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The Oxytocin Story
From 2024 until 2026, Oxytocin was a pop-up teahouse, event production company, and holistic health network based in Boulder, Colorado. 🍵 🏔️
Oxytocin curated warm and creative spaces for people to connect around tea, live music, and global healing cultures.
Oxytocin is no longer producing in-house events. However, our Boulder team is open for hire to pour tea or help create a sanctuary space at your event.
Meet the Oxytocin Team
A team of Boulder-based friends who are inspired to create spaces for belonging and authentic connection
Nate Macanian
(AKA Summer Camp Shaman)
Nate is Oxytocin’s events wizard, partnership specialist and tea curator. His tail wags very much when he is planning gatherings where people can find that zesty balance between peace and play.
Favorite Tea: Hojicha Japanese green tea
Tagline: 'Sing your song, dance the dance of life’
Ethnicity: Jewish / Iranian
Simple pleasures: Camping trips, ocean dips, tea sips and grooving hips 🕺 booya!
I am grateful for: All the tea my mom served me growing up 🙂
Ask me about the time I: Accidentally took LSD at a synagogue
Dr. Genie Markwell ~Anavah~
(AKA Anavah / Dr. Genie / Goddess of Grace)
Genie is Oxytocin’s health, hospitality and business mastermind. She is a purveyor of multi-dimensional living and curates beautiful spaces both aesthetically and energetically that invite calm, joy and presence.
Favorite Tea: Jasmine Rose
Tagline: ‘Clarify your heart and the world will shift'
Ethnicity: Italian, Japanese, Welsh, Egyptian, Persian
Simple pleasures: Writing, playing and singing music, serving with purpose, time in nature, time with friends, magick, health and wisdom sharing
I am grateful for: Sunrise and sunset, the way music catches my feels, time with the people I love
Ask me about the time I: Sat on a stone throne atop Machu Picchu
Chris Sakowski
(AKA BudaChris)
Chris is Oxytocin’s musical weaver and community connector. He loves sharing all things wellness-related and helping each other experience joy.
Favorite Tea: Puerh
Tagline: “Be in sync with the drums of your heart”
Ethnicity: Generic White Dude
Simple pleasures: Epic travel adventures, biting into a mango, surfing, scuba diving, hiking with canine friends
I am grateful for: The transference of wisdom between humans, the rich sensations of flavors and sound, deep conversations and moments of spontaneous play
Ask me about the time I: Spent a summer bicycling across Europe