In a time where we have untethered from our deep threads of where we came from, how we tend to the land, how we connect to the elements & each other, the value of true elders cannot be underestimated. They serve as the storytellers, the lineage holders, the initiators of the young, and the vision guides. These are the ones who have gathered a rich array of life experience through laying the foundations of the paths that we now walk upon, and have the gift to distill that experience into wisdom with a willingness to share with their community. We are thrilled and honored to welcome many wonderful sage age women to the Spirit Weavers Gathering!
Sage Age
What a gift to come together with generations of family and women in one place! Sage Age women attend Spirit Weavers in a variety of ways. We have sage age women that come together for their annual get togethers. A place to connect with old friends and new. We had a lovely group of Sage Age women from Canada that used to travel down in their VW’s each year to be with us. They were a gift to the Gathering. We also have families that come together or meet on the land. Spirit Weavers is a place where Grandmothers, Mothers and their children can all gather together as one. Bring your Grandmas! Bring your Mothers! Or bring your favorite Auntie! We need the wisdom of the Elders now more than ever.
Our Special “Sage Age” ticket of $398.00 is for those 60 or over.
These tickets will be available through our regular registration day, Saturday January 18th, 2025.
We welcome and celebrate the opportunity to partake in the Gathering offerings with our Mothers and Grandmothers. It is so special to witness multiple generations singing around the fire, sitting in tea ceremony, or weaving a basket together while remembering & honoring their roots through their shared experience. We offer special care and tending for our Sage Age to make the Gathering more easeful and comfortable. We welcome you to the front of any of our meal lines, offer special Sage Age seating at our Hearth Fire, provide designated closer camping to main area, as well as dinners & connection in the Sage Age Sanctuary. We also have a variety of accommodations to make your stay super comfy, including “real” mattresses in our yurt & stout Village rentals. We value the wisdom and presence of our Sage Age and extend an invitation for those called, to come and remember under the stars together.
Bring your Mama and have a good time!
Some things to consider in regards to our elders:
There will be a designated gathering space for the use of our elders this year, the Sage Age Sanctuary. Please respect this space as a private residence, and do not enter or disrupt the women when they are inside. Let us honor this home as a place of rest and recovery. There are also designated picnic benches around the main meadow for Sage Age elders and we ask that those tables be kept open and reserved. When you see an elder out and about, ask permission before you engage them in conversation or ask a question. We have the opportunity to weave a culture of honor and respect in the village we will co-create. Be discerning about what is important to speak with an elder about, and what you can find support for within your peer group. Attend the classes they offer to get to learn more about them, and honor their space and energy level.
Meet Our 2024 Sage Age Women
Below are our 2024 Sage Age Women. 2025 Sage Age will be added in the Spring.
Sweet Medicine Nation
Sweet Medicine Nation (Chickasaw/Choctaw/French/
Sweet Medicine is involved in numerous local and International groups, federal agencies, endangered species research, and riparian studies and education. She is also a master of edible and medicinal plants of the local region in Central Oregon. Her background in Alternative Medicine, Midwifery, and Herbology, along with her written articles and books based on medicinal and edible native plants, compliments her heritage and love of sharing natural knowledge.
Sweet Medicine will be at both the Sun and Moon sessions.
Windsong Ohana
Windsong Martin is a singer, songwriter and women’s ceremonial guide with a passion for singing with others. She has been participating in women’s ceremonial circles for 35 years and hosted the “Good Medicine Women’s Retreat” for 20 years . She has written and gathered a wealth of songs written for women’s ceremony and actively teaches them to continue the Sacred Womens traditions. She lives on a beautiful park like property with her husband, and has raised 3 children. She is Canadian by birth from British Columbia but has made her home in Southern Oregon for 40 years. now.
Enoli Foti
Enolia, Orator is Changing Times Woman. She walks the path set before her to Teach, Heal and Empower.
Enolia has traveled around the world to study with many native medicine people. Spanning the Ojibwa nation of Canada, Lakota, Yaqui, Hopi, Apache nations of the U.S., the Q’eros of Peru, the Mapuche of Chile, the Toltec of New Mexico and the Luhya of Kenya. Bringing back the gift to heal the luminous body at an energetic level.
Enolia is certified as a Reiki Master and is currently a graduate of Alberto Villoldo’s Four Winds Light Body School where she received the 13 Rites of the Munay-ki from the Q’eros Indians of Peru.
Her skills fully spanning the many facets of Energetic Medicine, Language of Light, drumming, sound healing with drums and tuning forks and the arts. All focused on healing and the empowerment of the soul.
By sharing the ancient practices and teachings through modern empowerment workshops, retreats and focused classes, Enolia has become a Modern day Medicine Woman.
Sarah Bicknell
Sarah MacLean Bicknell is a healer, teacher, and mentor. She has studied healing and ceremonial work in North American indigenous traditions for 25 years. She has incorporated her Celtic roots into her present North American practice and is sought out for her intuitive readings, workshops, ceremony, and her soul doctoring practice. She stands in her deep gratitude to her elders and teachers that have gone before her, and stands firmly in her own vision – a vision that is related and crafted for these times of the 21st century. Her work is about connection, community, ceremony and respect.
Also raised in the Western world, she has lived the loss of disconnection and is profoundly thankful to her indigenous elders that have taught her how to re-arrive more fully into her life. Sarah was adopted by ceremony, into the Ghosthorse family 1991, Sungleska Nation, She stands in deep honor to her elder council/mentors which over the years has been Aricelli Dominguez, Adalberto Rivera,(Maya) Wallace Black Elk, Buck Ghosthorse (Lakota) Paul Ghosthorse. Rod Mcafee (Sungleska) Donna Carlita, Hernando Salazar (Inca, Peru), Youseff Bashir (Berber, N. Africa) Betty Bergstrom, (NW coastal, Norse, Scottish) ), Francesca Boring (Shoshone, N Native European) Harold Blood, Carolyn Hillier, K.Trevelyan (N Native European) and to the many around the world that she has sat and stood in ceremony with.
Sarah will be sharing Dream Tracking and Ceremony Basics.
Erika Gagnon
Erika Gagnon is a Canadian ceremonial leader, medicine woman and wisdom keeper of mixed race heritage. For 26 years she has walked the Camino Rojo (Red Road), working with Indigenous medicine men and women of North & South America, and their ceremonies, traditions, altars and sacred plant teachers. With the blessings of her elders to continue their traditions, she leads temazcal (sweat lodge) , tobacco, water blessing, and other healing ceremonies, and also offers personal healing sessions. She is honored to bring the medicine back to the people.
Deni Woodruff
Deni Woodruff is the mother of Spirit Weavers Founder Mea. Deni was raised in Southern California and has created two beautiful homesteads with her partner of 50 years also named Denny. They have 3 children together and 3 grandchildren. For Deni, Family is everything. Though life trials and tribulations, Deni has developed a strong and open heart. Deni has raised all kinds of animals and has spent much of her time with horses and her loving canines. She loves spending time outdoors in her gardens and on her land. She also spend a good amount of time at the Colorado River with her family. Deni is three years sober and loves meeting sober friends! She has been a huge support in the process of the gathering since the very first one which was held on her land. She is honored to be a part of the Sage Age women!