Ki Bournes

Ki is a Certified Sexological Bodyworker and Tantric Instructor with a full time teaching, bodywork and coaching practice. He teaches the arts of erotic embodiment and intimacy through massage, breathwork, awareness, and sensual communication skills. He is passionate about creating safe, professional, erotic learning environments. Check out his website.

Dr. Paul Tinari

Dr. Paul Tinari Ph.D. is the president of Intact Canada, a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting genital integrity around the world. He fought for more than 30 years to get acknowledgement and justice for those students of Canada's residential school system who were circumcised as "punishment." He was the first person in Canada to receive publically funded restoration surgery, and since that time thousands of men have followed in his footsteps to finally experience their full potential as males. He is a world-renowned expert on circumcision and on the functions of the male foreskin, and he was lectured widely on this topic for more than 25 years.

Marcy Dayan

Marcy Dayan is a registered physiotherapist with specific training in the management and treatment of incontinence and vaginal/rectal pain. Since graduating from UBC with a Bachelor's Degree in Physiotherapy in 1984, Marcy has completed postgraduate courses in incontinence, pelvic dysfunction and orthopaedics. She has also completed a Master of Health Administration from the University of British Columbia. Active in both clinical practice and teaching, Marcy works in private practice and is a guest lecturer on urogenital pathophysiology in the Master of Physiotherapy program at the University of British Columbia.

Emily

Emily has a Women Studies background as well as a Medical Terminology certificate. Empowering people to play, be creative and remain vital drives her to educate people in her classes. Supporting others in expanding their sexual knowledge is bound to touch most every other facet of a person’s life. She thanks her mom for satiating her curiosity without question (or explanation at times) when she pointed to dubious books and magazines. Emily’s known since she was 10 that ‘sex educator’ would be one of her lives.

Dr. P. Tinari

Dr. P. Tinari Ph.D. studied advanced massage technique for four years while he was living in Brussels, Belgium. He was specifically trained in Deep Transverse Therapy (DTT), used to break down the calcification associated with many chronic soft-tissue injuries. He has successfully helped many women with breast implants who were suffering from encapsulation syndrome (a hardening of the tissues surrounding the implant). 

Vera Zyla

Vera Zyla is a sex educator, co-owner of The Art of Loving and has a degree in Acupuncture and as a Traditional Chinese Medicine Practitioner(TCMP). She has been leading adult education seminars and events for over eight years at The Art of Loving, conferences, trade shows and private gatherings. Seen regularly in the media and interviewed for TV, radio, newspapers, and magazines she is motivated by passion, education and fun. She blends a holistic playful approach while helping people discover a healthy empowering and transformative pleasure positive message about sex and relationships.

Glen Callender

Glen Callender is a Vancouver-based writer, comedian and founder of the Canadian Foreskin Awareness Project (CAN-FAP), Canada’s newest pro-foreskin advocacy group. CAN-FAP promotes foreskin education, appreciation and stimulation, and advocates for the human right of all children—male, female and intersex—to grow up with intact genitals. Glen has dedicated his foreskin to fighting anti-foreskin ignorance and prejudice, and has vowed to demonstrate the wonders of his foreskin to every Canadian.

Stephanie Lafazanos

Stephanie has been studying sexuality and body, mind, spirit awareness and healing for over ten years. Her main healing practice is called Intune Holistics where she practices as a Medical Intuitive Healer, Body Mind Therapist and holistic health workshop presenter. One of her specialized areas of focus is helping others to heal in areas of sexuality and teaching workshops on Tantric skills to individuals and couples. Tantra is for those who wish to open up to the powerful energy of connecting in a sensual, sexual and soulful way.

Liane M

Liane has been working and presenting seminars at The Art of Loving for over 3 years. With a background in non-profit management and sexual health education, she thrives to help create a more sex-positive world. Two of her favourite things are creatively written sex guides and helping people pick out their first vibrator! One day, she hopes to be able to walk on stilts.

Mark Bentley Cohen and Lianna Walden

Mark Bentley Cohen is a writer, explorer of consciousness, adventurer, teacher, facilitator, and performer. He has just completed his first novel, "Bi, Hung, Fit... and Married".

Lianna Walden is a producer, writer, director, and production manager, with over 20 years of experience shooting film all over the world. Lianna is currently completing a documentary about Marc Emery.

Caffyn Jesse

Caffyn Jesse is a Certified Somatic Sex educator and a Certified Sexological Bodyworker who supports diverse people on their journey to sexual wholeness. People from around the world visit her Salt Spring Island studio, where Caffyn offers sexual learning through body-based exercises and experiences. She also
coaches via Skype and phone.

John Ince

John Ince LLB has been professionally involved in sexuality, as a lawyer, writer, activist and educator for 30 years. John is co-owner and seminar presenter at The Art of Loving. He is the author of the acclaimed book The Politics of Lust which examines how our sexual attitudes are shaped. He is also leader of The Sex Party, the world's first registered sex positive political party and represents sex-positive organizations in test cases in BC courts.

Devi Ward

Devi Ward is the Co-Founder of Tantric Arts of Love, the only school for Tantric Sex offering qualified instruction in the secret Tibetan Five Element Sexual Teachings. She is also a Certified Tantric Healer and Certified Dakini and has had extensive training in Non-Violent Communication since 2005. Devi has been a Sensual Movement Coach and Sacred Erotic Dance Instructor since 2005. She is the Founder of Feminine Emergence, a Movement-Healing modality that uses Tantric Movement and Sensual Dance to produce physical, emotional, and spiritual healing in relationship to sexual and sensual self-expression.

ALLISON MOON

ALLISON MOON is an author, educator and former "mayor" of Camp Beaverton for Wayward Girls, Burning Man's home for queer women. A popular speaker and writer, she's been interviewed on Bravo!, Curve Magazine, VelvetPark, and more. She's the author of the lesbian werewolf novel Lunatic Fringe, and is working on a series of ebooks on sex and creativity.