Aruna - A Rite of Passage

Pia a visionary dedicated to creating a more connected future through ceremonial and embodied awakening experiences. As a modern medicine woman, she facilitates safe spaces, drawing from her embodied experiences and her expertise as yoga and somatic movement teacher, her extensive study of non-dual philosophy and ancient shamanic healing rituals. Pia transforms ancient practices and traditions into contemporary language, bridging the gap to provide deeply transformative and nurturing transcultural experiences.

She is the founder of Our Future Is Ancient and an advocate for the mindful use of enthogenic medicines and reciprocal living with our Mother Earth. As a Vision Quester under the guidance of her teachers in Ecuador she received the sacred Chanupa (pipe) and is deeply devoted to carrying her prayer and the altars passed on to her with utmost reverence.

After a decade of intensive learning and studying with Indigenous teachers, training in Compassionate Inquiry by Dr. Gabor Maté, over 500 hrs Yoga Teacher training, becoming Usui Ryoho Reiki Master, and a Certified Transformational Life-Coach, she mentors individuals on their unique healing path, reconnecting them with their unique essence and purpose.

One of her core missions is to normalize spirituality and contribute to a more human, more authentic way of living in community on this planet.

Gabriel is an anthropologist, musician and therapist who for more than fifteen years has specialized in the study of the indigenous cultures of the Americas. He has worked with the ancestral medicines of multiple ethnic groups from the Amazon and the North American deserts, and has built his path in social activism in favor of the regulation of entheogenic substances and the protection of indigenous knowledge.

He is also the founder of the Psychedelic Society of Berlin, and one of the initiators of the Occulture conference, one of the largest occult and magic conferences in the world. His commitment to the path of medicines has led him to facilitate ceremonies and rituals around the world for over ten years.

Along the way he has learned to use the power of temazcal and ancestral medicines to accompany healing ceremonies with the right intention and reach the highest potential for transformation. Therefore, Gabriel will work especially with the medicines of care and guidance, such as the sacred fire, the mapacho, the rhapé and the symbols of protection.

Katinka is a Transformational Life Coach, Wellbeing Practitioner, Reiki & Sound Healer.

Being committed to spiritual growth from a young age, Katinka has immersed herself in many traditions, rituals, eastern, indigenous and shamanic practices to expand her consciousness. From this place of constant growth and change, she implements her learnings and trainings in Transformational Life Coaching, Shamanism and wellbeing work in the service of others. This is what lies at the core of her work — discovering the richness of life and then paying it forward, hence honouring her feminine essence and encouraging other women to do the same.

Katinka's passion is to guide women in finding the resources and tools they need to effectively swap out the unwanted patterns, habits and stories in their life with what they've always wished for, through working deeply with the body and unconscious.

Her joy comes in empowering others to step into the path of love, consciousness and wisdom while she offers her listening ear and intuition

Jane is facilitator of trauma-informed Yoga, movement, breath, voice and sound journeys. She is also a trained as an active listener, a certified birth doula, Akashic Reader and Coach, with a background in Childhood Psychology and Education.

Having been brought up alongside alternative medicines such as TCM and acupuncture from a very young age, it is natural that Jane's path on Earth continues to evolve in this direction. As a student of meditation, herbalism and Buddhism, her intention is to embody the core values of compassion, gratitude and kindness to her day-to-day living to all Beings, as a lifestyle.

Her holistic practice is rooted in the belief that it is through the synergetic movement of physical, emotional and energetic bodies that one can find liberation from the heart, not only for themselves but also the collective consciousness.

Jane is here to support you in your journey - holding space for you, as you find safety and joy in exploring your way back into your heart's inner knowing, as you express yourself in the most authentic ways known to you.