Meet our diverse collective of artists, therapists, and educators, alongside our dedicated team, fellows, and advisory board. Each member contributes a unique blend of expertise and passion for creativity, healing, and transformation, bringing our vision and values to life. Together, we craft experiences that inspire growth, deepen connections, and harness the power of art to drive meaningful change.
Swan Frayne-Dao, PhD, is an experience designer, psychotherapist, and peace activist. They worked as a lecturer and supervisor at the University of Cambridge, where they wrote their thesis...
Dr Swan Frayne-Dao
Founder & Director
France & Vietnam
Jessica Bockler, PhD, is a psychologist and theatre practitionner, as well as the co-founder of the Alef Trust, an organization working in transpersonal and integrative education...
Dr Jessica Bockler
Faculty & Advisor
England & Germany
Revd Jean-Yves Leloup, PhD, is a theologian, psychologist, Orthodox priest, and writer. He is the author of over 90 books and has translated and commented on numerous Christian texts...
Prof. Jean-Yves Leloup
Fellow & Advisor
France
Jorge Ferrer, PhD, is a clinical psychologist, author, and educator. He was a professor for more than 20 years at California Institute of Integral Studies.
Prof. Jorge N. Ferrer
Faculty & Advisor
Spain & USA
Caroline Obolensky, PhD, is an entrepreneur, truffle cultivator, and researcher. As a social innovation enthusiast, she wrote her thesis on social entrepreneurship and responsible ownership at...
Dr Caroline Obolensky
Researcher & Advisor
Switzerland
Patrick Curry is a Canadian-born writer and scholar who has lived for many years in London. He holds a BA in psychology from U.C. Santa Cruz, an M.Sc. in Logic from the LSE, and a PhD in...
Dr Patrick Curry
Fellow
Canada & England
Angela Voss, PhD SFHEA, is an author, musician, and co-founder of the Centre for Myth,Cosmology and the Sacred. Angela led a career as a musician in London before becoming an academic...
Dr Angela Voss
Fellow & Advisor
England
Tom Cheetham, PhD, is a philosopher, biologist,and poet exploring creative imagination in human life and culture. Tom was professor of environmental studies and ecology for over 20 years...
Dr Tom Cheetham
Fellow
USA
Andrea Saito is an artist, art therapist, and researcher. She holds MAs in Cultural Management (International University of Catalonia) and in Artistic and Creative Therapies (ISEP, Barcelona)...
Andrea Saito
Project Manager
Peru & Japan
Benjamin Korta is a somatic therapist/educator, bodyworker, musician, and researcher. Benjamin received an MTS in Religion, Dance, and Performance from Harvard University...
Benjamin Korta
Advisor & Researcher
USA
Małgorzata Goliszewska is a PhD candidate at the Worclaw Academy of Art and a research assistant of Prof. Aleksandra Janik. She holds a BA in Fine Arts from Cluj-Napoca University...
Małgorzata Goliszewska
Project Manager & Researcher
Poland
Jade is a vibrant community manager and advocate for IDA, where her extensive experience and enthusiasm foster a thriving and inclusive environment. Jade holds a degree in Communications...
Jade Walker
Community Manager
South Africa
Mirror Tantra
David Dubois, PhD, is a comparative philosopher, author, and Sanskrit scholar. David is one of the leading scholars on Kashmir Shaivism, a branch of classical tantra. He has translated...
Prof. David Dubois
Philosopher & Sanskrit Scholar
France
Eliana Perinat is a visual artist and certified art therapist with a PhD from Universidad Miguel Hernández and a Master’s in Art Therapy from Hephaisto School...
Dr Eliana Perinat
Visual Artist & Art Therapist
Spain
Ialoni - Megrellian songs
Nino Naneishvili holds a Bachelor of Arts in Piano and a Master of Sacred Music from Tbilisi State Conservatory. Nino is a lecturer at the University of Church Chant and at Rose Bruford College...
Nino Naneishvili
Singer, Choir Director, & Ethnomusicologist
Georgia
Ewa Zurakowska, PhD, is a cultural anthropologist, performer, singer, and theatre director. Ewa attended the Gardzienice Centre for Theatre Practices and graduated from the University of Warsaw...
Dr Ewa Żurakowska
Anthropologist, Performer, & Director
Poland & Czech Republic
Vocal Expedition
Vocal artist and transpersonal therapist coming from a long journey through the universe of voice and movement.
Riki Parenti
Vocal Artist & Music Therapist
Italy
Authentic Voice
Olga Lidia Kozłowska is a licensed psychologist, singer, and voice coach. She is certified in Core Energetics Body Psychotherapist, Process training (A&A Mindell), and holds an MA in education...
Olga Lidia Kozłowska
Psychologist, Singer, & Voice Coach
Poland
Art Temple
Marta Carvalho is a visual artist and a creative healer. She has been creating sacred spaces of transformative and healing arts since 2012. Marta holds degrees in Graphic Design and Visual Arts...
Marta Carvalho
Visual Artist & Art Therapist
Portugal
Transcendental Embodiment
Tiffany McSwaker is a dance artist, performance maker, and holistic healer from France. Her approach to movement and dance integrates body-mind interconnection, emotional consciousness...
Tiffany McSwaker
Dancer & Performance Artist
France
Aaron Finbloom, PhD, is a philosopher, performance artist, and pedagogue, as well as the founder and director of The Deep Play Institute and co-founder of The School of Making Thinking...
Dr Aaron Finbloom
Philosopher & Performer
USA
Kamil Remes is a musician, conductor, and researcher. Kamil studied guitar at the Conservatory of Pardubice, musicology at MUNI Brno, as well as Persian traditional music and Tar with Ashkan Rahbar...
Kamil Remeš
Musician & Ethnomusicologist
Czech Republic
Ink in Motion
Annalisa is an Italian Contemporary Artist based in Ibiza known for her oriental style of working. Painting, Performing and facilitating collecting Leaving Art experiences for groups or individuals...
Annalisa Rinldi
Painter & Performer
Italy
Kythe Maryam Heller is a poet, essayist, interdisciplinary artist, and scholar completing a doctorate at Harvard University in Comparative Religion with a secondary field in Arts, Film...
Dr Kythe Maryam Heller
Poet & Religious Scholar
USA
Vocal Training
Linda Wise is an actor, director, and voice coach. Linda grew up in Kenya and trained as an actress in Scotland at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama. Linda worked the Roy Hart...
Linda Wise
Actor, Director, & Voice Coach
England
Brendan Graham Dempsey is a writer, poet, and farmer, as well as the founder and director of Sky Meadow Institute, an organization dedicated to emergent ways of thinking about meaning-making...
Brendan Graham Dempsey
Author & Theologian
USA
Choreographic Theatre
Enrique Pardo is a theatre director, performer, writer,and visual artist. Born in Peru in 1946, he went to school in France, studied painting at the Chelsea School of Art, and taught Fine Arts at...
Enrique Pardo
Theatre Director & Performer
Peru & France
Nataraaj (Noé Peyre) is a philosopher, painter, and musician. Nataraaj studied Ancient Greek and Indian Philosophy with a focus on Neoplatonism and Advaita Vedanta at the École Normale Supérieure...
Nataraaj
Philosopher & Musician
France
Visual Storytelling
Joanna Hruby is a visual artist, performance maker, writer and cultural activist based on Ibiza, Spain. The is the founder of the company Theatre of the Ancients, with the aim of harnessing...
Joanna Hruby
Visual Artist & Performance Maker
England
Dancing Emotion
Andrea Saito is an artist, art therapist, and researcher. She holds MAs in Cultural Management (International University of Catalonia) and in Artistic and Creative Therapies...
Andrea Saito
Multidisciplinary Artist & Art Therapist
Peru & Japan
Embodying Polyphony
Holly Taylor-Zuntz is a singer and choir director. Her mission is to bring the folk music of Georgia to a global audience.
Holly Taylor-Zuntz
Singer & Choir Director
England
Mezu Ofoegbu is a Nigerian-American artist born in Los Angeles, California. Their work bridges sociology and art, informed by his graduate studies at St. John’s University. As a socially-engaged...
Mézu Ofoegbu
Socially-Engaged Artist
USA & Nigeria
Embodied Spirituality
Jorge Ferrer, PhD, is a clinical psychologist, author, and educator. He was a professor for more than 20 years at California Institute of Integral Studies.
Prof. Jorge Ferrer
Psychologist, Educator, & Author
Spain & USA
Embodied Dream Voices
Kara Leva is a singer and pianist as well as a certified Kundalini Yoga teacher. She holds an MA in Transdisciplinary Studies at the Zurich school of Arts. She works on intercultural and...
Kara Leva
Singer & Pianist
Germany
Your Hands Breathing
Rafael Duarte-Uriza is a researcher and transdisciplinary artist. He empowers people to comprehend that we part of parcel of the interdependent web of nature. Rafael studied Fine Arts at the...
Rafael Duarte-Uriza
Visual Artist & Geobiologist
Colombia
Daniela García Castro is an actor, playwright, and voice coach. She holds a BA in acting from the University of Chile in Santiago and an MA in Theatre Studies from the Sorbonne University in Paris...
Daniela García Castro
Actor, Playwright, & Voice Coach
Chile
Presence embodied I
Stephanie builds a safe space for expansion, leading with empathy and listening. Each time she comes to the cushion with her students it is together with equality and equanimity, truth and trust.
Stephanie Canavesio
Contemplative Psychotherapist
USA
Transpersonal Dance Therapy
Maria is a transpersonal psychotherapist and creator of Transpersonal Dance Therapy. She studied under various teachers from Buddhism and Kashmir Shaivism. She works as a therapist and...
Maria R. Sideri
Psychologist & Movement Therapist
Greece
Co creating Spiritual Reality throught Performance Art
Karina is an artist and psychotherapist. Her own transformation, insights, and ideas have always found their way into matter through her artworks, be it painting or sculpting. In recent years...
Karina Bertolotto
Psychologist & Art Therapist
Uruguay
Svan Songs
The Chamgeliani Sisters – Ana, Eka, and Madona – a rea trio coming from a long lineage of singers from the isolated and mountainous province of Svaneti. Keeping their oral tradition alive...
The Chamgeliani Sisters
Singers & Ethnomusicologists
Georgia
Imaginal Activism
Jessica Bockler, PhD, is a psychologist and theatre practitionner, as well as the co-founder of the Alef Trust, an organization working in transpersonal and integrative education...
Dr Jessica Bockler
Psychologist & Theatre Practitionner
England & Germany
Lineages of Joy
Adriana Medina is a clown artist. She is co-founder and co-director of the clown company Yo SoY Semilla as well as the founder and artistic director of the interdisciplinary clown project Bee...
Adriana Medina
Clown Artist
Mexico
Violin Journey
Benedetta Fabbri is a classical violinist, holistic sound practitioner, teacher, and translator. Benedetta holds a master’s degree in Violin and Music Performance from the Giuseppe Verdi...
Benedetta Fabbri
Violinist
Italy
Shreya Radhika Lakhani is a Sanskritist, mantra singer, and social impact consultant. Shreya has studied Sanskrit and been immersed in Vedic traditions since the age of six...
Shreya Radhika Lakhani
Sanskritist, Singer, & Social Impact Consultant
England & India