Atira Tan is a TEDx speaker, activist, somatic trauma specialist, #1 bestselling author, and yoga teacher and group facilitator whose work has supported thousands of women, men, and children worldwide. Drawing on 15 years of experience, she brings a powerful blend of somatic and creative trauma recovery approaches to her work with individuals and communities.
Deeply committed to creating safer spaces for everyone, Atira focuses on healing and awareness in the more hidden areas of life. She has served as a trauma-informed integration specialist in ayahuasca retreat centers, including the Temple of the Way of Light in Peru, and currently leads integration at AYA Healing Retreats.
In her private practice, Atira has supported the trauma recovery journeys of hundreds of PM participants as an integration trauma specialist. She also co-facilitates trauma-informed and somatic experiencing plant medicine retreats and dietas in Peru with AYA Healing Retreats. In addition, she founded the Trauma-Informed Plant Medicine Program, which has produced more than 150 graduates in just two years.
For more than a decade, Atira has worked internationally in community organizations and international development as a consultant, clinician, supervisor, and educator in non-profit settings. She is currently a Ph.D. candidate at the European Graduate School in Switzerland, where her research explores the effectiveness of somatic and creative trauma recovery interventions for sex-trafficked survivors in Asia.
Atira has spoken at numerous conferences alongside Dr. Peter Levine, Dr. Stephen Porges, Dr. Pat Ogden, and Dr. Gabor Maté, among others. She also co-authored an international code of ethics for plant medicine facilitators with Inwardbound co-founder Rob Ó Cobhthaigh.