Atira Tan is a TEDx speaker, author, somatic trauma specialist, educator, and humanitarian with over 20 years of experience supporting survivors of complex trauma, sexual abuse, trafficking, war, and displacement. As the founder of Art to Healing, she has led trauma recovery programs that have served thousands of survivors across Asia and the Pacific.

Atira is a pioneer in trauma-informed psychedelic education. She developed the Trauma-Informed Plant Medicine Facilitator Training and the Somatic Plant Medicine Integration Program, training more than 1,000 facilitators worldwide. She spent seven years as Director of Preparation and Integration at AYA Healing Retreats, and teaches on faculty with Synthesis, ICEERS, BMed, Inward Bound, Kiyumi, and other leading organizations.

She currently co-directs the Somatic Psychedelic Facilitator Certificate with The Embody Lab and serves as a board director with Nectera, a not-for-profit offering free and accessible psychedelic integration support.

Born in Singapore and raised in Melbourne, Atira divides her time between Thailand and Spain while completing her PhD in Switzerland at EGS.