I first discovered the handpan at 16 watching a Daniel Waples busking video online. It was a classic on his D minor PANArt hang and I was enthralled. It quickly became the focal point of my life. I decided to start building handpans because of an absolute need to have this industry and community as close as possible.

This decision was made easier by the support and friendship of Jon Antzoulis of Aura Handpan. He put a hammer in my hand and taught me how to hit steel with grace.

I eventually founded Spirit Handpans in June of 2016 in Asheville, NC at the age of 20. My aim is to inspire dreamers to chase even the biggest of ideas.

Whatever your gender, sexual orientation, age, or ability, anything you can dream is within reach and no dream is too big.

Spirit Handpans

‘23 -’25 SBWHG Co-Organizer, Creator & Yoga Teacher

A creator, artist, musician, scientist, mama, student, teacher & many other evolving & revolving vibratory sound complexes…Holly specializes in teaching yoga for beginners, pain management & low mobility. She obtained Reiki attunement in 2018 & her first yoga teacher certification in 2021. Early 2022, she attended an Elemental Sound Healing certification training and met a handpan in person for the first time along with 2 lovely ladies, Sarah & Kelly, who invited her to attend the Super Bloom Women’s Handpan Gathering that year. Super Bloom WHG 2022 was such a magical experience for her that she was beyond thrilled when asked to join as a facilitator for 2023 and beyond!

As a forever-learner, she loves studying yogic philosophy, physics & frequencies, languages & word etymology. She practices maintaining a healthy water-body through living [w]holistically & utilizing the abundant medicine provided to us by Mother Earth. She teaches various styles of yoga & loves making art and music, especially on the handpan. Recently, she graduated from Brightpoint Community College with a certification in Massage therapy and is attending Siddhi Yoga International to obtain a 500-hour yoga therapist certification.

She knows several languages & is an intuitive empath & psychic tarot reader, knowledgeable in multiple divination styles & has taken classes in Elder Futhark Runes, intention candle creation & intuitive tarot reading. She enjoys creating channeled & functional art, holistic bath & self-care products, teas, jewelry & meditation & divination tools, including her own tarot decks. She incorporates numerology, chakra balancing & both Western & Vedic astrologies into her readings. She enjoy the alchemy of combining yoga, sound, aromatherapy, crystal allies, dancing, meditation & art to attract & create beauty, joy & peace both personally & in the lives of others.

View Holly’s offerings at DivineNation432

MULTI-INSTRUMENTALIST MUSICIAN • HANDPAN PLAYER & TEACHER

Sofi Dias is a multi-instrumentalist musician and handpan teacher from Miami, Florida. She has formal music education training from Miami Dade College and has been performing and teaching in South Florida since 2019. It was that same year she discovered the Handpan and sound healing.

In 2024 Sofi traveled throughout the east coast with Dan Mulqueen, Michaël Akortia & Adam Maalouf as they toured with the Resound Handpan Residency & Concert Tour.

Today, Sofi teaches handpan in the Miami Sound Institute, facilitates large-scale sound healings, and is a part of local community organizations such as the South Beach Sound Healing Orchestra and MiamiBloco. The diverse multicultural environment of South Florida inspires Sofi to play with passion, expression, and freedom.

'22–‘25 SBWHG Co-Organizer, Voice Journey® facilitator, handpan musician

Marina is one of the founders of the Handpan NYC Community - a place where teachers, artists, and enthusiasts can experience a world of handpan events, workshops, and community gatherings since 2016. From the moment Marina held this instrument for the first time, she didn't want to let it go! She then knew that she will become a lifelong student of this art form. Since then Marina has helped organize various handpan workshops and retreats in NY.

Marina's participation in plant medicine ceremonies has highly influenced her handpan musical journey. She weaves her voice into her compositions, incorporating songs from various traditions and backgrounds.

In 2019 she attended her first Handpan gathering (Reminiscence in NC) and immediately felt a sense of belonging. She met many great handpan friends at this gathering, among them '22 SBWHG co-organizer Kelly!

When not involved in co-organizing SBWHG, Marina teaches beginners handpan, somatic voice practice and psychedelic/plant medicine integration/ harm reduction.

Handpan NYC website or Join the Handpan NYC FB Community

Super Bloom Life Founder; SBWHG ‘20 Organizer, SBWHG ‘22 -’25 Co-Organizer; Heartland Hangout Co-Organizer; Musician, Educator & Handpan Steward

In 2016, while visiting friends in the Mojave desert, a glowing campfire set the stage for Sarah to be mesmerized by something she had neither seen nor heard before … the handpan. Little did she know that big changes were being initiated. As her inner flames grew brighter and bolder, she was brought back to her first musical loves — the violin and the voice.

Sarah uses her voice as a self-healing tool, alongside playing the handpan, violin, mandolin, RAVvast and frame drum. Having written a few pieces, she aims to share them in 2022. In addition to music, Sarah is also a visual artist — fine art, mixed-media photography & graphic design.

Learn More about Sarah’s offerings at Reclaim Life.

We are grateful to call these sisters friends, and to have gotten to grow the Super Bloom vision into reality.

2024

• Amy Naylor – Facilitator, musician, teacher & friend. Learn from Amy

2023

• Rebecca – Facilitator, Spirit Handpans builder & teacher.

• Sepideh – Facilitator, musician & educator. Listen on Soundcloud

2022

• Kelly — Co-Organizer, friend & founder of both the Healing Pan Project & Virginia Handpan Community

• Amy Naylor – Facilitator, musician, teacher & friend. Learn from Amy