INSTRUCTORS SUN

Hélène Bisnaire grew up in an agriculturally rich area in southern Ontario, Canada where the art of preserving food was passed down for generations. Her mother taught her to can and preserve the diverse produce available in their area. As a certified Health Coach who turned to holistic health at an early age, one of Hélène’s first jobs was at a health food restaurant, where she had the opportunity to deepen her practice in the art of fermentation and herbal medicine. Ever since, she has incorporated different fermented foods into her own kitchen. She now lives on a small farm in Southern Oregon, where her abundant garden gives her the opportunity to share the traditions she learned as a child with her own children.   Hélène will be sharing...

29 December, 2023

  Hosanna is an earth pigment paintmaker, earthenware potter, and earth artist of Northern-European decent living on Kalapuya land in the foothills of the Cascades in Western Oregon. Hosanna has been captivated by the elemental magic of working with wild clays ever since learning about pit fire pottery at Spirit Weavers in 2016 from Caitlin Deane. The unique personalities of each clay, the language of the hands, and the depth of ceremony to the whole process has inspired her to learn all that she can from teachers in the Northwest and Southwest in hand building and traditional firing methods. Working with local materials is working with local histories. The narratives of the stones and clays tell a dynamic story of their geological origins, as well as the toll...

24 December, 2025

Jackie DeConti is a yoga teacher, herbalist, and creative guide with Southern European ancestral roots. She has over a decade of experience teaching yoga, movement, and meditation, with training through the Shiva Rea lineage and the Kunga School of the Wilmington Yoga Center. Her herbalism training has been shaped by the School of the Sacred Wild, along with years of personal relationship-building with the plants and lands she tends. Her Ayurvedic studies come through Katie Silcox and The Shakti School, alongside foundational teachings from Italian-American folk herbalism and the lineage of Dr. Vasant Lad. Her intuitive watercolor practice has grown from working with plant infusions and earth-based creative rituals. She shares these offerings with respect for their origins and within the scope of teachings she has been...

30 December, 2025

Unearthed her indigenous name, Gat Kawan Pastol (Shepherd of the Flock) in 2023 Naming Ceremony led by Apu Adman, Jen V. Benitez has been called forth as first generation ancestral & sound healer under Diwata Sa Kagubatan. She comes from a lineage of midwives, albularyo’s (herbalists) & manghihilot’s (high priestess / shaman) on her paternal side from Alaminos, Pangasinan, Philippines.  Her work is at the intersection of sacred art / adornment & ancestral remembering. She began her healing journey over 10 years ago through sound & meditation, which then inspired her to share her gifts with her community. She began her own practice in 2019, UMAKYAT Sound & Energy Healing, facilitating women’s circles & offering 1:1 sound healing sessions.  Jen is also Founder / Executive Director of...

03 January, 2026

Rev. Jolene Star is an Interfaith Minister, Vibrational Healer and Guardian of The Heart. She is the owner of The Enchanted Heart: A Color and Sound Vibrational Wellness Center in Ridgewood, New Jersey. With over two decades of experience in metaphysical and spiritual practices, her teachings are devoted to helping individuals reconnect with their soul’s purpose through frequency medicine, seven-year life cycle mapping, and heart-centered healing. Rev. Jolene blends ancient wisdom with modern spiritual insight, honoring all paths while creating inclusive sacred space for transformation. At The Enchanted Heart, she offers a multitude of healing practices, spiritual counseling, ceremonial journeys and workshops focused on helping people cultivate healthy boundaries-especially the power of saying no. Her signature offerings include Aura-Soma Color Therapy, working with 123 bottles of living...

05 January, 2026

  Iosellev “Josie” Castaneda Morales, is a modern day Curandera. At an early age she was introduced to the practice of Curanderismo, as a way of life. Today, she serves her Miami Community as a Yerbera, traditional folk herbalist. Josie is the creator of the Curandera Remedies brand and the author of “Latine Herbalism: A Beginner's Guide to Modern Curanderismo” where she shares remedios y rituales for modern times. You can connect with her at CuranderaRemedies.com and LatineHerbalism.com Josie Castaneda will be sharing Latine Herbalism: The Art of Cacao for Feminine Wellness & Cacao Ceremony....

03 January, 2026

Joy McEwen manages Diggin’ Livin’ Farm & Apiaries, an organic farm and commercial beekeeping operation in Cave Junction, Oregon, using organic and biodynamic practices. She teaches Apitherapy & Natural Beekeeping, and has maintained an Apitherapy clinic in Southern Oregon for over 10 years, offering holistic health services through honeybee products including bee venom therapy. Joy also crafts Honey Bee Brews, a line of jun beverages made with honey from her apiary. She serves on the USDA Farm Service Agency board for Josephine and Jackson Counties and is a board member of the American Apitherapy Society. Joy recently co-authored Raising Resilient Bees: Heritage Techniques to Mitigate Mites, Preserve Locally Adapted Genetics, and Grow Your Apiary. Joy will be sharing    ...

06 January, 2025

  As a master bead weaver and designer of distinctive beaded art wear, Julia Wagoner has been an artist all of her life. She began beadwork at fourteen years of age, after receiving her first bead loom, which she still uses. Julia is self-taught and has made up her own techniques and applications, utilizing micro beads, the smallest beads in the world. Having graduated from New York University with a Bachelor’s degree in Fine Arts, Julia has been expressing her artistic visions through intricate bead design since 1981. She is primarily self-taught. After an extensive study in textiles such as weaving tapestries, and crocheting hand spun and natural dyed wool, Julia moved into beadwork as her primary medium. She has a love for seed beads and now...

20 April, 2026

After moving from Central Texas to the Pacific Northwest in her early twenties, Kate found herself immersed in lush, green landscapes that awakened a deep desire to understand and befriend the plants shaping her new environment. What began as curiosity quickly grew into a lifelong devotion to the study and practice of herbal medicine. For more than 22 years, Kate has pursued extensive herbal education, studying through programs including the School of Evolutionary Herbalism, Cedar Mountain Herb School, Crows Daughter School of Shamanic Herbalism, and the School of Traditional Western Herbalism. She has apprenticed with and learned from a wide range of respected herbalists, including Susan Weed, Jim McDonald, Howie Brounstein, Paul Bergner, Steven Buhner, Julie McIntyre, Margi Flint, Brigette Mars, Sheryl Tilgner, Julie Charette Nunn, Matthew...

22 January, 2026

  Katie Berns Lee is the founder of Drum Temple LLC, where she helps people open their hearts, ground in, and get in touch with their “truest and most primal selves” through deep activation, ancestral remembrance, and reconnection to the primordial heartbeat. Through her music, Katie connects deeply to indigenous and ancient cultures from West Africa, Latin America, Mongolia, the Middle East, and folk America, and her mission encourages a return to original ways of feeling, expressing, and being as stewards of this Earth. Katie believes that rhythm activates vibrational messages from our body and soul—so let us use it to communicate the messages coming through us during times of great responsibility and transformation.  Katie Berns will be teaching Return to the Primordial Pulse: A Women's Primal Drum Workshop.  ...

23 December, 2025
Spirit Weavers Gathering
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