INSTRUCTORS SUN

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

  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

Kelly Tully is a Northern California-based metalsmith known for her expertly crafted, one-of-a-kind jewelry. With over a decade of experience, Kelly transforms raw metal into wearable art, blending traditional techniques with a modern, minimalist aesthetic. She works primarily with silver, gold, and brass, often incorporating gemstones and found materials to add depth and meaning to each piece. Her work is inspired by nature, architecture, and the raw beauty of the materials themselves. Whether creating bold statement pieces or delicate designs, Clara’s attention to detail and craftsmanship shine through in every creation. She believes in the transformative power of metal, using her craft to celebrate both beauty and strength. In addition to her custom designs, Kelly offers metalsmithing workshops to share her passion and knowledge with others. She...

06 January, 2025

I’m Kk, a queer, cis, Polish Jewish and Romanian Jewish woman. I’m a land tender, a forest dweller, a sister, friend and daughter. I’m a ceremonial tattoo artist, a huntress, a facilitator of connection, I’m a dream seeker and a dream weaver. Every day I endeavour to better understand my ancestry and lineage while showing up to foster connection and relationships to the lands I live on and the Hul’q’umín’um’ and SENĆOŦEN speaking people they were stolen from. My Polish ancestors, for 10 generations were butchers and hide tanners, and I can feel it in my bones and in my hands whenever I wield a knife or watch flesh turn to food and fabric. I do my best to live a life in ritual and reciprocity and...

28 December, 2025

Kumu Hula Anna Liza Kalauokekupukupu Abuan McKeon is a cultural practitioner and teacher with over twenty years of experience in hula and earth-based healing traditions. She was trained under Frank Kawaikapuokalani Hewett, a master of ancient traditional hula, who granted her his blessing to teach the sacred songs and dances of this lineage. Alongside hula, Kumu has studied sacred plant medicine and ancestral herbalism under Sage L. Maurer of The Gaia School of Healing, and Marysia Miernowska of The School of the Sacred Wild, both rooted in the Wise Woman Tradition. Grounded in these lineages, Kumu weaves cultural artistry, ancestral knowledge, and plant wisdom into her teaching with reverence and responsibility.   Kumu Anna Liza will be sharing Ancient Hula.    ...

17 January, 2025

  Laura Lopez will be sharing Traditional Loom Weaving from her Guatemalan hertitage. Laura began weaving and working with fiber when she was six years old, and has continued practicing her traditional ways since then. Laura uses gorgeous multicolored thread, and will help you learn how to use a traditional hand weaving loom. This is a hands on class with an opportunity to weave your very own piece of fabric to adorn yourself or another with. Laura weaves in her studio and bodega on Whidbey Island with her husband Carlos, daughter Estrella, and 2 dogs .   Laura Lopez will be teaching Guatemalan Hand Loom Weaving....

02 January, 2025

    Lauralina (aka Ro Güey) is a multidisciplinary skillstress from the island of Boriké. She is a radical matriarch, living intuitively and following the whispers of her ancestry back to the rhythms of the Mother. Along with her familia, she tends land in the mountains of lush San Germán and creates beauty from her home studio. Ro will be sharing Medicine Dollmaking, an ancestral skill that has been passed down for generations thru her maternal lineage....

07 January, 2026

Immersed in the verdant world of herbalism, Lauren Ann Nichols-Sheffler blossomed at the Colorado School of Clinical Herbalism, where she earned her certificate in medical herbalism. Rooted in deep reverence for crafting herbal remedies with land and place, she champions bioregional herbalism and reciprocal bonds between plants, people, and place. For seven years, Lauren has specialized in herbal distillation - hand crafting hydrosols from fresh plants and tending this ancestral art with precision and heart. Her dedication to education and sustainability shines through co-stewarding the Denver Herb Club, teaching at CSCH, supporting the Sustainable Herbs Initiative, stewarding wild lands, and hosting community classes at her United Plant Savers Botanical Sanctuary in Denver, CO. As Senior Sourcing & Purchasing Manager at WishGarden Herbs, she weaves her passion for ethical...

29 December, 2025

Having been brought up in South Florida, Lexy was always found in nature and in the Ocean. She found the natural world to be most inspiring to her and went out to receive a degree in Biology. After receiving her degree is when she decided to dig a lot more deeply into the wild herbs and foraging world. Learning how to make her own medicine from the surrounding plants set her off on a completely different journey from the one she was currently on. Creating medicine and learning primitive skills became a huge part in her life. Lexy has worked in many fields but working with her hands brings her the most connection with her own body and mind. She started off with leather working and...

02 January, 2025

Lily was born and raised in the green mountain state of Vermont. Surrounded by many folks who worked with and studied plants; she naturally became interested in exploring this world. She transplanted to California in 2014 to further study Jewelry Fabrication, Textiles and Herbalism. Lily enjoys sharing her passion for exploration and travels 6 month out of the year via her converted shuttle bus to ancestral skills + women's gatherings to learn, share, create and teach. She is a multifaceted creative who has her hand in many different pots such as: wild foraging, plant dyeing, wet felting, photography, pottery, animal processing, herbalism, building, jewelry fabrication, clothing design, and truly anything she sets her heart out to do. Lily Chau will be offering two alternating workshops: Natural Plant...

01 January, 2026
Spirit Weavers Gathering
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