December 2018

Rhoda is a trained Conscious Counselor, Cathartic Breathwork Facilitator and Reiki Practitioner. Since 2002, she has been exploring various methods of healing and self mastery. While living in Australia, she discovered a very potent method of healing: Rebirthing Breathwork. During her training, Rhoda intuitively used her hands during healing sessions and it all came together perfectly when she later became Reiki attuned at Spirit Weavers Gathering. Rhoda aims to hold space for each individual to connect and align to Divine and Earth energies, arising in heart centered beingness and a guiding source of power in one’s Life. Rhoda is also an artist and maker of handmade and eco-friendly creations with the messages of Unity Consciousness and the importance of Profound Personal Responsibility which can be found online...

18 December, 2018

Windsong Martin is a singer, songwriter and women’s ceremonial guide from Southern Oregon with a passion for singing with others. She has been participating in women’s ceremonial circles for 37 years and hosted the “Good Medicine Women’s Retreat” for 20 years running. She is active in Women's Ceremony in her community and wherever she travels. She has written and gathered a wealth of songs written for women. . In her workshops Windsong will guide you thru a selection of chants, songs and suggestions for rituals specific to the phases of a woman’s life. Windsong is currently working on a book and CD soon to be released, focused on this theme, which will include songs, rituals and wonderful photos collected from years of experiences with a wide...

10 December, 2018

Sun worshiper, ocean dweller, and mountain climber, I have always been sustained by nature. Nature calls us to understand that all abundant life feeds on the versions of itself that have died before it. I retreat to the backcountry as often as possible to relearn and remember this, over and over. I am a Wilderness First Responder working towards becoming a counsellor in outdoor behavioral healthcare. My calling is to inspire each individual in my path to see past the veil of reality, and the extent to which we are active agents of its construction. I have been connected to the unseen and unconscious for as long as I can remember, and am fascinated by the interactions between self and other. I believe in my...

15 December, 2018

Amara teaches connection and respect for the natural world in all of her pursuits. For the last 13 years she has immersed herself in earth-based wisdom traditions from North and South America, undergoing rites of passage, sitting in ceremonies, and studying with wisdom keepers. Her heart has been the guiding force in creating a life that is authentic to her unique spirit. During her journey, Amara has absorbed medicine songs from various traditions and languages, including English, Spanish, Quechua, Portuguese, Sanskrit and more. Spirit has also blessed her with the gift of receiving medicine songs during the in the dream realms and in ceremony. Her songs come out in many areas of her life including nature classes for kids, community classes, ceremonies, healing sessions, and...

14 December, 2018

Vessel :: A hollow container used for holding liquids or other contents; a person into whom some quality is infused or received. A vessel is not just something waiting to be filled defined by its negative space, but rather a conduit for energy or transportation. Vessels carry important fluids throughout our bodies, giving us life force. As humans we are vessels, taking in the world through our senses both seen and unseen with the ability to channel ideas, create, and express. Caitlin is a vessel maker and lover of earth-based crafts. After receiving her BFA in Ceramics from MICA in 2012, she left the east coast to pursue the vastness of the Mojave Desert, an education in natural building, and a career in production pottery. Her discovery...

10 December, 2018

jennette nielsen, born and raised in the pacific northwest, is a ritualist, animist, and embodied folkloric wild woman. she is a honey-drenched woodland witch, orphan wisdom school scholar, community centered herbalist, and bee priestess, studying & reclaiming the vibrant & vital gynocentric/yonic/pythonic ancient european shamanism of her beloved ancestors, who most recently were settler-colonialists to the midwest from the Scandinavian and Western Europe diaspora. as a mother raising two sons, jennette has long studied earth-based ancestral skills alongside her boys and enjoys botanical dyeing cloth and paper, singing, basket weaving, yoga and dance, leather work, hand sewing, herb craft, gardening, and pottery. jennette has been covening with women for years and not only hosts full/new moon circles, blessingways, and anchors the thresholds of birth, death and divorce...

14 December, 2018

My name is Marike, and I am honored to be part of this beautiful gathering. I am from the Netherlands. I have travelled an interesting and curvy path in my life, from growing up in a small town near the sea to living in an Aboriginal community In the tropical rainforest in North Queensland in Australia. From being a university lecturer to working on my heartsproject on spreading awareness, kindness and empathy in the world. Once I gave up my expectations of what life should be like and what I should be like, I found that there is so much that I love to do. I regularly hold circles for women and girls about the divine feminine. And my heart sings with joy when I work...

18 December, 2018

Singing is our birthright. I, like so many others, grew up believing that my voice wasn’t good enough. I carried this belief for most of my life, casting seeds of self-doubt and insecurity. It was through Community Singing that I found the medicine needed to reclaim my voice and vibrancy. Today, I use song as a tool for building community, for restoring our sense of connection in the world. This ancient practice is truly a technology of belonging. I see it’s profound impact on the lives of my community when we come together to make beautiful and meaningful sound. As a Song Weaver and Community Songleader, I find so much purpose and joy in creating inclusive, diverse, inter-generational gatherings of people singing together. In my hometown...

18 December, 2018