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Annyea Healy resides in the Northern Sierra Foothills within Nisenan Territory, tending to her homestead along side her family. There they grow flower, vegetable and herb filled gardens, and care for fiber and dairy goats, llamas and chickens. Through reciprocal and loving relations with her animal kin and the Earth beneath her feet, Annyea grows, harvests, spins, botanically dyes, felts and weaves these beautiful natural fibers into one of a kind creations as well as provides food and fiber to her community. Annyea is passionate about keeping these ways alive and well and over the last several years she has facilitated many workshops at various skills gatherings and at her annual women's fiber arts and animal husbandry retreats hosted every spring on her farm. She is...

01 January, 2025

  Anna has been working with earthen materials since very young, first beginning making small clay pots from a cave she grew up tending to. She majored in ceramics in college and had spent her life practicing carpentry with her master carpenter father. She fell in love with cob in late 2017 when her partner introduced her to this way of building and they then went onto build a 800 Sq. Ft. Cob home. Since then, she has built numerous other buildings including light straw clay, strawbale and more cob. She works as a professional natural plasterer along with tending to her painting career. These arts go hand in hand. She has worked with and learned from the likes of Ianto Evans+Linda Smiley (cob cottage company)...

26 December, 2024

Wild spirit. Dancer, witch, intuitive, empath, embodied seeker and truth teller. Earth steward, lover of nature and wildness. Student, teacher, medicine maker and rebel. Movement artist and improviser. Licensed Acupuncturist and Herbalist Massage Therapist Artistic Director of Wildance Committed to spreading the spirit of adventure, I support compassionate living through immersion in nature, dance, creativity, and the healing arts. It is my medicine to help us discover and nurture embodied joy, awakening and nourishing the desire to live and love on our earthwalk. In work and play I offer intuitive, celebratory and exploratory experiences of mindful embodiment, playful movement and sensory awareness. Immersed in the moment and attuned to nature I feel the spark of healing. This feeling of joy brings excitement for life, commitment to care for my body, a bond with wilderness...

29 December, 2024

Arwyn Moonrise is an embroidery artist with a natural gift for teaching the craft in a fun and practical manner. She learned to embroider during her childhood watching her mother mend and adorn the families clothing on their organic blueberry farm in rural Maine, and reconnected with stitching later in life. Fueled by her passion for creating, recognizing the power of bespoke sacred garments, and wanting to help reduce fashion waste by giving vintage/used clothing new life, she started her custom embroidery business, Township 31 (named after the township in Maine she grew up in). Arwyn creates one-of-a-kind custom pieces for her clients as a way to create sacred adornment through the art of prayer and storytelling. Her work is executed with technical precision and intricacy....

16 January, 2025

  Ashley is a devoted mother of two neurodivergent boys, as wild and wonderful as the wilderness. She shares her passions through her companies, Raising Our Rootz and The Metta-Morphosis. She approaches parenting with a heartfelt commitment to healing a fractured world and protecting and preserving the sanctity of childhood and motherhood. She is a Holistic Educator and Professional Nurturer with 15 years specializing in Holistic Child Development, complemented by a teaching credential in Early Childhood Education. Additionally, she brings 20 years of experience in the Healing Arts, encompassing roles as a bodyworker, lightworker, meditation teacher, ceremonialist, and Advanced Theta Healing Practitioner. Her diverse expertise extends to being an Integrative Trauma Coach, Certified Innate Traditions Postpartum Care Practitioner, Ayurvedic Doula, and Community Supported Postpartum Facilitator, all centered...

29 December, 2024

Baelyn Elspeth grew up in Los Angeles studying dance from the time she was 4. This affinity with movement provided a doorway into her relationship with spirit, health and the body. She has since journeyed into deeper pathways of Self cultivation through studying various practices in the Sacred arts, is a student of Zen, the Tao, and the “Way of Tea”. Currently Baelyn resides in Santa Fe, NM and devotes her time to sharing and facilitating sacred space for communities all around the world, bringing the medicine of Tea and Ceremony wherever she goes.  She guides others in making space for the sacred in their daily lives ~ through immersive retreats, workshops, and online mentorships. Baelyn has been with Spirit Weavers since its inception and has been a crucial part of...

09 May, 2024

Brietta has been a pioneer of dance in its many forms of healing, prayer, play, and conditioning in small mountain towns for over twenty three years. She carries the lineage of the ancient art of dance within her soul. The combination of Brietta’s devotion to the dance, her nomadic spirit, family roots & passion to support herself and others into an embodied conscious awakening has birthed her own trademarked movement form called WildCore™. Her years of study as a conscious dance leader and mentor for Soul Motion® began to blend with her years as a Nia® Teacher, Massage Therapist, Shamanic student & practitioner, Prana Flow® Yoga teacher, apprentice to mother-nature, energy enthusiast & performer. Her book ‘WildCore: 12 Keys to Unlock Your Untamed Expression’ shares her...

02 January, 2025

Cameron was introduced to the study of Ancestral Skills in the early 2000s. After attending her first traditional skills gathering in 2003, she was entranced with the deep connection she felt with the Earth in practicing the old ways of peoples from around the world. In 2004, unexpected life circumstances gave Cameron, and her life partner Eric, the opportunity to do a full immersion into learning a variety of primitive skills for 4 months in Montana with teachers Lynx Vilden and Digger (Doug) Crist. Cameron, and Eric, found a lot of joy and contentment in practicing Ancestral Skills, and dove into that world wholeheartedly, learning and then eventually teaching at gatherings throughout the West. In 2009, Cameron and Eric founded and organized Saskatoon Circle Primitive Skills...

02 January, 2025

  Moon Child. Outdoor Lover. Fierce Mother. Space Holder. Shadow Seeker. Spiritual Explorer. River Runner. Intuitive Dreamer. Creative Force. She/Her I am here to explore the beauty of our human experience through connection and community. To listen & learn, laugh & cry, heal & grow, wander & be still. I am passionate about pleasure and helping people thrive. My work as a coach combines neurobiology, shamanic healing, and holistic embodiment practices; blended with ancient wisdom & teachings. The work is based in an understanding that all of us are sensual beings with a tremendous capacity for love and connection. Breathwork, pleasure practices, meditation, energy work, sounding, and movement are combined in a transformational process that is rooted in deep self-love and acceptance. This method recognizes and supports that human beings...

27 December, 2024

Casandra began cooking with Spirit Weavers Gathering (SWG) in 2017 with predecessor Tami Grooney. Quickly making it to sous chef, Casandra is a force in the kitchen with an eye for the ever evolving trends in food and nutrition as well as a fantastic sense of taste and texture. As someone who has always been passionate about cooking for large groups, 750 attendees was a welcome challenge. In 2022,  Casandra stepped into the role of Head Chef for SWG and is enjoying leading the nourishment team into the new future of food. Casandra views cooking at these Gatherings as a source of healthcare and resilience. With a background in restaurant management, organic farming, folk herbalism, along with alternative cooking styles- their mission is to create simple,...

07 January, 2025