Sunday Workshops


All workshops are $35 for members, $45 for non members, $25 for seniors 65 years or older, and students (with student cards).

Workshops marked Teens are open to teens 13 - 18 years of age and are $20.

All workshops are for women only, except Sunday evening from 7:00 - 10:00PM which include men. Bring your sweetheart for $20 on Sunday evening.

All events will be held in the North Seattle Community College, College Center/Administration Building.

To register for these events go to the Registration page

For any questions about the conference go to the Conference Informationpage



Marti MacEwan


Marti MacEwan
Stephanie Eldringhoff


Stephanie Eldringhoff











Sunday, February 14th
9:00 AM - Noon


Marti MacEwan & Stephanie Eldringhoff


Change Your Energy - Change Your Life


This workshop will teach you how you can successfully and consistently work with your own energy to "accentuate the positive and eliminate the negative" in your life, whether in work, play or relationships. Marti MacEwan and Stephanie Eldringhoff are long-time licensed therapists in the Seattle/Bellevue area and master practitioners and teachers of Energy Psychology, which adds our growing knowledge of subtle energy fields to the practice of psychology. We promise you will take with you immediately usable, effective, tools for change.


Marti MacEwan, is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor, Performance Coach and singer/songwriter. She is Diplomate, Association for Energy Psychology and member of the American Counseling Association.


Stephanie Eldringhoff is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist; Diplomate, Consultant and Trainer, Association of Comprehensive Energy Psychology; Advanced Practitioner and Faculty Eden Energy Medicine; Clinical Member of AAMFT.


Marti and Stephanie have private practices respectively in Seattle and Bellevue specializing in trauma, anxiety, couples, chronic pain and illness, performance blocks and all things energy. They have conducted extensive personal and professional trainings and have developed the Emotional First-Aid Process.



Vickie Dodd

Sunday, February 14th 9:00 AM - Noon


Vickie Dodd


Awakening Our Wellness through Sound and Intention


These days of great unknowns, times of insecurity is a time of more need to know how to connect and cultivate a relationship with our innate wellness/wisdom. Within each of us is an innate intelligence, a blueprint that has always been, that is our own expression of the source of our Being.


Our focus will be in this workshop

  • To Awaken our Wellness

  • Find our Sound Signature

  • Use our Voices for Self-care

  • Discover Sound as our teacher

Our bodies are nearly 80% liquid. Our liquidity is easily shaped by our thinking, belief systems, speaking and intentions. Our liquid self becomes congested through physical and emotional impact, and through everyday living and aging. Sound literally assists the body to stay more liquid.


In our time together we will reclaim capacity for using our voices to aid our bodies to stay more fluid, which aids in our willingness to change. We will explore therapeutic aspects of sound, especially the sound of one's own voice. We will have the opportunity to experience how sound can change and create form. We will access Sound as a Teacher, and use our voices for our own energetic and self-care healing work.


Vickie Dodd is an internationally known pioneer in the field of Sound as Bodywork for over 35 years. She is an Aston Patterning Teacher, a certified Nutritional Therapist, author of Tuning the Blues to Gold: Soundprints and has several recordings. She is Director of the School for Sound and Sacred Art. She teaches throughout the US and in Europe. Director of SoundBody Productions and resides in Port Angeles, WA.




Barbara Boren

Sunday, February 14th
9:00 AM - Noon
Open to Teens ♥


Barbara Boren


Divine Mother and the 2012 Prophecy


This session combines discussion, meditation and stories of Divine Mother (some incarnate today). Worship of the Absolute in the form of Divine Mother, lost to the west for hundreds of years, has continued as an unbroken source of spiritual inspiration in the East for millennia. We'll look at Her many forms and the proliferation of Her appearances in the last 100 years. What's the message she's attempting to give us and how can we better hear Her? What's the connection between Her messages and the Mayan prophecy for 2012? We'll compare Mayan mythology to the messages of the Goddess/Mother figures to weave together enlightening and useful information!


As a long term business woman and devotee, Barbara has been mindful to bring the lessons of Divine Mother into practical application in daily life, while educating and assisting other's growth in all areas. A long time community college instructor, and Money Wise Woman instructor, she's taught on all aspects of investing. Barbara's current interest is in Sustainable & Responsible Investing, and Conscious Business; bringing one's spiritual beliefs into active practice in the workplace as a means of personal and collective transformation. In addition, she has led and assisted women's spiritual groups for over 16 years, spreading the message of Divine Mother.



Kathryn Lafond

Sunday, February 14th
9:00 AM - Noon
Open to Teens ♥


Kathryn Lafond


Exploring Self Care - Rejoice & Love Your Body


Become a powerful 'self-care provider!' Experience what it feels like to trust your body's dynamic healing system. Re-join and rejoice in the conversation your physical body has been waiting to have with you. Through meditation, journeying, dyads, and movement build trust once again in the truth of your vibrant wholeness. Exploring together using all our senses, we rediscover our relationship with internal systems from a mindful state of being; creating a new contract of agreement.


Kathryn Lafond is a self-taught intuitive who focuses on bringing back to light the divine knowing within each of us. For over 12 years her health coaching has included both Energy Healing and finding the root cause behind health imbalances. She has been trained in Resonance Repatterning, Shamanic practices, Wise Woman Herbalism, Energy Enlightenment Technique, and Matrix Energetics and easily shares her wealth of wisdom and passion for life. Kathryn is editor of Nature's Lessons Health News, a quarterly holistic newsletter and as Music Ministry Director for a New-Thought church she recently published her first CD, River of Love, human and divine.




Heather Taylor Zimmerman

Sunday, February 14th
9:00 AM - Noon
Open to Teens ♥
$3 material fee paid to presenter at the workshop


Heather Taylor Zimmerman


Seeing the Goddess Within Through Creative Art


An exploration of our inner divinity revealed through visioning and art. We all have divinity within our humanity, as we are all connected to the Sacred Feminine in its myriad forms. Through guided meditation, music, and visioning ritual we will connect with the mystical female within and create artwork to express and explore her message to us. Together we will explore the group process of sight, insight, and art, as we create a sacred community in which the goddess manifests through our art and in our lives. This will be personally revelatory while building a group perspective through shared experience.


Heather Taylor-Zimmerman is a professional artist with work in public and private collections including museums, hospitals, libraries and schools. With a B.A. in Art History and a B.S. in Psychology, Heather has studied cultures from around the world with a particular interest in sacred geometry, numerology and comparative religion. She has created a series of iconic mandalas to express the divine female, as part of the universal trinity of father, mother and child--the human family. She is creating a temple of humanity, in which diversity is unified and equality achieved. Visioning is her art.




Vajra MA

Sunday, February 14th
9:00 AM - Noon


Vajra MA


The Natural Spiritual Authority of Woman and its Embodiment in The Tantric Dance of Feminine Power


This workshop will include an experiential Lecture/Slide Show and Moving Meditation


Journey deep into your body-heart-womb to recognize your cellular knowing of Woman's Natural Spiritual Authority! Woman's.-Natural.-Spiritual.-Authority! Through images and amazing stories of modern-day women, ancient Goddess and tribal-matriarchal wisdom, we experience gut-level natural vs. artificially imposed spiritual authority. This cellular knowing, we then embody in guided subtle-body meditation based in The Tantric Dance of Feminine Power. This liberates and mandates us to unfold into our power and authority as a woman in today's world.


Vajra Ma teaches outside the confines of established traditions and doctrines, guiding women to align with the original sacred text--woman's body and womb. Her work is featured in Daughters of the Goddess: Studies of Healing, Identity and Empowerment (Alta Mira), an anthology of women's spiritual work, and in scholarly papers at national conferences on religion.


In the early 90's Vajra Ma founded Woman Mysteries of the Ancient Future Sisterhood, a priestess lineage with its core practice The Tantric Dance of Feminine Power , the Womb-Sourced Yoga of Feminine Wisdom. She teaches with humor, warmth, ferocity and a deep, bedrock compassion.




Danielle Rama Hoffman

Sunday, February 14th
1:30 AM - 4:30 PM
Open to Teens ♥


Danielle Rama Hoffman


Temples of Light-An Egyptian Mystery School


Join Danielle Rama Hoffman for a virtual pilgrimage to Egypt based on her new book, The Temples of Light. Participate in sacred rites of passage that historically have been secret and forge a relationship with the temples of Egypt as allies and spirit guides. Each sacred site is a portal to ancient wisdom that can assist with everyday life issues- love, purpose, money and health. Travel to Dendera to experience a shift in consciousness from fear to instinctual bliss. Journey to Karnak to re-discover your signature energy and purpose. Danielle specializes in Egyptian Mysteries and leads spiritual tours to Egypt.


Danielle Rama Hoffman is a keeper of ancient wisdom and energy intuitive, specializing in the Egyptian Mysteries and direct transmission of heart-wisdom. She is a Reiki Master and certified Alchemical Healing Teacher and a member of a hermetic lineage of Thoth. As a teacher and practitioner of the healing arts since 1994, Danielle has assisted thousands of people to increase their health, happiness and quality of life. She is the author of The Temples of Light and she leads spiritual journeys to Egypt. Danielle lives in Seattle, WA.




Judith Laxer

Sunday, February 14th
1:30 AM - 4:30 PM
Open to Teens ♥
$1 material fee paid to presenter at the workshop


Judith Laxer


Destiny, Karma and the Nature of Fate!


At some point in our spiritual lives we ponder our soul's mission. What are we here for? How can we best serve our destiny? In sacred space, meet the Fates, the Sacred Three, who await you with guidance for your soul's journey! Connect with the Fates and receive guidance and specific information to help us determine and understand our soul's mission in this lifetime. Rev. Judith Laxer treasures her profession as the founding priestess of Gaia's Temple, Minister, Spiritual Counselor, Psychic and Hypnotherapist. She dedicates her work to restoring the balance of female and male energies in our culture.




Kate Thompson

Sunday, February 14th
1:30 AM - 4:30 PM
Open to Teens ♥
$2 material fee paid to the presenter at the workshop


Kate Thompson


Vision Boards ~ Create Your Dreams


Images Come Alive When We Call Them! In this passionate and hands on session we will utilize guided imagery, intention setting and the fire of the creative process. We will create our reality by making a Vision Board of collaged images and words. You will leave with a finished Vision Art Board, your dreams mobilizing and your creativity sparked.


Kate Thompson is a social artist, R.N., Certified Expressive Arts Practitioner, vocalist, actor, and improvisationalist. Her work celebrates the connection between the arts, healing and social change. Two decades of theater and vocal ensemble work in improvisation bless her life. She currently sings with Molten Vocals, a quartet who create an infinite fire of vocal styles. Recently Kate built Flash Point Creative, where she assists others in igniting joy, change and healing, using the creative process to enhance their lives, and work through the power of the expressive arts. She serves business, groups, and individuals.




Kris Steinnes


Kris Steinnes
Karen Fletcher


Karen Fletcher














Sunday, February 14th
1:30 AM - 4:30 PM
Open to Teens ♥


Kris Steinnes & Karen Fletcher


Claiming Your Voice as a Powerful Woman


Experience being fully expressed through your voice, language and movement. Discover your purpose and embrace your strength within as you connect with the tools that are inherently yours. Through qigong movement, meditation, writing, speaking and conscious language exercises we will celebrate as powerful women to bring forth our gifts to the world!


Kris Steinnes, meditation/spiritual teacher, is the visionary founder and leader of Women of Wisdom Foundation and award winning author of Women of Wisdom. Karen Fletcher is the innovator of QiDancing, apprentice to Qigong Grandmaster Xu Mingtang, and a certified Conscious Language™ facilitator.




Vandna Sidher

Sunday, February 14th
1:30 AM - 4:30 PM


Vandna Sidher


South Indian Classical Dance - Bharata Natyam


Indian Classical dance - Bharata Natyam originated in the temples of South India. It is an ancient form of theatre and combines storytelling and pure dance technique. Join Vandna Sidher in this workshop, which explores the expressive nature of Classical Indian dance through the use of hand gestures (mudras), stylized movement (dance technique or adavus) and rhythmic articulation. No dance experience necessary.


Vandna Sidher has trained with several esteemed teachers over the past 21 years. In 2005, she completed her Arangetram (solo graduation performance) and afterwards, aided by the B.C. Arts Council, Vandna traveled to study dance in New Delhi with Srimati Jayalakshmi Eshwar. In 2007, she received the prestigious Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute Arts Fellowship, which took her back to New Delhi for more intensive training. Vandna continues to study Bharata Natyam in Canada and India. As a professional performer and instructor, she continues her training and also teaches workshops and performs. Vandna has a B.A. in Communications and Publishing from Simon Fraser University.




Deanna Minich

Sunday, February 14th
1:30 AM - 4:30 PM
$5 material fee paid to presenter at the workshop


Deanna Minich


Nourishment: Vibration of Food & Spirit of Eating


This dynamic, interactive workshop will dive into ways to make eating more meaningful and how to tap into all the energy - physical and subtle - that foods and the experience of eating can provide. Dr. Deanna Minich will talk about how the scientific and spiritual aspects of eating can be combined to benefit not just the body, but also the soul. Using the ancient chakra system as a guide, learn how the vibration of food and the spirit of eating connect to the seven aspects of our being: body, emotions, power, heart, voice, insight, and interconnection.


Deanna Minich, PhD, CN, is an "out-of-the-box" nutritionist who sees more to food than calories. Instead, she teaches that food choices and how we eat are ways to dive into the inner reaches of our being and to heal deep issues connected to how we live life. Her approach is unique, with a base of science, a sprinkle of spirituality, and a dash of practicality to help create meaningful meals. Her cutting-edge ideas to nutrition and health are captured in her latest books, Chakra Foods for Optimum Health, and An A to Z Guide to Food Additives.




Dudley Evenson

Sunday, February 14th
7:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Open to Teens ♥
Open to Men


Dudley Evenson


Enhance Your Meditation with Sound Tools


Soundings of the Planet. Experience deeper meditation by learning how to clear and quiet your mind with sound, breath, and positive affirmations. Use musical techniques to control your monkey mind and incessant tape loops that hold you back. Create a personal healing mantra related to your issues. Practice chakra toning and sound and movement exercises that release pent up energy and enhance your joyful nature so you can develop a successful daily meditation practice.


Dudley Evenson is a multi-media producer, photographer, harpist, spoken word artist and co-founder of independent record label Soundings of the Planet. She and her husband, Dean Evenson, are sound healing pioneers and have produced over 60 albums since 1979. Dudley has created a popular course on DailyOM.com called 'A Year of Guided Meditations' which is based on her CD, MEDITATION MOMENT: 52 Weekly Affirmations. The Evenson' inspiring music of flute, harp and natural sounds has been used in hospitals, prisons, schools, and spiritual centers to support people's healing or life process. They travel worldwide teaching workshops on sound healing, meditation and other themes.




Miriam Dyak

Sunday, February 14th
7:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Open to Men


Miriam Dyak


Become a Social Artist - Embody the Change You Want to Create


Are you longing for change? Do you feel called to earth healing, people healing, system healing? If our planet were your canvas and you were a Social Artist, what wonders would you work? This is a workshop full of practical magic - multi-dimensional embodiment exercises and mythic journeys to help us manifest our "passion for the possible." And if you already have a project, you'll learn ways to take it further with more skill, creativity, and grace. Miriam Dyak will be sharing Social Artistry exercises and principles from her training in Social Artistry for the past four years with Jean Houston.


Miriam Dyak has been involved in social activism for women, peace, the environment, and political change since the late 1960's. For the past four years she has been training in Social Artistry with Jean Houston and has used those skills to "accomplish the impossible" with the Washington State Legislature. Miriam is co-founder of The Voice Dialogue Institute where she teaches trainings and workshops in Voice Dialogue and the Psychology of Selves. She has a private practice as a counselor in Seattle, has published three books of poetry, and is a co-founder of Washington Professional Counselors Association.




Cindy Levy

Sunday, February 14th
7:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Open to Teens ♥
Open to Men


Cindy Levy


Eco-psychology: Our Interconnectedness With all Life


We are not fully human unless we live consciously on Gaia, sharing the earth with all living beings, and honoring our interdependence. Remembering this larger sense of who we are brings wholeness, belonging, and purpose to our lives. Here we will reconnect with and strengthen our relationship with the natural world - animals, plants, rocks, water - and develop ways of interbeing. In the process we will access the places in ourselves which long for a home. We will then find ways to incorporate nature into our daily lives.


Cindy Levy, MA, CHT is a wildlife biologist, psychotherapist, hypnotherapist, shamanic apprentice, and musician. Her work focuses on expanding our sense of self in the outer worlds (earth, ecosystems) and inner worlds (psyche, soul). She brings a grounded scientific background through 20 years of work with the US Fish and Wildlife Service and US Forest Service as a biologist and naturalist, while maintaining a psychospiritual therapy practice during the last 10 years as well.




Cari Uesugi

Cancelled

Sunday, February 14th
7:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Open to Men
$3 material fee paid to presenter at the workshop


Cari Uesugi


Creating a Balanced Life by Living with Intention


Creating a Balanced Life by Living with Intention is a gentle and joyful way to explore your spirit and inner wisdom while enriching your life. Learn to review your unique life, be true to yourself and trust your intuition, break out of the mold, and practice limitless thinking. Create a unique spirit box reflecting a deeper awareness of your hopes, dreams, and aspirations. Gain a better understanding of how creating a balanced life by living with intention can benefit not only you but others. Begin the journey of discovery, healing and growth by celebrating the creative gifts that are within you.


Cari Uesugi is a life consultant, personal development speaker, and workshop facilitator. Her background includes a graduate degree in Counseling. Cari's professional experience includes consulting with individuals on issues including life transitions, interpersonal relationships, self development, and creative expression. She also facilitates creative workshops where participants learn to create a natural balance in their daily lives, design a pathway towards fulfillment, communicate successfully with compassion, and nurture their creative self. Recently, Cari shared her creative workshops with the Queen's Medical Center Women's Health Center, American Cancer Society, State of Washington Department of Social and Human Services, YWCA, and the Healing Arts Center.




Patricia Ann Davis

Sunday, February 14th
7:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Open to Men


Patricia Ann Davis


Indigenous Ceremony - a Collective Healing Circle


An Indigenous ceremonial change process is a healing ceremony with four phases for reframing an out-of-balance condition and correcting the root cause that maintains imbalance. The workshop design is to sit in a sacred circle format with participation in a collective healing process utilizing cedar and sweet grass to affirm power within to have power with others, which eliminates the need for power over.


Patricia Ann Davis is a diagnostician and practitioner of the Choctaw and Navajo Nations. She is initiated and trained in spiritual wellness restoration.