Return to the Rhythms

Herbalist, Ritualist , Somatic Guide

My first true sense of home was in my body while dancing, and my early sense of awe and magick arose from endless hours of solo communion in the forest behind the suburban New York house I grew up in. Now in West Marin with my partner, 2 children and a growing community of family and friends, I continue to nurture the aliveness of the body, earth and spirit as a bodyworker/healer, Priestess, movement artist, and herbalist. 

I hold degrees in dance and philosophy and a masters in peace and justice education. My work over the years has included facilitating transformational workshops, guiding youth-led changemakers, and maintaining a private healing practice.

I walk a path of devotion to the divine feminine and service to the earth. This is informed by years of deep diving into awakening work alongside Jolana and Bodhi with our teacher Richard Axial; initiating into the feminine mystery schools of my Christian and pagan ancestors with my teacher Abby Tucker; and centering my practice in Buddhist Tantra in the Sahjayana lineage under the mentorship of Anuttara Lakshmin Nath.  I pay homage and respect to these beloved lineage holders, teachers and guides.  

Earth and Hearth Tender, Therapeutic Chef

When I take stock of what is really important to me, my longing is to know the plants, grow food, to live in devotion and presence to the miracle of life.

Working as a chef for the last 14 years, this work of growing food and medicine is natural deepening of my work. My areas of study are permaculture, water efficiency, oracles and how to navigate this human/spirit experience.

Born in an off-grid cabin deep in the forest of the Oregon cascade range to hippie parents, I’ve always had a connection to the wild. My parents then found their spiritual teacher, Master Hsuan Hua, and the formative years of my childhood were spent living at The City of Ten Thousand Buddhas, a Chan Buddhist Monestary in Northern California.

So much has been distilled over the years of spiritual exploration (alongside Jolana and Marielle) with our teacher, Richard Axial, becoming an adult and a mother.

The time is now to do my best to live in accordance with the rhythms of nature and to know my roots in this beautiful part of the world we call home.

Counselor, Facilitator, Song Carrier

I'm a wholehearted lover of earth, people and the holy.

I've spent the last 12 years rooting, mothering and re-villaging in the beautiful corner of West Marin where we will be hosting this course.

My day job is as Owner and Director of Challenge Day, a nationwide organization offering transformational workshops for 7th-12th graders.  When not working or stewarding home and family, I love to facilitate not-too-serious ceremonies, lead daylong counseling sessions, sing with my band of friends or throw a good party.   

I learned ritual from my mama (Lakota and Unitarian in lineage), I have a degree in psychology and a work history that includes being a naturalist, therapeutic wilderness guide, and workshop leader.  I've been a student of the Diamond Approach for 19 years and (together with Marielle and Bodhi) went on an all-in, neck-deep full-throttle spiritual awakening adventure with Richard Axial for several years.  I do my best to live in gift. I hope you come on this ride of remembering with us! 

Garden & Herbal Mentor, Spiritual Counselor, End-of-life Doula

It has been the blessing of my life to become a gardener/farmer immersingmyself in the world of tending soil and plants, and bringing nourishing food into the world. For the past 39 years I have passed on the knowledge/art of hand-tilled, organic agriculture in many capacities in the US, Mexico and Nepal. 

I have found that while working with the Earth and growing the freshest nutrient dense food, we also grow ourselves. The intimate relationship with the more than human world has allowed me to remember a simpler more elemental life beyond our modern fast paced life.  

In 2017, I stepped away from full time gardening/educating work and created Everything Sacred through which I offer the many passions in my life: organic garden coaching, spiritual counseling, End-of-Life Doula care,  and herbal medicine and nutrition classes.