wrote, directed, and produced her first documentary film, 2012: The Beginning, which was broadcast on more than a dozen top television networks around the world.  She is a founding partner of the fully integrated media company WildHeart Vision, and is presently completing her first novel.