Areola Area

The Areola was founded in 2005 by DeAnna Batdorff as a grass-roots initiative to provide proper education and empower women around their breast, womb and lymphatic health.  With thousands of women seen and supported this holistic care has provided a backbone to our community.  In 2017, with DeAnna’s blessing,  The Areola made its way to the SWG community.   

The Areola is a passionate group of women committed to the path of  empowering and educating women on holistic breast and womb health. We come from a variety of modalities and backgrounds and hold a deep understanding of Ayurvedic lymphatic massage.  We will be teaching women how to explore, map and understand the terrain of their reproductive systems and learn their symptoms and how to respond with holistic self care techniques.  We will be offering COMPLIMENTARY holistic breast checks and internal pelvic floor care  within the safe container of our wellness yurt throughout the gathering to women who are interested in opening a deeper conversation with their breast and pelvic floor health.  This can be a deeply profound, and often emotional experience as we re-awaken this deeply intuitive aspect of our bodies, and learn, maybe for the first time, how to truly listen to what our bodies are telling us about our health. We offer a compassionate and safe space for women to explore their bodies and move through whatever may arise.

Women who are interested in receiving a breast or pelvic floor session will have the opportunity to enter our raffle Thursday evening after the opening ceremony and winners will be selected  and posted Thursday night.  We will be offering raffle breast and pelvic sessions on Friday, Saturday mornings during the morning class session, and raffle winners will have a chance to sign up for their desired timeslot.  Each woman who is selected from the raffle will receive a complimentary 30 minute breast or  pelvic floor session as well as empowerment and education around their unique self-care needs.We are in deep gratitude to the traditions of Ayurveda and all of our teachers for the deep wisdom of these offerings. May we continue to pass on this knowledge to all women everywhere!  

Beyond the complimentary raffled time slots women are able to book directly and sign up daily with practitioners for afternoon / evening time slots. These are offered at a sliding scale donation $60-100.  The Areola has been supporting the growing Spiritweavers community for 9 years now.  In addition to our hands on breast and pelvic floor offerings we will be offering deep dive workshops from our seasoned practitioners through the Aryuvedic lens empowering women around their breast health.

LINDSAY KOLTERMAN

Production Lead 

Lindsay Kolterman is the founder of MDCM Investments, a business finance and systems consulting agency that emphasises operational excellence and financial growth. She is known for mentoring leaders and guiding businesses toward sustainable success.

As the Chief Executive Officer of The Source Chiropractic Franchise, Lindsay oversees the company’s mission to support the awakening of human consciousness through innate healing and chiropractic health care. She also serves as Chief Financial Officer for the Alliance for Sacred Living, a nonprofit focused on the healing, empowerment, and protection of indigenous communities.

Lindsay is on the board of Directors at The Institute for Rural Psychedelic Care, where she helps advance donation-based funding for Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP) and psychedelic therapy research. 

Instagram: @lindsaykolterman 

Websites: https://www.mdcminvestments.com

   https://www.theallianceforsacredliving.org/

   https://investment.thesourcechiropractic.com/

   https://www.ruralpsychedeliccare.org/

SHERI NELSEN

Assistant Lead & Practitioner

Sheri Nelsen started supporting women’s healing processes through the art of hairstyling in 1983. Her charismatic personality, good nature and open hearted friendliness creates a safe place for women to release. In 2009 Sheri was guided to study with Deanna Batdorff at the Dhyana Centers Ayurvedic School in Sebastopol. After her training was complete she was on staff at the original Areola area inside the Northern California Herbal Symposium for 8 years. Sheri decided to bring her love for Breast care to the Spirit Weavers Gathering in 2018. Sheri is an experienced guide, passionate about empowering each woman on how to care for their breasts facilitating a deeper understanding and awareness of how their emotions are connected to transformational healing. After supporting The Areola at The Spirit Weavers Gathering for the past 4 years, she is stepping in as hub lead.

Herbal Training: Donna D’Terra of Yerba Women in Willits CA

Jane Bothwell of Dandelion Herbals in Bayside, Eureka

Bodywork Training : Harbin Hot Springs

Coeur d’Alene Massage School

Ayurvedic Breast Practitioner – 8 years on staff at the Women’s Herbal Symposium with Deanna Batdorff at the Areola

ABIGAIL HINDS

Practitioner (Both Sessions)

Abigail is a wisdom keeper of feminine healing lineages, and bone deep ancestral medicines, that nourish the life-giving creative powers of the heart, womb, and soul. She  supports women to come home to the sovereignty and sanctuary of their bodies. Abigail  is the founder of Bless Our Breasts, which is an organization that offers Breast Health Education and Breast Massage Trainings to support women to have a healthy relationship to their breasts and be able to receive the holistic care they need. 

As a weaver and artist, Abigail creates spirit-filled pieces of beauty and medicine including rattles, drums, feather wands, jewelry and adornments.  She tends to animal kin in life and death, spirit and form, processing and preserving them with reverence to create art, medicine, tools, and nourishment.  

As a songstress, Abigail channels soulful medicine music, mermaid melodies, and the voice of the Whales. She collaborates with the Whales for water tending and womb healing.  

Instagram: @whalewombweaving / @blessourbreasts / @weaving.wild.rainbows

Websites: www.whalewombweaving.com / www.blessourbreasts.com

ASHLEY ELAINE

Practitioner (Both Sessions)

Ashley Elaine is a bodyworker living in the San Juan Islands in Washington. Her work focuses on women’s holistic health and Ayurvedic wellness & bodywork, including breast massage, uterine alignments, prenatal massage, Maya abdominal massage, and lymphatic drainage. She has trained with many wise women such as Deanna Batdorff, Tami Kent, and Kathleen Lawler, a student of Rosita Arvigo. This is her second year with the Areola team; offering breast massage at Spiritweavers was one of the most precious, invigorating, inspiring, powerful experiences she has had as a bodyworker and she is so excited to be a part of this group once again! 

Instagram: @song.of.Ashley.Elaine 

Website: ashleyelaine.me

RACHEL HINDS

Practitioner (Both Sessions)

Rachel is a birth and postpartum doula residing in the Appalachian mountains in Asheville, North Carolina. She entered birth work through a deep love of sustainable agriculture and believes that how we relate to our primal nature in all forms has the potential to transform culture. Embodiment can be the revolution. Rachel acquires an   eclectic skill set to weave embodied wisdom in the modern world. She is a licensed massage therapist, somatic experiencing student, graduate of foundations in Ayurveda, perspective therapist, earthart creator, lover of community, and a total goofball with a deep belly laugh. We can both cherish this life’s vast depth and laugh at the cosmic joke of it all ✨

Instagram: @doula_raee

Website: www.rachelchinds.com

ALIEN FLORES MARKHAM-CAUSEY

Practitioner (Moon Session)

Alien’s maternal grandmother introduced her to the Healing Arts as a child. Her grandmother was a Reiki Master and reflexologist who’s loving touch paved the way for her Healer’s journey. After studying massage therapy in 2015, Alien has been studying with her beloved Ayurvedic Mentor DeAnna Batdorff since 2019. In 2022, she joined DeAnna at the Northern California Women’s Herbal Symposium and provided lymphatic breast care in the Areola tent. She since has never missed a session on the Areola team! This work is what keeps her juicy, inspired and feels so potent she wants all women to experience it. In 2023, Alien assisted DeAnna with Womb realignments at Spiritweavers, and in 2024 she returned to join the Areola team.  ‘It’s a deep honor to nurture, educate and support women and their bodies.’

Deep Gratitude and honor to my mentors and teachers: Inge Ropers, Mayaya Gabay, DeAnna Batdorff, Kate Coletti, Hugh Milne 

IG: @earthskyapothecary

Website: ofEarthandSky.com

DEVIN FLEURDUJON

Practitioner (Both Sessions)


Devin Fleurdujon celebrates her 24th year as a hands on bodyworker and healer in the California Bay Area. 
She draws strength from the deep, archetypal well of the wounded healer and seeker, enabling her to intuitively find, unwind and unlock pain points at the threshold between therapeutic touch that is nurturing and effective.  

Her practice is multimodal, blending elements of Ayurveda, Massage, Breathwork, Aromatherapy, Shamanic Healing and Prophetic Wisdom. Her devotion to Divine Feminine embodiment as the access point for Divine Masculine action has led her to a practice that empowers breast/chest health and wellbeing for all gender bodies.  She is currently working on her Masters in Divinity(MDiv) at Berkeley School of Theology with an emphasis on Feminine Mystics, marginalized voices, newly canonized “gnostic” texts, spiritual renewal, reconciliation and innovation. She assists Huemans as a spirit doula and ritualist, entheogenic guide, and medicine keeper working intimately with the little saints for over 30 years, has also been blessed to be a student of DeAnna Batdorf for14+ years and is looking forward to another beautiful coming season of service to the Spiritweavers community(Sun/Moon)

Web: Www.devaflora.com

Insta: @devaflora_healingarts

COURTNEY NOEL

Practitioner (Both Sessions)

Courtney Noël is an embodiment coach, container Creatrix, Cycle Syncing Guide, Breast Practitioner, and Birth + Postpartum Doula. She hosts ceremonies and workshops in the Portland/Eugene area and has worked with women 1:1 through her business Earth, Rhythm & Womb. She feels most aligned when supporting others in their journey back to pleasure, sensuality and presence. Her prayer is that all women can feel safe enough in their bodies to experience their full spectrum of emotions and life. She knows she’s on her path when tending to the womb mysteries, sacral energies, heart and breasts.  Through powerful practices such as somatic movement, parts work, breath, and primal sound she supports her clients as they move through layers of healing and coming home to the body.  Courtney studied with Abigail Hinds of Bless Our Breasts, which initiated her passion for tending to the breasts and lymphatic rivers. This year, she was an assistant teacher at a Bless Our Breasts training, able to deepen her knowledge and service. She is honored to be offering Breast Care at Spirit Weavers for her second year! 

Instagram: @earthrhythmwomb

Sunroom: @earthrhythmwomb 

Website: www.earthrhythmwomb.com

KAILANI RODDE

Practitioner (Moon Session)

Kailani works with ancestral healing to revitalize and awaken our sacred portals of life. Her product line, Sister Herb, blends herbal remedies with intention and purpose, going back to the roots of plant medicine for clean living. She is a Yoni Steam practitioner, offering somatic womb care to cleanse and clear trauma and stuck stagnant energy. 

Sister herb walks with women through the portals of womanhood, offering tender postpartum care for birth, miscarriage and abortion. She attended the Gaia school of healing for herbalism and is currently studying holistic hormone coaching. Last year she studied under Abigail Hinds to learn lymphatic breast massage and become an advocate for breast health. She facilitates sacred circles and works with young kids teaching body literacy and cyclical living. Kailani brings ritual and herbal magic back to everyday life.

Instagram: @sisterherb

Website: www.sisterherbshop.com

NAIA PLANTY

Practitioner (Moon Session)

Naia Planty began her Ayurvedic studies in 2019 with DeAnna Batdorf, completing a 10-month clinical program that extended into two and a half years due to the pandemic. Naia works as a Therapeutic Skills Coach, supporting teens in trauma healing, emotional regulation, and life skills. In addition, she runs a small lymphatic breast massage practice, where she empowers women to take control of their breast health by providing practical tools they can incorporate into their daily routines.She has served as a lymphatic breast massage practitioner at Spirit Weavers and the Women’s Herbal Symposium for the past two years. Currently pursuing her goal of becoming a Marriage and Family Therapist, Naia is dedicated to integrating mind-body approaches into therapy for deeper healing and transformation. Through her work, Naia empowers individuals to cultivate both physical and emotional well-being.

Instagram: @wovenembodiment

MARIA BUCKLER

Practitioner (Moon Session)

Maria Buckler is a licensed massage therapist who is passionate about supporting your wellness journey. She committed to ongoing learning with a focus on Ayurveda, lymphatic care, womb and breast health. She deepened her practice through studies in Türkiye alongside DeAnna Batdorff, and the Maharani Institute in Santa Barbara. 

She believes true healing comes from reconnecting with our bodies, rhythms, and nature. Through hands-on therapies and Ayurvedic practices. She offers tools to help you nourish yourself in an intuitive and holistic way. Guided by nature and my nurturing instincts, she create a space for you to heal and deepen your self-care with the goal of helping you continue your path of nourishment long after you leave. In the past 3 years she has participated at the NCWHS and SWG in the areola tent.

MAYA MCNEIL 

Practitioner (Both Sessions)

My name is Maya Johanna McNeil, CMT (they/she), I am a Scottish-American folk medicine artist and healing practitioner, currently based and practicing in the Bay Area. 

It is an endless joy and honor to approach those who arrive on my table,  and their dynamic constitutions, with openness and witness, striving to meet their needs where they are at. I tend and utilize a nourishing tool kit of potent and effective techniques to restore balance and support the growth of empowered and informed self care beyond my table. I am a CMT of ten years practice, a continual student of the integrated lineages carried and taught by DeAnna Batdorff, I am a devoted daughter of the land of the Cailleach, and singer for bridge building, through story and song. 

I am gratefully returning to Spirit Weavers for both Sun and Moon, and will be teaching Breast/Chest health practice at Sun Session.

www.mayamcneil.com/bodywork

instagram: @maya_mcneil_music

KIRA WILDHEART 

Practitioner (Both Sessions)

Kira is a devotee of the muse of life, a creatrix, a collaborator, an earth guardian, a bodyworker, a birth and postpartum Doula, and womb whisperer. She walks through this life in service to the mothers, the children, the womb holders, and the waters of this earth. Through her art, my music, my community offerings, and her work in women’s health spaces, Kira is in full devotion to the Great Mother and the sacred feminine spirit. Kira studied with Abigail Hinds of Bless Our Breasts, which initiated her passion for tending to the breasts and lymphatic system of the body. She is grateful and excited to be offering Breast Care at Spirit Weavers for her second year. 

Instagram: @Kira.wildheart

Website: https://www.kirawildheart.com/