Christine Joy Amagan Ferrer: Artist Bio

Tinejoy (Christine Joy Amagan Ferrer) guides youth and adults in sacred inner evolution, creating pathways for universal well-being through her holistic practice: the interdisciplinary fusion of movement, sound and music medicine, design, and ritual facilitation.

The Weaver of Worlds

Sacred Knowing & Purpose

Tinejoy (Christine Joy Amagan Ferrer) is a FREE-dimensional, INNER-disciplinary creative soul and an alchemist of presence dedicated to the unending journey of self-mastery. Through Eyes Opened (EO), she cultivates her holistic practice where Movement, Healing Arts, Spirit Wellness, and Design unfold. As a Certified Sound Therapy Practitioner and Somatic Dance Facilitator, Tinejoy’s spirit is carried by a sacred current, flowing through Philippine, Haitian, and Afro-Brazilian folkloric traditions, echoing the ancestral wisdom of Spirit and global indigenous rhythms. This work culminates in her role as the Author, Creator, and Designer of The Divine Coloring Book.

Tine works with FREE-dimensional fluidity, acting as a living compass guiding youth and adults to their own inner sanctuaries. Through ritual and ceremony, she facilitates them in remembering the Divinity of who we are to align the heart, mind, and soul. As a teaching artist, designer, and media producer, her tools are the resonant vibrations of Sound Therapy, the purposeful artistry of visual design, and the profound language of embodied wisdom. She crafts living solutions for universal well-being, transforming shadowed narratives into pathways of light; honoring the darkness that births the light. All one in the same.

Her guiding wisdom is the foundation of her offering: “If we face ourselves, we can heal ourselves and ignite the sacred power within.” We do this for ourselves, and all our relations in co-creation with Great Spirit.

Roots and Foundational Practice

Tine’s practice is built upon two decades of dedication to youth development, extending to ceremonial and healing arts that honor both the light of creation and the shadow of transition:

Tine’s practice is deeply grounded in

  • The Luminous: Empowering youth through movement, sound, and healing arts for over two decades.

  • The Shadowed: Holding space as a ceremonialist for events like Día De Los Muertos, facilitating Life Transitions (including rebirth, grief for past selves, human and animal end-of-life journeys), and collective healing.

Creative Offerings & Expertise

Tine is the author, creator, and designer of The Divine Coloring Book, a signature project crowdfunded through Indiegogo, raising over $16,000. She further manifested this vision by producing the Divine in i: The Divine Coloring Book Cultural Arts Experience (an intercultural community arts festival) in San Francisco (September 2022), which was supported by grants from the California Arts Council and Dancing Earth.

As a freelance designer and media producer, Tine uses visual, written, and embodied storytelling to craft communication solutions for individuals and community organizations. Her solutions focus entirely on elevating the greater collective by transforming complex visions and authentic purposes into clear, compelling communal narratives and unifying the art of design with the purpose of healing.

 

 

By Christine Joy Ferrer @tinejoy, 2021

the rebirth.
expansion
defying my own limitations
stretching my capacity
traversing unknown realms of the Divine 
means facing myself
facing my blockages, my insecurities
breaking cycles of imbalance
realizing the illusion
that there is no box confining me
Spirit world and the tangible
are one in the same

I harness all the power
seeing myself beyond my expectations 
being myself, is not an easy feat
stepping out of my comfortability 
has led to expansion
wisdom. re-membering, the application. aligning with my spiritual flow, as Spirit flows. 
ceremony. ritual. repeat.
honoring the Sacred, the ancestors, is honoring my inner work,
to pave way for the communal, global work because that’s the soul work
tap, tap, tap in
healing starts within
or, wellness cannot begin 
know my voice, speak the truth, with an unbridled tongue, even when difficult to hear
let self-love rise.
like a snake. I shed my skin. like a phoenix. I rise from the ashes. like a peacock. my eyes see. channelin’. journey. process. cultivate. manifest. ancestral paradigm shifting.
Guided by the light and the dark. I let go. I receive.
I am my own canvas, my biggest most creative project and masterpiece.
I create in sacred solitude, unleashing tinejoy AF,
that sometimes I find lonely, but I am not alone.
Hundreds of lifetimes and past lives,
yet here I am again expanding,
contracting as does all things
the earth I am made of, the water that floods me, the fire that consumes me,
is the air I breathe. Inhale, exhale.
Death comes in the void. But birth comes in the void too.
Inhale my first, exhale my last. Release to receive. Watch me transform to transcend.
I vibrate my intentions. Mind, body, spirit connections. I feel my way through.  Meditate my way through. I am an experience. I am that I am. The all in all.
THIS IS MY REBIRTH.

 

Formal Practice & Healing Wisdom

Tine’s commitment to self-mastery is supported by continuous study and formal certification in the healing arts, movement science, and spiritual facilitation.

Year Certification / Training Focus Instructor / Institution
2026 Somatic Dance Facilitator Dance of the Chakras Amy Secada
2024 Sound Therapy Practitioner Sound as Medicine Janelle C Hethcoat / KIN Unified Healing Inst.
2024 5 Element QiYo (Qigong and Yoga) Somatic Energy Flow White Tiger Qigong – Ariel Tang
2023 Illuminiki Method Level 1: Introspection Spiritual Introspection Niki Kuti
2023 Silvestre Technique Training Afro-Brazilian Movement Science Rosângela Silvestre, Vera Passos, Deko Alves
2022 Grief Doula Heart Felt Coaching End-of-Life Transitions & Curanderismo Teresa M Iniguez and Meckell Milburn

 

Curriculum Vitae (Narrative & Professional Archive)

The dedication to self-mastery is grounded in consistent work. This Curriculum Vitae (CV) serves as the complete professional archive, detailing Tine’s two decades of facilitation, production, and design work dedicated to cultural elevation and collective well-being.

I. Educational Background & Cultural Roots

Tine is an American-born Filipina (Tagalog, Bisayan, and Ilokano known roots) who leverages her dynamic background in movement, cultural, and visual arts as a catalyst for universal well-being and sacred inner evolution. She has traveled to over 20 countries to date, informing her practice with a global perspective.

  • San Francisco State University: Bachelor of Arts (Dual Degree in Journalism and Dance).
  • Cultural Study: Traveled for spiritual, cultural dance, music, and art exchanges  and training in Haiti (Haitian Cultural Exchange with Daniel Brevil), the Philippines (KulArts’ TribalTur with Alleluia Panis), and Brazil (Silvestre Technique).
  • Dance Training: Expertise includes Afro-Haitian, Dunham Technique, Modern, Afro-Brazilian Contemporary, Capoeira, Philippine Folkloric and Latin American Social Folk dances. Practice is heavily focused on Haitian Folkloric Dance and Afro-Brazilian Contemporary.

II. Core Philosophy & Creative Practice

Tine’s educational work is based on applied knowledge that reimagines folklore, spirituality, and cultural storytelling with mindfulness. Her long-term creative aspirations are inspired by and grounded within all that is Sacred.

  • The Divine Coloring Book (Author, Designer, Self-Publisher): A multicultural, 100-page coloring book inspired by folklore and spirituality from the Philippines, Haiti, and Brazil.
  • Crowdfunding Success: Successfully raised over $16,000 through an Indiegogo campaign to fund The Divine Coloring Book.
  • The Power of Discipline: She uses The Divine Coloring Book as a curriculum to mindfully harness the creativity of a student’s own choreography-inspired by the four elements -air, earth, fire and water.

III. Professional Experience: Healing Arts & Facilitation (Recent)

Tine’s recent work integrates her deep movement and spiritual knowledge into dedicated healing arts programs, focusing on individual and collective wellness.

  • Sound & Spirit Wellness Facilitation: Since 2022, Tine has organized and facilitated group and co-collaborative sound and music medicine workshops throughout San Francisco, and created The Divine Sip (Tea) & Color sacred wellness workshop.

  • Ceremonial & Healing Workshop Facilitation: Facilitated specialized healing experiences at local SF Bay Area events and festivals, including Divine Tea & Color pop-up workshops at venues like SWIM Gallery (Tenderloin), El Jardin Secreto (Mission SF), The Faight SF (Lower Haight).

  • Festival & Retreat Collaborations: Presented at The Source Festival 2023 (Dancing Earth/Dance Mission Theater) and facilitated “Higher Life of Joy” (a private wellness evening retreat featuring Tiny Altar Performances).

  • Integrated Wellness Collaborations: Co-collaborates using Sound Therapy with Millennial Hypnosis (Veronica Blair) “Liberation Space,” Fitness SF (Yoga with Sherrif S.), and Integrative Yoga with BienStar Consulting.

  • Youth Program Development: Designed and facilitated private AcroDance youth cultural arts summer camps, and co-created AVE + EO’s Young Creators Camp (2019), promoting healthy social/cultural relationships.

  • Ceremonial Work: Holds space as a ceremonialist for events like Día De Los Muertos SF and facilitates Life Transitions (Death Doula work for animals and humans).

IV. Professional Experience: Youth & Movement Arts (20+ Years)

Dedicated to working with youth from diverse backgrounds and needs, ages 18 months to 17 years, Tine is rooted in the San Francisco cultural arts community.

  • Youth Movement Facilitation: Tine’s current teaching explores cultural dance/music in combination with acrobatics and mindfulness, frequently integrating mini-sound bath facilitation into classes for children to enhance stillness and focus. She also uses content from The Divine Coloring Book as a core part of her curriculum for youth.
  • AcroSports (15+ Years): Served as a Youth and Preschool Coach, teaching original curriculum based on creative movement, gymnastics, and folkloric storytelling.
  • Specialized Instruction: Provides movement instruction, choreography, motor development for children with special needs, and facilitates youth birthday parties.

V. Media, Design, and Production Expertise

For over two decades, Tine has delivered creative solutions for grassroots organizations, media outlets, and individuals focused on elevating the greater collective.

  • The Divine Coloring Book (Production): Tine produced the Divine in i: The Divine Coloring Book Cultural Arts Experience (an intercultural arts festival) in San Francisco (September 2022), funded by grants from the California Arts Council and Dancing Earth.

  • Educational Arts Program Coordination: Coordinated multi-disciplinary educational arts classes for Robert Moses Kin at various SFUSD schools.

  • Web/Design/Publishing Editor (15+ Years): Managed thousands of online and print materials (banners, websites, reports, videos) for various organizations, including Race, Poverty & the Environment Journal (RP&E) and Reimagine Radio.

  • Curated Online Projects (RP&E): Created and managed projects such as “The Oscar Grant Memorial Arts Project” and “Reflections of Activistas.”

  • Lead Installation Designer: Collaborated with curator Jarrel Phillips on “I Am San Francisco: Black Past and Presence” (shown at SF State and CCSF), and “How We Play” (Acrobatics, Breakin’, Capoeira Photography Exhibition).

  • Creative Operations Design Consulting: Integrating aesthetic design with operational efficiency. I have led projects across graphic design, layout, and print while providing technical expertise in event planning, communications, podcasting, and basic video/audio production.

View her Written Works Archive

VI. Key Collaborations & Teaching Affiliations

Tine has taught, collaborated, curated, hosted or performed with a wide array of organizations in the SF Bay Area for dance, movement, and design including:

  • Schools & Camps: Forest Bloom Outdoor Preschool, The Hamlin School, Lafayette Elementary, Mission High School and served as teaching artist for Quatros Vientos Camp led by AudioPharmacy (Sonoma County).

  • Arts & Performance Organizations: AcroSports, AfroComicCon, Robert Moses Kin, Dance Mission Theater, Mission Cultural Center, Rara Tou Limen, Afoutayi, La Mezcla, Dancing Earth, IntiMystica, World Dance Fusion, 3.9 Art Collective, Parangal Dance Company, Aguas Dance Company, Loco Bloco, Batuki, Rising Rhythms, Suns of Cayuga, Circus Automatic, AVE.

  • Community, Wellness & Media Affiliations: BienStar Consulting, Bayview Association for Youth 100% College Prep Institute, Jamestown Community Center, Boys and Girls Club (Sunnyvale), DemystifiedRX, PODER SF/Hummingbird Farm, The Marigold Project/Dia de Los Muertos, Exploratorium, Booker T. Washington Community Center

  • Key Emcee Roles: “Mujeres Empoderadas” for International Women’s Day, presented by Dance Mission Theater, Loco Bloco, and PODER SF.

 

VII. Other Highlights & Qualifications

  • Honors: Featured in the San Francisco Hall of Justice as part of the District Attorney’s Implicit Bias Art Project (2017).
  • Leadership: Founder/Creative Director, Eyes Opened (MVMNT, Media + Design).
  • Event Production: Organized/MC/Performer for UniverSoul: A Cross-Cultural Benefit Show for the Survivors of Typhoon Haiyan.
  • Cultural Exchange: Organizing Committee Member and Web Designer for Seeds and Soul: Indigenous Cultural Exchange and Festival.