Steve Austin is an Aussie larrikin – brash, no bulldust, but with a warm heart and the unique skill to tame the wildest dogs.

When Steve Austin was just 13 he trained his black mutt ‘Sooty’ to entertain crowds outside the pub.

Today Steve Austin is called upon several agencies including: Tasmaninia Quarantine - Australian Government Departments - New Caledonia Quarantine - Australian Army - NSW Corrective Services - Local Government - The LAPD - The Armed Forces - World Wildlife Fund - Cheetah Conservation Fund

Most recently Steve was chosen to head the NSW Emergency Volunteer Canine Fire and Rescue Unit. This unit-the first of its kind in Australia will be deployed to help with recovery efforts during tsunamis, earthquakes, fires and floods.

Despite his typical Aussie larrikin nature or maybe because of it, Steve is often invited to lecture and help at zoos around the world. He’s also a regular at American Law Enforcement Agencies and was asked to train dogs in bomb detection at the Mount Everest Kennel Club in Kathmandu. Steve is a more of a steak and chips kind of guy but he trained the first ever truffle detector dogs.

As far back as I can remember I’ve been able to communicate with animals. When I realized that other people didn’t “do that”… that I was “different”… I blocked out my ability for many years. It was only after barely surviving an explosive car crash that I remembered to speak with animals…and allowed them to help me through an excruciating recovery.

Having the aid of your animals, who know you better than anyone and want so much to help you, can guide you through life’s challenges. Each of us has the ability to talk with animals. Holding conversations with my dog, Makeba and my horse, Magic saved my life, and I wanted to share that gift of communication with other people.

Most people come to me because they see a problem with their pet, like a dog that’s barely eating, or a horse that’s become very anxious. When I suggest that the problem may actually lie with the person, I usually get a surprised reaction. Animals often take on their person’s issues, and may manifest them in self-destructive behaviors.

I worked with a client recently whose dog was having terrible digestive problems, and the vet couldn’t figure out the cause. When I talked with the dog, she said her mouth was burning. She said she wanted her mother to stop drinking the “burning liquid”. My client began crying. She realized her drinking was hurting her dog, and she resolved to get help. Because my client couldn’t telepathically hear her, the dog began demonstrating concrete, visible symptoms.

As an animal communicator, I’ve heard many stories like this. Our animals trust us, and know us deeply. They want to help. I’ve helped hundreds of clients to understand their animals better, and strengthen this wonderful bond.

Jorge Bendersky become a celebrity dog groomer soon after moving to Manhattan from his native Argentina. Trimming and fluffing the four-legged children of some of the New York City’s elite. Today he is one of Manhattan’s sought-after groomers. His clients include top models, notable actors, infamous billionaires and popular recording artists.

Jorge’s talents have been seen on Animal Planet’s reality show, “The Groomer Has It”, as a Judge on TLC’s Extreme Poodles and as the new Grooming expert on Animal Planet’s Dogs 101.

Jorge’s deep commitment to “giving back” has led him to offer his talents to help those dogs who need the most just to survive. Through a series of pet care workshops in NYC’s inner-city neighborhoods and by conducting seminars to help other groomers carry on this mission.

Jorge believes that something as simple as knowing how to properly brush your dog is one of the most important tools on early detection of a big spectrum of dogs potential diseases helping pet owners to enjoy a healthy pet wile saving money on vet bills.

Astronomical vet bills are one of the reasons dogs get surrender to shelter adding to the number of dogs euthanize every year.

Allen Sovory is an established figure in the Los Angeles studio scene, and has toured with Lenny Kravitz and Sheryl Crow. A successful songwriter and performer in his own right with a critically-acclaimed album; his talents have been called upon by Eric Clapton, Disney, and 20th Century Fox. In recent years Sovory has been in a hiatus as Allen embarked on a profound inward journey that led him to a greater understanding of our Universe and the conscious force that connects us to each other. Re-emerging into a largely unexplored realm of creative expression Sovory will be serving KNOWPHEST with a powerful new kind of performance that engages its audience in life-changing meditation.

KNOWPHEST is produced and managed by Next Level Consciousness, LLC, a California-based Event Production and Media Firm that promotes and encourages positive self-expression, sustainable business practice, and a shift in education. It is owned and operated in partnership by Allen Sovory II and Caleb Bartlett. Both are entertainment industry veterans who are working toward positive change in the world.

Dr. Alexander, a renowned academic neurosurgeon, spent 54 years honing his scientific worldview. He thought he knew how the brain and mind worked. A transcendental Near-Death Experience (NDE), in which he was driven to the brink of death and spent a week deep in coma from an inexplicable brain infection, changed all of that — completely!

He was shocked to find the hyper-reality of that spiritual realm, which many had reported in NDEs. He has spent the last two and a half years reconciling his rich spiritual experience with contemporary physics and cosmology. His spiritual experience is totally consistent with the leading edges of scientific understanding today.

Together, science and spirituality will thrive in a symbiosis offering the most profound insight into fundamental Truth, yielding unimaginable power. The keystone is in global progression of individual conscious awakening.

Many in both the scientific and religious (or spiritual) realms must denounce their addiction to prejudiced, closed-minded, dogmatic beliefs, in order to open our awareness to this novel synthesis of understanding Truth.

By probing deeply into our own consciousness, we transcend the limitations of the human brain, and of the physical-material realm.

The spiritual realm is real. Seamless blending of science and spirituality will occur. His book will be available in North America October 23, 2012, and in many other countries (and languages) soon thereafter.

"Try and penetrate with our limited means the secrets of nature and you will find that, behind all the discernible concatenations, there remains something subtle, intangible and inexplicable. Veneration for this force beyond anything that we can comprehend is my religion. To that extent I am, in point of fact, religious." — Albert Einstein (1879 – 1955)

Irma StarSpirit Woman is a Medicine Woman honoring the ways of the curanderas and medicine elders, a shamanic and Reiki Master, Certified Crystal Healer, Toltec Dreamworker, an Ordained Minister in the Order of Melchizedek, Co-Founder of the New York Shamanic Healing Circle, and core member of the NY Shamanic Circle for 15 years. A non for profit organization that focuses on maintaining traditional awareness of shamanic healing traditions and ceremonies. Her exploration of shamanic medicine and healing has brought her in contact with wisdom keepers and teachers from  around the world places like Peru, Brazil, Ecuador, Greenland, Mexico and deeper into North American indigenous studies with Dine, Cherokee and Lakota Elders.
 
StarSpirit Woman uses sound healing, fire readings, crystals, essential oils and works with the "poderios", the elemental forces we need to keep an open channel of communication. Her style is accompanied by prayer work and traditional indigenous ceremonies to heal her community with heart. Irma StarSpirit Woman currently lives in Queens, NY and is in the final stages of developing a Crystal Certification Program.

Grooming Lounge co-founder Michael Gilman

The Grooming Lounge is the country's premiere solutions source for men's grooming. We provide these solutions via our best-in-class web destination, iconic Barbershops & Men's Spa locations (in D.C. and Northern Virginia) and barber-formulated Grooming Lounge products (created and tested in our shops).

Victor Macias is the co-founder of MaleStandard.com and he's on the journey to MAN UP grooming. He lives in Anaheim, CA and is the oldest of three brothers.