Instructor Profile

2025 Instructor lineup
Tree People

“Tree People” is a musical duo, comprised of Xue Lionstone and Grace Love, whose passion moves in helping others embrace and embody their authentic musical expression. Drawing from a lifetime of experience, they know that a relationship to music can be a source of deep healing and transformation, and they dream of a world where everyone, regardless of talent or skill, can access this birthright.

Both avid songwriters and music teachers, this darling duo brings both the practical guidance of how to write songs that bring coherence to our inner worlds as well as the essential space-holding that creates a safe cocoon for this experience to emerge. In addition, Grace Love’s training in Hakomi somatic healing informs their approach to working with the emotions that come up, encouraging them to be expressed and alchemized in the magic of song.

Musical Embodiment
Freeing and empowering, this workshop is a liberation for authentic creative expression. In the musical embodiment workshop, we dive deep into the exploration of our inner worlds, guided by the tools of mindful somatic experiencing. Gently, we access the feelings stored in the body and listen to their voices. Then, from this state of enhanced self-awareness, we enter the improvisational flow to build a bridge of sound and lyrics to the outside world. This workshop offers not only a tool for alchemizing emotions into song, but also the deeply connective experience of seeing and being seen embodied in our authentic expression.