Sunday, February 19th
Workshops and Events
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Morning Workshops
Afternoon Workshops
| In the Rounds |
Evening Workshops
You can register for individual events or the weekend packages.
All half-day workshops are $35 for members, $45 for non-members, $25 for seniors 65 years or older, $25 for students (with student id cards), and $5 for teens age 13-18. Exceptions noted for featured presenters.
All workshops are open to young women 13 years old and above, except as noted on the individual workshops. Parental permission forms are required if attending without a parent/legal guardian. Download a parental permission form here.
To register for these events go to the Registration page.
These workshops will be held at the North Seattle Community College in the College Center/Administration Building. The evening events will be held at Seattle First Baptist Church.
We are striving for a fragrance-free event to accommodate attendees with asthma and chemical sensitivities (and to improve awareness for all people regarding fragrance chemicals). Thank you for not wearing perfume, cologne, or other scented products.
For any questions about the conference go to the Conference Information page.
Featured Workshop
This workshop is being held 9:00 AM - 4:30 pm
$95 WOW members, $125 Non members
Naomi Tutu
Healing Ourselves, Our Relationships, Our World
Workshop for women only
As we look around our world we see brokenness in so many places and people. If we are honest with ourselves we have to admit that the brokenness starts so often within ourselves. What happened to our dreams, to the great things we were going to do in the world? What happened to the wonderful people we were going to be; the most devoted friend, the most supportive spouse, the most loving parent, the most serene person? The path and dreams we laid out for ourselves are rarely the reality of our lives today. We each have faced challenges and experienced brokenness and broken relationships.
Reconciliation and healing moves us ever closer to the people we were created and intended to be. This workshop focuses on reconciliation and healing at three levels. As we begin to look at how we might reconcile a wounded world we must start with ourselves, so the first level is the personal. When and where did I lose my trust and love of myself, how do I reconcile and come to love and value myself. The second level looks at our relationships with those closest to us; our family and friends. Those closest us to us are also the ones most likely to hurt and be hurt by us. How can we start rebuilding and healing wounded and broken relationships? Finally, we move to the larger world, the them and us. Who is our other and how did we come to see them as such. How can we move to accepting and celebrating our common humanity along with our differences?
This workshop uses meditation, readings, activities and conversations.
Naomi Tutu was led to become an activist for human rights through the challenges of growing black and female in apartheid South Africa. Those experiences taught how much we all lose when any of us is judged purely on physical attributes. In her speeches she blends the passion for human dignity with humor and personal stories.
Ms Tutu is the third child Archbishop Desmond and Nomalizo Leah Tutu. She was born in South Africa and has also lived in Lesotho, the United Kingdom and the United States. She was educated in Swaziland, the US and England, and has divide her adult life between South Africa and the US. Growing up the 'daughter of …' has offered Naomi Tutu many opportunities and challenges in her life. Most important of these has been the challenge to find her own place in the world. She has taken up the challenge and channeled the opportunities that she has been given to raise her voice as a champion for the dignity of all.
Her professional experience ranges from being a development consultant in West Africa, to being program coordinator for programs on Race and Gender and Gender-based Violence in Education at the African Gender Institute at the University of Cape Town. In addition Ms. Tutu has taught at the Universities of Hartford and Connecticut and Brevard College in North Carolina.
Ms. Tutu is a sought after speaker to groups as varied as business associations, professional conferences, elected officials and church and civic organizations. Ms. Tutu has also led Truth and Reconciliation Workshops for groups dealing with different types of conflict. Together with Rose Bator she is writing a book provisionally titled I Don't Think of You as Black: Honest Conversations on Race and Racism.
In addition to speaking, Ms Tutu is a consultant to two organizations, the Spiritual Alliance to Stop Intimate Violence (SAIV), founded by renowned author Riane Eisler and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Betty Williams, and the Foundation for Hospices in Sub-Saharan Africa (FHSSA). Ms Tutu is a single mother of three and currently lives in Nashville, TN.
For information on Naomi Tutu's Evening Event, Truth and Reconciliation: Healing the Wounds of Racism click here.
Sunday Morning Workshops
Each of these workshops is being held 9:00 AM - NOON on Sunday, February 19th
Joanna Powell Colbert
Gaian Tarot ~ Healing Ourselves, Healing the Earth
The practice of Gaian (earth-centered) spirituality is based on both giving and receiving spiritual sustenance from Mama Gaia, the natural world. Learn about the inspiration behind the Gaian Tarot and how it differs from other tarot decks. Learn spreads and practice reading for our own personal healing and transformation. Learn to do "wisdom readings" that will guide us into healing the earth. Bring any tarot deck (Gaian if you have one).
Joanna Powell Colbert is a Bellingham artist, writer and teacher known internationally for her mythic art. The Gaian Tarot, 9 years in the making, combines her love of symbolic art and the natural world. The deck was created during the decade Joanna lived on Lummi Island near Bellingham, where daily encounters with the mysteries of the natural world continue to inspire and inform her work. www.gaiantarot.com
Lisa Iversen and Gretchen Krampf
The Daughter Dialogues ~ Healing Our Ancestral Blueprints
As daughters, we are often in deep resonance with unacknowledged images and frozen grief contained in our ancestral blueprints. This unhealed trauma can leave us with confusion about what it means to be a daughter in our families. In a nurturing space, experience an embodied, compassionate connection with your ancestors and lineages through story sharing, ceremony and exploration of systemic family constellations. Supported by the camaraderie of other extraordinary women, you will embrace the strength and wisdom of the feminine while in connection with ancestral wisdom and blessing. This workshop is intended for women ages 18 and older; all daughters, from those who feel some level of disconnection from and those who feel strongly connected to their families.
Lisa Iversen, MSW, LCSW, is the author of Ancestral Blueprints: Revealing Invisible Truths in America's Soul. Since 2008 she has co-hosted the radio show, "Life Conversations presents Ancestral Blueprints." Her psychotherapy practice is based in the Pacific Northwest, and she has been a Systemic Family Constellations practitioner since 1999. http://lisaiversen.com
Gretchen Krampf, MSOD, PCC, is an Organizational Development Consultant and Professional Coach working with women entrepreneurs and leaders since 2000. She brings systems thinking and transpersonal development together to create dynamic learning experiences for her clients' personal and professional success. http://processexperts.typepad.com/as_life_changes
Gaisheda Kheawok
Celebrating the Celtic Calendar ~ Remembrance of the Earth's Sacred Alchemy
Earth's Sacred Sites and labyrinths are aligned to the cycles of the Earth grid as portals into the inner knowings of the Soul. Align your personal journey to the rhythm of the Earth and learn to read the lunar and solar calendars as signposts that illuminate the Soul's direction. Listen to the voices of the Ancestors in the Wind and retrieve your spiritual inheritance from the living library that is the Earth Mother. Walk in relationship to the earth cycles and the 8-festivals of the Celtic Calendar through integrated processes and pictorial display of sacred landscapes. Experience a guided Shamanic journey and receive personal insight into your relationship with the Earth and the wisdom she holds for you.
Gaisheda Kheawok is a Peace Activist, Medicine Person, Seer and leader of Earth-based Spirituality. She is the Founder and Executive Director of the Whispering Song School of Energy Medicine, one of Canada's principle Mystery Schools, and steward of the land of ARC. Gaisheda as the Messenger of the Mother, works directly with the Sacred Feminine, the Ascended Masters, the Archangels, and the consciousness of the Elementals and the Earth Mother. Her cutting-edge work in Shamanic Soul-based Energy Medicine™ pioneers the bridge between ancient tribal wisdoms and contemporary counseling practices. www.whisperingsong.com
Kara McKay
Live Your Power! Dancing for Global Transformation
Age 18 and over are welcome.
Experience an explorative, evocative and enchanting journey into your embodied power. Discover, nourish and ignite your three power centers of inner wisdom – sensual, emotional and intuitive – where your vital life force energy is stored and often suppressed. We'll venture together into these three Power centers through dance, creative ritual, and sacred Circle. Reclaim a limitless wellspring of your power knowing how to resource it from within you when you need it. As we discover our three fountains of feminine wisdom we dance for global transformation.
Kara McKay is a powerful and compassionate Life & Body Coach, a teacher and lover of Dance, Nia, Yoga, Vividance, and a certified Vividly Woman Embodied Leader. Her life has been further transformed and healed through the work of her teacher, mentor, and friend, Leela Francis, founder of Vividly Woman. Kara now travels internationally as a coach, and co-facilitator for Vividly Woman, inviting women to claim their sensual, spiritual, and creative aliveness! Kara's life purpose is to assist women back home, into their bodies to experience the richness of their own sensuality and power! www.aspireforlife.net
Julia Weaver ~ WORKSHOP CANCELED
Embody De~Light! Awaken & Celebrate Your Inner Artist
$2 material fee paid to presenter at the workshop
Open to your innate creative potential, enliven your senses, and embody your natural state of delight. You will effortlessly manifest your own radiant mandala through a visionary process combining meditation, movement, ritual, sacred sound and simple drawing techniques. You will experience the Divine expression of your Self as light, form, and words. Come and enjoy heart-centered play, creativity, and inner peace while drawing a unique mandala for personal or global healing. You don't need to know how to draw. All you need is an open heart and a sense of adventure!
Julia Weaver is the founder of Art and Soul, a resource center for sacred and healing arts. Since 1996, she has offered "Awakening The Heartist Within" workshops for adults and children in her studio in Northern California and across the US, and UK as well as dolphin swim retreats in Hawaii. She completed her certification as a Mandala Facilitator by Dr. Judith Cornell in 2000. Julia is a licensed psychotherapist in private practice, with 30 years experience incorporating the arts as a healing modality. She is an exhibiting, published, and widely collected visionary artist. www.mandalaweaver.com/art&soul.html
Sunday Afternoon Workshops
Each of these workshops is being held 1:30 PM - 4:30 PM on Sunday, February 19th
EagleSpirit
Women as Empaths ~ Embracing Our Bodies' Wisdom
$5 material fee and contribution to the door prize paid to presenter at the workshop
Want to feel connected without feeling overwhelmed or being called too sensitive? Learn more about how your sensitive Self may actually mean you are an unskilled Empath. Find out how to connect the inner wisdom that your four energetic bodies hold - physical, mental, emotional and spiritual. You can shift from randomly experiencing the cues of empathy to being a skilled Empath empowered by your abilities. Learn how to maintain the integrity of your energetic fields no matter where you are – at work, at home or in the community! Through interactive activities, self-assessment quiz, guided visualization, and a conscious energetic merging exercise, participants will be able to understand the gifts of being an Empath. It is so much more than women's intuition!
EagleSpirit is a Contemporary Shaman, who has worked for 15 years to help clients relax their bodies, release limiting beliefs and radiate their most authentic selves. Her own healing path through serious illness and personal trauma taught her that 'remembering who you truly are' can transform your life! She works individually with clients doing energetic balancing and lifestyle counseling, facilitates professional development workshops, and leads Soul Journeys and Spirit Quest tours around the world to support clients. www.eaglespiritjourneys.com
Kym Gordon-Cumbo
Lions, Tigers, & Bears…Oh My! SoulCollage® Animal Allies
$5 material fee paid to presenter at the workshop
Discover how chakras, animal totems, and SoulCollage® blend together to create a tool to help you learn to listen to your own intuitive and instinctive voice. Isn't it high time to carve some time out for inner, intuitive creation for yourself? Let your inner Artist step into your life to play and let the wild in you out to inspire, motivate, and activate you. Through a guided meditation you will discover what your animal is and which chakra it resides in; you will make a SoulCollage® card depicting the animal and its energy. We will unlock the wisdom this animal brings through a SoulCollage® process of "I am the one who..." and how to use this knowledge in your daily life. Wear comfy clothes; bring a journal, and a pillow as we will spend some time on the comfy carpeting. *Animals are not limited to Lions, Tigers, and Bears.
Kym Gordon-Cumbo is a certified professional coach and life-learning being who does her best to live from intention, choice, awareness, intuition and compassionate communication (Non-Violent Communication). She has been a trained SoulCollage® facilitator for more than six years. Kym has loved images, photography, and crafting since she was a teenager. It was this love of images that led her to use collage in the childbirth classes she taught as a midwife. www.ignitechangecoaching.com
Carrie Lafferty
Awakening To Interconnection ~ Embodied Spiral Wisdom
The world we live in and the world that lives in us are both undergoing a radical shift in consciousness. We are becoming conscious of our vibrant and dynamic spiral interconnection to all. The spiral lives everywhere: from seashell, to galaxy, to our DNA, and as our inner moving world of sensation. We will access our spiral wisdom through awareness of movement and stillness practices based in Meditation, Qi Gong, Feldenkrais and Nature Based Shamanism. Experience simple, yet powerful practices to access and embody your unique internal spiral connection, which keeps interconnectedness wisdom alive and evolving for life!
Carrie Lafferty has been in the healing arts exploring her own inner world and guiding others to do the same for over 26 years. She received her BS in Physical Therapy in 1985, Feldenkrais Certification in 1994, Qi Gong Master program with Ling Gui International Healing Qi Gong School in 2010 and has studied core shamanism with Michael Harner, Nicki Scully and indigenous shamans in Guatemala, Mexico, China & Tibet. She has maintained a Vipassana based mindfulness meditation practice for over 15 years. Carrie has a healing practice in Seattle which focuses on awareness based practices for connecting to your own inner healer and guide. http://movementfromwithin.net
Rev. Judith Laxer
Be Heard! Giving Voice to Our Spiritual Truth
We live in a country founded on religious freedom. Yet those who do not follow main stream religions often feel fearful of judgment and being ostracized if we were to express our spiritual truth. How do we bravely talk about our alternative spirituality? How can we build, instead of burn, bridges with people who don't understand our sensibilities? In this magickal workshop we will create sacred space, raise the energy with circle dance and song, open our throat chakra and find our voice. We will air our fears to transform them into the courage we need to stand in and speak our truth.
Rev. Judith Laxer treasures her profession as the founding priestess of Gaia's Temple, Minister, Spiritual Counselor, Psychic, Hypnotherapist, Shamanic practitioner and teacher of magickal arts. She dedicates her work to restoring the balance of female and male energies in our culture. www.judithlaxer.com
Robin Youngblood
The Medicine Wheel & The Winds of Change
The Medicine Wheel, or Wheel of Life, is a modality for experiencing and integrating the transitions in our lives, from a personal, partnership, community and worldview. Learn to use the aspects of the Wheel, how one can transform patterns that no longer serve; determine one's life purpose; heal wounds and blockages; and access the DNA wisdom that is encoded within each of us. The Medicine Wheel helps us to balance and walk our spiritual and physical pathways with grace and joy. Dance the Wheel of Life and experience the Medicine Wheel through our bodies. Bring a journal, writing utensils, and a 6-12" rock.
Rev. Robin Youngblood is a bridge between ancient Native American traditions and European cultures. Her Okanagon ancestors roamed from British Columbia to the Columbia River in northern Washington. She is a Sundancer and Winter Dancer; has been traditionally trained by Native American, Aborigine, Maori, Hawaiian, and Siberian elders and shaman. Robin facilitates ritual, ceremonies, soul retrieval, and energy healing. Besides being an artist and teacher, Robin is a story-teller, and published author of "Path of the White Wolf" with Sandra D'Entremont. Robin is a member of Grandmothers Circle, the Earth Foundation, a council of Indigenous Wisdom Keepers. Her websites are www.dreamingshaman.com and www.churchoftheearth.org
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In the Rounds
These events are being held 5:00 - 6:00 pm on Sunday, February 19th
$5 members, $10 non-members
No one turned away for lack of funds
Men are welcome to attend these workshops.
Lorraine Bayes, Bergith Kayyali, Lisa Powers, Yoko Wakabayashi
The Way of Blessing Water
All Welcome! Together we will share a simple ceremony offering our love, respect and gratitude to the water. In a circle we will offer our powerful presence & focus our intentions for the healing and protection of the precious waters of our Mother Earth. This time will provide a model & guide for you to create your own circles & community to honor and celebrate the waters of life. Bring a small container of water and a flower to place on an "Beauty of Water" altar.
Lorraine and the other presenters have been teaching and sharing water ceremony and blessing for a few years ~ all have learned and participated with Dr. Emoto from Japan.
Diana Ng
Walking the Labyrinth ~ Discovering Our Wisdom
The labyrinth is an ancient practice for meditation, reflection and contemplation. Participants will have an opportunity to walk the 19’ X 19’ floor Labyrinth, discover their wisdom and share their experience. This seminar is designed to escape from the exteriors of daily life and entrance into our inner world through sight, touch and sound.
Diana Ng, R.N. B.Sc.N. M.A. is an award-winning educational facilitator, speaker and organizational developer, whose passion is to create positive change by helping people and organizations to be peaceful, creative and effective. She integrates the concepts of spirituality, communication and leadership into her innovative and customized presentations. Diana is also known as the “Labyrinth Lady” in her community for building the first permanent 42 feet diameter labyrinth in a public park in Greater Vancouver, B.C., Canada. She is highly trained and experienced in her field with over twenty years working in health care, non-profit and government organizations. www.dianang.com
Artists Celebration ~ Free
Yael Zahavy-Mittelman, Kathy McKeever
WOW Conference Art Show Curators
For 20 years WOW celebrates its community, women from every background, and every spiritual path. In each woman there is a creative part, the aspect that allows each and every one of us to form support, and bring people together. To form a family, raise the younger generation and teach that generation to learn the wisdom and spirituality from past and present generations. Creativity is an important aspect of our being. We use in almost in every part of our lives.
For many of us, when it comes to our spiritual path, a calling is leading our journey. For some of us art is our calling. Art reflects our community and provides a place for connection, inspiration, and a spiritual existence.
In our event of Artists Celebration we are going to celebrate those of us that were blessed with that gift making art, of following their call and make it happen for all of us in our community. I want to invite you personally, to take part in acknowledging and support the artistic part of our community by joining our celebration of artists and their art.
Come celebrate with us, the creativity of our radiate, divine, feminine artists. Meet with them and talk about their art and art process, their passion and how it affects their spirituality. Enjoy the magic of creativity, some refreshment and a nice conversation. Most important, have a good time.
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Sunday Evening Workshops
Each of these workshops is being held 7:00 - 10:00 pm on Sunday, February 19th
Men are welcome to attend these workshops
Mosa Baczewska
Sounding on Purpose ~ The Alchemy of Your Voice
Discover and explore the power of our in-house-healing/transforming instrument, our voice! In this experiential, and experimental workshop we will create a sonic portal of transformation through 'soundings' using the authenticity of the moment in the form of improvisation. Learn some of the science of sound healing. Discover the healing and transformative power of your own voice. Participate in the alchemical magic of Collective Singing/Sounding. Come explore the power you hold within you and have fun doing it! All voices welcome, from accomplished singers to those with shy voices.
Mosa Baczewska is a performing songwriter, fabric and visual artist and workshop presenter who for over 35 years has been performing original 'nouveau folk jazz' with 5 self-produced CDs to her credit while simultaneously creating beautiful useful fiber and visual art. http://mosazone.com
Len-Erna Cotton
Ancient Egyptian Women's Oral Tradition
Experience the timeless vision and frequencies of a Pre -Dynastic Egyptian/Kemet Womens Oral Tradition that has come forth at these auspicious times to assist many on their soul journey. We will be doing an Ecstatic Body Posture of a Neter/Feminine Goddess, which is based on the works of Dr. Felicitas Goodman. Thru this trans work we will take a spirit journey to divine, healing and empower ourselves. The enactment of the "The Raising of the Djed Ceremony" is a special traditional ceremony, which serves to stabilize and balance the Caduceus within and anchor in the cosmic template. As Above, So Below. This very important ceremony will further awaken the collective consciousness and assist us all in these transformational times, known as the "Shifting of the Ages". We will co-create and enjoy the fruits of this Ancient Egyptian Lineage, with chants, history, movement and ritual.
Len-Erna (Kahu Hoakalei) Cotton, a Transformational Artist, holds certificates and titles in several modalities, which are very supportive of her journey. As a Hawaiian and Ancient Egyptian Healing Practitioner, she weaves these ancient techniques with mindfulness and grace into her work. Len also holds the title of "Master of Life Sciences" which was awarded to her by the Order of the Essenes. Ever evolving on the spiral of life, her intention is to presence the light and love of the Oneness. Utilizing her "Clair Senses" and skills, she allows her clients and participants to explore the deeper levels of consciousness that serve to facilitate their own evolution with ease and grace. healthlightcenter.com
Antonia Greene
Shamanic Stalking & Recapitulation to Clear Negative Patterns
Shamanic stalking or recapitulation, are ancient Toltec techniques used to clear old negative patterns, trauma, and story through the use of the breath. Experience quick, powerful and effective stalking techniques in an environment of Sacred Holding and containment as you are guided into the chambers, or memories of the self. You will clear dark or dense energy and learn to replace those chambers with pure white light of Spirit.
Antonia Greene, M.Ed. is a psychotherapist, energy healer, teacher, actor and sacred activist, trained in body therapies, psychodrama as well as years in psychodynamic psychotherapy and shamanic and spiritual traditions. A graduate of The Four Winds with Alberto Villoldo, she utilizes healing methods and ceremony of the Peruvian Medicine way. Other teachers have included Francisco Rico and Bernadette Vigil of the Toltec tradition, and shamans in Peru. Antonia regularly holds fire and despacho ceremonies and workshops. antoniagreene.com
Gretchen Lawlor
Empowerment 2012 ~ Activating Your Star Shield
Join We'Moon astrologer Gretchen Lawlor in enacting the astrological story of 2012, and map your own course through this pivotal year. Experience the astrological archetypes in you through play, art and journeying meditation. Invite URANUS to ignite your genius, invoke PLUTO for x-ray eyes and fierce courage, NEPTUNE for visions and spiritual guidance, JUPITER'S Midas touch and SATURN'S determination…
Each participant will create a personal Star Shield during the workshop to use as both map and protection for the year ahead.
Gretchen Lawlor has been a practicing counselor and astrologer for over 40 years, with clients all over the world. She writes the annual predictions for We'Moon Almanac, and uses "astro-play" to give clients and students direct access to their own inner astrological archetypes/voices. She lives in the Seattle area, and has a special passion for teaching high school astrology and experiential learning.
Starfeather Marcy
Sacred Heart Ceremony ~ The Language of Light
Co-create an inter-dimensional sound vehicle for self and planetary transformation as we align with the transformative energies of 2012. Your voice, hand-drum, or rattle, contribute to the sound vortex, a vibrational bowl of Light. Toning with the crystal singing bowl and drums, we invite connection with the Ancestors, Guides and Angels. Starfeather offers a channeled Language of Light blessing. As the blissful love of the Universe flows, our radiance is expanded, our system balanced. We anchor this expansion in our heart center. Our ceremony concludes with toning our expressions of deep gratitude and love for the Earth.
Starfeather Marcy began women's sacred circles in the Seattle area in 1990 and has been a constant facilitator, gatherer and ceremonialist ever since. She owned a retail business, Starfeather's Gallery, in Edmonds for over sixteen years and is known for her art and craft work, including drum making and teaching. She is a Reconnective Healing practitioner and a trained Sound Healing facilitator. Currently she works as a spiritual teacher, channel, and writer and has a healing practice in Edmonds, WA. Starfeather facilitates The Medicine Shield Retreat, a spiritual quest for women, semi-annually at La Push, WA. www.shimmeringpath.com
Colby Wilk
Stay in Play ~ Access Wonder
Doors open wide, obstacles shrink and stuckness vanishes when you are in a state of wonder, presence and curiosity. Colby Wilk, spiritual and theta healer, will share simple and profound energetic practices that can assist you to instantly shift into the energy of play. Employ these practices and raise your consciousness in any circumstance, no matter how challenging. The energy of play requires your humor, presence and a connection with higher realms. As you move into the attitude of play, you will find your life blossoming. The more you trust the universe, the more it flows to you. Life supports you when you bring it your best.
Colby Wilk combines spiritual healing with his experience as a counselor and coach to assist people in creating powerful, magical relationships with themselves and to life. He trains others to become their own teachers guiding them to access spiritual states and overcome blocks to thriving. He has presented workshops at East West Books, Friends, Philosophy and Tea, Shamanic Conference in BC, Guiding Lights and the NW Woman's Show. To receive free weekly healings visit www.healthroughspirit.com.
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