Alumni Sangha Peer Support

The Alumni Sangha Support Team was created to support new graduates in accessing the wealth of resources offered to students after graduation from the ATCP and to provide a forum for feedback, requests, questions, and concerns around the functioning of IATE as an organization, fellow Sangha members, and the Authentic Tantra community at large.

The Alumni Sangha Support Team (A.S.S.T) can be contacted for support with:

Questions regarding the Code of Ethics

Questions regarding your Authentic Tantra Practitioner’s License

Business structure and support

Submitting proposals for CED webinars

Deepening your Dharma practice

Celebrations and complaints

Contact the Alumni Sangha Support Team at [email protected]

Sequieta Whitfield

Certification and Tantra Mastery Instructor, Student Sangha Support Liason, Retreat Manager, Administrative Manager

Sequieta Whitfield

Certification and Tantra Mastery Instructor, Student Sangha Support Liason, Retreat Manager, Administrative Manager

I don’t know about you, but I spent a lot of my life looking for love in all and I mean all the wrong places like sex, drugs, rock and roll, self-help books and various religions. There was a hole in my soul I was always looking to fill, usually unsuccessfully.

In November of 1987 I found relief in 12 step recovery programs and discovered there is a Power greater than myself that helped to fill the hole most of the time. But something was still missing…I was looking for permission and a way to integrate spirituality and sexuality unapologetically.

Many years later I attended a sacred sexuality retreat where I met my now mentor Devi Ward Erikson, Founder and Owner of the Institute of Authentic Tantra Education®, who presented a snippet of Authentic Tantra® to the retreat attendees and my mind was forever blown. Devi introduced us to the Tibetan 5 Element Sexual Healing modality that blends mind, body, spirit and sex, spiritually and sexually through linage based practices and I knew I was finally home.

My gift is the ability to help you connect with that place within you where no harm has ever come…your Infinite Self.

I have great success with those individuals who want to transform, heal and grow into the spiritual and fully sexual being they were meant to be. Come on home to yourself.

Sequieta Whitfield, B.A. is a Certified Authentic Tantra Practitioner®, Tantra Mastery Instructor, Certified Sexologist and Certified Life Coach. Sequieta has retired from a career in law enforcement, has a background in substance abuse counseling, community theater/dance and stand up comedy. Sequieta is based in San Diego, Ca and available to teach locally and virtually.

Pronouns: She/Her

Ethnicity: African American

Vajra name: Hasa Tara~“All conquering great joy”

Accomplishments: Certified Authentic Tantra® Practitioner, Tantra Mastery Instructor, Certified Sexologist, Certified Life Coach, Licensed Spiritual Practitioner (CSL)

Currently studying: Tantric Sex and Menopause

Check out Sequieta on Sex is Medicine with Devi Ward Erickson HERE!

Contact Sequieta at: [email protected]

Rosie Bitts

ACS Certified Sexologist and Certified Authentic Tantra® Practitioner

Rosie Bitts

ACS Certified Sexologist and Certified Authentic Tantra® Practitioner

Rosie Bitts is a multi-award winning performer, producer, author, educator and Tantrika. She is one of the pioneers who brought the art form of burlesque to Vancouver Island and has since taught hundreds of women this beautiful and fun creative art form as well as performing for thousands of people across N.America. She is a certified practitioner of Authentic Tantra (one of the only government certified programs in the world), a sexologist and pleasure activist and has loved mixing Tantra into both her personal and professional life.

Aside from performing and creating, Rosie’s passion is teaching people how to connect with their inner sexy, love their bodies, and lead their most sensual and fulfilled lives. She offers classes, workshops and retreats online and all over the world.

Contact Rosie at: [email protected]

TK

Certified Authentic Tantra® Practitioner

TK

Certified Authentic Tantra® Practitioner

TK is a genderqueer/trans non-binary practitioner specializing in queering tantra, and special integration circumstances, representation, seeing tantra in the world around us, and the tantra kink venn-diagram.

TK can be contacted at: [email protected]

Vayne Ira Thomas Jr.

Certified Authentic Tantra® Practitioner

Vayne Ira Thomas Jr.

Certified Authentic Tantra® Practitioner

I specialize in finding your voice and story about your life and Tantra. How to make a spiritual connection and build community.

Vayne can be contacted at: [email protected]

Ken Kleiber

Certified Authentic Tantra® Practitioner

Ken Kleiber

Certified Authentic Tantra® Practitioner

I’m a nature loving tree hugger who has been working with the elements for most of my adult life. My secret sauce is to guide individuals to connect deeply with themselves through nature. I have experience working with men’s groups for over 25 years and supporting the male/ lingam owner community is also in my wheelhouse. What nature has taught me is “Diversity is Life”! I look forward to connecting deeply with all.

Contact Ken at: [email protected]

Lucia Vasquez

Active/Current Student Liaison

Lucia Vasquez

Active/Current Student Liaison

Lucia Vasquez is a Certified Authentic Tantra® Practitioner, a trauma informed ACS Certified Sexologist, and a Certified Therapeutic Art Life Coach.

Her role is to be a point of contact for students who may have issues or concerns with IATE reps that they don’t feel comfortable speaking about directly with their primary instructor.

Lucia can be contacted directly at [email protected]

THE IATE SANGHA SUPPORT TEAM