Spiritweavers

Andrea Jimenez is the founder of Herb Club LA. She is a certified Naturalist and Herbalist. Her goal with Herb Club LA is to help bridge the connection between land health, community health and individual health. She focuses on land stewardship with a strong emphasis on community building. Growing up as a first-generation immigrant of Chichimeca descent, she also focuses paying homage and respect to Native American ways of living with the land. Through her own journey, she found deep healing reconnecting to more natural ways of living. She believes that caring for our inner world will be reflected in our outer world and vice-versa. By connecting with our plant kin, learning about nature and from nature, we can in turn learn to take better care...

25 December, 2023

I am first generation Filipino, and third generation Scandinavian. A Mother of four young sons, raised by the Ocean in the Coast Salish Islands. I have been blessed to have been taught drum craft in the traditional ways. My highest creative calling at this moment in my life journey is the traditional tanning of sheepskin pelts and hides, drum making, and lapidary stonework. I have courted these crafts in my own ways and been gifted the transmissions of these crafts through the lineages and to share their wisdom and transformative experiences on this Earth. My matriarchal lineage comes from the healers of the Philippines Islands. I have been bestowed the rights of passage from Mambabatok Apo Whang-Od of the Kalinga tribe, who is now 106...

02 January, 2024

Founder of Native Water Systems, Apryl is calling in a new water culture. She designs and builds scalable water conservation and reuse strategies that weave into a watershed network that builds active relationships between people and the planet. She transforms communities by daylighting water with rain gardens, graywater orchards, and living architecture, and is dedicated to transforming land owners into land stewards that live with water, a lifestyle that tends our life-giving waters with care and gratitude. Apryl has been healing the waters of the Earth’s body for over 25 years. A visionary leader, she crafted an Interdisciplinary Design Engineering degree from Purdue University, merging materials science, industrial design, and environmental protection. She continued her calling by studying with pioneers in the field of water and their inspiring work, including John Todd’s living machines, Paul...

08 January, 2023

Autumn (she/her) is a licensed veterinary technician specializing in feline health, exotics, and wildlife. She has raised backyard chickens for 10 years. She is passionate about the humane care of all animals, and is excited to share that passion with others. This is her second year as an instructor at SWG.   Autumn will be sharing The Humble Art of Backyard Chickens...

22 December, 2023

Beth grew up in the Pacific Northwest exploring and cultivating a deep connection with the land. In her childhood she found so much joy in being barefooted in the garden and exploring nearby forests. She has been fortunate to find many teachers and mentors that helped expand the ways she has been able to spend time in nature and provided her with skills to do so safely. She is passionate about empowering others with the skills that have been imparted to her. Beth has spent time sharing skills as a guide for hiking and backpacking, as well as whitewater and snow travel and camping. She works as a registered nurse in Emergency Medicine as well as previous Outdoor Emergency Care and Wilderness First Aid Certifications. Bath Capra-Smith and Alyssa Oddi...

28 December, 2023

  Carmen Reed is a ceremonialist, a seer, a designer of beautiful objects, and at her very core is a dreamer. Her journey to connect with her deceased mother through the dream space is what originally drew her into the dream practice 15+ years ago, and the subconscious world that was uncovered brought through deep medicine to herself and to also share in community. Through studying under elder dream teachers and assisting in their courses, she has honed in on her skill of dream interpretation with a beautiful focus on nightmares. With learning from working her own trauma and her own nightmares, Carmen can lovingly help guide others through this threshold to find their own medicine in the nightmare. Carmen Reed will be facilitating dream circles in...

31 December, 2023

  Moon Child. Outdoor Lover. Fierce Mother. Space Holder. Shadow Seeker. Spiritual Explorer. River Runner. Intuitive Dreamer. Creative Force. She/Her I am here to explore the beauty of our human experience through connection and community. To listen & learn, laugh & cry, heal & grow, wander & be still. I am passionate about pleasure and helping people thrive. My work as a coach combines neurobiology, shamanic healing, and holistic embodiment practices; blended with ancient wisdom & teachings. The work is based in an understanding that all of us are sensual beings with a tremendous capacity for love and connection. Breathwork, pleasure practices, meditation, energy work, sounding, and movement are combined in a transformational process that is rooted in deep self-love and acceptance. This method recognizes and supports that human beings...

24 December, 2023

Carolina's lifelong pursuit of knowledge and self-discovery has led her from delving into existentialism during her adolescence to exploring the interconnectedness of mind, body, and spirit. Specializing in somatic healing through breathwork, mindfulness, Eastern philosophy, and spirituality, she is a certified breathwork healer, somatic movement instructor, and yoga teacher, having undergone profound training under esteemed master healers. Her focus is on creating a secure space for individuals to explore their inner landscape through the practice of breathwork and self-cultivation. Breathwork, rooted in ancient wisdom, recognizes breath as the very essence of life itself. Across cultures, it is viewed as the key to life force, known as chi or prana, embodying balance and vitality. Through breathwork, individuals connect with their internal landscape, fostering a sense of purpose...

14 May, 2024

Choko and her sister Sonoko, founders of Green Life Holistic teaches holistic lifestyle in connection to the Japanese lunar calendar. After translating and publishing “Green for Life” by Victoria Boutenko the book known as the green smoothie bible to Japanese, we are on a mission to spread green smoothies as a healthy eating habit and simple seasonal eating throughout the country and beyond. As authors of 10 recipe, nutrition and lifestyle books, we teach modern style traditional Japanese fermentation such as Miso, Amazake and Shiokoji which has been passed down from our mother and grandmothers. Choko will be sharing The Art of Traditional Japanese Fermentation...

31 December, 2023

DeAnna Batdorff is a clinical practitioner that has supported over 250,000 clients, and an educator with over 1200 graduates from her Ayurvedic program. A world-traveler seeking global approaches to create whole body balance, DeAnna provides education and support that allows empowerment for everyone. She works with all phases of the life cycle, from pregnancy and labor support to death and dying with dignity. DeAnna Batdorff is pioneering an essential and empowering movement of better health via the Self. The movement is "MyBody"—encouraging everyone with a body to reclaim their right to heal. DeAnna Batdorff will be teaching The Uterus: Our Inner Compass...

28 December, 2023