INSTRUCTORS SUN

  Lauren Godla is a dance artist, director and movement educator based out of Gasquet, CA. She graduated with a BA in Exercise Biology and a Minor in Dance from UC Davis in 2012. She spent the following decade teaching yoga, performing, choreographing, studying movement and playing on rivers across the west. She co-directed and performed for FloorPlay Dance Comedy and toured and performed nationally with BANDALOOP, a Vertical Dance Company based out of Oakland. In 2020 she moved home to Del Norte County and in 2021 she founded DiRT & Glitter, an environmental art organization that creates site-specific productions. She has directed multiple site-specific performances along the Wild and Scenic Smith River, turning canyon walls into stages and audience members into paddlers. Her vertical dance film...

10 January, 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

    Over the last decade, Liat has been a full-time artistic photographer based in Toronto, Canada. She is dedicated to creating safe containers where women can experience the transformative power of being photographed. Her portrait work is in devotion to femininity, tenderness, sensuality and in reverence to nature. Check out her work on Instagram at @liat.a and www.liataharoni.com   Liat Aharoni will be facilitating the Nude Embodiment photoshoot....

09 May, 2024

Lily Chau 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, the plant kingdom/queendom at an early age. She transplanted to California in 2014 to study Jewelry Fabrication, Textiles and Herbalism. Which later led her to the California School of Herbal Studies in 2018 where she since decided to stay. She lives in a tiny cabin on the land of the Coastal Miwok and Southern Pomo in Sonoma County, CA. Lily enjoys sharing her passion for exploration and has been traveling 6 month out of the year via her converted shuttle bus to ancestral skills + womens gatherings to learn, share, create and teach. She is...

31 December, 2023

  Maran is a licensed art therapist and specializes in working with people of all ages using intentional, creative and somatically rich modalities as conduits for deep work to help give feeling form.   Maran favors a trauma-informed approach with neurodevelopmentally targeted interventions that encourage autonomy in the individual. She is passionate about following guidance from the natural world and wild psyche to access tools for expression, creativity, and exploration that rewire us into a rhythmic symbiosis within ourselves as extensions of our environments.   Maran Bloomingdale will be sharing Felted Talisman and Vessels....

31 December, 2024

  Maria will be sharing Yoga and plant dyes and is also our Movement Lead.  Bio coming soon...

17 January, 2025

Mary Sheila Gonnella is devoted to helping people take control of their health and live their fullest lives. As a Board-Certified Holistic Nutritionist, Wahls Certified Practitioner, and Ayurvedic educator, she provides personalized guidance, empowering her clients and students to make lasting changes that support vitality and balance. For seven years, Mary Sheila taught at Bauman College Holistic Nutrition and Culinary Arts, earning a reputation as an inspiring and impactful instructor. One student reflected, “Mary Sheila is one of the best teachers I’ve encountered in all of my studies. She not only teaches with passion but embodies the principles she shares from the depth of her being.” Her dedication to health education stems from her own journey of discovery and healing. Over the years, she has developed expertise...

30 December, 2024

  My name is Maya Johanna McNeil, CMT (they/she), I am a Scottish-American folk medicine artist and healing arts practitioner. I am a CMT of ten years practice, a continual student of the integrated lineages carried and taught by DeAnna Batdorff, a devoted daughter of the land of the Cailleach, and singer for bridge building, through story and song. I maintain a ritual bodywork practice for all bodies at Manzanita Wellness in Berkeley, California. I am gratefully returning to Spirit Weavers for both Sun and Moon to provide breast massage and educational empowerment sessions in the Areola. www.mayamcneil.com/bodywork instagram: @maya_mcneil_music   Maya McNeil will be teaching The Hearth of Our Matter~ A Path of Fire and Water at Sun Session.  ...

02 January, 2025

Mikhel Neshat hails from the motherland of Austin, Texas, though California has been her home for 17 years. She’s been slowly building her grassroots company, Wayfinder Archery. Wayfinder is a Traditional Archery company teaching fundamental knowledge in instinctive shooting, the development of a relationship with the bow & arrow, and a platform to transform your relationship to yourself & nature. Mikhel brings people together to remember who they are through the power of presence, self reflection, authenticity, embodiment, nature, high-quality company, yielding weapons well, and good ole’ fashion humor. Mikhel brings a special twist to the Archery Range via her tracking skills and insights of the human psyche, body language, and subconscious symbology. She’s known to shoot straight from the heart paired with some damn fine...

02 January, 2025

Miriam Grace (she/they) has been studying and sharing wilderness survival and earth living skills for over fifteen years. Her work strives to merge sustainability, beauty making, craft, and resilience through ancestral arts and a deepening connection to the natural world. Born and raised in an intentional community in the foothills of the Sierra Nevadas, Miriam’s lifelong closeness to nature and spirituality has intimately informed her experiences and offerings. Miriam received extensive education at the Tracker School in the Pine Barrens of New Jersey as a young adult, and has since studied traditional crafts and earth skills on her own and with mentors from many walks of life. She has led workshops and run programs independently and in collaboration with other schools, events, and skills gatherings for people...

03 January, 2025