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I am a full time mother and herbalist, local to Cave Junction, Oregon. My farm is on the edge of the Siskiyou Forest, where my husband and I grow, feed, educate and nurture our four home birthed children. Their ages range from 8-2 years old and they keep our homestead rambunctious, busy and filled with learning. I have been full time on our farm for over 10 years. Together, as a family, we raise 1000 chickens for meat production annually, grow 10+ acres of medicinal herbs and supply 30+ Bulk Loose Herbs and 50+ Single Plant Extracts via our Online Storefront and Local Farmer’s Markets. We work within the rhythms of the seasons and spend many hours exploring our epic Pacific Northwest ecosystem. My educational background is...

01 January, 2023

  Aiyah is head cheesemaker and creamery manager at a small creamery in the Applegate Valley of southern Oregon. Aiyah has had long had a love affair with cheese since her childhood. A gardener, homesteader and mother of 3, cheesemaking fit in with her dream of more self sustainability on the land. She started home cheesemaking in 2007 and has been making cheese commercially for 7.5 years. She is also a cheese and wine educator and teaches classes locally. In this beginning cheesemaking class, we will look at the art and science of turning milk into cheese. We will be making fresh mozzarella, ricotta and burrata from local, organic cow's milk from start to finish and students will have some cheese to take with them! Delicious.  ...

02 January, 2023

Alexa Sunshine Rose is a singer-songwriter, mother, artist and sound engineer who has dedicated herself and her life's work to being a clear channel for peace on earth. Her songs are utilized internationally in meditation, yoga, birth and healing work. Alexa will be facilitating group singing and sharing The Power of Intentional Sound...

21 March, 2023

Alexandra is an integrative healer and mentor specializing in therapeutic practices, teachings, and ceremonies through her decade of training with master teachers worldwide. She grew up as a busy city girl with a sensitive heart that led her to leave behind everything she learned and loved to begin an unknown journey along the west coast. Overwhelmed by the change, she knew listening to her body & intuition would safely guide her. Her sensitivity to the unseen realms through music, ceremony and subtle energy opened her pathway to train, integrate, and teach a holistic approach to live as a spiritual being in a modern world. Alexandra's favorite way of sharing and teaching is in nature while being supported by the plant, animal, and mineral kingdoms! She...

03 January, 2023

Alexandra "Ahlay" Blakely (she/her) is a song carrier remembering that which was meant to be forgotten in her lineages: song technology as connective tissues of the communal body. She blends song, body percussion, dance, stillness, breath & silence with the deepest intention to support others in remembering their inherent birthright to singing and rhythm. Her ancient ancestors of Old Europe (Ashkenazi, Scandinavian, Finnish, English, Scottish, Irish) sang while building, creating, birthing, working & being in reciprocity with the Land. She understands song to be fundamental in the expansion of ones internal capacity to participate in the collective shift towards life-affirming conditions. An underlying prayer in her song offerings is that they may contribute to the shared effort to transform white culture into being more connected with...

18 December, 2022

  Ali (they/them) is a courageous, compassionate, curious and creative being from the Pacific Northwest where they practice hypnosis, breathwork, permaculture, ancestral skills, and steep in experiential learning and reciprocity with two wildlings, Dakota (6) and River (4) with partner Noah. Ali was raised rough and growing to be a tough individual led them into the dedicated path of softening with the chosen tending of their traumas and challenges within them and beyond them to lead and receive aliveness and love. They became aware of the force and vitality of breath through great challenges from physical strength to compete and to the vital survival in a severe accident leading to a life with limbloss. Passion for rewilding and transforming old ways has led to discovering the instinctive nature...

02 January, 2023

Alix is an Energy Healer and Artist who finds center by making things with her hands. She cultivates a peaceful flow and connects to her ancestors by crafting beautiful, wearable, jewelry pieces. She believes feeling safe and stable is the fertile soil from which we can grow into the most potent version of ourselves. She encourages you to keep shining. Alix will be sharing  Bead Weaving Earrings...

07 January, 2023

  KAIJA is a multi-instrumental heartist, producer, vibrational medium & creator of Plant Vibrations, She marries sound, |ight & nature as medicine to create immersive experiences for our people to come home to themselves. By connecting a sanctuary of sound with breath, plants, flowers, herbs, soil, water, elementals, sacred resonance, cymatics, energy, movement meditation & intuitive knowing, KAIJA encourages us to feel soul good inside out. Along with live music, KAIJA channels & records live plant vibrations at divine times into her soundscapes. This is a first ever of its kind offering to the world. With the intention of giving medicine to our people, KAIJA has collaborated with Gold Water Alchemy to bring plant vibrations potions & elixirs. Awaken your portal, as you universe with multi-dimensional senses,...

02 January, 2023

Alyssa is a multidisciplinary artist, whose lineage is woven with makers and medicine keepers. She has been primarily self-taught in traditional fiber arts, and explored mentorships in analog photography, ceramics, and film-making. She currently practices as a natural dyer and quilt-maker, and their art is cultivated with sensory joy and love for symbolism. Her professional experience has been rooted in community building and connecting with the wilderness. Though her degree was in Sociology and Psychology, working in outdoor education allowed Alyssa to develop their love for adventure, natural sciences, and storytelling. She weaves the ancestral skills and practices she learned guiding expeditions, and well as her love for Bio-Psychology, into her creative mentorships. Alyssa is returning to school for her Masters in Occupational Therapy in order to...

01 January, 2023

Amber Marie Deen (she/her) is a multidisciplinary artist, folk herbalist, and facilitator, residing in Muscogee Creek territory of Oklahoma. She is a practitioner of meditative and improvisational movement as a means to explore our inner landscapes. Amber comes from a long lineage of diaspora and honors multiple cultural traditions and bloodlines through celebrations, rituals, and long pilgrimages of offerings and movement prayers to sacred spaces of Mother Earth. Her creative work focuses on Spirit, the sacred feminine, and human processes of grief, love, and beauty of healing through surrender. Her post graduate site specific performances and films have been witnessed in art galleries, museums, and choreography festivals. Amber has specialized training in Social Emotional Learning, movement pedagogy, nature mentorship, Waldorf, and as a doula. She continues her education...

15 January, 2023