Internationally recognized dance professional and catalyst

for full-bodied communion with True Nature of Self.

Nothing I do or offer can define or identify who I Truly Am.

As Momo, I am a simple human being who loves playful communion with nature and well-being. I explore this daily through physical artistry and the enthusiastic inquiry of creative Self-expression.

I am devoted to supporting humanity to be the most amazing and joyous beings that we are!

I feel honored to support and witness the beauty and revelations as you become reacquainted with your natural essence.

My artful skills range from practical to poetic, from intuitive to technical. I inspire FUN as a natural improviser, mystic solutionist, and adventure guide. My specialty is in guiding people to connect with out True Nature inside and our through embodied movement arts.

For the past 40 years I’ve worked as a teacher, artist, and performer of dance, movement, and somatic transformation as my primary profession. My credentials include an MFA in directing Theater and Dance, specifically Asian forms from the University of Hawaii, a BA in Outdoor Education with emphasis on Healing and Performing Arts, Certified Yoga Instructor and Hypnotherapist. I am a Daoist medical Qigong practitioner and ordinee in training with Jade Dawn.

I founded, built, and directed the Pacific NW Center for Embodied Arts in Nature on Whidbey Island, Washington. I taught all aspects of Theater and directed the Drama Department at Seattle Central Community College. I am a program facilitator and board member for the nonprofit NatureMoves based in Boulder, Colorado.

Ilan Shamir is a dynamic, compassionate visionary and philanthropist who has dedicated his life to bring creativity and a connection to nature to millions of people worldwide. 

He began his career in key product design, marketing and licensing positions with 7UP World Headquarters during the wildly successful UNCOLA campaign and Willy Wonka Confections. 

With a passion for nature, Ilan founded The Great Northwestern Greeting Seed company selling over 25 million unique cards and then Ilan founded Your True Nature, Inc. in 1999, a company committed to honoring the planet. Ilan is also the author and creator of over 2500 unique stationery, book and gift products in the Advice from Nature series. Advice from a Tree, Advice from a River and over 250 advice titles have become bestsellers in National Parks and gift stores across the US. 

Ilan has received recognition in more than 100 major media including The Wall Street Journal, National Public Radio’s All Things Considered, The Today Show, Good Housekeeping, The London Times, Tokyo Journal and many others

Ilan’s grace of spirit, entrepreneurism, commitment to preserving and improving our world’s great natural forests, trees, and wilderness is a singular gift. Ilan has received recognition from two former Presidents of the United States, George Bush and Bill Clinton for his environmental efforts including the planting of over 150,000 trees. 

Ilan has delivered more than 250 inspiring keynotes, trainings, storytelling performances to organizations, conferences and events world-wide. He was also one of the founding creators of the Meow Wolf art experience and collective in Santa Fe. 

Ilan lives in Taos, New Mexico. 

Damian Leuthold, RSME, RSMT, MT, NLC, is a perinatal somatic counselor, movement educator, manual therapist, event producer, and ritual performance artist. He is passionate about cultivating spaces for shared movement, play, and somatic discovery. He sees body awareness as foundational to self-awareness—and self-awareness as essential for transcending early mandates and meeting life with presence and agency.

Through Be In Touch Therapy, Damian offers individual somatic counseling sessions, both in person and online, supporting clients in reconnecting with their bodies and moving beyond trauma-driven and often pre-cognitive patterns.

For over a decade, he has studied with, assisted, and taught through the Brook Institute, developing a strong foundation in somatic therapy and education. His work emphasizes curiosity about developmental origins as a pathway for emotional healing. He regularly facilitates Healing Birth Trauma workshops and will soon offer small-group perinatal trauma healing immersives, modeled on the “Womb Surround” format created by Ray Cristiano.

Through SomaSanctuary, Damian produces and facilitates integrative movement, immersive performance, and transformational play experiences, often in close relationship with natural elements.  He has produced Contact Improvisation and ritual movement on the landscape retreats regionally for over a decade.

His work is informed by Butoh, Authentic Movement, Engaged Somatics, Laughter Yoga, Amphibious Contact Improvisation, Perinatal Somatic Psychotherapy, developmental movement, primitive reflex integration, Body-Mind Centering, and studies in craniosacral and visceral therapy.

Damian’s work invites a deep remembering of the body’s innate intelligence and capacity for emotional healing. Through attuned presence, relational exploration, and embodied play, he supports individuals and groups in reclaiming vitality, expanding choice, and cultivating more authentic ways of being.

Cyndi Wiedemann, LMFT, 

Is passionate about weaving together the powerful transformational tools of Expressive Arts, Somatic inquiry and Internal Family Systems (IFS) (Informed) modalities. Cyndi is a seasoned therapist with 30+ years of practice with both groups and individuals. For 26 years she facilitated a group called “Dance and Thrive”, an embodiment workshop for adults in California. Cyndi’s calm, compassionate, skilled presence allows for safety, deep self-inquiry, discovery and healing.

Christos Galanis is a writer, dancer, animist, musician, educator, and community weaver who is passionate about creating spaces where people can experience deeper connection—with themselves, one another, and the living world. His work explores the meeting place between authenticity, creativity, embodiment, and belonging, inviting people to become more present and discover what emerges when we gather with generous curiosity and care.

Christos holds a PhD in Cultural Geography from the University of Edinburgh and an MFA in Art & Ecology from the University of New Mexico. He is currently co-writing a book on the 40-year history of Earthdance Creative Living, a Contact Improvisation community and retreat center nestled in the Berkshire Mountains of Western Massachusetts. He calls Santa Fe, New Mexico, home.

Abby Likness is a Taos Local and has been teaching Yoga for over 10 years, and owner of Joy Yoga for the past 4. She’s trained in a variety of containers from traditional styles to circus and performing arts. She’s trauma informed and taught in clinical settings in Denver as well as international retreat centers. For the past 2 years Abby has been working in a renegade mental health movement, mapping and breaking subconscious patterns with The Break Method. Here we aim to get healing out of the loop and back into the empowerment of each individual. Abby is also a Somatic Movement Practitioner trained in a series of sessions that read and recode the body as a quantum living memory. In practice she’s worked with groups, and one on one spaces doing human design readings, cranial sacral therapy, and experimental movement. The mind, the body, and the spirit are one - Abby’s work focuses on bringing them into harmony and full expression.