Maya Johanna McNeil, CMT practices in somatic bodywork and breast/lymphatic health care for all bodies. They are a Scottish-American folk musician, educator, medicine maker, and healing arts practitioner, currently based and practicing in the Bay Area, CA....
Megan Carli works in metals with a deep respect for the craft of silversmithing. For over a decade, she has shaped wearable forms that balance strength and softness, creating pieces meant for everyday wear. Her work is inspired by travel, family, and an unwavering devotion to creative exploration. Alongside her studio practice, Carli teaches at the college level, where she values the sharing of knowledge, technique, and a thoughtful approach to design. Carli will be teaching Cold Connection Jewelry Techniques....
I am an Ashkenazi Jew, and my connection to textiles and clothing care runs through generations of my family. My great-grandmother came to this country and walked the streets with a cart, working as a seamstress or tailor, a story that echoes the resilience and craft of so many Jewish women. My grandmother taught fashion design, and my mother sewed our clothing and was my first teacher in both sewing and the mindful tending of garments. I don’t claim formal qualifications, I am simply inspired to share this practice. I have been making and caring for handmade clothing for over a decade, and mending is for me a sacred practice, a way to honor the earth, the labor that creates our clothing, and the generations who...
Miriam (she/they) has been studying and practicing traditional earth-based skills for over 15 years,creating beauty by working closely with earth elements that illuminate our inter-connectedness. Born and raised in a spiritual community in the foothills of the Sierra Nevadas, spirit and nature connection were intricately woven into Miriam’s early life. She grew up climbing cedar and apple trees on the lands that held her. Days spent exploring the river, running barefoot through the woods: red dirt toes, berry stained fingers, pine tangled hair. This upbringing planted seeds of a lifelong pursuit for connection and collaboration with the plants and creatures that cultivate the world around us. Miriam finds particular joy working with her hands in all forms of alchemy: cooking, making medicine, carving, weaving. She is in...
Miriam (she / her) is a Functional Medicine Dietitian and breathwork facilitator who has spent over 15 years exploring the intersection of food, the nervous system, trauma, and healing. She is the founder of Every Body Bliss, a private functional medicine nutrition practice where she supports individuals in reconnecting with their bodies and addressing the root causes of digestive issues, fatigue, mood imbalance, and burnout through personalized nutrition, functional testing, somatic and mindset-based approaches. Miriam’s work is deeply shaped by her own lived experiences. As both a 9/11 survivor and a breast cancer survivor, she understands firsthand how stress, trauma, and illness live in the body — and how healing unfolds through presence, nourishment, and compassionate inquiry. Her approach centers on creating safety in the body,...
Natasha Pachalove is a healing arts practitioner, ceremonialist, facilitator + full spectrum doula committed to nourishing heart-centered evolution. She has studied feminine wellness, compassionate communication, meditation + therapeutic dance for over a decade. Natasha honors cyclical shedding as sacred + necessary to express the purposeful lives we were born for. She weaves together breath, sound, plants + prayer to transform pain into power. She is devoted to nurturing all beings in her circles + sessions by encouraging them to remember + ignite their ability to heal. Natasha embodies her spiritual service as a Moon Dancer, Vision Quester + Reverend Priestess ordained through the Iseum of Quimera. She is deeply grateful to her teachers + ancestors of Arawak, Haudenosaunee, European + African origin for guiding these ways. Natasha will...
Paola is a mother, teacher and medicine woman in her indigenous studies and ceremonial songstress facilitating womb & sacral empowerment through holding and healing spaces. She brings her wisdom, light and scars to all spaces she moves through as gifts to help connect with our inner child, activate our divine feminine Oshun and Yemaya energy through song and healing movement. Paola connects with the four elements of nature, our guiding ancestors and leads from these visions and messages to hold sacred space, ceremonial empowerment with prayers, plants and crystals to create space for healing. As a Labor + Delivery RN and Prenatal Educator & Singer, Paola is a daily witness to women in their most powerful and vulnerable life changing and welcoming moments to becoming a mother. A...
Rachel Marie Musquiz is a holistic chef, culinary herbalist, postpartum doula, and the creator of Doula Kitchen. She has spent the last decade crafting nourishment with the belief that food is medicine, herbs are allies, and the kitchen is a temple. Her work is grounded in cross-cultural postpartum traditions and formal training in herbalism, perinatal nutrition and doula care. Rachel’s own healing journey began in the kitchen, and her path naturally unfolded into supporting mothers during their childbearing years. Through her Doula Chef Training and apprenticeships, she supports a growing lineage of kitchen healers and culinary caregivers by teaching ancestral nourishment as both a sacred calling and professional path. Her classes and mentorship share sacred nourishment as devotional practice, weaving storytelling with practical kitchen wisdom, and honoring traditions...
Ravelle Laurette is a Master Certified Clairvoyant Healer, Spiritual Coach, and Meditation Teacher who supports others in awakening their intuitive gifts and reconnecting with the wisdom of their soul through the body. Her work weaves clairvoyant healing, somatic awareness, and energy clearing into a grounded, accessible meditation framework that helps individuals understand their inner world with clarity, sovereignty, and compassion. Ravelle’s approach is rooted in the belief that the subtle energy system of the body holds memory, intelligence, and guidance that often precedes thought. By learning how to see, sense, and listen to these deeper layers of consciousness, individuals can uncover the patterns shaping their lives, release what no longer serves them, and return to their natural state of alignment. Her training includes six years of clairvoyant...
Rosie has always loved making things with her hands. When her love for the outdoors and crafting met during an ancestral skills class 10 years ago things took off. With a background in traditional crafts and a deep connection to nature, Rosie seamlessly intertwines her love for teaching with her appreciation for sustainable practices. She is passionate about her connection to the earth and sharing that with the students that she teaches. She currently teaches middle school in the Santa Cruz mountains during the school year. During the summers she teaches at an Earth Caretaker school in Mt. Shasta teaching ancestral crafts and primitive skills, as well as teaching a Rite of Passage class for young girls. Rosie’s classes at Spirit Weavers provide a space for...