Our Team
SSSex Level 1
Lead Facilitator
Michal Maayan Don
A "Sacred Activist" and a facilitator of sexual shamanism sacred spaces.MA in Gender studies, ISTA faculty. Holds training for group facilitators of conscious sexuality and women's circles, nurtures and leads a tribe of women who bring the wisdom of the circles in Israel. Initiated and guided by the ancient knowledge of the land of Canaan, by Hebrew ancestors and my living teachers. Proud to be a teacher of ISTA's international teaching staff - the Temple Arts School, and proud to be a founding member of Ishtar - the Center for the Arts of Love and the Development of Consciousness. Behind me are many years as a group and ceremonies facilitator and producer at festivals and conferences, my journey of life led me to a deep healing of sexuality and my sacred mission in this life is to pass it on. Ahead of me is the intention to connect the world of sacred sexuality to the academic world, the education and health system, and politics. I have completed my master's degree in gender and am building myself as a bridge enabling dialogue between worlds. Dreaming and realizing peace on earth. I am 51. A woman, priestess, friend, and mother.
Co-Facilitator
Stephanie Phillips
Stephanie is a global teacher at the forefront of the conscious sexuality movement. She initiates groups with Tantric and shamanic practices, pattern reframing and the deep call of our inner wisdom. She works with practical basics and simple tools, guided journeys, movement expression, humanistic psychology, transpersonal themes, shadow work, sacred sexuality and the healing arts.
Her bodywork mastery was honed from private practice in Remedial massage, Polarity therapy, Reiki, de-armouring, and Reflexology. Her Shamanic Dakini emerged after an accident, when her path spiralled into a deep journey with shadow, opening a portal that wove with other realms of truth and richer wisdom.
Her initial background was Classical / Contemporary Dance, a Bachelor of Education, the fitness and wellness sector, executive coaching, and the crafting of transformational mentoring programs.
In recent years Stephanie has facilitated Tantra workshops and training intensives, retreats and courses across Australia and beyond, in the field of sexuality and consciousness. Her accumulated resources are shared in her Body Whisperer Experience courses. She's been called on for space clearing rituals, full moon ceremonies, energetic activation and inner-child healings. She's been a facilitator and faculty with ISTA since 2015.
* Stephanie is available for private Online Sessions. Book here: https://tantricsynergy.as.me/Online
Co-Facilitator
Blake Zealear
Blake is an evolutionary guide working at the intersection of men’s work, feminism, sacred sexuality, and new-paradigm relating. He identifies as two-spirit, queer, pansexual, an erotic shapeshifter, and a multitude of other human expressions - and this faceted perspective illuminates his teaching. His multi-disciplinary approach provides the empowerment, permission, and playfulness that enable a liberated reclaiming of his students’ lives. Blake has studied embodiment, Neuro-Linguistic Programming, Radical Honesty, Landmark technology, Tantric and Yogic practice, breathwork, shamanic sexuality, esoterics, polarity, non-traditional relationship design, shadow-work, and Spiral Dynamics, among other modalities. He is devoted to the emergence of a new culture of love in our lifetimes, the transmutation of suffering into power, and the ascension of humanity through healing our relationships to ourselves and the Earth.