Embodied arts retreat

RETREAT DIRECTOR, MULTIDISCIPLINARY PERFORMER, SOMATIC PRACTITIONER, FACILITATOR

Teagan is a Multidisciplinary Performer, Actor, Director, Singer, and Somatic Practitioner with a specialty in movement and vocal empowerment.

She has two decades of experience as a professional performing artist, and just over a decade of experience as a facilitator of transformational experiences for groups and individuals. She is the author and photographer behind The Emotional Body book, a core member and director for the Anima Ritual Theater company, and one of the lead producers of Santa Barbara, CA’s weekly ecstatic dance, Dance Hive.

Click HERE to read Teagan’s full story.

Teagan will be guiding embodied movement and dance, vocal empowerment, ritual theater, visual arts explorations, and transformances. She will also facilitate daily group check-ins, reflection circles, and integration meditations.

CULINARY ARTIST, CHEF, SPOKEN WORD ARTIST

Maya is a West Coast chef who honors heat as a tool of transformation, expressing Afro-Indiginous food traditions through vibrant, plant-forward, culture-crossing dishes.

She is the author of the Plant-Based, High Protein Diet for Beginners and a chef at Communion Restaurant & Bar in Seattle, Washington.

Maya has created immersive, educational dining experiences everywhere from professional kitchens to dusty campgrounds, bringing enthusiasm and a spirit of playful collaboration to each gathering.

In retreat settings, Maya designs menus guided by Ayurvedic eating principles to support optimal digestion, sustained energy, and thoughtful integration of the local food culture into shared feasts.

Maya will be creating daily dining experiences that explore the playful migration of indigenous Irish foods into North American and the Caribbean.

INTERDISCIPLINARY ARTIST, WRITER, FACILITATOR, CLOWN

Monica is an interdisciplinary artist, writer, and facilitator whose work lives at the crossroads of narrative, embodiment, and ethics. Trained in theatre performance, their artistic foundation is rooted in character building and storytelling, cultivating a deep attention to how stories are carried in the body and spoken into being.

Currently pursuing a Master of Science in Narrative Medicine at Columbia University, Monica’s academic work explores how stories function as sites of care, resistance, and meaning-making, particularly within contexts of trauma, illness, disability, LGBTQIA+ lived experience, and social justice.

Monica is a trained clown and devises, performs, and self-directs original work that often explores grief, self-discovery, and surreal or absurdist forms of escape and survival. Monica will be leading a Creative Writing workshop and a Clowning workshop.

PHOTOGRAPHER, FACILITATOR, ACROBAT, AERIAL SILKS ARTIST

Juliette, originally from the French Alps, is a multi-dimensional artist, continuously exploring the edges of her reality to discover new depths of expression.

As a circus artist, her main discipline is aerial silks but she complements her work with fire dancing, acro dance, partner acrobatics and hand balancing.

She loves sharing these practices with others, inviting them to find more freedom and play within their own being and expression.

As a photographer, her artwork is inspired by the places she explores and the fascinating characters she encounters. During her photoshoots, she holds a safe, open and grounded space for oneself to explore their expression and be witnessed. 

Juliette will be the photographer for the retreat, and will be leading a movement workshop and sharing a performance.