Faculty of Workshop Facilitators

Our faculty of current and recent workshop facilitators specialize in men’s body, mind & spirit programs in many areas, including:

• Meditation
• Healing touch and massage
• Yoga, pilates and chi gong
• Breath- and energy- work
• Tantra
• Sex and sexuality
• Meridian work
• Acupressure and acupuncture
• Bioenergetics and core-energetics
• Personal growth, development & purpose

Our workshop facilitators offer these transformational programs exclusively for men. We are especially blessed that they are very talented and sensitive practitioners in their specific field AND excellent facilitators as well!

Adam Brown is a bodyworker and acupuncturist in New York City. He has 25 years of experience working with men individually and in groups coaching men around issues of intimacy, sexual expression and male physicality. He also facilitates and creates workshops for men all over the country focused on empowerment, intimacy and the evolution of our consciousness.  Adam uses Tantric and Taoist Practices to guide men to embody their lives. His intention is to assist men in expressing their authenticity and to feel more comfortable with male-to-male intimacy. For the last 12 years, Adam has been leading a massage-exchange group for men in New York City called Heart-Centered Touch for Men.  Adam has facilitated men’s retreats at Frog Meadow since 2012, is a wonderful & talented massage therapist as well as a warm & engaging facilitator. Many of his retreat participants have returned multiple times to freshen and enhance what they have learned and to share it with others! You’ll find more about Adam’s work at www.heart-centeredtouch.com and www.adambrownacupuncture.com

Christian de la Huerta is an award winning author, respected spiritual teacher, sought-after retreat facilitator and founder of Soulful Power, offering transformational retreats and workshops awakening participants to their deeper sense of purpose, empowering radical internal and external shifts. Christian says, “when participants can uncover and overcome long held fears that hold them back, this is when they
begin to experience the true joy and fulfillment of living on purpose, which also allows them to become catalysts for our planet’s spiritual and cultural evolution.” At the foundation of all our programs is the power of the breath to transform your life in a single session. Gift yourself with an evening of healing, centering and profound relaxation through the magic of Soulful Breathwork. In addition to healing at every level — physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually — this life-changing yet gentle yogic practice is a powerful and effective tool to heal past traumas. You’ll find more about Christian’s work at www.soulfulpower.com. 

Bob Hamptonis from Dallas, Texas where he maintains a private Sacred Intimate practice in addition to professional work as a designer. Bob structures his sessions and workshops from extensive training with The Body Electric School and The Garden of Ian.

Bob has focused his Tantra-based practice with Taoist Massage, Breathwork, Mindful Touch and Personal Growth & Development. According to Bob, “Touch is the pathway to healing and pleasure”. You can reach Bob at bhampton1206@yahoo.com.

Wayne Lapinski has used a variety of approaches in his fifteen years of work in holistic health. His generosity of spirit and ease in communicating make him a compassionate teacher and a catalyst for personal growth. He has had a personal journey with the breath since 2008, so profound and transformative, that he has gone on become a certified breathwork practitioner through the Power of Breath Institute.

In addition to working with private clients, Wayne offers workshops and retreats teaching breath tools for relaxation, unwinding and releasing old patterns of holding in the body.

Wayne became a certified Shiatsu Therapist in 2000 and has studied Traditional Chinese Medicine extensively. He incorporates western massage techniques in his work, including heated and chilled stone massage, and is also certified through LaStone International® as a master LaStone Therapist. He combines his knowledge of the body and experience of touch to produce personal transformation with the breath in his clients.

Rafael Ledesma After many years as a Designer and Holistic Counselor in the private sector, Rafael discovered the Tantric path through Body Electric workshops and a new journey began! For the last 7 years Rafael has been involved with The Garden of Ian presenting workshops on both the east and west coasts. As retreat facilitator, he utilizes Tantra principles as well as Bioenergetics, Core-Energetics and breathwork.

Rafael lives in Palm Harbor, Fl where he maintains a Sacred Intimate and teaching practice drawing from various modalities including, Tantra/Taoist Massage, Focused Touch and Breathwork. He can be reached at touchbyrafael@verizon.net 

Raymond Rigoglioso is the author of Gay Men and The New Way Forward, a book that synthesizes and expands the literature on gay men’s nature and purpose. In it, he identifies gay men’s 14 distinct gifts to humanity. He founded and leads Gay Men of Wisdom, a nonprofit organization that helps gay men identify and discover their distinct gifts and express them for social good. Gay Men of Wisdom offers Celebrating Gay Manhood, the weekend program, and five-month Living Out Your Gifts groups in multiple cities and online.

Ray is also a fundraising consultant to nonprofit organizations where he brings an extensive background in grant writing and communications to his work. His clients have included the AIDS Support Group of Cape Cod, New York City Mission Society, The Good Dog Foundation, Gilda’s Club Worldwide, and Immigration Equality. A former life coach, Ray received his training through Coach University.

In 1989, two months after he came out, he co-founded and led the Danbury (Connecticut) Area Gay and Lesbian Youth Group. After he graduated from the New School for Social Research in 1991, he joined the staff of Gay Men’s Health Crisis. He participated in and was deeply influenced by ACT UP.

Ray recently moved from Provincetown, Massachusetts to Philmont, New York with his husband Robert Birch. He and Rob—who was Mr. New England Leather 2018—are enjoying life in beautiful Columbia County. He can be reached at ray@gaymenofwisdom.org

Colby Smith began his journey into the yoga practice taking Ashtanga classes in Charlottesville, VA. Upon moving to the northeast to go back to law school, he fell out of his yoga practice, and, in many ways, out of his body. He returned to yoga in 2007 with more than a few extra pounds to lose. Through work and dedication, he lost the weight, completed 2 full Ironman competitions, and has been practicing vigorously ever since!

Colby has completed a 100 hour Anusara Yoga Immersion at Prasad Yoga in Southampton, PA. He then completed a 100 Hour Anusara Yoga Teacher Training with Michelle Synnestvedt also at Prasad. Additional training includes near completion of the DDYT 500 Hour Teacher Training at Dig Yoga in Lambertville, NJ and ongoing training at Dhuni Yoga in PA. In addition to his yoga training, Colby received his Mat and Reformer Pilates Certifications at IM=X Pilates Studios in Manhattan.  Colby is also certified to offer Table Treatments using the Yamuna Body Rolling system. Colby is currently apprenticing with Christian de la Huerta to offer Soulful Breathwork, an intense breathwork meditation.  

As an avid athlete, Colby understands the mechanisms and workings of the body, particularly the male body.  He teaches weekly Men’s Yoga classes in his private studio in Lambertville, NJ for all levels of men.  He strongly believes, though, that the physical practice is just one component and incorporates many styles and modalities into his teaching, including meditation, breathwork, touch practice and partnering. Colby brings a lighthearted approach to all of his teaching.