Debbie Nargi-Brown (Santa Cruz) relies upon drumming, dancing, singing, and the creation of a safe place to ignite joy, passion, and a sense of community in her workshops. She embraces and embodies the healing and sacredness of the songs and dances. She writes songs for the heart, for healing, for transformation, for love, for grief, all those things that connect us as human beings. Website.

Teya Valentina Chavez, is the Creator of Visionary Leadership Embodied Wisdom Path. She is a Curandera through her maternal ancestry – Peruvian lineage. A Dancing Alchemist trained in Somatic Movement-Modern & Contact Dance, Dunham Dance Technique, Afro-Latin Diaspora, 5 Rhythms,Sound Movement Integration, Uncovering the Voice, and Circle Singing,
She holds Certifications as a MMS Trauma informed Coach, Master Intuitive Trainer, Certified Bodyworker/Yoga & Holistic Aruvedic Health Educator, BA in Speech Communications focusing on gender/nonverbal(somatic) and interpersonal communications. Teya is a founder of  the Lagunitas Waldorf School and is a Certified Waldorf Teacher.Her training in Grief Tending and Ancestry Healing Work allows for deep transformation in a safe container. She created the Performance Art Collective Sol y Luna brings Dance,Spoken word and song  as medicine for the soul.

Sarah MacEwan (she/her), aka The Singing Therapist, is on a mission to heal and be healed through creative self-expression. As a psychotherapist, singer, storyteller and grief-tender, Sarah brings her open heart and emotional expertise to every circle she facilitates. Sing with her in Santa Cruz at her Singing Heals Song Circles, or join her for the healing at www.healingishappening.com.

Denise Martini has been involved in the Healing Arts since 1989. Her passion is the Art of Being Alive and assisting others on their journey towards knowing their wholeness through movement, presence, embodiment, and spiritual practices. Denise is a Certified Hakomi Practitioner, Minister of SomaSense; a
Mindful Body Ministry of AIWP, and group facilitator of ceremonies and workshops. She is dedicated to her own personal and spiritual growth and brings the gift of deep, compassionate presence to everything she does. Website.

A number of times in my life the question “Why do I play music?” has managed to pester me. What has kept me going is recognizing the medicine that making music is FOR ME. Being true to my process has helped me find a voice that is unique.

Hope is a student and teacher of embodiment and the consciousness of movement. She had been studying dance, sports, functional fitness, and awareness of movement for her entire life.  She spent her youth training in a wide variety of dance techniques and flourished in the abstract and improvisational realms of modern dance.  She has training in a wide spectrum of the African Dance Arts and has an intimate knowledge of ritual and ceremonial spaces. She completed her MFA in Dance at Smith College, and has since taught dance at Smith College, Amherst College & the University of Maine.  She studied Bartenieff Fundamentals, Laban Movement Analysis, Pilates and Yoga in depth and is a certified yoga teacher.  The School of Body Mind Centering brought a deeper sensitivity to her embodiment journey.

Brain Judd has been leading sing-alongs around the campfire and with groups for years. Four decades of music have given him a deep reservoir of songs that he can strum, feed the words, and bring people together through song. He sings folk, rock, Americana and pop songs of our present and past that stir memories and good feelings.

Amy is a healer, singer, community builder and co-creator of Soul Village and Song Village. Amy worked many years as both a massage therapist, and a sexual enrichment coach. Nowadays she is focused on honing her homesteading skills, nurturing the landscape, garden, animals and residents of Sunshower Farm, her intentional community.