Our Team

Ahmane' Glover

(she/her)

Ahmane’ Glover lives on the edge of intense creative energy. She craves passion, joy and limitless possibilities for personal and communal wellness. When the world says, “give up,” the rhythm of her life says, “create change!” She is a spoken word artist, cultural organizer, tantrika, sexologist and holistic trauma informed facilitator of healing committed to creating innovative strategies to heal social division and ignite social change. Her sacred mission is to activate the power of the arts for communal healing and liberatory movements.

As an Authentic Tantra Practitioner, she embodies the ancient Shangpa Kagyu lineage based wisdom that has been passed on to her by the brilliant Authentic Tantra® teachers.

Ahmane' Glover

(she/her)

Ahmane’ Glover lives on the edge of intense creative energy. She craves passion, joy and limitless possibilities for personal and communal wellness. When the world says, “give up,” the rhythm of her life says, “create change!” She is a spoken word artist, cultural organizer, tantrika, sexologist and holistic trauma informed facilitator of healing committed to creating innovative strategies to heal social division and ignite social change. Her sacred mission is to activate the power of the arts for communal healing and liberatory movements.

As an Authentic Tantra Practitioner, she embodies the ancient Shangpa Kagyu lineage based wisdom that has been passed on to her by the brilliant Authentic Tantra® teachers.

Nicole Winston

(she/her)

Nicole Winston is a certified Authentic Tantra® Practitioner, Integrative Wellness Practitioner, and yoga/meditation instructor with certifications in hatha yoga and meditation, restorative yoga, yin yoga and yoga nidra. She also holds a Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology and Health Sciences and a Master of Arts in Social Anthropology.

Nicole integrates knowledge from these various traditions, and wisdoms procured from her lifelong pursuit of holistic wellness into workshops and coaching sessions through the container of her brand, Blue Nile Yoga.

As a woman of Afro-Indigenous Caribbean descent, Nicole is actively deepening roots and reclaiming her sovereignty through conscious choices that include employing herbs, essential oils and food as medicine, nurturing her relationship to the earth, sun and moon, and orienting towards her birthright of wealth and abundance through ancestral alignment.

Nicole embodies these ideals and modalities with calm, ease, curiosity and warmth. She dedicates her life and work as an offering to the divine and for the expansion, healing and pleasure of all.

Karen Cornick

(she/her)

Karen Cornick, B.Msc., J.D., helps men, women and couples rediscover their power, authenticity and capacity for deep connection, intimacy and love. Karen is a Certified Metaphysical Practitioner, Certified Authentic Tantra® Educator and Practitioner, as well as a Certified Sexologist.

While in college, during which she received a B.A. degree in political science, Karen began her self-study and practice in various metaphysical modalities, including acupressure, aromatherapy, reflexology and massage therapy. After college, she went on to law school and earned her Juris Doctor degree. Following graduation, she became a trial attorney and later a Judge.

Her interest and study of Tantra began in the 1990’s, when she was introduced to Tantra through books authored by Margot Annand. She completed her formal Tantra training and certification from the Institute of Authentic Tantra® Education, where she is now on the teaching staff as a Tantra Mastery instructor. She holds a second bachelor’s degree in Metaphysical Science and is currently working toward her Ph.D. in Holistic Counseling, with a second concentration in Relationship Dynamics. Karen has also completed training in Trauma Treatment from the National Institute for the Clinical Application of Behavioral Medicine and is a trained ho’oponopono practitioner. Her approach to practice is to utilize an array of modalities based on ancient wisdom and indigenous practices, combined with cutting edge approaches, to guide individuals and couples on their journey to experiencing wholeness and pleasure in all areas of life.

Karen is also the proud mother of a son and daughter.

Ahmane' Glover

(she/her)

Ahmane’ Glover lives on the edge of intense creative energy. She craves passion, joy and limitless possibilities for personal and communal wellness. When the world says, “give up,” the rhythm of her life says, “create change!” She is a spoken word artist, cultural organizer, tantrika, sexologist and holistic trauma informed facilitator of healing committed to creating innovative strategies to heal social division and ignite social change. Her sacred mission is to activate the power of the arts for communal healing and liberatory movements.

As an Authentic Tantra Practitioner, she embodies the ancient Shangpa Kagyu lineage based wisdom that has been passed on to her by the brilliant Authentic Tantra® teachers.

Lucia Vasquez

(she/her)

As a survivor of sexual abuse, I bring my own experiences as well as working with others who have experienced trauma, to share, guide and heal to become balanced and awakened in the body, mind, spirit and sex.

My work and experience is a reflection of my continued healing journey. This is about connecting with the heart center to reignite true authentic nature and creative expression. My specialties include working with those who have experienced: sexual abuse/trauma, those looking to explore sexuality, and those with disabilities and mental health. I enjoy spreading awareness in sexual education, helping to restore pleasure & sensation, & bringing focus & awareness back to the body.

Dr. Chris Erickson

(he/him)

Dr. Chris Erickson (Ph.D. University of Massachusetts, Amherst) is the Sr. Educational Administrator and Chair of the Board of Directors for IHS. In this role he is responsible for the entire educational side of the school. He handles student issues, certification processes, course design oversight, and serves as the primary institutional liaison with Government and Private accrediting bodies.

Dr. Erickson has over three decades of university level teaching experience and has been granted multiple teaching awards. His academic work explores the contact points between Western and Eastern philosophical traditions, and his current instructional specialties are in Tibetan Buddhist Meditation theory and practice, cultivating mindful presence through pleasure, and mastering the art of semen retention.

Reggie Harrison

(he/him)

Reggie is invited by source to walk along the intuitive healing path, finding that the balance of body, mind, and soul/spirit is the fertile soil for health, joy and abundance.

As a bodyworker, he has seen the ways the body can heal when given the space and opportunity. In teaching movement and martial arts, he has seen how embodiment and presence can usher in deeper and fuller expressions of self as well as in engagements with others. As a musician, he has developed a love for the harmony and balance of rhythm/order and chaos. And, as a Tantrika, he seeks to share these gifts of the Shangpa Kagyu lineage for the purposes of healing and introducing others to their own intuitive healing path.

John Ryan

(he/him)

John has been blessed with a successful corporate career spanning 30 years across three continents and diverse cultures. Beyond his professional life, he identifies as a seeker, driven by curiosity about life’s intricacies, his place in it, and his impact on it.

Over the past two decades, John’s inquisitiveness has led him on a journey of research, learning, and exploration. He delved into various healing practices rooted in spirituality, energy medicine, and shamanism. Some resonated with him, becoming integrated into his life while others did not, the yardstick being whether the practice had a discernible impact in the body or external environment. Practical Magic, if you like.

John’s exploration eventually brought him to the Institute of Authentic Tantra Education, where all the disparate practices he had learned and experienced converged into a cohesive whole which was far deeper, broader and more profound than the sum of its parts.

Having experienced the transformative impact this work has had on his own life, John is passionate about helping others to experience the same.

In addition to being a certified Authentic Tantra Practitioner and Certified Sexologist, John is a Reiki Master, and has formal training in breathwork, Somatic Experiencing, and emotional bodywork.

Rogue Ryder

(they/them)

Rogue is a queer, kinky, genderfucked tantric guide: sensual educator, and pleasure excavator; a multi-ethnic performer, artist, animal and athlete. They started Queering Tantra eight years ago (after graduating from IATE) as sensual guidance for the whole person, to step outside the dominant societal norms of most sex and tantra. The queering lens gives us more freedom and accessibility, for all bodies and sexualities.

Their practice combines BDSM/kink, Tibetan tantra, somatic awareness, breathwork, movement, and a number of other tools. As a certified athletic trainer with a background in dance, combat sports, and rock climbing, they bring a very unique mixture of play, practice, and praxis to all their work.