ACTIVE POTENTIAL FOUNDER

Lisa Joy Glassman is an Expert in the field of Musicians health and Wellness, pain elimination and postural realignment. She draws upon her experience as a Licensed Massage Therapist, Yoga Teacher, Personal Trainer and life coach to guide students to make small shifts in daily practices to heal their bodies and free their minds from pain.

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MASSAGE THERAPIST

Jen Lyons will be offering Energy Alchemy, a beautiful fusion of Thai Yoga, energy, and crystal healing.

Jen's training includes Thai Yoga with LAGOCPH's 200 Hour Yoga Teacher Training in Montezuma, Costa Rica, 2015. Usui Reiki III with the Kula Collective Tarapoto, Peru, 2017 as well as completion of the CRSMT Massage Program 2023.

Jen will be leading Vinyasa Yoga by the Music Hall.

DETOX FOOT BATH

Rachael Weaver is a Licensed Massage therapist; practicing for 16 years. Owner of My Happy Place for Wellness and Bodywork as well as RAW Body Love- handcrafted body products. Bachelors in Psychology with two minors in Anthropology and Exercise Science. Focused on healing mind and body.

MASSAGE THERAPIST

Adia is a skilled massage therapist based in Silver Spring, Maryland, with over 8 years of experience helping clients reconnect with their bodies through intentional, restorative care. Her sessions blend reflexology, kinesiology, and heat therapy to relieve tension, support mobility, and promote holistic wellness.

Outside the studio, Adia is also a passionate music performer and a devoted mom, bringing creativity, empathy, and balance into every part of her life and practice

MASSAGE THERAPIST

I enjoy long walks in a creek along with anything that involves exploring and frolicking in nature! I am passionate about keeping my body moving with a specific love for yoga, dancing, acroyoga and swimming. I hold love in my heart for performing, singing soothes my soul and I recently began teaching myself how to play the trumpet. I am blessed with the muscle healing art of massage and use it to inspire others to align their bodies and spirits to their highest potential.

MASSAGE THERAPIST

Corey Smith, L.M.T., discovered a passion for massage therapy at the age of 16 and has been dedicated to the field ever since. In 2022, Corey turned that passion into a career by graduating from Allegany College of Maryland's Massage Therapy program. As a Licensed Massage Therapist, Corey is committed to providing personalized massage sessions in a safe and calming environment that supports physical, emotional, and mental balance. Through massage therapy, Corey strives to help each client achieve their individual wellness goals.

INTUITIVE HEALING GUIDE

Tahnee is a gender-queer mother, cancer survivor, ordained priestess, intuitive healer, Reiki Master, hospice care giver, and death doula. Even when the opponent was cancer, Tahnee utilized western medicine AND ENERGETIC methods aligned with her beliefs in natural medicine. Five years later, all evidence indicates complete success.

Tahnee’s multi-modal energetic transformative sessions can alleviate a variety of issues including migraines, cramps, insomnia and more.

Tahnee will offer 2 free sound bath meditations.

MASSAGE

Janelle King- Low is a multi-state licensed massage therapist with 18 years experience. Janelle’s expertise is to customize every clients massage to their individual bodies needs as she listens to what the body is speaking with her many years of knowledge and intuitiveness. Janelle has training expands from swedish, deep tissue, trigger point, nerve compression release, and orthopedic massage for chronic and acute injuries. She has experience with pre/ post sports massage and stretching. Janelle has also niched herself in women’s health working with pregnancy, cancer, post operation care for BBL/Lipo/Tummy tucks, and mastectomy’s, Manual lymphatic drainage and Lypossage. She is the owner of Metamorphosis Healing Center in Virginia and Pennsylvania. Janelle is currently enrolled to be a SIT (subconscious imprinting technique) practitioner to help get to the emotional root to disorders and health issues. In July 2025, Janelle will be inducted into the World Massage Hall of Fame.

HERBALIST

Brenda utilizes intuitive scanning (no touching) and Shambala Reiki to clear energy blockages to open the body’s main energy centers called Chakras & restore the flow of energy throughout the body. While you are fully clothed & relaxing, Brenda uses a pendulum to read and show the differences in your energy readings before & after your session. Burns Valley Herbals & Retreat offers 3 overnight housing rentals besides full property rental for private group events.

BREATHWORK

Michael Boothby is a breathwork practitioner, live looping artist, and conscious media creator. His breathwork sessions invite healing and re-connection through the power of the breath, while his looping performances spark creativity and joyful presence through improvised sound.

As the founder of Lovewise Media, Michael also captures the heart of festivals and healing gatherings through cinematic content that uplifts artists and healers. Whether guiding breath, creating soundscapes, or documenting sacred moments, his work is rooted in authenticity, presence, and a deep commitment to collective awakening.

RESIDENT ARTIST

Shawn Siochain is an artist and musician based in Silver Spring, Maryland. He paints in acrylic, creates digital and multimedia art for festivals and fellow musicians, builds interactive kinetic sculptures, sews unique clothing and bags, and fabricates artistic carpentry. He also writes both joyous and protest music, plays bass, mandolin, sitar, and sings. His art draws on a lifetime of activism for gender and racial justice, international humanitarian work, and spirituality grounded in unwavering love for peace, music, and the earth we share. 

Síocháin is the Celtic Irish word for Peace: 

Go mbeadh síocháin, grá, agus ceol ar fud an domhain ~ May peace, love, and music prevail on earth

Donnie Riggs is a visual and performing artist based in Washington, DC. In addition to documenting countless musicians, concerts, stars, and waterfalls nationwide, his photography has been featured in the Washington Post, Bloomberg, NBC4 Washington, WETA, Baltimore Business Journal, Tagg Magazine, and other publications in the Appalachian and Mid-Atlantic regions.  He’s also an award-winning songwriter and performer in the folk/bluegrass-ish band, Two Ton Twig. His new project, Acid Red Dress is set to record their first album later this summer.

Liz Pappas, better known as Barley Moon, is a Baltimore-based photographer specializing in live music, festivals, and experimental portraits. Introduced to the wildly talented local music scene in 2022, she quickly became devoted to capturing the energy and fire of rising artists. Since finding her love for photography, she's joined media teams for festivals such as DelFest, Ramble Fest, and Hot August Music Festival. Her enchantment with the festival scene soon inspired her to lead media teams for Charm City Bluegrass and Baltimore Old Time Music Fest. While she loves knocking elbows in a mainstage pit, on any given night you can find her making her local bands sparkle at Fed Hill's most beloved venue, The 8x10.

Born of the ancient Appalachian mountains, songwriter Briana Merkel sings of love, loss, healing and redemption, with a smooth and soulful grassy, genre bending style all her own. A native of Cumberland Maryland, she has shared stages with Delfest favorites such as Larry Keel, The Dirty Grass Players, The Plate Scrapers, and Megan Jean’s Secret Family. A three-time attendee of Delfest Academy, she also performed at the 2023 Ramble Festival as a busking ambassador. Catch her on stages throughout the Mid-Atlantic performing solo and with her band JiggleBilly.

Matthew caught the bluegrass bug in 2015 at Delfest and never looked back. He soon took up playing the dobro and plays with several groups in the Baltimore, Maryland area. In addition to playing music he runs his own effect pedal company, noiseKICK FX (www.noisekickfx.com) and has built pedals for top act such as Chris Luquette, JRAD, and Billy Strings.

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Prior to pursuing a career in electrical engineering, Josh grew up learning to sing and play a variety of instruments. An alum of Pittsburgh, PA’s C.A.P.A. High School, he has had the privilege of studying with world-class musicians on several different instruments for the better part of the past 25 years. He fell in love with bluegrass after attending his first Delfest Academy in 2014 and has been playing with several groups in the Pgh. area ever since.

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Isabel Gallus is a certified personal trainer, nutrition coach, aerial yoga teacher, and musician in the Baltimore area. Originally from Washington, D.C., she started dance classes at a young age with The Washington Ballet. She has studied and taught at various local studios including Bethesda Academy of Performing Arts, Joy of Motion Dance Center, The Baltimore Movement Lab and Christopher Harrison's Aerial Entertainment Company.

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