OUR CORE TEAM

Cee Nyabingi

Festival Founder and Co-Director

Like a cat, I’ve lived many lives – journalist, juice bar owner, communications lead in the charitable and healthcare sectors – each chapter deepening my devotion to truth, transformation, and service. A few years ago, I followed the call to step off the corporate path and align more fully with spirit. I rebirthed my communications and PR consultancy business to amplify the voices of maverick visionaries and conscious enterprises. My heart’s work is co-creating sacred spaces where people remember who they truly are, where love, aliveness, and awakening can root and rise. Today, I move between strategy sessions and ceremony circles with equal reverence, generating and weaving narratives and experiences that open hearts and shift paradigms. I’m also a proud mama to two brilliant, wise, and self-aware daughters, my greatest joy and blessing!

Jovana Zmaj

Festival Co-Director

I am a sexual shamanism practitioner, transformational facilitator, and ritualist. I was born and raised in the former Yugoslavia until the Balkan wars forced my family to emigrate. Leaving behind a fractured homeland, I carried a deep resolve to seek meaning and contribute to a better world. In 2016, after years in academia, then the international NGO sector, burnout and health struggles became a turning point for me. What started as a personal crisis unfolded into a profound spiritual quest, stripping away layers of conditioning to reveal my true calling. Since that transformative time, I’ve poured my heart into creating sacred, transformational spaces; leading workshops, giving talks, facilitating group experiences, and offering one-on-one sessions. Through this work, I invite others to explore their own depths, nurturing healing, connection, and awakening. Connect with me here.

ADVISORY CIRCLE

The Toronto Tantra Festival Advisory Circle is a dynamic body of community leaders who bring expertise and vision to the steering of the Festival.

Casey Easton

Advisory Circle Member - Programming

For over a decade, I’ve guided people through deep, embodied transformation. My work weaves together erotic embodiment, somatic release, power dynamics, and relational alchemy to help people break free from patterns of people-pleasing, self-doubt, and playing small. This isn’t just about sexuality. It’s about life force. When that energy moves freely through you, everything shifts. Connect with me here.

Jaime Verk

Advisory Circle Member - Programming

I’m an intimacy and relationship coach with a deep understanding of the complexities of monogamy, open relationships, polyamory, and Ethical Non-Monogamy (ENM). My journey has been one of profound personal transformation, and it’s this experience that allows me to guide others with authenticity and empathy. Since 2011, I’ve been serving as a spiritual guide, mentor, and facilitator, drawing from my own experiences to support others in their pursuit of healing, self-love, and growth. I incorporate somatic energy healing into my work, which allows individuals to connect more deeply with their bodies and unlock their full potential for love, power, and freedom. Connect with me here.