Arjuna Ardagh has been working with people since the early 1980s. He founded the Alchemy Institute in Seattle, Washington in 1988, where he trained psychotherapists in the use of hypnotherapy in their practice.

Arjuna began training coaches in 1995 and founded Awakening Coaching. He trained more than 2000 people in this approach over 20 years in 12 different countries.

Arjuna first trained with Mantak Chia in Chi Kung in 1998, and has maintained a steady practice since then. He is a certified instructor in the Universal Healing Tao. Arjuna is also certified to teach the Healing Love practices, which are the Taoist practices for transforming Sexual Energy.

Arjuna has trained with Gay and Kathlyn Hendricks in Conscious Loving since 1988, and is in the process of completing his certification as a Conscious Loving coach.

Arjuna has authored and co-authored fifteen books, including the 2005 #1 national bestseller, The Translucent Revolution, and his 2015 book Radical Brilliance.

Arjuna began using psychedelics in 1972, and first started sitting for others in 1983. He has maintained a steady interest in psychedelics, for personal use, research, and supporting others for more than 40 years.



Katherine Dessert is a certified Chi Nei Tsang practitioner trained through the Universal Healing Tao under the guidance of Mantak Chia. She works with the belly as a gateway to deep healing and transformation, integrating abdominal massage with somatic awareness and nervous system regulation. Her sessions support clients in softening long-held tension, restoring energetic flow, and reconnecting to the wisdom of the tan tien.

Katherine is also a Kambo practitioner with over six years of experience, having facilitated more than 500 sessions and 2,000+ hours of ceremonial work since her training in 2019. She maintains a 100% safety record.

In addition to her body-based healing practices, Katherine is a guide in the Taoist Feminine Arts and sacred sexuality, offering pathways for women to reclaim their creative energy and embodied power. She leads classes and retreats, including her signature offering Mapping the Belly, which explores the body as a map of memory, emotion, and untapped creative potential.

With a background as an artist and poet, Katherine’s work bridges the mystical and the practical—supporting others in coming home to their bodies, their truth, and their deepest vitality.