Romy is the heart of the Temple’s daily life. As the resident host, he curates the energy of the space, ensuring that every guest—from first-time visitors to long-time students—feels the warmth of genuine hospitality. With a diverse background ranging from science to culinary arts, Romy grounds the spiritual heights of the Temple with practical care and kindness.

Certified Sound Healing Practitioner & Workshop Teacher

About Adrienne

Adrienne Smith is a certified sound healing practitioner and teacher based in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Her unique path to wellness began in the corporate world, where she spent years as a lawyer and higher education professional. In 2018, she left her legal career to travel extensively through Italy and New Zealand, a journey that reconnected her with her senses and eventually led her to the study of sound healing.

Now, Adrienne combines her lifelong passions for music, meditation, and teaching to help others find deep rest and clarity. She holds a certification from the Sound Healing Academy and is an active musician who plays the flamenco guitar. When she isn’t conducting sessions, she explores the hiking trails of New Mexico.

Services & Offerings

Adrienne offers a variety of sound healing experiences designed to reduce stress, relieve pain, and promote self-discovery:

• Private Sound Healing Sessions: Personalized 1-on-1 sessions held at her Santa Fe studio (11 Calle Medico, Suite 4).
  • Options include: Standard Sound Healing (1 hr) and Sound Healing/Reiki Combo (1.5 hrs).
• Group Sound Baths: Intimate sessions for couples or small groups (2-3 people) to experience healing frequencies together.
• Private Events: Mobile sound baths available for private homes, Airbnbs, or retreat centers (starting at $400).
• Workshops & Training: In partnership with The Sound Healing Academy, Adrienne teaches multi-day immersion workshops for those wishing to learn the modality (e.g., Level 1 Tuning Forks, Integral Sound Bath Certification).
• Online Programs: Creator of Elemental Alchemy, a self-paced course combining crystal singing bowl sound baths with the wisdom of the five elements.

Philosophy & Approach

Adrienne describes her work as a bridge between music, meditation, physics, and spirituality. She believes that the intentional use of sound allows clients to drop into a state more restful than sleep, where the body and mind can naturally engage in self-healing. Clients frequently praise her “calming presence” and “grace,” noting that her sessions effectively melt away anxiety and stress.Contact Information

• Website: perfect5ths.com
• Email: [email protected]
• Phone: (925) 457-1319

Studio Address: 11 Calle Medico, Suite 4, Santa Fe, NM 87505

Doctor of Oriental Medicine & Shamanic Practitioner

About Dr. Melissa Brock

Dr. Melissa Brock is a Doctor of Oriental Medicine based in Santa Fe who operates under the name Stardust Acupuncture. Distinguishing herself from standard clinical practice, Dr. Brock integrates her medical training with a deeply spiritual, earth-centered approach. She describes her work as operating within a “decolonial shamanic/animist framework,” aiming to reconnect patients not just to physical health, but to their spirits and the natural world.

With decades of experience in healing, art, and teaching, Dr. Brock views self-esteem and grounding as essential practices for leadership and healing. She is currently expanding her practice to include educational offerings and a locally sourced herbal product line.

Services & Offerings

Stardust Acupuncture offers a blend of Traditional Chinese Medicine and spiritual healing modalities:

• Acupuncture & Moxibustion: Traditional needle therapy and heat therapy used within a soulful framework.
• Spirit Work & Shamanic Journeying: Guidance on connecting with the spirit realm; Dr. Brock teaches core shamanism techniques to help clients access their own intuition and guides.
• Herbal Medicine: Custom formulations, with a focus on developing a locally sourced herbal and flower essence line.
• Sound & Bodywork: Somatic and sonic therapies to deepen the healing state.
• Energy Hygiene: Instruction and guidance on maintaining energetic boundaries and health.

Philosophy & Approach

Dr. Brock’s objective is to “call back the soul” of the healing modalities she employs. She believes that true healing requires awareness—interpersonal, societal, global, and environmental—and that the practitioner must move beyond simple symptom management to address the whole being. Her practice is built on curiosity rather than judgment, fostering a safe space for deep, transformative work.

Contact Information

Location: 11 Calle Medico suite 4 Santa Fe, NM 87505-7002 USA

Website: stardustacupuncture.com

Instagram: @stardust.acupuncture

Evolutionary Astrologer & Educator

About Willamarie Moore

Willamarie Moore is an Evolutionary Astrologer and educator based in Santa Fe, New Mexico, operating under the name Soul Map Songs. Her practice is the culmination of a diverse background that includes decades of experience as a museum educator, classroom teacher, and yoga instructor. Following a life path that took her from the corporate world in the U.S. to humanitarian work in Asia, Willamarie eventually settled in the Southwest to focus on helping others navigate their own life paths.

She integrates her expertise in education with her passion for the arts, writing, and mindfulness. Willamarie views the birth chart not just as a set of predictions, but as a unique “sheet of music” for the soul—a map that reveals the karmic purpose and potential of each individual.

Services & Offerings

Soul Map Songs offers astrology readings and workshops that blend logical understanding with creative exploration:

• Birth Chart Readings: Deep dives into the natal chart to uncover life purpose and karmic themes.
  • Specialty Focuses: General Life Path, Love/Relationships, and Work/Career/Money readings.
  • Karmic Healing: Specific sessions focused on transmuting past wounds and understanding trigger points through the lens of the birth chart.
• Small Group Workshops: Interactive sessions such as “Your Soul’s Mission” and “Astrology 101” that combine astrological study with art-making and visualization.
• Astrological Sound Baths: Collaborative events (often with local sound healers) that combine guided visualization and astrological insights with the healing vibrations of gongs and crystal bowls.
• Compassionate Review & Realignment: One-on-one coaching sessions designed to help solopreneurs and sensitive individuals cut through overwhelm and find authentic workflow alignment.

Philosophy & Approach

Willamarie’s approach is defined by the “weaving of left- and right-brain activity.” She believes that while understanding the logic of a birth chart is essential (left brain), true transformation happens when that knowledge is paired with intuition, storytelling, and creative expression (right brain). Her goal is to empower clients to move beyond passive influence by the stars and instead actively “play” their soul’s song with intention and clarity.

Contact Information

Location: Santa Fe, NM

Website: www.soulmapsongs.com

Email: [email protected]

Phone: (617) 642-9109

About Kirn & Guruchander

Kirn and Guruchander Khalsa are veteran teachers and healers who have lived and practiced in Santa Fe for decades. As direct students of Yogi Bhajan since the early 1970s, they have spent over 40 years teaching Kundalini Yoga and pioneering the study of Tantric Numerology.

While deeply rooted in tradition, their modern work focuses on “Purest Potential”—a movement toward self-mastery and sovereignty. They empower students to move beyond reliance on external teachers and instead access their own inner guidance. Guruchander also brings a medical perspective to their work; he is a Doctor of Chiropractic and the Director of the Guru Ram Das Health Clinic in Santa Fe.

Services & Offerings

Operating under the banner of Purest Potential, Kirn and Guruchander offer a blend of yogic science, numerology, and clinical health services:

• Tantric Numerology: A specialized “10 Body” system designed for self-mastery rather than prediction.
  • Offerings include: Personal readings, “Numerology for Self Mastery” courses, and practitioner training.
• Kundalini Yoga & Meditation: Classes and workshops that utilize movement, breath, and mantra to clear energetic blocks (karmas) and enhance vitality.
• Chiropractic & Holistic Health: At the Guru Ram Das Health Clinic in Santa Fe, Dr. Guruchander offers chiropractic care, acupuncture, and natural healing therapies.
• Retreats & Immersions: “Kundalini Journeys” and workshops focused on deep transformation and the practical application of yogic wisdom.
• Books & Publications: Authors of Numerology for Self Mastery, Tantric Numerology, and Purest Potential: A Yogi’s Guide to Brilliance.

Philosophy & Approach

The duo’s philosophy centers on the belief that the life you are longing for is encoded within you. Unlike systems that focus on predicting the future, their approach to numerology and yoga is diagnostic and prescriptive—offering a “schematic diagram” of your soul’s design. By understanding your unique energetic makeup (the “10 Bodies”), they believe you can dissolve the limits of your karma and live from a frequency of truth and brilliance.

Contact Information

• Website: purestpotential.com
• Clinic Location: Guru Ram Das Health Clinic, Santa Fe, NM
• Instagram: @purestpotential

Indigenous Contemporary Dance & Eco-Somatic Movement

About Rulan Tangen

Rulan Tangen is an internationally accomplished dance artist, choreographer, and the Founding Artistic Director of Dancing Earth. Her work is rooted in a vision of inclusion, cultivating a new generation of cultural dancers through creative practices that explore collaboration and “functional diversity.”

A survivor of stage 4 cancer, Rulan describes her journey as a shift toward understanding “movement as medicine.” Her professional background spans ballet, modern dance, opera, circus, and film, but her current focus is on eco-somatic and inter-cultural movement.5 She describes her heritage as mixed (Kampampangan/Pangasinan of the Philippines, and Norwegian/Irish), and she dedicates her practice to nurturing creativity, community, and land connection.6

Services & Offerings

Rulan and Dancing Earth offer performance and educational experiences designed to reconnect individuals with their bodies and the earth:

• “Earth Body” Workshops: Gentle, eco-somatic movement classes accessible to all bodies and backgrounds.8 These sessions focus on reconnecting to a sense of place through imagination, intuition, and multi-sensory listening.
  • Recent Themes: “Movement for All,” “Movement of Matriarchy,” and seasonal retreats (e.g., at Ghost Ranch).
• Summer Institutes & Intensives: Training programs for aspiring Indigenous performers, theater artists, and technicians, fostering them as culture carriers and leaders.
• Touring Productions: Large-scale, environmentally conscious dance productions that explore themes of renewable energy, water, and Indigenous futurism.
• Community Visioning: Collaborative sessions that center Indigenous artistic and ecological knowledge to create site-specific rituals.

Philosophy & Approach

Rulan’s philosophy is captured in the phrase: “To dance is to live, to live is to dance.” She views movement as a functional ritual for transformation and healing, bridging ancient wisdom with “futurities.” Her teaching emphasizes decolonization of the body and bio-mimicry—learning from the movements of the earth, wind, and water to find resilience and balance.

Contact Information

• Website: dancingearth.org
• Email: [email protected]
• Social Media: Instagram and Facebook (search “Dancing Earth”)

Cultural Identity: Rulan Tangen

This video features Rulan Tangen discussing her philosophy on cultural identity and how she collaborates with tribal leaders and dancers to create performances that center Indigenous ecological knowledge.

Gong Sound Therapy, Kundalini Yoga & Reiki

About Monique Derfuss

Monique Derfuss is the President of SoundWellness, LLC, and a dedicated practitioner of the healing arts based in Santa Fe. After a fast-paced career in the Washington, D.C. area, Monique followed a spiritual calling to the Southwest to focus on service and nurturing. She is a KRI-Certified Kundalini Yoga teacher (300-hour) and an experienced gong practitioner trained by Mehtab Benton, the originator of Gong Yoga.

Monique is also a passionate animal advocate who volunteers her time offering Reiki to shelter animals to help reduce kennel fatigue and improve adoptability. Her warmth and down-to-earth energy make her sessions accessible to everyone, from stressed executives to seniors.

Services & Offerings

SoundWellness offers a suite of “complementary technologies” designed to support vibrant well-being for body, mind, and spirit:

• Gong Sound Therapy: Often described by Monique as “the lazy or smart person’s meditation,” these sessions use the vibration of the gong to clear the mind and restore the nervous system without effort from the participant.
• Kundalini Yoga: Dynamic classes combining movement, breathwork, and mantra to efficiently move energy and build vitality.
• Reiki & Energy Work:
  • For Humans: Gentle energy healing to support balance and stress relief.
  • For Animals: Specialized Reiki sessions for pets (and shelter animals) to support them through trauma, illness, or end-of-life care.
• Corporate Wellness: Team-building activities and executive wellness sessions designed to boost productivity and reduce burnout using sound and meditation.
• Senior Community Offerings: Specialized classes accessible to seniors to provide relief from anxiety and chronic pain.

Philosophy & Approach

Monique’s mission is to help clients connect to their “authentic heart-centered Self.” She believes that modern life requires efficient tools for restoration, which is why she focuses on modalities like the gong—which washes over the listener and opens the door to intuition without requiring years of meditation practice. She views her work as a way to help others live with greater ease and joy.

Contact Information

Location: Santa Fe, NM

Website: soundwellness.biz

Email: [email protected]

Phone: (202) 355-8136

Rob serves as the bridge between our practitioners and the community. He manages the Temple’s calendar, coordinates with our diverse lineup of teachers, and keeps the community informed through our newsletters. Rob is also a visual historian, frequently capturing the essence of the Temple’s events through his photography.