About our workshops

 eChin is a teacher of mysticism, meta-physic and spiritual alchemy. His understanding of the mystical life is rooted in 30 years of study, practice, unfoldment, realization and experience.

His teachings work meaningfully to shift consciousness through the alchemy of mystical transformation. He enables students to embark on the spiritual journey by learning and understanding teachings of the ancient order and by living its principles His approach to mystical life is nondenominational, nonsectarian, culturally interfaith, spiritually transreligious, unitive and nondualistic.

Zen Awakening Festival Conscious Kids Camp Director Katy Star is a Mexican American, born in San Antonio, Texas. She is an Artist, Poet, Yoga Guide, Intuitive, Medium, Healer, Teacher, and Spirtual Advisor and Coach. She is the proud mother of Aurora Moon, age 10; Avery, age 23; and baby Phoenix Moon who was just born in February this year. She enjoys working with children and sharing knowledge while learning from them at the same time. "(My Kids) have taught their mommy many valuable lessons, such as how to appreciate each and every moment, and the value of slowing down to enjoy this beautiful life"-Katy Star

She currently resides in Orlando, Florida. Katy is a guide and facilitator, sharing her gifts and psychic abilities. She has been working with sacred plant medicines for over 8 years.   

Yoshi Pantera is a Regenerative Culture Advocate, Community Builder, Permaculture Designer and Plant Based Chef who brings complex ideas down to earth. His approach combines practical experience with innovative thinking to help others implement positive change. Also, Yoshi and his wife Pola Pantera are from Ecuador where they are currently leading a regenerative project in the Amazon Jungle and building an ecovillage in the coast of Ecuador 

With over 25 years of inspiration from renowned figures like Eckhart Tolle, Byron Katie, Rupert Spira, Gangaji, Mooji, Genpo Roshi, and Ammachi, Sid facilitates joyful and loving experiences that encourage deeper connection to our intrinsic peace, love, and happiness. Sid is the creator of The Awakening Dance Party and Effortless Internal Family Systems, and he is currently focused on his workshops at community centers and churches of going beyond Red and Blue, in seeing the innocence and beauty in all our political expressions. Throughout his diverse career, Sid has worn many hats, including attorney mediator, game show host, DJ, and celebrant facilitator of radiant, loving presence.  

 After George Xavier Love started his private practice of Acupuncture, he met Prof. John B.Y. Lee aka Li Bing Yuan, a Taoist scholar and Qigong master. He was accepted as a student and within three years he received his Oriental Medical Doctor degree in 1984 from the Beijing Longevity & Rejuvenation Institute in Virginia.
He began teaching Qigong classes for Master Lee in 1985. In 1994 Master Lee conferred upon him the lineage of his family Qigong. He was given the name Zhenwu and made the 13th lineage holder of Qing Long Qigong. As the lineage holder he was asked to write a book and perform qigong healings that he called Medical Qigong Therapy (MQT). The responsibility of being the lineage holder required him to teach and travel so that the formerly hidden knowledge would be securely planted in the West. 

 Jim Egan has created and directed several environmental non-profits and successfully raised the funding, purchased and restored hundreds of acres of native lands. In the past year he reviewed and moved forward over a billion dollars in funding for disaster recovery projects. He has created and overseen public education programs that reached thousands of people on a weekly basis, including a radio program. He helped recruit and train a volunteer network of over eight hundred people involved in education, water quality monitoring, protection of endangered species and native plant restoration. His work was featured in a Discovery channel program in 2013 and one of his programs became the model for volunteer-based restoration by NOAA. 

Cheryl Chaffee (ERYT-500, YACEP) has been teaching yoga since 2005 and is one of the country’s top teachers/teacher trainers in Ashaya Yoga. Previously a Certified Anusara Yoga Teacher, she has studied intensively with Todd Norian, the founder of Ashaya Yoga, and is now a licensed Ashaya Yoga Teacher and Teacher Trainer. Cheryl has studied with Tantric Yoga philosophy scholars, Paul Muller Ortega, Douglas Brooks, and Bill Mahony.

Cheryl loves the depth and intensity of Ashaya Yoga. She feels that the purpose of yoga is not to do the most difficult asanas, but is to go deeper into the understanding of the Self through the body, and connect to the Heart. Ashaya Yoga invites students to look at the places where yoga (and life) is challenging, and encourages everyone to connect to their own authenticity. Cheryl teaches authentically from her heart in order to help her students bring about their own transformation.

Nicholas Ramsawack (Nanda Kumara Das), from Trinidad and Tobago, is a devoted member of ISKCON, the Hare Krishna movement. He is a certified massage therapist and energy healer, blending classical Indian dance, chakra healing, higher consciousness cooking, and chanting the Hare Krishna Maha Mantra to guide participants toward inner balance and elevated consciousness. Through movement, sound, mantra, mindful cuisine, and healing touch, he creates transformative experiences for body, mind, and spirit. 

 Siri Karta Singh - is a certified (IKYTA) Kundalini yoga instructor, sought-after spiritual entrepreneur, and founder of Yoga Life Today, -  Drawing upon years of dedicated Hermetic practice, Siri's classes take students on a dynamic, experiential journey that awakens the Kundalini energy, a dormant creative force coiled at the base of the spine. Through the application of sacred mudras (hand gestures), empowering mantras (sound), and transformative meditation techniques, he cultivates a sacred space, allowing participants to access profound states of consciousness and stillness. . 

Radiance is a South Florida based board certified medical practitioner who integrates lifestyle and alternative medicine along with allopathic care. As a life long Shaman and devoted mother, she brings a deep commitment to community care and holistic healing. She guides transformative practices that help participants connect with their inner wisdom and deep personal truths.

Radiance creates sacred, supportive spaces to release emotional burdens, ancestral patterns, and generational trauma, fostering resilience, self-trust, and empowerment. Her Goddess workshop will weave together breath work and exercises for divine guidance, helping others release what no longer serves them.

Hillary Cruz is a yoga instructor, and a mother to 5 beautiful humans, a doula/birth-worker, Reiki specialist, life & wellness coach, and traveling adventurer at every given opportunity. 

Since completing my own 200 hr RYTT in 2011, I have spent the past 11 years growing and being a part of the local yoga community. I began offering "pop-up" classes to the public in 2012, basically teaching from the trunk of my car and bringing yoga wherever it was needed (classrooms, rehab centers, doctor's offices, parks, music festivals, and more).