Mina Samuels 

Mina Samuels is a writer, speaker, playwright, and performer — and in a previous career, a litigation lawyer and human rights advocate. An athlete and meditation practitioner trained in Nonviolent Communication and Internal Family Systems, Mina offers workshops and one-on-one sessions on the transformative power of the body–mind connection. Her books include Run Like a Girl 365 Days: A Practical, Personal, Inspirational Guide for Women Athletes and Run Like a Girl: How Strong Women Make Happy Lives. She also writes regularly for Medium and Fit Is A Feminist Issue, and has created and performed two award-winning solo shows and an ensemble play.

Chara Caruthers is a skilled facilitator with decades of personal and professional practice as an educator, therapist, and lifestyle medicine practitioner working with groups and individuals. Her work is grounded in Eastern spiritual traditions, ancient and Indigenous wisdom, and modern science and philosophy. She holds a professional certification in psychedelics, entheogens, and transpersonal psychology; is a graduate of the Center for Holding Space Foundations program at the Leadership level; and is completing a Master of Science in Transpersonal Psychology. As a Yoga Therapist (C-IAYT), certified Ayurvedic practitioner, and psychedelic researcher, Chara is passionate about building bridges between ancient lifestyle traditions and modern Western approaches to mental health and wellbeing. She believes that loving, supportive community is a vital — and often missing — piece of the picture of wellbeing, and that her work in the psychedelic space is to build and empower such community as a container for embodying wholeness.