Guest Teachers
Each guest teacher in iSōma brings a depth of experience, a lineage of practice, and a devotion to service that complements and expands the work held by Amber and Kurt. Every teacher is someone we know, trust, and have walked with.Their role is to offer the living application of their craft: structural, spiritual, cultural, and embodied.These guest sessions will be offered as bonus teachings throughout the year, each 2–3 hours in length.
These teachers were chosen with care — not just for their brilliance, but for their integrity. Many of our participants go on to build lifelong relationships with these guides. We encourage you to listen with your body, receive what’s meant for you, and let your next teacher find you.
Our Team
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MICHAEL Gay — Licensed Gestalt Therapist
Michael is a licensed therapist in private practice in Boulder, Colorado, with over 14 years of experience. He holds a Master’s in Clinical Mental Health Counselling from Naropa University with a focus on Transpersonal Psychology.
In iSōma, Michael will offer two bonus sessions, one on attachment and development models to lay the foundations for understanding the importance of working with aspects of our experience and healing process in a non-verbal way. The second is on contact and tracking, to support facilitators in listening more deeply to the field they can co-create, maintain and draw from🔗michaelgaycounseling.com
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Dr Ryan Pope — Chiropractor & Clinical Application Mentor
Ryan is the founder of Powerhouse Mind Body Chiro and has taught chiropractic for over a decade. Trained by students of the original chiropractic lineage, he works at the intersection of spinal structure, energy, and elemental rhythm.
Ryan’s guest teaching will centre on the clinical utility of iSōma’s teachings — especially for allied health professionals and practitioners. He'll share how to navigate symptoms like exhaustion, distortion, or misdiagnosis, and how to order interventions through the body's own intelligence.
He will speak on energy centres, elemental body types, and practical integration of iSōma’s principles into practice-based environments. 🔗 powerhousembc.com.au
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Carmen Morales — Medicine Woman & Mentor
Carmen is a Medicine Woman from Peru, and currently, both Kurt and Amber are walking under her guidance for the next four years. Carmen carries a strong, sincere prayer for community and for walking with respect for the ways where we are all remembering. Her time with you will weave a deeper understanding that the health of all people is a reflection of the health of the community.
She will also speak to the importance of taking time away from community and life to receive guidance and then bring that back into your life and community—something we have been doing since we were alive and walking this Earth. -
Asher Packman — Storyteller & Founder of The Fifth Direction
Asher is a mythopoetic storyteller and founder of The Fifth Direction — a men’s movement rooted in myth, ritual, and ecological rhythm. A former strategist turned rite-of-passage guide, Asher carries over 100 oral stories, studied and lived over decades.
In iSōma, Asher will offer seasonal story transmissions, one per direction, to help participants orient to the deeper rhythms and thresholds of the year. 🔗 thefifthdirection.com
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Chelita Zainey — Māori Healing Arts Practitioner & Spiritual Facilitator
Chelita Zainey is a Māori healer and spiritual facilitator of Waitaha, Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Kahu, and Ngāti Haua descent, with Lebanese, Scottish, and Irish heritage. She is a practitioner of Mirimiri (traditional Māori massage), Rongoā Māori (plant-based healing), Hau Tapu Breathwork, Matakite (spiritual insight), and Taonga Pūoro (ancestral sound healing). Chelita’s work is deeply rooted in her whakapapa (ancestry) and guided by the Grandmothers of the Waitaha Nation.
In iSōma, Chelita will offer a session on Indigenous Wisdom, spiritual protection, and energetic discernment, focusing on how to navigate and honour the unseen realms with integrity and respect.
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Michelle Palasia — Birth Keeper & Sovereign Birth Advocate
Michelle Palasia is a mother, stepmother, grandmother, and birth keeper.
In iSōma, Michelle will offer a session on Guardianship during thresholds. Exploring the nuances of sensitivity, trust and non-interference not just in physical birth, but at the precipice of what was and what is arriving. Her approach centres on trust, sovereignty, and the power of birth, both literally and metaphorically, as a rite of passage.
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Bela Crowder — Guide & Astrologer
Bella Crowder is the creator of the Embodied Heart. A way of existing that lives in the domain of feeling, listening and becoming intimate with the intelligence readily available in the under layers of our being.
Her work is uniquely authentic, always holding a care, presence and capacity of intimacy in her work and life. Bela will be holding (potentially multiple sessions) on the foundations of feeling, of staying with ourselves and holding that lens in the realm of how we work with others. -
Maurice Woodley — A Anathanguyth/Yinwum man & Artist
Maurice has more than 15 year’s experience working in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health in regions and communities. He is a First Nations Health Leader and Cultural Advocate.
Maurice is an Anathanguyth/Yinwum man. He is a passionate advocate for systemic change to create better health for our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. Maurice is also an accomplished artist.