Old Instructors

Baskets are beings. Within their woven bodies they hold your stories. They teach you that you too, are woven, that you tell a story, that we are vessels. When we allow these baskets to manifest, we can let go of ideas and attachments about what we think we can or cannot do. If we are good or not good enough. We can instead give our attention and our hands to gently provide shape for the baskets to emerge into. They like it when you speak sweetly to them. They hold what we put into them as we weave, and then reflect it back to us. Originally from Alaska, I now live (mostly!) In Oregon, traveling about, being a hot springs troll, and working on endless crafty...

02 December, 2017

Aiyah started her cheesemaking journey 14 years ago after moving to a rural town in southern Oregon where farm fresh, raw goat milk was available. Coming from a background of living on the land, gardening and cooking, it was a natural fit to learn the art of cheesemaking. Aiyah took some classes and began making cheese at home. 6 years ago she started making cheese professionally at a local winery & creamery. She is now the head cheesemaker at the creamery where she helps to crafts a dozen different kinds of cheeses from both organic cow and goat’s milk.   Aiyah Geier will be offering Making Fresh Mozzarella and Burrata....

16 December, 2019

Amber Marie Deen is a dancer, choreographer, teacher, and multidisciplinary artist whose work focuses on the interconnectedness of the earth, it’s inhabitants, and Spirit. She is a practitioner of meditative and improvisational movement as a means to explore our inner landscapes while drawing inspiration from our surroundings and Mother Earth. She holds the utmost belief in the transformative power of dance and it’s ability through participation and viewing to bring healing and therapeutic restoration. Amber will be sharing Movement Mantras....

20 December, 2019

Amara teaches connection and respect for the natural world in all of her pursuits. For the last 15 years she has immersed herself in earth-based wisdom traditions from Europe, North America, and South America, undergoing rites of passage, sitting in ceremonies, and studying with wisdom keepers. Her heart has been the guiding force in creating a life that is authentic to her unique spirit. During her journey, Amara has absorbed medicine songs from various traditions and languages, including English, Spanish, Quechua, Portuguese, Sanskrit and more. Spirit has also blessed her with the gift of receiving medicine songs during the in the dream realms and in ceremony. Her songs come out in many areas of her life including nature classes for kids, community classes, ceremonies, healing...

23 December, 2019

  Mea is the founding Mother behind the Spirit Weavers Gathering. Her love for nature and earth play began at a very young age. She was raised on her family’s farm in Southern California, spending most of her childhood outdoors, camping, connecting with her animals and eating foods and fruits from her family’s abundant gardens. Mea is a gatherer, artisan, student of the heart path and a Mother.  For almost two decades now, Mea has been consistently honing her craft,  expanding her creativity and love for earth based skills.  With Spirit Weavers now at the forefront of her time Mea spends most of the year deep in gathering prep and organization. Mea has spent many years diving into her ancestral lineage and understands the importance of honoring those who walked before her in a...

28 December, 2016

amy is a fringe-dwelling queer witch dedicated to the liberation of all beings. she is a student of plants, and a devotee of trees. amy is passionate about earth tending, cosmos connection, reducing our impact as modern humans, and exploring the hard questions of being alive at this time of capitalist induced extinction. a descendant of european settler colonizers, amy was born & raised where the high plains meet the rocky mountains, and more recently has found love and home tucked in the hills of the coast range near the edge of the willamette valley. amy has always been drawn to the power of clothing and personal aesthetic, and has found an exciting combination of passions in recovering and upcycling garments with black walnut hulls and leaf...

20 December, 2019

Ana Anu is an author, poet, and multi-media artist. Their scope of work includes environmental justice, creative mentorship, intuition and somatic breathwork. Ana’s personal passions include grandmothers, storytelling, pie, and play!...

28 December, 2019

Ann Nguyen is a homesteader with a love of flowers. She lives with her partner and their dog in Wiliams, Oregon. Her passion for gardening and flowers began at Camp Joy Gardens, where she apprenticed for nearly two years. There she learned the art of cultivating numerous flowers, foliage, and seed pods, how to dry them, and how to shape them into beautiful, everlasting flower wreaths. A year after leaving Camp Joy to join her partner WWOOFing in Washington, she found herself still dreaming of flowers. Though they did not have a garden of their own, Ann wild harvested tansy, yarrow, cress, feathers, and many other bits and pieces of nature to make wreaths to gift to friends. It became obvious, this wasn’t just a phase. When...

20 December, 2019

Ayana is an American podcast and radio personality specializing in intersectional environmental and social justice, deep ecology and land-based restoration. With an undergraduate degree from Loyola Marymount University including a double major in Art History and Theology and a minor in Philosophy as well as education through Columbia University in Ecology and Eastern Religions and Restoration Ecology at the University of Victoria, Young has a strong academic background at the intersections of ecology, culture, and spirituality. Post-graduation dividends, from her early career allowed Young to conserve 500 acres of coast redwood and salmon habitat in Northern California, where she has been living for over five years. Living for the first years, in a tent with no electricity or running water while she established a homestead, and...

31 December, 2019