Brett Bevell is the author of The Reiki Magic Guide To Self Attunement (Crossing Press 2007), the forthcoming book Reiki for Spiritual Healing (Crossing Press 2009) as well as the poetry books America Needs A Woman President (Monkfish Publishing 2007) and America Needs A Buddhist President (White Cloud Press 2004), a poem that initially aired nationwide on NPR's All Things Considered.. Brett is also winner of the 1995 Paul Laurance Dunbar Poetry prize. Brett is also the author of the book of collected poems Of Thee I Sing.Brett teaches regularly at Omega Institute for Holistic Studies in Rhinebeck, NY and at The Sanctuary in Koh Phangan, Thailand. He has been visiting teacher at Esalen Institute and presented at Alex Grey's Chapel of the Sacred Mirrors (formerly in New York City).