Day Schildkret is an award-winning queer author, artist, ritualist, teacher and is internationally known for Morning Altars, which BuzzFeed calls, “a celebration of nature and life.” With nearly 100k followers on social media, Day has worked for close to two decades with thousands of individuals, communities and organizations to help heal the culture through a meaningful and creative response to marking personal and collective change. Day is the author of Hello, Goodbye: 75 Rituals for Times of Loss, Celebration and Change (Simon Element/Simon & Schuster) which hit Amazon’s #1 book in three categories, as well as, Morning Altars: A 7-Step Practice to Nourish Your Spirit through Nature, Art and Ritual (The Countryman Press/W.W. Norton). He is also the founder and principal instructor of the Morning Altars Practitioner & Teacher Training. More about Day at morningaltars.com and dayschildkret.com and @morningaltars on Instagram / Facebook.

Robyn McClendon is an Artist, Healer, and Artaeomythologist. Telling stories and helping others to heal are at the core of who she is and what she is called to do; this calling embraces all that she is inspired to share with the world. ArtMythos is part of several of her projects and narratives. As a mixed media artist, Robyn tells stories and encourages others to do the same through visual expression. As a Healer and Reiki Master, she helps others shed old stories and supports them in replacing those narratives with ones that are empowering and self-directed, free from the burdens of cultural mores and family histories.As an Artaeomythologist, Robyn leads retreats and workshops that combine the visual arts, idea generation, and book arts to help participants find their voice and their story, enabling them to move forward and cultivate a more authentic artistic experience.Robyn has dedicated most of her life to seeking and sharing answers to life’s most mystical questions: Who are we? Where are we? Why are we here? In her quest for understanding, she has studied and worked as an Artaeomythologist for the past 30 years, teaching at the Smithsonian Institutions and the Corcoran Galleries. She has combined her archaeological adventures and knowledge of historical symbols and icons to formulate theoretical research in the areas of human consciousness.Her field research and museum experience have deepened her spiritual insights, expanding her perception and innerstanding. Robyn’s latest line of research brings together her three passions—field research, art, and spirituality—with a particular focus on shapes, sounds, and symbols and their effect on human consciousness.

Emma Freeman loves to create contemplative art using old textiles, slow stitching, paint, collage, found nature, and poetry. She uses art-making as a mindfulness and healing practice for herself and has found it incredibly helpful for cultivating joy, processing emotions, working through difficult life experiences, and finding positive outlets for her deep sensitivity. Emma loves teaching what she learns through classes and retreats, both online and in person. Connecting with people through creativity, authenticity, and kindness brings her immense happiness. She is a Highly Sensitive Person, sober, Buddhist, and lives in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin.

Laura Inserra is a globally recognized sound alchemist and “technician of the sacred,” creating immersive experiences that blend global music, field recordings, and cutting-edge technology. Born and raised on volcanic Sicily, she has explored the invisible world of sound since childhood, weaving music with nature observation, wisdom traditions, and Western science. A self-taught and classically trained multi-instrumentalist and educator, she is renowned for her Hang music (a type of handpan instrument) and her collection of rare ancient and modern instruments. She developed MetaMusic Healing, integrating sound healing, ancient practices, and modern psychology. Featured in the book Your Brain on Art, her work has also supported Johns Hopkins research. Through Chambers of AWE, she created Qualia, a music-driven planetarium experience weaving art, science, and ancient wisdom.

Brooke McNamara, MFA, is an award-winning poet, author, and transmitted Zen teacher and lineage holder. She has published two books of poems: Bury the Seed and Feed Your Vow, and is working on a forthcoming book of teachings, stories and poems due out with Shambhala Publications in 2027. She loves to write poems from 3 main ingredients: the raw material of everyday life, wholehearted and visceral listening, and the mind of meditation. Brooke has taught at Naropa University in Yoga Studies and CU Boulder in Dance. She teaches in-person and online courses and retreats to facilitate the awakening of innate wisdom, compassion, artistry, and play. She lives with her husband and two sons in Boulder, CO.

First and foremost an educator, Clarissa’s passion is introducing beginner artists to the truly accessible art of geometry. She delights in sharing her ideas, materials, and techniques with others, and her background in mathematics teaching enables her to demonstrate and explain difficult concepts simply and clearly. In her own artmaking she enjoys exploring the interplay between the precision of human-made geometry and the more organic and chaotic geometries and symmetries found in nature. She often includes paper stitching in her work, where it complements and enhances the geometry of her mixed media pieces.

Megan Saunders’ love for drawing began as a teenager growing up in Vermont, where she hiked into the forest daily to meditate and sketch. Meg’s formative years led her to study scientific illustration and earn degrees from Evergreen State College and the University of Toronto. She has had her work published in numerous peer-reviewed journals and exhibited across the country. Meg has been a Soto Zen practitioner for over 20 years and is a certified meditation teacher with Suffering & Delight, a program that helps those with chronic pain and illness. She is passionate about helping people develop their technical skills while also exploring their unique artistic voice as an art mentor.

Tina Ma Tejo Anand is a holistic counselor specializing in inner mastery, emotional independence, and conscious living. With over 15 years of experience in ancient yoga science and human psychology, she supports women in cultivating clarity, balance, and inner stability.

Nadia Colburn is the author of the poetry books "I Say the Sky" and "The High Shelf," and her poetry and prose have appeared in more than 80 publications, including The New Yorker, American Poetry Review, The Kenyon Review, Spirituality & Health, Lion's Roar, and The Yale Review. She holds a Ph.D. in English from Columbia University, is a yoga teacher and serious student of Thich Nhat Hanh and is the founder of the Nadia Colburn Online Writing School, which brings traditional literary and creative writing studies together with mindfulness, embodied practices, and social and environmental engagement. She lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts, with her husband and two children. Find her at nadiacolburn.com, where she offers meditations and free resources for writers.

Ever feel blocked, stressed, or unsure where to begin with art? Cynthia Hauk is a mindful art teacher, artist, and founder of Mindful Creative Muse. She helps people move through creative blocks and self-doubt, ease stress, and reconnect with creativity through simple art and mindfulness practices you can do in as little as five minutes. She also supports artists, teachers, and therapists in learning how to share mindful art and meditation through her internationally accredited teacher training.

Using her signature P.A.C.T. System, Deborah Hurwitz helps ambitious professionals to break through the paralysis of perfectionism and procrastination so they can complete the projects and goals that matter most to them. Deborah is a composer, conductor and recording artist whose internationally acclaimed projects include Cirque du Soleil, Cyndi Lauper and the Broadway smash hit Jersey Boys. She has written, arranged and produced music for television shows ranging from Sesame Street to CNN Tonight, she released two independent CDs as singer/songwriter Deborah Marlowe, and she's performed on The Tonight Show, The Tony Awards and twice at the White House. As both a career artist and the CEO of COBALT Coaching, Deborah has mastered the art of “rewiring” entrenched patterns, eliminating doubts and distractions to achieve remarkable industry successes, while honoring her creative self-expression and personal integrity. She now helps a robust online tribe to do the same through her online shows and suite of coaching programs and courses. Deborah is also an award-winning speaker and co-author of the Amazon #1 Bestseller, “She Made It Happen: 22 Inspiring Stories From Female Entrepreneurs Around the World.”

Rachel Blackman is a holder of vibrant spaces. She guides people towards what brings them alive and into connection, though an interweave of coaching, somatics, creative practices & ritual arts. She is a Feldenkrais practitioner, a trainer of coaches and founder of Integrative Somatic Feedback (ISF) where she trains coaches and space holders to work with ritual arts rooted in nervous system care. She is a theatre maker and has created five full length, award-winning plays and is currently writing her first novel. Rachel lives in Brighton UK with her husband and bonus son, beside the Big Wild Mama Sea.

Gwyneth Flack is the author of Limitless: Transform Your Life With Intuition and Creativity, a 2025 Top Ten Inspiring Books pick in Aspire Magazine. She is a transformational teacher passionate about helping people tap into their intuition, amplify their creativity, align with clear decision-making, heal their lives, and cultivate deeper, more fulfilling relationships. Since 2007 Gwyneth has empowered thousands through private sessions, online courses and retreats, offering beginner to advanced intuitive development tools to help people thrive and become more grounded in today's fast-paced world. With a unique ability to bridge the gap between intuition and everyday life, Gwyneth specializes in guiding others to uncover their innate gifts, reduce self-critical thinking, and foster a life of harmony and purpose. Gwyneth's love for spiritual exploration, creativity, and heartfelt connection inspires her mission to help others embrace their limitless potential.

Based in Scotland, Julie Gibbons is a symbolic artist, educator, and guide who teaches mandala-based creative practice in times of personal and collective change. Through her work, she invites women to use symbols as a living language for reflection, healing, and meaning-making. Rooted in Jungian psychology, seasonal cycles, and decades of personal practice, Julie’s teaching offers the mandala as a practical, embodied process for exploring inner and outer worlds. Known for its depth, gentleness, and carefully held container, her work supports the development of sustainable creative rhythms that connect imagination, environment, and the inner life.

KJ Song (they/them) helps people remember that their voice is not an accessory to their art — it IS the art. A queer, non-binary musician and voice guide, KJ works at the intersection of song, spirit, and embodied truth, inviting artists out of silence, self-editing, and perfectionism and back into sound. Their spaces are less about “singing well” and more about telling the truth with breath, vibration, and courage — so the inner artist can finally be heard. They also really love bacon, their piano, and going to bed at a geriatric hour.

Lea is the founder of the Center for Creative Self-Compassion. She teaches art journaling and other heart-centered creative practices that help recovering perfectionists reconnect with their innate creativity and self-kindness. Her work supports those who feel blocked, burned out, or self-critical in approaching creativity with more ease and a sense of possibility. Lea invites play, experimentation and presence ~ offering a gentler, more nourishing way to create where there is zero pressure to get it right. She believes creativity can be a source of comfort and inner connection, especially when life feels uncertain or overwhelming. And that showing up imperfectly is perfect.

Maria Freebairn-Smith is passionate about unleashing authentic expression in the world, for herself and others using the tool of intuitive painting. She was part of the first teacher training offered by Michele Cassou and Stewart Cubley of The Painting Experience, and has been teaching this modality for over 30 years to children and adults. She was part of a group of painters that co-founded The Center for Creative Exploration (CCE) with Barbara Kaufman, 25 years ago in San Francisco. Presently, she leads the Center’s onsite intuitive painting studio, online programs and retreats as a teacher and Outreach Director, working side by side, with the Executive Director, Claudia Erzinger and a collective of dedicated intuitive painters.

Mary Reynolds Thompson, CAPF, CJF, is an award-winning author and international speaker whose work lies at the fertile intersections of language, landscape, and imagination. A certified poetry and journal facilitator, she coined the term “wild language,” —a way of writing and creating co-crafted with the earth. Her work invites people to break free from domestication, reclaim their untamed inner truth, and rediscover the creative force that rises when we let nature speak through us. Drawing on the transformative power of landscape archetypes and nature metaphors, Mary shows how aligning with Earth awakens clarity, courage, and a wilder way of being. She believes that in a time of unraveling and renewal, the planet needs not only our care, but our full aliveness, passion, and imaginative engagement with the more-than-human world.

Rush Dorsett is a Voice Coach and Singer who helps creatives and leaders awaken their authentic voice and speak or sing with confidence, clarity, and presence. She is the Founder of EmbodiedVoice® Coaching, where she blends vocal science, performance training, and energetic practices to support embodied self-expression and vocal freedom.She holds dual Master's degrees in Vocal Pedagogy and Vocal Performance from the New England Conservatory, and is also a Certified YogaVoice® teacher and Sound healer. Her passion is helping people reconnect with the joy of their voice and feel fully expressed in their artistry and lives.

Whitney Freya is the Founder of The Great Mother March and has been a trailblazer in the soul-full art orbit since 1996. She has four published books on new paradigm creativity, her latest is 30 Days to Unstoppable, Be the Dream Made Visible. Her online certification training has created 600+ Creative Frequency Coaches worldwide. The Great Mother March, from March 21st to April 22nd, 2026, is the creativity & infinite possibility Whitney nurtures at the canvas, transformed into living, breathing art. It is a Walk for Love, from Asheville, NC to D.C., with the intention of blessing our Mother eARTh with each step and making visible the empowered, wise, fiercely loving feminine that lies within each and every human being. You can learn more at GreatMotherMarch.com and WhitneyFreya.com.

Zak is a community-taught artist whose work draws on Southern textile traditions and repurposed fabrics. He practices an approach to design that is based in narrative and guided by intuition. He is especially drawn to preserving the stories of quilts and explores stories we tell ourselves about the past, present, and future in his work. His work has been featured on the red carpet of the Met Gala, in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, as well as various magazines, websites, and galleries. His book THE WORLD NEEDS YOUR NEXT QUILT and the community he hosts, the QUILTY NOOK, connect and inspire quilters and makers all over the world.